Books approved for classroom instrucion in Northside ISD Elementary Schools
Updated May 2002
| Abel's Island | Gathering of Days, A | Racso and the Rats of Nimh |
| Addie Across the Prairie | George Washington Socks | Return of the Indian |
| Aesop's Fables | Ghost in the Closet | Road to Lexington |
| Afternoon of the Elves | Ghost in the House, A | Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest |
| Alvin's Swap Shop | Girl Who Loved the Wind, The | Rosa Parks |
| American Girl Collection | Girl Who Owned a City, The | Run Away Ralph |
| Amos Fortune | Grand Escape, The | