Books in Spanish
For Independent Reading
VERY EASY
- El secreto en la caja de fósforos (The Secret in the Matchbox)
- by Val Wallis
Farrar Mirasol
Problems arise when a boy takes his pet dragon to school in a matchbox.
- Hay un dragón en mi bolsa de dormir (There's a Dragon in My Sleeping Bag)
- by James Howe
Simon Libros Colibrí
Two brothers who have imaginary friends won't play with each other until the friends, a dragon and a camel, move out.
- Siesta de tres años (Boy of the Three-Year Nap)
- by Dianne Snyder
(Multicultural)
A young Japanese boy who loves to sleep is outwitted by his mother.
EASY
- Algo está creciendo (Something Is Growing)
- by Walter Lyon Krudop
Simon Libros Colibrí
A giant plant continues to grow until the city is turned into a jungle.
- Stanley, el plano (Flat Stanley)
- by Jeff Brown
Stanley is flattened to a width of one half inch.
- El viaje en globo de Guillermo (William's Balloon Ride)
- by Reiner Zimmik
With the help of a handful of balloons, William's dream of flying comes true.
AVERAGE
- Las telarañas de Carlota (Charlotte's Web)
- by E. B. White
In this popular classic, Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider become friends.
- Stuart Little (Stuart Little)
- by E. B. White
A heroic mouse with human qualities searches for his lost friend, a bird named Margalo.
- Tristán encoge (The Shrinking of Treehorn)
- by Florence Parry Heide
No one believes Treehorn when he tells them that he is shrinking.
- Un oso llamado Paddington (A Bear Called Paddington)
- by Michael Bond
The Brown family find a bear in a London railway station and take him into his home.
- Juan Chorlito y el indio invisible (Juan Chorlito and the Invisible Indian)
- by Janosch
When Juan's friends make fun of him, his uncle has an unusual solution.
- Ingo y Drago (Ingo and Drago)
- by Mira Lobe
Ingo finds an egg that hatches into a baby dragon.
- Un duende a rayas (A Striped Elf)
- by María Puncel
A mischievous striped elf decides to change his ways.
- El gato Mog y otros cuentos (Mog the Cat and Other Tales)
- by Joan Aiken
When Mog eats yeast, he grows and grows.
- El príncipe de las ranas (The Prince of Frogs)
- by Viví Escrivá
Olmo becomes a prince of frogs and travels to their kingdom.
- Danko, el caballo que conocía las estrellas (Danko, the Horse That Knew the Stars)
- by José Antonio Panero
Danko, who has a star on his forehead, becomes the fastest horse in the valley.
- Los Mimpins (The Mimpins)
- by Roald Dahl
The tiny Mimpins live in trees to avoid the Zampavivientes, a huge beast with a mouth like a crocodile.
- El expreso polar (The Polar Express)
- by Chris Van Allsburg
A popular story about a boy's trip to the North Pole to find Santa Claus.
CHALLENGING
- La trompeta del cisne (The Trumpet of the Swan)
- by E. B. White
The classic story of Louis, a voiceless trumpeter swan.
- Los incursores (The Borrowers)
- by Mary Norton
The classic story of tiny people who live in a clock and “borrow” from humans. See others in series.
- La historia interminable (The Neverending Story)
- by Michael Ende
Bastian Balthazar Bux becomes a hero in the enchanted world of Fantasia.
For Teacher Read Aloud
- Un grillo en Times Square (The Cricket in Times Square)
- by George Selden
Farrar Mirasol
A cricket and his friends take up residence in a newsstand.
- La historia del Doctor Dolittle (The Story of Dr. Dolitle)
- by Hugh Lofting
When Dr. Dolittle's human patients refuse to visit him because he has so many pets, he becomes a veterinarian.
Books in English
(English Language Development)
For Shared or Independent Reading
VERY EASY
- Pigsty
- by Mark Teague
Scholastic
Wendell Fultz's room looks like a pigsty, so several pigs move in.
- The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter
- by Matt Christopher
Little
Using ESP, Harry the dog communicates with Mike, the pitcher for the Peach Streer Mudders.
- A Million Fish…More or Less
- by Patricia McKissack
(Multicultural)
Knopf
A young boy claims to have caught over a million fish but arrives home with far fewer than that.
EASY
- A River Dream
- by Allen Say
Mark's neighborhood is gone and in its place is a beautiful river where his favorite uncle is fishing.
- The Giant Jam Sandwich
- by John Vernon Lord
Houghton
The residents of Itching Down build a giant sandwich to trap millions of wasps.
- The Scarebird
- by Sid Fleischman
Greenwillow
A farmer begins a friendship with a scarecrow and gains a new hired hand.
AVERAGE/CHALLENGING
- The Enormous Egg
- by Oliver Butterworth
Nate can't believe what's inside the enormous egg he found.
- The Invisible Dog
- by Dick King-Smith
Crown
Janie's Great Dane is visible only to her -- and old Mrs. Garrow.
- The Boggart
- by Susan Cooper
Macmillan
In an old desk, Emily finds the Boggart, a centuries-old sprite who causes all kinds of mischief.
- The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau
- by Jon Agee
Farrar
Havoc results when the paintings of Felix Clousseau come alive and walk off the canvas.
- Pippi Longstocking
- by Astrid Lindgren
Viking
The classic story of a Swedish girl who wants to live alone with her horse and monkey.
For Teacher Read Aloud
- The Castle in the Attic
- by Elizabeth Winthrop
Holiday
William's wooden model of a castle sweeps him into another time and place.
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
- by Richard Atwater
Little
Mr. Popper, who has always been fascinated by the Antarctic, receives a penguin for a present.