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Literature Circle Book Sets
from Chapter 4, Getting Started with Literature Circles
by Katherine L. Schlick Noe and Nancy J. Johnson
© 1999 Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc.
Reprinted by permission

Here are lists of books that teachers have used in literature circles in grades 1 - 8. Click on a grade level below to see the entire list for that grade. For books within a theme, click on the theme within a grade level.
 
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Middle School
Friendship

Relationships with Elders

Retold Fairy Tales

Caring for the Environment
Challenges

Humor

Author Study:
James Marshall

Author Study:
E. B. White

Taking Action to Care for Others

Biographies

Facing Hard Times with Courage
(Revolutionary War)

Growth and Change

Homeless Children

Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII

Author Study:
Walter Dean Myers

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1st Grade

Vicki Yousoofian
St. Joseph's School
Seattle, Washington

Friendship

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco
Relationships with Elders Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie De Paola
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Retold Fairy Tales The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
Emperor Penguin's New Clothes by Janet Perlman
Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
Cinderella Penguin by Janet Perlman
The True Story of the Three Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
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2nd Grade

Lori Scobie
North City Elementary
Shoreline, Washington

Caring for the Environment

Picture Books

Prince William by Ted and Gloria Rand
Where Once There was a Wood by Denise Fleming
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
Non-Fiction Be a Friend to Trees by Patricia Lauber
There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
One Day in the Woods by Jean Craighead George
Chapter Books Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
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3rd Grade

Mary Lou Laprade
John Hay Elementary
Seattle, Washington

 
Challenges Aldo Applesauce by Johanna Hurwitz
Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Humor Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe
Author Study: James Marshall Yummers!
Yummers Too!
Three Up a Tree
Author Study: E. B. White Stuart Little
Charlotte's Web
Trumpet of the Swan
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4th Grade

Lori Scobie
North City Elementary
Shoreline, Washington

 
Taking Action to Care for Others

Picture Books

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Prince William by Ted and Gloria Rand
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
Novels Thunder at Gettysburg by Patricia Gauch
Journey to Jo'burg by Beverly Naidoo
Randall's Wall by Carol Fenner
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
Biographies Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart by Patricia Lauber
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
The Story of Jackie Robinson: The Bravest Man in Baseball by Margaret Davidson
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark by Johanna Hurwitz
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5th Grade

Kirstin Gerhold
Columbia Elementary
Mukilteo, Washington

 
Revolutionary War: Facing Hard Times with Courage My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell
Growth and Change The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Pickle Song by Barthe DeClements
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
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Middle School

Janine A. King
Brighton School
Lynnwood, Washington

 
Homeless Children

Picture Book

Fly Away Home by Eve BuntingNovels Randall's Wall by Carol Fenner
Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Monkey Island by Paula Fox
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
A Place to Call Home by Jackie French Koller
When the Road Ends by Jean Thesman
Informational Book Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Distinguished Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books to Aid the Homeless, edited by Michael J. RosenReturn to top
 
 
 
 
The Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII

Picture Book

The Bracelet by Yoshiko UchidaNovels The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito by Sheila Garrigue
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida
The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means
Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
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Author Study: Walter Dean Myers   Scorpions
Somewhere in the Darkness
The Glory Field
Slam!
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
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© 2004 Katherine L. Schlick Noe
College of Education
Seattle University
kschlnoe@seattleu.edu