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KINDERGARTEN  
Title
Author
All in a Day Mitsumasa Anno
Communication Aliki
Here Are My Hands Bill Martin and John Archambault
I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
The Land of Many Colors Klamoth County YMCA Family Pre-school
The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume
Teammates Peter Goldenbock
This is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children Around the World Edith Bae
Wendy and the Bullies Nancy K. Robinson
What Mary Jo Shared Janice Udry
Why Does That Man Have Such a Big Nose? Mary Beth Quinsey
Your Skin and Mine Paul Showers
My Five Senses Aliki
My Five Senses Margaret Miller
What Are Drugs? Gretchen Super
ABC, I Like Me! Nancy Carlson
Making Friends Fred Rogers
Making Friends Kate Petty and Charlotte Firmin
Angus and the Cat Marjorie Flack
Python's Party Brian Wildsmith
Now I Am Big: Sharing Gill Davies
Little Bunny's Cool Tool Set Maribeth Boelts
Do You Want to Be My Friend? Eric Carle
Hello, Good-bye Aliki
You Can Say "No" to Drugs Gretchen Super
The Hokey Pokey Larry La Prise, Charles P. Macak, and Taftt Baker
Everyone Goes as a Pumpkin Judith Vigna
Why Am I Different? Norma Simon
What Do You Like? Michael Grejniec
Mixed Up Chameleon Eric Carle
 


FIRST GRADE

 
All in a Day Mitsumasa Anno
The Butter Battle Book Dr. Seuss
Communication Aliki
Grown-Ups Cry Too N. Hazen
The Hating Book Charlotte Zolotow
Here Are My Hands Bill Martin and John Archambault
I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
It's Mine Leo Leoni
Let's Be Enemies Janice Udry
The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume
Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats
The Quarreling Book Charlotte Zolotow
Teammates Peter Goldenbock
This is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children Around the World Edith Bae
What Mary Jo Shared Janice Udry
Why Does That Man Have Such a Big Nose? Mary Beth Quinsey
Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel
A Chair for My Mother Vera Williams
Franklin Rides a Bike Paulette Bourgeois
Angelina Ballerina Katherine Holabird
Flap Your Wings and Try Charlotte Pomerantz
Angry, Sad, Jealous Janine Amos
How Do I Feel? Norma Simon
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes
Sometimes I Feel Like a Mouse Jeanne Modesitt
Feelings Aliki
From Head to Toe Eric Carles
Listen, Buddy Helen Lester
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel
We Are Best Friends Aliki
Best Friends Together Again Aliki
Snuffles Makes a Friend Mary Lee Donovan
George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends James Marshall
Let's Care About Sharing P.K. Hillinan
Responsible Rascal Linda Schwartz
Millicent Maybe Ellen Weiss
Curious George Margaret and H.A. Rey
My Big Sister Takes Drugs Judith Vigna
I Wish Daddy Didn't Drink So Much Judith Vigna
Bicycle Safety, Home Safety, Outdoor Safety, Water Safety, School Safety (Series) Nancy Loewen
What Are Drugs? Gretchen Super
I'm Going to Be a Vet Edith Kunhardt
I'm Going to the Doctor: A Pop-Up Book Kathryn Sleglar
My Doctor, My Friend P.K. Hallinan
You Can Say No to Drugs Gretchen Super
A Bad Case of Stripes David Shannon
 


