Picture Books
Level 3 (Approximately ages 7-10) · Of interest to both
39 books · Still Point of the Turning World
Alsburg, Chris Van
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The Wretched Stone
L2,3,4
Barker, Cicely Mary
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The Lord of the Rushie River
L2,3
Bernadette
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Varenka
a Russian story of a delayed answer to prayer and the miracle that results
L2,3,4
Bunting, Eve
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One Candle
(A Hanukkah story—very moving)
L2,3
Caudill, Rebecca
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A Certain Small Shepherd
L2,3
Celenza, Anna Harwell
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Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
C.D. incl.
L3,4
Collington, Peter
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A Small Miracle
Wordless Christmas story—a family favorite
L1,2,3,4
Cooney, Barbara
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Eleanor
About Eleanor Roosevelt’s life
L2,3
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Miss Rumphius
L2,3
Early, Margaret
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Robin Hood
Medieval looking illustrations—one plate per story
L2,3
Gruelle, Johnny
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The Paper Dragon
L2,3
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Wooden Willie
A little known one, but a family favorite
L2,3
Herriot, James
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A Treasury for Children
Great retellings from his veterinarian books
L2,3,4
Hest, Amy
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When Jessie Came Across the Sea
L2,3
Hodges, Margaret
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Merlin and the Making of the King
Great retellings of many stories
L2,3
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Saint George and the Dragon
L2,3
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The Kitchen Knight
L2,3
Lunge-Larsen, Lise
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The Race of the Birkebeiners
L2,3
Philbrick, Margaret
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Back to the Manger
Lovely Christmas story with great local (Chicago) references & illus.
L1,2,3,4
Polacco, Patricia
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Pink and Say
For older children—a Civil War story
L2,3
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The Butterfly
Heavy subject matter—Jews plight during the Holocaust
L3
Rylant, Cynthia
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In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen
(Cobblestreet Cousins)
L2,3
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Some Good News
(Cobblestreet Cousins)
L2,3
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A Little Shopping
(Cobblestreet Cousins)
L2,3
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Special Gifts
(Cobblestreet Cousins)
L2,3
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The Relatives Came
L2,3,4
Tudor, Tasha
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A Doll's Christmas
L1,2,3,4
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A Time to Keep
L1,2,3,4
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Pumpkin Moonshine
L1,2,3,4
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Wings from the Wind
An anthology of poems
L1,2,3,4
Wangerin, Walter, Jr.
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Mary’s First Christmas
L2,3,4
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Peter’s First Easter
L2,3,4
Wells, Rosemary
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Lassie Come Home
A retelling—beautifully illustrated
L2,3
Wise, William
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The Black Falcon
From the Decameron, retold by Wise
L2,3
Wood, Audrey and Don
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A Cowboy Christmas: The Miracle at Lone Pine Ridge
L2,3