Chapter Book Series List

Grade: 1-2

• Amelia Bedelia: Peggy Parish
• Henry and Mudge: Cynthia Rylant
• Poppleton… : Cynthia Rylant
• Nate the Great: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat & Mitchell
• Sharmat
• A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: James Preller
• Reddy Freddy: Abby Klein
• Flat Stanley: Jeff Brown
• Second Grade….: Miriam Cohen
• Little Bear: Else Holmelund Minarik
• Rocket Power Books: Adam Beechen
• Junie B. Jones: Barbara Park

Grade: 2-3

• Pony Pals: Jeanne Betancourt
• Magic Tree House: Mary Pope Osborne
• Secret Seven Mystery: Enid Blyton
• The Kids in Ms. Coleman’s Class: Ann Martin
• Calender Club Mysteries: Nancy Star
• Ghostville Elementary: Marcia Thornton
• Black Lagoon Adventures: Mike Thaler
• A to Z Mysteries: Ron Roy
• Animal Park Pack: Ben Baglio
• Geronimo Stilton: Geronimo Stilton
• Horrible Harry: Suzy Kline
• Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo: Nancy Krulik
• Ivy + Bean: Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
• Dinosaur Cove: Rex Stone
• Ricky Ricotta’s MIGHTY ROBOT: Dav Pilkey
• The Puppy Place: Ellen Miles
• Peanut Butter and Jelly: Dorothy Haas
• The Cul-de-sac Kids: Beverly Lewis
• Todd Strasser Books (Ex.: Help! I’m Trapped in My Teacher’s
• Body): Todd Strasser
• The Bailey City Series: Marcia Jones & Debbie Dadey
• Class Clown, Etc. : Johanna Hurwitz
• Pick of the Litter, Etc.: Bill Wallace
• The Berenstain Bears’ Big Chapter Books: Stan & Jan
• Berenstain
• Groovy Girls Sleep Over Club Adventures: Robin Epstein
• Tornado, Etc.: Betsy Byars
• Unicorn School: Linda Chapman

Grade: 3

• The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Debbie Dadey &
• Marcia Thornton Jones
• Cam Jansen Mystery: David Adler
• The Boxcar Children Mysteries: Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Third Grade Detectives: George Stanley
• Amber Brown: Paula Danzinger
• ‘A Marc Brown ARTHUR’ Chapter Book 1,2,… : Marc Brown
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Jeff Kinney
• The Amazing Adventures of Charlie Small : Charlie Small
• The Time Warp Trio: Jon Scieszka
• Bunnicula Books: James Howe

Grade: 3-4 Fiction

• Ramona Quimby: Beverly Cleary
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Books: Betty Mac Donald
• Babysitter’s Club: Ann Martin
• The Nancy Drew Notebooks: Carolyn Keene
• The Spiderwick Chronicles: Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
• The Chronicles of Narnia: C.S. Lewis
• Unicorns of Balinor: Mary Stanton
• Maniac Magee, Etc.: Jerry Spinelli

Grade 3-4 Non-Fiction

A Picture Book of:

o Helen Keller
o Anne Franko Harriet Tubman
o Martin Luther King, Jr.
o Florence Nightingale
o Jesse Owens
o Simone Bolivar
o Benjamin Franklin

Author: David A. Adler

The American Girl’s Collection: Connie Porter
Kickoff, Etc.: Tiki & Ronde Barber
Dear America Diaries:( Examples)
o When Will This Cruel War Be Over? (The Civil War 
Diary of Emma Simpson)
o Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie (The Oregon 
Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell
o Etc.
Who Was…:
o Albert Einstein?
o Amelia Earhart?
o Annie Oakley?
o Ben Franklin?
o Charles Darwin?
o Harry Houdini?
o John F. Kennedy?
o Leonardo Da Vinci?
o Ronald Reagan?
o Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
o Who were the Beatles?

Author: Jess Brallier

Scholastic Biography….:
o Homerun Kings: Babe Ruth & Hank Aaron
o Bo Jackson: Playing the Games
o The Death of Lincoln: A Picture History of the 
Assination
o Jesse Jackson: A Biography
o Jim Abbott: Against All Odds
o They Led the Way: 14 American Women
o Etc.
o The Magic School Bus (Science): Joanna Cole & 
Bruce Degen
o Investigate Survival: Lynette Evans
 Adapt or Kie

 Animal Armor
 Gross Defenses
 Harsh Homes
 Safety in Numbers
 Tricks and Traps
Author: Claire & Frank Gault