SECOND GRADE  
All in a Day Mitsumasa Anno
Communication Aliki
Here Are My Hands Bill Martin and John Archambault
I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
I Was So Mad Norma Simon
Making Friends Fred Rogers
The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume
Peace Begins With You Katherine Scholes
Teammates Peter Goldenbock
This is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children Around the World Edith Bae
What Mary Jo Shared Janice Udry
Why Does That Man Have Such a Big Nose? Mary Beth Quinsey
The Child's World of Success Janet McDonnell
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Judith Viorst
I Hate Your Guts, Ben Brooster Eth Clifford
The Nobody Club Madge Harrha
Eliza's Dog Betsy Hearne
Juliet Fisher and the Foolproof Plan Natalie Honeycutt
Your Friend Annie Carole Katchan
Jones and the Dark Attic Suzy Kline
Stargone John Ellen K. McKenzie
All Joseph Wanted Ruth Y. Radin
Veronica the Show-Off Nancy K. Robinson
Mariah Keeps Cool Mildred P. Walter
Stepbrother Sabotage Sally Wittman
I Love My Hair Natasha A. Tarley
Little Bill: The Treasure Hunt Bill Cosby
A Special Trade Sally Shipman
George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends James Marshall
The Little Red Hen: An Old Story Margot Zemach
Mrs. Katz and Tush Patricia Polacco
Harry the Poisonous Centipede: A Story to Make You Squirm Lynne Banks
A Child's World of Courage Jane Belk Moncure
Too Smart for Trouble Sharon Scott
Body Battles Rita Golden Gelman
The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor Jan and Stan Berenstain
My Body is Where I Live American Guidance Service
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food Jan and Stan Berenstain
Bread and Jam for Francis Russell Horban
 


THIRD GRADE  
All in a Day Mitsumasa Anno
Building Blocks Cynthis Voight
The Bully of Barkham Street Mary Stolz
The Cybil War Betsy Byars
Communication Aliki
Feelings Aliki
The Hating Book Charlotte Zolotow
Here Are My Hands Bill Martin and John Archambault
I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
Jamaica Tag-Along Juanita Javill
A Jar of Dreams Yoshiko Uchida
Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida
"The Land of Happy" and "Point of View" from Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume
The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf
This is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children Around the World Edith Bae
What Mary Jo Shared Janice Udry
Why Does That Man Have Such a Big Nose? Mary Beth Quinsey
Alvin's Famous No-Horse William Harding
How Your Body Works Steve Parker
Franklin in the Dark Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move Judith Viorst
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Pressure Stan and Jan Berenstain
Take Time to Relax Nancy Carlson
Moving Day Tobi Tobias
Mommy and Me By Ourselves Again Judith Vigna
There's a Nightmare in my Closet Mercer Mayer
Relax Catherine O'Neill
Stress Management and Me: Participation Activities to Brighten Each Student's Day Maria Pertik and Sandra Senter
How Humans Make Friends Loreen Leedy
Communication Aliki
Making the Grade (The Decision is Yours Series) Carl W. Bosch
Kids Say Don't Smoke: Posters from the Smoke-Free Contest Andrew Tobias
No Ifs, Ands, or Butts Children's Television Workshop
Mac's Choice: A Story About Choices and Drug Use Debra L. Wert
Too Smart for Trouble Sharon Scott
The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare Stan and Jan Berenstain
 


FOURTH GRADE  
Building Blocks Cynthis Voight
The Bully of Barkham Street Mary Stolz
The Butter Battle Book Dr. Seuss
The Cybil War Betsy Byars
"Hug O' War" in Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein
A Jar of Dreams Yoshiko Uchida
Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida
Potatoes, Potatoes Anita Lobel
What Made Them Great: Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Florence Nightingale, Anne Frank (Series) Donna Shore
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman Kathleen Krull
Eunice (The Egg Salad) Gottlieb Tricia Springstubb
Karl Malone Jeff Savage
Who Sir? Me Sir? K.M. Peyton
Attaboy, Sam Lois Lowry
Blubber Judy Blume
Mick Harte Was Here Barbara Park
Molly's Pilgrim Barbara Cohen
On My Honor Marion Dane Bauer
Kick Butts Day—Activity Guide Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids. 202/296.5469
Real Kids, Real Adventures (Series) Deborah Morris
Devil's Bridge Cynthia DeFelice
Leah's Pony Elizabeth Friedrich
Mac's Choice Debra Wert
The House that Crack Built Clark Taylor
Crack and Cocaine Mary Turck
Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul: 101 Stories of Courage, Hope, and Laughter Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, and Irene Dunlap
 


