Books for Boys of all ages

Picture Books

Chapter Books
(Grades PreK-2nd) (Grades 3rd-8th)

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard

S.O.R. Losers by Avi

The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

Arthur's Eyes by Marc Brown

The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

various sports fiction by Matt Christopher

Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Fortunately by Remy Charlip

The Boggart by Susan Cooper

Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Tigress by Helen Cowcher

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville

Corduroy by Don Freeman

Ironman by Chris Crutcher

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Jamaica Tag-Along by Juanita Havill James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? by Paula Danziger
Papa Tells Chita a Story by Elizabeth Howard Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice
Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
Bently & Egg by William Joyce Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
The Carrot See by Ruth Krauss My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Tillie and the Wall by Leo Lionni The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
Barn Dance! by Bill Martin, Jr. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Will's Mammoth by Rafe Martin Bearstone by Will Hobbs
Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by James Howe
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say Redwall by Brian Jacques
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Komodo! by Peter Sis A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto All About Sam by Lois Lowry
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina The Giver by Lois Lowery
Amos & Boris by William Steig Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez
Doctor De Soto by William Steig The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber Slam! by Walter Dean Myers
Max's Dragon Shirt by Rosemary Wells Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Tuesday by David Wiesner Z is for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
The Napping House by Audrey Wood Skinnybones by Barbara Park
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson
William's Doll by Charlotte Zolotow Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Beginning Chapter Books Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
(Grades 1st-3rd) The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Buffalo Brenda by Jill Pinkwater
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes by Willo Davis Roberts
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Joanna Hurwitz There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
  The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
  Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
  Stuart Little by E.B. White
  Dragonwings by Laurence Yep