Discover Read 2000

Pre-K - Kindergarten
Grades 1-2
Grades 3-4
Grades 5-6

BUNNY CAKES Wells, Rosemary
Max and Ruby each create the perfect present for Grandma.

DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS Barton, Byron
How many prehistoric creatures do you know?

GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA Rathmann, Peggy
Who is really in charge at the zoo?

IN THE SMALL, SMALL POND Fleming, Denise
Enjoy the seasons with geese and frogs.

INCH BY INCH Lionni, Leo
A clever inchworm measures a robin and a hummingbird.

LEO THE LATE BLOOMER Kraus, Robert
When will a little tiger learn to read?

MOUSE PAINT Walsh, Ellen Stoll
Mix red, yellow, and blue with three little mice.

MOUSE VIEWS McMillan, Bruce
What the class pet sees -- up-close.

MY FIVE SENSES Miller, Margaret
Children at play as they see, hear, taste, smell, and touch.

PIG PIG GROWS UP McPhail, David M.
A little pig insists that he still a baby.

THE QUILT Jonas, Ann
A little girl spends her first night in her new, grown-up bed.

ROSIE'S WALK Hutchins, Pat
Does Rosie the Hen know that Fox is following her?

SHOES, SHOES, SHOES Morris, Ann
Which are for dancing and which are for walking?

SMALL GREEN SNAKE Gray, Libba Moore
A grassy, flashy, sassy garter snake crosses the garden wall.

SPOT GOES TO THE PARK Hill, Eric
Play on the swings with Spot and his friends.

WHEN I AM OLD WITH YOU Johnson, Angela
A little girl and her grandfather share their day.

BACK HOM Pinkney, Gloria Jean
Ernestine visits mama's childhood home in North Carolina.

COMMANDER TOAD AND THE PLANET OF THE GRAPES Yolen, Jane
The spaceship "Star Warts" goes where no toad has gone before.

THE FIRST STRAWBERRIES: A CHEROKEE STORY Bruchac, Joseph
Sun brings sweet berries to Earth.

THE GARDENER Stewart, Sarah
Lydia Grace's love of flowers blooms atop a city roof and brightens her uncle's life.

HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD Priceman, Marjorie
Gather the ingredients from many countries.

THE LAST DRAGON Nunes, Susan Miho
A little boy rebuilds an old costume and makes new friends.

MARKET! Lewin, Ted
Shop in Uganda, Ecuador, Nepal and New York City.

MARTHA SPEAKS Meddaugh, Susan
Martha the dog eats alphabet soup and the letters go to her head.

MY MAMA HAD A DANCING HEART Gray, Libba Moore
A girl and her mother welcome each season.

NATE THE GREAT AND THE TARDY TORTOISE Sharmat, Marjorie W.
Who is eating the flowers in the garden?

PLAY BALL, AMELIA BEDELIA Parish, Peggy
Can she bat and field a baseball as well as she can bake and dust?

POPPLETON Rylant, Cynthia
A small-town pig goes to the library.

POSTCARDS FROM PLUTO: A TOUR OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM Leedy, Loreen
Join 6 young tourists as they journey to the planets.

SPACEY RIDDLES Hall, Katy
What's the best way to talk to a Martian?

TIME TRAIN Fleischman, Paul
A class takes a field trip back to the time of the dinosaurs.

TRAVELING TO TONDO: A TALE OF THE NKUNDO OF ZAIRE Aardema, Verna
A civet cat and his friends face many delays on the way to his wedding.

A WEED IS A FLOWER: THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER Aliki
A slave becomes a great scientist.

WHEN JO LOUIS WON THE TITLE Rochelle, Belinda
A little girl learns why she is named for a boxing legend.

ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! A VIOLIN Moss, Lloyd
The instruments of the orchestra assemble onstage for a joyful and rhythmic concert.

ABIGAIL TAKES THE WHEEL Avi
The captain's daughter steers a freighter up the Hudson River to New York City.

AMELIA'S NOTEBOOK Moss, Marissa
Amelia writes about her older sister, a new school and an old best friend.

ARTHUR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME MacLachlan, Patricia
After a summer with his aunt and uncle, Arthur gets a new slant on life.

