The basic list was pulled from a series of awards given to children’s books. We added any books in a series, i.e., if Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was mentioned, then we included the other five (or six, depending on when you’re reading this).
So how does a book make it onto the list now that the basic list has been compiled?
We want the books on the list to be challenging, interesting reads. We think a book, to be considered, should
Look over this list. What have we left off that we should have included? Email your suggestions to dale.lyles@cowetaschools.net
If you’re wondering exactly what the 100 Book Club is, look here for an explanation. Here’s an example of a reading journal blog that students will have. (Theirs will be behind the school system’s firewall.)
Each of the 500+ books on this list needs to have a synopsis and three to five writing prompts to help students write their blog posts. If you would like to volunteer to do one, email dale.lyles@cowetaschools.net, or download the review form here.
Junior Division titles are listed in blue.
Days Like This: a collection of small poems
Kick in the Head, A: an everyday guide to poetic forms
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle
Watership Down
Babe & I, The
Poems to Dream Together
Eight Cousins
Jo's Boys
Little Women
Black Cauldron, The
Book of Three, The
Castle of Llyr, The
Cat Who Wished to Be a Man
High King, The
Taran Wanderer
Story of Johnny Appleseed, The
William Shakespeare and the Globe
Miss Nelson is Missing!
Fire-Eaters, The
Before We Were Free
Princess and the Pea, The
Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen, The
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked
read by Dale Lyles
Strange Mr. Satie
read by Dale Lyles
Whales on Stilts
Whittington
Photo by Brady
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World
Sing Down the Moon
Sounder
Sir Walter and the Quest for El Dorado
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Crispin: at the edge of the world
Crispin: the cross of lead
Fighting Ground, The
Nothing But the Truth
Poppy
Smuggler's Island
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The
Parallel Journeys
Kneeknock Rise
Tuck Everlasting
Miss Hickory
Chasing Vermeer
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coal Miner's Bride: the diary of Anetka Kaminska
Hitler Youth
Two Suns in the Sky
Hope Was Here
On My Honor
Runt
Wizard of Oz, The
Charley Skedaddle
Madeline
César
Penderwicks, The
Five Chinese Brothers
Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme
Gathering of Days, A
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
What's the Deal?
Are You There Go? It's Me, Margaret
Freckle Juice
Superfudge
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Countdown to Independence
String in the Harp, A
Journey that Saved Curious George, The
Pecos Bill
Evvy's Civil War
Armadillo Rodeo
Mitten, The
Wild Christmas Reindeer, The
Caddie Woodlawn
Wish Giver, The
Goodnight Moon
Robert Browning: Poetry for Young People
Skeleton Man
Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
Magic Maize
Chalk Box Kid, The
Lion to Guard Us, A
Spying on Miss Müller
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
Queenie Peavy
Skinny
Secret Garden, The
Incredible Journey, The
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Night Swimmers, The
Pinballs, The
Summer of the Swans
Tornado
Stories Julian Tells
Stellaluna
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The
'Nothing is Impossible,' said Nellie Bly
Family Under the Bridge, The
Alice in Wonderland
Alice Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll: Poetry for Young People
Behind the Attic Wall
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?
African Journey
Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
Shen of the Sea
Only Passing Through
Secret of the Andes
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Ramona and Her Father
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona the Pest
Where the Lilies Bloom
Frindle
Satchel Paige
Cat Who Went to Heaven, The
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Alpha and the Dirty Baby
My Brother Sam is Dead
Big House, The
Stonewords
Miss Rumphius
Coming Home: from the life of Langston Hughes
Dark is Rising, The
Greenwitch
Grey King, The
King of Shadows
Over Sea, Under Stone
Silver on the Tree
I Am the Cheese
Getting Near to Baby
Jennifer Murdley's Toad
Replay: a new book
Walk Two Moons
Wanderer, The
Freight Train
Talking with Artists
Bud, Not Buddy
read by Kelly Partin
Watsons Go to Birmingham, The
Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Catherine, Called Birdy
Midwife's Apprentice, The
My Secret Camera: life in the Lodz ghetto
BFG, The
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
James and the Giant Peach
Matilda
Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The
Courage of Sarah Noble
Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The
Longitude Prize, The
Door in the Wall, The
read by Dale Lyles
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
26 Fairmount Avenue
I'm Still Scared
On My Way
Strega Nona
What a Year
May I Bring a Friend?
