SUGGESTED BOOKLIST
Adapted from Various Booklists of the Los Angeles Public Library

Begin the Million Word Challenge by reading a great story today. Getting started is easy! You can begin by choosing a book title from the list below or ask a teacher or librarian for a suggestion.

Infant and Toddlers
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
• Gerald McBoing Boing by Dr.Seuss
• “More More More” Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
• Barnyard Lullaby by Frank Asch
• The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
• Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
• Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho
• Bartholomew Bear: Five Toddler Tales by Virginia Miller
• The Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter

Preschool
• The Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Engine That Could by Watty Pipper
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• The Cat in the Cat by Dr. Seuss
• It Looked like Split Milk by Charles Shaw
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Kindergarten - 1st Grade
• A Bear for Miguel by Elaine Marie Alpihin
• Beat Place to Read by Debbie Bertram
• When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen
• Ready…Set…Read! by Joanna Cole
• Cat Traps by Molly Coxe
• Surprises by Lee Bennett Hopkins
• Zelda and Ivy by Laura Kvasnosky
• What Do You Hear When Cows Sing? by Marco Maestro
• Fox Outfoxed by James Marshall
• Grandmas at Bat by Emily Arnold McCully

2nd - 3rd Grade
• Going Home by Eve Bunting
• The Gator Girls by Joanna Cole
• My Big Lie by Bill Cosby
• Splish Splash by Joan Graham
• Good Rhymes, Good Times by Lee Bennett Hopkins
• Girl Wonder by Deborah Hopkinson
• Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela
• Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
• Young Wolf and Spirit Horse by Janice Shefelman
• Chato’s Kitchen by Gary Soto

3rd - 4th Grade
• Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
• The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling
• Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary
• And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
• Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull
• The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester
• The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
• Addy Learns a Lesson: A School Story by Conne Porter
• The Dog that Pitched a No-Hitter by Matt Christopher
• Oh Grow Up! Poems to Help you Survive Parents, Chores, School… by Florence Parry Heide

5th – 6th Grade
• The Arcadians by Lloyd Alexander
• Egg-Drop Blues by Jacqueline Banks
• Bingo Brown’s Guide to Romance by Betsy Byars
• The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
• Three Teribles Trins by Dick King-Smith
• The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Peterson
• Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Robinet
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. Rowling
• 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee Wardlaw
• A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

Middle School and High School Students
• Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
• 47 by Walter Mosley
• Eragon (Inheritance series, Book 1) by Christopher Paolini
• Always Running: la vida loca, gang days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Rowan Hood, outlaw girl of Sherwood Forest by Nancy Springer
• The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Ann Frank
• Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami
• Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
• Funny in Farsi: A memoir of growing up Iranian in America by Firoozeeh Dumas