Guided Reading List: Juvenile Fiction and Juvenile Nonfiction L

This book list was created using Guided Reading Levels provided by Fountas & Pinnell, and children’s publishers such as ABDO Publishing, Capstone Press, Cavendish Square, Children’s Press, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Random House and Scholastic.


Updated September 16, 2025
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
War is over /
Almond, David,
Paper Book
Transcending its time and period, this moving and lyrical story, beautifully illustrated, explores the fear and hope of children in time of war. I am just a child. How can I be at war? It's 1918, and war is everywhere. John's father is fighting in the trenches...
Mercy Watson is missing! /
DiCamillo, Kate
Paper Book
Every favorite character from Kate DiCamillo's New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books makes an appearance in this extended, riotously funny series crescendo. When Mercy Watson the pig goes missing, all of Deckawoo Drive is in an uproar. The Watsons are inconsolable...
Welcome to Sparklegrove /
Elliott, Rebecca
Paper Book
Bo Tinseltail and friends welcome a new jackalope family to Sparklegrove Forest in the latest installment of this USA Today bestselling early chapter book series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly...
Trim sets sail /
Hopkinson, Deborah
Paper Book
One small kitten learns about the great big world as he sets sail with his fellow shipmates, animal and human, in this historical fiction intermediate reader. When Trim trips over a napping dog, little does he know that soon he'll set sail and begin learning how to be a ship's...
Rocky Zang in the Amazing Mr. Magic /
McDonald, Megan
Paper Book
Abracadabra! Kalamazoo! Rocky and Judy astound and amaze in the Greatest Backyard Magic Show on Earth! Rocky is perfecting the tricks for his magic show when Judy Moody offers to be his assistant. Rocky agrees, but it turns out that Judy -- or Stella the Spectacular...
Outdoor farm, indoor farm /
Metcalf, Lindsay H.
Paper Book
Texas 2 x 2 List The Nature Generation's 2025 Green Earth Book Award Short List Discover how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year in this vibrant, rhyming picture book. Outdoor farm, tractors toil.<...
The case of the diamonds in the desk /
Montgomery, Lewis B.
Paper Book
The Milo & Jazz Mysteries stars two kid detectives-in-training who use STEM problem-solving skills as they race to unravel cases and save the day! Perfect for fans of Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen and Nate the Great. A jewelry store is robbed. A diamond...
The case of the superstar scam /
Montgomery, Lewis B.
Paper Book
The Milo & Jazz Mysteries stars two kid detectives-in-training who use STEM problem-solving skills as they race to unravel cases and save the day! Perfect for fans of Encyclopedia Brown, Cam Jansen and Nate the Great. When teen idol Starr Silveira comes to...
Wrestling mania!
Shaskan, Stephen.
Paper Book
Get ready to rumble with Pizza and Taco in this hilarious graphic novel chapter book! These foodie besties need to find a sport they'll both be awesome at! Baseball? No. Soccer? Nah. Football? Maybe. Wrestling? YAAAS! These two are ready to throw down! Or at least they think they are!...
Charlie & Mouse are magic /
Snyder, Laurel
Paper Book
Charlie and Mouse are stirring up some magic! Join the fun in this latest edition in the Geisel Award-winning series. Every day is magic with Charlie and Mouse! In this latest continuation of the Charlie & Mouse early chapter book series, the two brothers are mixing up a...
The velociraptor /
Vonder Brink, Tracy
Paper Book
How big was Velociraptor? Could it run fast? Learn the answers and more in this guide to THE VELOCIRAPTOR. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
Breathe like a bear :
Willey, Kira
Paper Book
A companion picture book to Breathe Like a Bear that helps kids feel calm and ready to meet new classmates! Bear can't wait to go to her first day of school. But she and a few of her friends are also feeling a little anxious. Luckily, Owl has the perfect words for them all...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.