Picture Books
Chapter Books
Classic Literature
Poetry and Rhymes
Book Characters
100
This hungry caterpillar eats through one apple, two pears, and more before becoming a butterfly.
What is "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"?
100
This young wizard discovers he’s famous in the magical world and attends Hogwarts School.
Who is Harry Potter?
100
This novel by Harper Lee features Scout Finch and her father, Atticus, in a story about racial injustice.
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
100
This poet wrote "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Who is Robert Frost?
100
Who is Piggie's best friend from Elephant and Piggie?
Gerald
200
This mischievous cat in a tall striped hat causes chaos for two children on a rainy day.
Who is the Cat in the Hat?
200
In this book, a group of kids builds a giant peach that flies them across the ocean.
What is "James and the Giant Peach"?
200
In this dystopian novel, Jonas discovers the dark secrets behind his seemingly perfect community.
What is "The Giver"?
200
This poem begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
What is "The Raven"?
200
This young girl falls down a rabbit hole into a world of talking animals and a mad queen.
Who is Alice (from "Alice in Wonderland")?
300
In this book, a little pig warns his brothers, "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!"
What is "The Three Little Pigs"?
300
This book follows a mouse named Despereaux who falls in love with a princess and saves her from danger.
What is "The Tale of Despereaux"?
300
This book by Lois Lowry follows a Jewish girl and her family as they hide from the Nazis during World War II.
What is "Number the Stars"?
300
This poet wrote "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Giving Tree."
Who is Shel Silverstein?
300
Who are the boys who befriend Captain Underpants?
Who are George and Harold?
400
This bear loves honey and lives in the Hundred Acre Wood with his friends Piglet and Tigger.
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh?
400
This book series features a brother and sister who travel through time in a magical treehouse.
What is "The Magic Tree House" series?
400
This novel by Mark Twain follows the adventures of a boy and a runaway slave on the Mississippi River.
What is "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?
400
This poem by Langston Hughes asks, "What happens to a dream deferred?"
What is "Harlem" (or "A Dream Deferred")?
400
This boy and his dog discover a ghost in a New York City apartment (from "The Ghost Belonged to Me").
Who is Tony?
500
This book by Mo Willems features a pigeon who really, really wants to drive a bus.
What is "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus"?
500
In this book, a boy named Auggie Pullman faces challenges as he starts school with a facial difference.
What is "Wonder"?
500
In this classic, a group of boys stranded on an island descends into savagery.
What is "Lord of the Flies"?
500
This nursery rhyme features an old woman who lives in a shoe and has so many children she doesn’t know what to do.
What is "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"?
500
This character is a young detective who solves mysteries with his dog, Snowy.
Who is Tintin?
600
This book by Eric Carle features a chameleon who wishes he could be like other animals.
What is "The Mixed-Up Chameleon"?
600
This book by Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a girl named Opal who adopts a stray dog she names Winn-Dixie.
What is "Because of Winn-Dixie"?
600
This novel by John Steinbeck tells the story of two migrant workers, George and Lennie, during the Great Depression.
What is "Of Mice and Men"?
600
This poet wrote "I, Too" and was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
600
This character is a young girl who loves to wear a red cloak and encounters a wolf on her way to her grandmother’s house.
Who is Little Red Riding Hood?
700
In this story, a bear named Corduroy goes on an adventure in a department store to find his missing button.
What is "Corduroy"?
700
In this book, a boy named Stanley Yelnats is sent to a camp where he digs holes to "build character."
What is "Holes"?
700
In this book, a young girl named Liesel Meminger steals books during World War II.
What is "The Book Thief"?
700
This poem by Maya Angelou celebrates resilience and begins, "You may write me down in history."
What is "Still I Rise"?
700
This character is a young boy who never grows up and lives in Neverland with the Lost Boys.
Who is Peter Pan?
800
This book by Dr. Seuss features a character who tries to convince the Onceler not to chop down the forest of Truffula trees.
What is "The Lorax"?
800
This book series follows the adventures of four siblings who discover a magical land through a wardrobe.
What is "The Chronicles of Narnia"?
800
This novel by Ray Bradbury depicts a future society where books are banned and "firemen" burn them.
What is "Fahrenheit 451"?
800
This long narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells the story of a sailor cursed for killing an albatross.
What is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
800
This character is a detective who lives at 221B Baker Street and solves crimes with his friend Dr. Watson.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?