FIFTH GRADE  
Building Blocks Cynthis Voight
The Bully of Barkham Street Mary Stolz
The Cay Theodore Tay
The Cybil War Betsy Byars
A Jar of Dreams Yoshiko Uchida
Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida
Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
"Never Mince Words with a Shark," in The New Kid on the Block Jack Prelutsky
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Barthe DeClements
The Sneetches Dr. Seuss
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Louise Sacher
"The Two Brothers," by Lloyd Alexander, and "The Tree House," by Lois Lowry, in The Big Book for Peace Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs, eds.
Frindle Andrew Clements
The Kid Who Ran For President Dan Gutman
Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
Finders, Keepers (The Decision Is Yours Series) Elizabeth Crary
Crash Jerry Spinelli
When To Say Yes! And Make More Friends Sharon Scott
Living With a Parent Who Drinks Too Much Judith S. Seitas
Sparrowhawk Red Ben Mikaelsen
Mistakes That Worked Charlotte Foltz Jones
Pamphlets from the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information, which provide facts about drugs and their harmful effects, can be ordered from P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 800/729.6686. http://www.health.org.
Brochures about tobacco products are available from the following sources:
American Cancer Society, 800/ACS.2345
American Heart Association, 800/AHA.USA1
American Lung Association, 800/LUNG.USA
National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse, 301/402.7364


SIXTH GRADE  
Building Blocks Cynthis Voight
The Cybil War Betsy Byars
The Friendship Mildred Taylor
The Gold Cadillac Mildred Taylor
A Jar of Dreams Yoshiko Uchida
Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida
"Letter from a Concentration Camp," in The Big Book of Peace Yoshiko Uchida
Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs, eds.
Mississippi Bridge Mildred Taylor
The Incredible Human Machine National Geographic Society
Joshua Bates Takes Charge Susan Shreve
The Contender Robert Lipsyte
On My Honor Marian Duane Bauer
Hold Fast to Dreams Andrea Davis Pinkney
Assignment Rescue, An Autobiography Varian Fry
What Made Them Great: Albert Schweitzer, Ferdinand Magellan, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie (Series) Donna Shore
The Shimmershine Queens Camille Yarborough
The Boy Who Drank Too Much Shep Greene
Too Cool For Drugs Sharon Scott
Want 3 Good Reasons to Quit Smoking? To order pamphlet, call 800/ACS.2345. www.cancer.org.
The Decision is Yours. To order pamphlet, call 800/ACS.2345. .
Spider-Man: Storm and Power Man Battles Smokescreen! To order this comic book, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org


SEVENTH GRADE  
The New Teenage Body Book Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibblesman
Popularity Has Its Ups and Downs Meg Schneider
What Teens Need to Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Shape Your Own Future Peter Benson, Judy Galbraith, and Pamela Espeland
Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Ordinary Kindness and Courageous Acts of Service Marianne Larned
Want 3 Good Reasons to Quit Smoking? To order pamphlet, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org
The Decision is Yours. To order pamphlet, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org
Spider-Man: Storm and Power Man Battles Smokescreen! To order this comic book, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org


EIGHTH GRADE  
The New Teenage Body Book Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibblesman
Popularity Has Its Ups and Downs Meg Schneider
What Teens Need to Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Shape Your Own Future Peter Benson, Judy Galbraith, and Pamela Espeland
Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Ordinary Kindness and Courageous Acts of Service Marianne Larned
Want 3 Good Reasons to Quit Smoking? To order pamphlet, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org
The Decision is Yours. To order pamphlet, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org
Spider-Man: Storm and Power Man Battles Smokescreen! To order this comic book, call 800/ACS.2345. http://www.cancer.org