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117 East Strawberry Drive
Mill Valley, California • 94941
Phone 415 • 380 • 2490
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Picture Books for students entering grades K and 1:  
  • Best, Cari. Shrinking Violet.
  • Child, Lauren.  Beware of Storybook Wolves.
  • Davis, Katie. Scared Stiff.
  • Fleming, Candace. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
  • Graham, Bob. "Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate.
  • Guest, Elissa.  Iris and Walter.
  • Hoberman, Mary Ann.  It's Simple, Said Simon.
  • Hopkinson, Deborah.  Fannie in the Kitchen.
  • Howard, Arthur.  Hoodwinked.
  • Hurst, Carol Otis. Rocks in His Head.
  • Johnson, D.B  Henry Builds a Cabin.
  • Kalman, Maira.  What Pete Ate from A-Z.
  • Look, Lenore.  Henry's First Moon Birthday.
  • Martin, Rafe.  The Storytelling Princess.
  • Mayer, Marianna.  The Adventures of Tom Thumb.
  • Musgrove, Margaret. The Spider Weaver.
  • Sis, Peter.  Madlenka's Dog.
  • Souhami, Jessica.  Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin:  An Irish Tale.
  • Stevens, Janet.  And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon.
  • Stock, Catherine.  Gugu's House.
  • Takabayashi, Mari.  I Live in Tokyo.
  • Wells, Rosemary.  Yoko's Paper Cranes.
  • Whatley, Bruce. Wait! No Paint!
  • Winthrop, Elizabeth.  Dumpy La Rue.


Fiction for students entering grades 2 and 3:

  • Clements, Andrew.  Jake Drake, Bully Buster.
  • Delessert, Etienne.  The Seven Dwarfs.
  • Greene, Stephanie.  Owen Foote, Super Spy.
  • Haas, Jessie.  Runaway Radish.
  • Haddix, Margaret.  The Girl with 500 Middle Names.
  • Halm, Mary.  Anna on the Farm.
  • Huck, Charlotte.  The Black Bull of Norroway.
  • Hurwitz, Joanna.  Lexi's Tale.
  • King-Smith.  Lady Lollipop.
  • Kraft, Erik.  Lenny and Mel.
  • MacDonald, Amy.  No More Nasty.
  • McDonald, Megan.  Judy Moody Gets Famous.
  • Martin, Jacqueline.  The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish.
  • Mayer, Marianna.  The Adventures of Tom Thumb.
  • Nesbit, E. The Book of Dragons.
  • Ogburn, Jacqueline.  Magic Nesting Doll.
  • Orr, Wendy.  Nim's Island.
  • Scieszka, Jon.  Sam Samurai.
  • Seuling, Barbara.  Robert and the Great Pepperoni.


Series to try for beginning chapter book readers:

  • Secrets of  Droon (Abbott)
  • A to Z Mysteries (Roy)
  • Jigsaw Jones (Preller)
  • Magic Tree House (Osborne)
  • Captain Underpants (Pilkey)
  • Zack Files (Greenburg)


Fiction for students entering grades 4 and 5:

  • Avi.  The Good Dog.
  • Clements, Andrew.  The School Story.
  • Coville, Bruce.  The Monsters of Morley Manor.
  • Creech, Sharon.  Love That Dog.
  • Elliott, David.  The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle.
  • Gutman, Dan.  The Million Dollar Kick.
  • Ibbotson, Eva.  Island of the Aunts.
  • Klise, Kate.  Trial by Journal.
  • Moeri, Louise.  The Devil and Ol' Rosie.
  • Morgenstern, Susie.  A Book of Coupons.
  • Osterweil, Adam.  The Comic Book Kid.
  • Rector, Rebecca Kraft.  Tria and the Great Star Rescue.
  • Spiegelman, Art.  Little Lit.
  • Stanley, Diane.  The Mysterious Matter of  I.M. Fine.
  • Wiles, Deborah. Love, Ruby Lavender.
  • Williams, Vera.  Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart.


Fiction for students entering grade 6:

  • Alexander, Lloyd.  The Gawgon and the Boy.
  • Avi.  The Good Dog.
  • Choldenko, Gennifer.  Notes from a Liar and her Dog.
  • Coville, Bruce.  The Monsters of Morley Manor.
  • Creech, Sharon.  Ruby Holler.
  • DeFelice, Cynthia.  The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs.
  • Hoeye, Michael.  Time Stops for No Mouse.
  • Holm, Jennifer.  Boston Jane:  An Adventure.
  • Howe, James.  The Misfits.
  • Ibbotson, Eva.  Journey to the River Sea.
  • Jennings, Patrick.  The Beastly Arms.
  • Johnston, Tony.  Any Small Goodness:  A Novel of the Barrio.
  • Kindle, Patrice.  Goose Chase.
  • Kochenderfer, Lee.  The Victory Garden.
  • Levine, Gail Carson.  The Two Princesses of Bamarre.
  • Martin, Ann.  Belle Teal.
  • McKay, Hilary.  Saffy's Angel.
  • Mosher, Richard.  Zazoo.
  • Park, Linda Sue.  A Single Shard.
  • Peck, Richard. Fair Weather.
  • Quattlebaum, Mary.  Grover G. Graham and Me.
  • Salisbury, Graham.  Lord of the Deep.
  • Taylor, Mildred.  The Land.
  • VanDraanen, Wendelin.  Flipped.
  • Wait, Lea.  Stopping to Home.
  • Wallace, Barbara.  Secret in St. Something.
  • Wilson, Nancy Hope. Mountain Posse.


Non-Fiction

  • Ambrose, Stephen.  The Good Fight:  How World War II Was Won  (grades 4+).
  • Anderson, M.T. Handel, Who Knew What He Liked  (grades 3+).
  • Attenborough, Liz.  Poetry by Heart: A Child's Book of Poems to Remember  (grades 3+)
  • Blumberg, Rhoda. Shipwrecked! :  The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy  (grades 3+)
  • Cummins, Julie.  Tomboy of the Air:  Daredevil Pilot Blanch Stuart Scott (grades 4+)
  • Facklam, Margery.  Spiders and their Web Sites (grades 2+)
  • Freedman, Russell.  In the Days of the Vaqueros:  America's First True Cowboys (grades 5+).
  • Goodall, Jane.  The Chimpanzees I Love (grades 3+).
  • Greenberg, Jan. Vincent Van Gogh:  Portrait of an Artist  (grades 5+)
  • Harper, Charise. Imaginative Inventions  (grades 2+).
  • Hoose, Phillip.  We Were There Too!  Young People in U.S. History  (grades 4+).
  • Kerley, Barbara.  The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins  (grades 3+).
  • Macy, Sue. Bull's-Eye:  A Photobiography of Annie Oakley (grades 4+)
  • Mallory, Kenneth.  Swimming With Hammerhead Sharks  (grades 3+)
  • Myers, Walter Dean.  The Greatest:  Muhammed Ali (grades 5+)
  • Partridge, Elizabeth.  This Land Was Made for You and Me:   The Life and Songs of Woodie Guthrie  (grades 5+)
  • Ryder, Joanne.  Little Panda:  The World Welcomes Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo (grades 2+)
  • Shannon, George.  More True Lies:  18 Tales for you to Judge  (grades 3+)



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Leslie Thornton, Principal

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