RESPECT BOOK LIST

Kindergarten    First    Second    Third    Fourth    Fifth    Unspecified Grades

 

KINDERGARTEN

The Bathwater Gang; Jerry Spinelli

Bein' With You This Way; W. Nikola-Lisa

Best Friends; Miriam Cohen

Best Friends for Frances; Russell Hoban

Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea; Joyce Carol

Chester's Way; Kevin Henkes

Dandelion; Don Freeman

Don't Fidget a Feather; Erica Silverman

Frog and Toad Are Friends; Arnold Lobel

George and Martha; James Marshall

George and Martha Back in Town

I Like Me!; Nancy Carlson

Ira Sleeps Over; Bernard Waber

Let's Be Enemies; Janice M. Udry

A Letter to Amy; Ezra Jack Keats

Matthew and Tilly; Rebecca C. Jones

Meet Danitra Brown; Nikki Grimes

The Mixed-Up Cameleon, Eric Carle

The Night Worker; Kate Banks

P.J. Funnybunny Camps Out; Marilyn Sadler

Quick as a Cricket, Audrey Wood

Rosie and Michael; Judith Voirst

William's Doll; Charlotte Zolotow

 

FIRST GRADE

The Adventures of Connie and Diego; Maria Garcia

Best Friends for Frances; Russell Hoban

A Birthday Basket for Tia; Pat Mora

Chester's Way; Kevin Henkes

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Doreen Cronin

The First Strawberries; Joseph Bruchac

Frog and Toad Are Friends; Arnold Lobel

George and Martha, James Marshall

Hairs; Sandra Cisneros

Hats, Hats, Hats; Ann Morris

Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark; Johanna Hurwitz

Joshua's Masai Mask; Dakari Hru

Matthew and Tilly; Rebecca C. Jones

Native American Stories; Joseph Bruchac

No Howling in the House; Erica Farber & J. R. Sansevere

Now One Foot, Now the Other; Tomie dePaula

Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe

The Shortest Kid in the World; Corinne Demas Bliss

Soccer Sam; Jean Marzollo

Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back; Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London

Through Grandpa's Eyes; Patricia MacLachlan

The Wednesday Surprise; Eve Bunting

Yellow Bird and Me; Joyce Hansen

 

SECOND GRADE

Amazing Bats; Frank Greenaway

Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Surat

Bein' With You This Way; W. Nikola-Lisa

Bully Trouble; Joanna Cole

Chester's Way; Kevin Henkes

Dealing with Insults; Marianne Johnston

Grasshopper on the Road; Arnold Lobel

In the Time of Drums; Kim L. Siegelson

King of the Playground; Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Let's Be Enemies; Janice M. Udry

The Meanest Thing to Say; Bill Cosby

Oliver Button is a Sissy; Tomie dePaula

Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe

Stellaluna; Janell Cannon

The Treasure Hunt; Bill Cosby

The Ugly Duckling; adapted by Jerry Pinkney

Verdi; Janell Cannon

Yoko; Rosemary Wells

 

THIRD GRADE

Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Surat

Blubber; Judy Blume

The Carp in the Bathtub; Barbara Cohen

Crow Boy; Taro Yashima

Daniel's Duck; Clyde Robert Bulla

Dealing with Anger; Marianne Johnston

Freckle Juice; Judy Blume

Goodbye, Vietnam; Gloria Whelan

Harlem; A Poem; Walter Dean Myers

The Hundred Dresses; Eleanor Estes

I Am Rosa Parks; Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins

Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel; Irene Smalls

Jamaica Tag-Along; Juanita Havill

Joshua's Masai Mask; Dakari Hru

Julius, the Baby of the World; Kevin Henkes

The Kid in the Red Jacket; Barbara Parks

King of the Playground; Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Lotus Seed; Sherry Garland

Matthew and Tilly; Rebecca C. Jones

Molly's Pilgrim; Barbara Cohen

Never Say Quit; Bill Wallace

Oliver Button is a Sissy; Tomie dePaula

Onion Tears; Diana Kidd

Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman; Stephanie Greene

Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe

Ramona the Pest; Beverly Cleary

The Shortest Kid in the World; Corrine Demas Bliss

Smoky Night; Eve Bunting

A Weekend with Wendell; Kevin Henkes

William's Doll; Charlotte Zolotow

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree; William Miller

 

FOURTH GRADE

Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Garza

China: The Culture; Bobbie Kalman

China: The Land; Bobbie Kalman

China: The People; Bobbie Kalman

Ella Enchanted; Gail Carson Levine

Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs, Jamie Gilson

The Hundred Dresses; Eleanor Estes

If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island; Ellen Levine

In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson; Betty Bao Lord

Leo the Lop; Stephen Cosgrove

The Lotus Seed; Sherry Garland

Pinky and Rex and the Bully; James Howe

Sister; Eloise Greenfield

Someday Angeline; Louis Sachar

Who Belongs Here? An American Story; Margy Burns Knight

Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family; Lensey Namioka

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear; Lensey Namioka

You're a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman; Claudia Mills

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, Lloyd Moss

 

FIFTH GRADE

Angel Child, Dragon Child; Michele Maria Garza

Crossing the Starlight Bridge; Alice Mead

Felita, Nicholasa Mohr

The Friendship; Mildred D. Taylor

Gaffer Samson's Luck; Jill Paton Walsh

The Gold Cadillac; Mildred D. Taylor

Iggie's House; Judy Blume

Keystone Kids; John R. Tunis

Mayfield Crossing; Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Mississippi Bridge; Mildred D. Taylor

My Name is Maria Isabel; Alma Flor Ada

Nettie's Trip South; Ann Turner

Sixth Grade Nickname Game; Gordon Korman

Song of the Trees; Mildred D. Taylor

Swamp: Bayou Teche, Louisiana, 1851; K. Duey & K.A. Bale

Taking Sides; Gary Soto.

 

UNSPECIFIED GRADE LEVELS

Cole, Brock. No More Baths

Cummings. Clean your room, Harvey Moon!

Hutchins, Pat. Where's the Baby?

Jackson, Ellen B. The Bear in the Bathtub

Krasilovsky, Phyllis. The Man Who Did Not Wash His Dishes

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Mooch the Messy

Stanton, Elizabeth. The Very Messy Room

Teague. M. Pigsty

Wilhelm, Hans. Oh, What a Mess

Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog

Aliki -- Manners

Buehner -- I did it. I'm sorry

Buehner -- It's a spoon, not a shovel

Hoban, R. -- Dinner at Alberta's

Joslin -- What do you do, dear?

Slobodkin -- Excuse me! Certainly!

Wojciechowski --Don't call me Beanhead!

Butterworth, William. Leroy and the Old Man

Byars, Betsy. The House of Wings

Cohen. No Good in Art

MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah Plain and Tall

Mathis, Sharon Bell. The Hundred Penny Box

Rathman. Ruby the Copy Cat.

Stone. I'm Glad I'm Me

Blume, Judy. Iggie's House

Bunting, Eve. Smoky Night

Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges

Curtis, THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM

Dragonwagon, Cresent. Home Place

Golenbock, Peter Teammates

Hamanaka, Sheila All the Colors of the Earth

Raschka, Chris Yo! Yes!

Taylor, Mildred , FRIENDSHIP

Taylor, Mildred , Gold Cadillac

Taylor, Mildred , Mississippi Bridge

Taylor, Mildred , ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY

Taylor, Mildred , SONG OF THE TREES

Taylor, Mildred , The Well

 

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