I, Juan de Pareja
House of Sixty Fathers, The
Hurry Home, Candy
Wheel on the School, The
Genius: a photobiography of Albert Einstein
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor diary of Amber Billows
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: the diary of Julie Weiss
So Far From Home: the diary of Mary Driscoll
When Will This Cruel War Be Over? : the Civil War diary of Emma Simpson
Because of Winn-Dixie
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Miraculous Jounrey of Edward Tulane, The
Tale of Despereaux, The
Granny Was a Buffer Girl
Snake-Stone, The
Morning Girl
Jacob's Rescue: a Holocaust story
Twenty-One Balloons, The
Deep Wizardry
High Wizardry
So You Want to Be a Wizard
Wizard Abroad, A
Wizard Alone, A
Wizards at War
Wizard's Dilemma, The
Wizard's Holiday
Wintering
Half Magic
Incident at Hawk's Hill
Matchlock Gun, The
Illustrator's Notebook, The
Enchantress from the Stars
Gone-Away Lake
Thimble Summer
Birchbark House, The
Game of Silence, The
Ginger Pye
Hundred Dresses, The
Power of Un, The
Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, The
Girl Named Disaster, A
Don't Whistle in School: a history of America's public schools \
Yolonda's Genius
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Danger in the Desert
Tales from Silver Lands
Great Brain, The
Great Brain at the Academy, The
Great Brain Reforms
Harriet the Spy
Bull Run
Graven Images
Joyful Noise: poems for two voices
Saturnalia
Bandit's Moon
Whipping Boy, The
Johnny Tremain
One-Eyed Cat
Slave Dancer, The
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Eleanor Roosevelt: a life of discovery
Give Me Liberty!
Lincoln: a Photobiography
Wright Brothers: how they invented the airplane
Pocket for Corduroy, A
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Double Life of Pocahontas, The
Great Little Madison, The
Homesick: my own story
Stonewall
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Robert Frost: Poetry for Young People
Dragon Rider
Inkheart
Inkspell
Thief Lord, The
Millions of Cats
My Father's Dragon
Joey Pigza Loses Control
What Would Joey Do?
Stone Fox
Line in the Sand: the Alamo diary of Lucinda Lawrence
Valley of the Moon: the diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros
Blue Willow
Julie of the Wolves
My Side of the Mountain
Troy
What Charlie Heard
Truth about Santa Claus, The
Lily's Crossing
Rosa
Old Yeller
Insect Metamorphosis
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon
Nicholas
Wind in the Willows, The
Adam of the Road
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
One Foot Ashore
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: the Oregon Trail diary of Hattie Campbell
Cleopatra VII: daughter of the Nile
Great Railroad Race: the diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868
Seeds of Hope: the Gold Rush diary of Susanna Fairchild
Winter of Red Snow: the Revolutionary War diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
Switching Well
Georgia Music
Talkin' About Bessie
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs
Doll in the Garden, The
Following My Own Footsteps
Stepping on the Cracks
Time for Andrew: a ghost story
Princess Academy
Ox-Cart Man, The
In the Beginning: creation stories from around the world
M. C. Higgins, the Great
Many Thousand Gone
People Could Fly, The
Planet of Junior Brown, The
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Ida B--: and her plans to maximize fun...
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
Dark Frigate, The
World's Greatest Elephant, The
Lugalbanda: the boy who got caught up in a war
Kitten's First Full Moon
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Justin Morgan had a Horse
King of the Wind
Misty of Chincoteague
Day They Came to Arrest the Book, The
Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609
Westward to Home
Cats in Krasinski Square, The
Light in the Storm: the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin
Out of the Dust
Sable
Witness
Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, The
Flush
Hoot
Jitterbug Jam: a monster tale
Anpao: an American Indian odyssey
Trouble Begins, The
Big Wander, The
Seabird
Our Only May Amelia
My Louisiana Sky
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Innocent Soldier, An
We Were There Too: young people in U.S. history
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Everything on a Waffle
Trolls, The
Isaac Campion
Across Five Aprils
Up a Road Slowly
Stranger Came Ashore, A
Journey to the River Sea
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Swamp Angel
In Ned's Head
Bellmaker, The
Legend of Luke, The
Long Patrol, The
Lord Brocktree
Mariel of Redwall
Marlfox
Martin the Warrior
Mattimeo
Mossflower
Outcast of Redwall
Pearls of Lutra
Redwall
Salamandastron
Taggerung
Triss
Smoky, the Cowhorse
Animal Family, The
