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These two lists were taken from an article in //Instructor Magazine// (November/December Issue 2006). The picture books are for early readers. The chapter books are for more advanced readers. Both picture books and chapter books can be independent reading or shared reading with a parent. I have read most of the books on these lists. There are a few that I am not familiar with. __//**Please always use your discretion when helping your children select books!**//__  Top 25 Picture Books Chosen by Teachers: * On Accelerated Reader List

1. *__Where the Wild Things Are__ by Maurice Sendak 2. *__The Very Hungry Caterpillar__ by Eric Carle 3. *__The Polar Express__ by Chris Van Allsburg 4. __Goodnight Moon__ by Margaret Wise Brown 5. *__Love You Forever__ by Robert Munsch 6. *__The Giving Tree__ by Shel Silverstein 7. *__Sylvester and the Magic Pebble__ by William Steig 8. *__Madeline__ by Ludwig Bemelmans 9. *__The Little House__ by Virginia Lee Burton 10. *__Blueberries for Sal__ by Robert McCloskey 11. *__The Snowy Day__ by Ezra Jack Keats 12. *__Stellaluna__ by Janell Cannon 13. *__If You Give A Mouse a Cookie__ by Laura Numeroff 14. __The Other Side__ by Jacqueline Woodson 15. *__Owl Moon__ by Jane Yolen 16. __The Snowman__ by Raymond Briggs 17. __The Mysteries of Harris Burdick__ by Chris Van Allsburg 18. *__Make Way for Ducklings__ by Robert McCloskey 19. *__SkippyjonJones__ by Judy Schachner 20. __No, David!__ by David Shannon 21. *__The Keeping Quilt__ by Patricia Polacco 22. *__The Little Engine That Could__ by Watty Piper 23. *__The Mitten__ by Jan Brett 24. __Green Eggs and Ham__ by Dr. Seuss 25. *__Curious George__ by H.A. and Margaret Ray  Top 25 Chapter Books Chosen By Teachers:

1. __Charlotte's Web__ by E.B. White 2. *__Bridge to Terabithia__ by Katherine Paterson 3. *__The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe__ by C.S. Lewis 4. *__Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone__ by J.K. Rowling 5. *__Holes__ by Louis Sachar 6. __The Giver__ by Lois Lowry 7. *__Because of Winn-Dixie__ by Kate DiCamillo 8. *__Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing__ by Judy Blume 9. *__A Wrinkle in Time__ by Madeline L'Engle 10. *__Frindle__ by Andrew Clements 11. *__Charlie and the Chocolate Factory__ by Roald Dahl 12. *__Junie B., First Grader (at last!)__ by Barbara Park 13. *__Where the Red Fern Grows__ by Wilson Rawls 14. *__Tuck Everlasting__ by Natalie Babbitt 15. *__Harriet the Spy__ by Louise Fitzhugh 16. *__Little House on the Prairie__ by Laura Ingalls Wilder 17. *__Ramona Quimby, Age 8__ by Beverly Cleary 18. *__From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler__ by E.L. Konigsburg 19. *__Maniac Magee__ by Jerry Spinelli 20. __The Secret Garden__ by Frances Burnett 21. *__Ruby Holler__ by Sharon Creech 22. *__Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry__ by Mildred D. Taylor 23. __Anne of Green Gables__ by L.M. Montgomery 24. __Freak the Mighty__ by Rodman Philbrick 25. *__A Series of Unfortunate Events__ by Lemony Snicket