BEAST FEAST: POEMS Florian, Douglas
Enjoy the walrus, the anteater and other animals -- in verse.

BIG CATS Simon, Seymour
Leopards and lions in beautiful color.

CAM JANSEN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE DINOSAUR BONES Adler, David A.
Who is taking the bones from the museum?

FABLES Lobel, Arnold
A camel dances and an ostrich falls in love in these witty twists on animal tales.

FRINDLE Clements, Andrew
Nick creates a new word that lands in the dictionary.

JUST JUICE Hesse, Karen
Juice finds out why she should learn to read.

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM Cole, Joanna
Mrs. Frizzle's class explores the planets.

MORE STORIES TO SOLVE Shannon, George
Fifteen folktales from around the world.

MUMMIES MADE IN EGYPT Aliki
Learn how and why.

MY LIFE AMONG THE ALIENS Gauthier, Gail
Two brothers wonder why their house is so popular.

ONE GIANT LEAP Fraser, Mary Ann
Join Neil Armstrong on his flight to the moon.

SONG LEE AND THE HAMSTER HUNT Kline, Suzy
The whole class searches for the missing pet.

THE STORIES JULIAN TELLS Cameron, Ann
Julian loses a tooth and finds a new friend.

STRINGBEAN'S TRIP TO THE SHINING SEA Williams, Vera B.
Funny postcards track a trip across America in a truck.

SUMMER READING IS KILLING ME Scieszka, Jon
The Time Warp Trio run into a giant chicken in Hoboken.

WHAT DO AUTHORS DO? Christelow, Eileen
How authors write, get published, and sign autographs.

YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR Namioka, Lensey
Yingtao would rather play baseball than the violin.

ALIEN SECRETS Klause, Annette Curtis
On the way to her parents' planet, Puck befriends a troubled alien.

BELLE PRATER'S BOY White, Ruth
Gypsy tries to solve a tragic family mystery.

DOG FRIDAY McKay, Hilary
Robin finds an abandoned dog and learns about honesty and overcoming fear.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY Freedman, Russell
A biography of the remarkable First Lady.

HEY WORLD, HERE I AM! Little, Jean
Kate reflects on family, friends, and school in poems and sketches.

HOLES Sachar, Louis
Stanley Yelnats digs up family secrets at Camp Green Lake.

JIM UGLY Fleischman, Sid
Jake and his father's dog find adventure and treasure in the old West.

KNOTS IN MY YO-YO STRING: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A KID Spinelli, Jerry
An author lovingly recalls his childhood in the 1950's.

MISTAKES THAT WORKED Jones, Charlotte Foltz
How velcro, silly putty and frisbees were invented.

MY LIFE AS A FIFTH-GRADE COMEDIAN Levy, Elizabeth
Bobby organizes "The Great Laugh-Off Contest" between students and teachers.

OUT OF THE DUST Hesse, Karen
In a series of poems, Billie Jo relates the hardships of her life in Oklahoma during the Depression.

REGARDING THE FOUNTAIN Klise, Kate
An exchange of letters reveals the liars and leaks when a 5th grade class campaigns for a new drinking fountain.

THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF PRINCE JEN Alexander, Lloyd
The Chinese emperor's son has many adventures as he travels to a mysterious kingdom.

THE SEARCH FOR DELICIOUS Babbitt, Natalie
Gaylen sets off on his horse, Marrow, to poll the king's subjects on the tastiest food.

SPIDER BOY Fletcher, Ralph
Taking care of his tarantula and keeping a journal help Bobby deal with a new school and an annoying bully.

STEPPING ON THE CRACKS Hahn, Mary D.
During World War II, Margaret and Elizabeth resolve to battle a bully.

UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN Salisbury, Graham
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor disrupts Tomi's life of baseball and fishing.

WALK TWO MOONS Creech, Sharon
Sal and her grandparents take a car trip in search of her mother.

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963 Curtis, Christopher Paul
Kenny and his "weird" family set off from Michigan to Alabama to visit Grandma.

A WRINKLE IN TIME L'Engle, Madeleine
Meg and her friends search for her father, who has disappeared while doing secret work for the government.