How the Forest Grew
Top of the World: climbing Mount Everest
Red Scarf Girl: a memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Goha the Wise Fool
Heaven
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Only Outcast, The
Howl's Moving Castle
Like Jake and Me
Hello, Goodbye Window, The
Phantom Tollbooth, The
Defender, The
On Earth
Snowy Day, The
Rifles for Watie
Trumpeter of Krakow, The
Family of Poems, A
Road from Home, The
Hero Beowulf, The
Goose Chase
Babe: the Gallant Pig
Jungle Book, The
Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling: Poetry for Young People
Lassie, Come Home
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
Silent to the Bone
View from Saturday, The
Ashwater Experiment, The
Leo the Late Bloomer
Carrot Seed, The
...And Now Miguel
Onion John
Meet the Austins
Ring of Endless Light, A
Swiftly Tilting Planet, A
Wind in the Door, A
Wrinkle in Time, A
Worth
Fledgling, The
Christmas After All: the Great Depression diary of Minnie Swift
Dreams in the Golden Country: the diary of Zipporah Feldman
Journey to the New World: the diary of Remember Patience Whipple
Sugaring Time
Time for Courage: the suffragette diary of Kathleen Bowen
Weaver's Gift, The
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Volcano: the eruption and healing of Mt. St. Helens
Ben and Me
Rabbit Hill
Story of Ferdinand, The
Edward Lear
Landed
Farthest Shore, The
Tales from Earthsea
Tombs of Atuan, The
Wizard of Earthsea, A
Strawberry Girl
Day of Tears
John Henry
Sam and the Tigers
To Be a Slave
Ella Enchanted
My Life as a Fifth Grade Comedian
Jafta's Mother
Jafta—The Town
Horse and His Boy, The
Last Battle, The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The
Magician's Nephew, The
Prince Caspian
Silver Chair, The
Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The
Bat Boy and His Violin, The
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Hill of Fire
Pippi Longstocking
Frederick
Swimmy
Afternoon of the Elves
Art of Keeping Cool, The
Little by Little: a writer's education
Frog and Toad are Friends
Frog and Toad Together
Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poetry for Young People
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Betsy-Tacy
All About Sam
Gathering Blue
Giver, The
Messenger
Number the Stars
Rabble Starkey
Punished!
Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Come a Tide
Castle
Cathedral
Pyramid
Princess and the Goblin, The
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Good Liar, The
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
1812: the war nobody won
Silk Umbrellas
George and Martha
Snowflake Bentley
Sacrifice, The
Hundred Penny Box, The
Wild Kid, The
After the Rain
Greek Myths
Kite Rider, The
Blueberries for Sal
Make Way for Ducklings
Mirette on the High Wire
Anansi the Spider
Arrow to the Sun
Raven
Zomo the Rabbit: a trickster tale
Golden Goblet, The
Moorchild
Dog Friday
Blue Sword, The
Hero and the Crown, The
Black Hands, White Sails
Color Me Dark: the diary of Nellie Lee Love, the great migration North
Dark-Thirty: Southern tales of the supernatural
Days of Jubilee
Nzingha, Warrior Queen of Matamba
Picture of Freedom: the diary of Clotee, a slave girl
Precious and the Boo Hag
Rebels Against Slavery
If You Decide to Go to the Moon
Invincible Louisa
Anatasia, the last Grand Duchess: Russia, 1914
Isabel: jewel of Castilla, Spain 1466
Sparrow Hawk Red
Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
Annie and the Old One
Edna St. Vincent Millay: Poetry for Young People
House at Pooh Corner, The
Winnie-the-Pooh
Little Bear
Baseball Saved Us
Heroes
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Ingleside
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne’s House of Dreams
Doña Flor
Love You Forever
Paper Bag Princess, The
American Plague, An
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America
Great Fire, The
Long Road to Gettysburg, The
My Face to the Wind: the diary of Sarah Jane Price, a prairie teacher
West to a Land of Plenty: the diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
Zen Shorts
Harlem
Monster
Scorpions
Step from Heaven, A
Other Side of Truth, The
King of Mulberry Street, The
Sang Spell
Saving Shiloh
Shiloh
Shiloh Season
Walker's Crossing
Fortune's Bones
Mayfield Crossing
It's Like This, Cat
Rascal
Borrowers, The
Borrowers Afield
Borrowers Afloat
Borrowers Aloft
Borrowers Avenged, The
Duel of the Ironclads
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Moonpie and Ivy
Black Pearl, The
Island of the Blue Dolphins
King's Fifth, The
Streams to the River
Island on Bird Street, The
My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's diary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863
My Secret War: the World War II diary of Madeline Beck
Standing in the Light: the captive diary of Catherine Carey Logan
Piggie Pie!
Eldest
Eragon
Mick Harte Was Here
Skinnybones
Kathleen: the Celtic knot
Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark
Bridge to Terabithia
Great Gilly Hopkins, The
Jacob Have I Loved
Jip, His Story
Preacher's Boy
Crossing, The
Dogsong
Harris and Me: a summer remembered
Hatchet
Winter Room, The
Little Gentleman, The
Tom's Midnight Garden
Trouble Don't Last
Long Way from Chicago, A
River Between Us, A
Year Down Yonder, A
Soup
Visiting Langston
Criss Cross
White Water
Revenge of the Whale
Little Engine That Could, The
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry for Young People
Pink and Say
Thank You, Mr. Falker
Perilous Gard, The
Tale of Peter Rabbit, The
New Kid on the Block, The
Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909
Amber Spyglass, The
Clockwork, or All Wound Up
Golden Compass, The
Subtle Knife, The
Figgs & Phantoms
Westing Game, The
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Yearling, The
How the Red Fern Grows
Viktor Frankl: a life worth living
Shades of Gray
This Our Dark Country
Upstairs Room, The
Curious George
My Heart is on the Ground: the diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl
My Dream of Martin Luther King
Lightning Thief, The
reviewed by Dale Lyles
Sea of Monsters, The
reviewed by Dale Lyles
Don't Hurt Laurie
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The
Best School Year Ever, The
How to Eat Fried Worms
Freaky Friday
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Appalachia: the voices of sleeping birds
Fine White Dust, A
Henry and Mudge
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
Missing May
Old Woman Who Named Things, The
Relatives Came, The
Holes
Marvin Redpost: a flying birthday cake?
Small Steps
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
JoJo & Winnie: sister stories
Little Prince, The
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Bambi
Carl Sandburg: Poetry for Young People
Horsecatcher, The
Grandfather's Journey
Schwa Was Here, The
There Is a Carrot in My Ear: and other noodle tales
Millions to Measure
Math Curse
Science Verse
Stinky Cheese Man, The
True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, The
Judy Scuppernong
Cricket in Times Square, The
Maurcie Sendak's Really Rosie
Where the Wild Things Are
Good Master, The
White Stag, The
500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Bartholomew and the Oobleck
Cat in the Hat, The
Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hears a Who
If I Ran the Circus
If I Ran the Zoo
On Beyond Zebra
Pilgrims of Plimoth, The
Black Beauty
William Shakespeare: Poetry for Young People
White is for Blueberry
Young Wolf and Spirit Horse
Gifts of Wali Dad, The
Upon the Head of the Goat
Wild About Books
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
Giving Tree, The
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
Caps for Sale
Finding Buck McHenry
Taste of Blackberries, The
War with Grandpa, The
Austere Academy, The
Bad Beginning, The
Carnivorous Carnival, The
End, The
Ersatz Elevator, The
Grim Grotto, The
Hostile Hospital, The
Lemony Snicket: the unauthorized autobiography
Miserable Mill, The
Penultimate Peril
Reptile Room, The
Slippery Slope, The
Vile Village, The
Wide Window, The
Egypt Game, The
Headless Cupid, The
Witches of Worm, The
Miracles on Maple Hill
Bronze Bow, The
Sign of the Beaver, The
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The
Call It Courage
Loser
Maniac Magee
Wringer
So You Want to Be President?
Bravest Dog Ever: the true story of Balto
Good Queen Bess
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Time Apart, A
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind
Journey Outside.
Abel's Island
Doctor De Soto
Robert Louis Stevenson: Poetry for Young People
Treasure Island
Beyond the Deep Woods
Curse of the Gloamglozer
Freeglader
Last of the Sky Pirates
Midnight over Sanctaphrax
Stormchaser
Vox
Shadows of Ghadames, The
Noonday Friends, The
Amulet of Samarkand, The
Golem's Eye
Ptolemy's Gate
Black Ships Before Troy: the story of the Iliad
Wanderings of Odysseus: the story of the Odyssey
Friendship, The
Land, The
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Bomb, The
Casey at the Bat
Leon's Story
Fellowship of the Ring, The
Hobbit, The
Return of the King, The
Silmarillion
Two Towers, The
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
Frontier Living
Drummer Boy: marching to the Civil War
Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: the diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo girl, New Mexico 1864
Queen of Attolia, The
Thief, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
Polar Express, The
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Around the World in 80 Days
From the Earth to the Moon
Journey to the Center of the Earth, A
Mysterious Island, The
Alexander and the Terrible...Very Bad Day
Tenth Good Thing About Barney, The
Dicey's Song
Homecoming
Solitary Blue, A
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
Cousins in the Castle
Twin in the Tavern, The
George-isms
Charlotte's Web
Stuart Little
Trumpet of the Swan
Voyage on the Great Titanic: the diary of Margaret Ann Brady
Belle Prater's Boy
Walt Whitman: Poetry for Young People
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie, The
Little Town on the Prairie
Long Winter, The
On the Banks of Plum Creek
These Happy Golden Years
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Visit to William Blake's Inn, A
Leonardo the Terrible Monster
Galimoto
Chair for My Mother, A
Sundiata: lion king of Mali
Box Girl
Shadow of a Bull
Napping House, The
Other Side, The
Show Way
Christina's Ghost
Swiss Family Robinson, The
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Child of the Owl
Dragon's Gate
Dragonwings
Imp That Ate My Homework, The
Rainbow People, The
Hey, Al
Seven Blind Mice
Wigwam and the Longhouse, The
Tipi: a center of Native American life
Last Quest of Gilgamesh, The
Harry the Dirty Dog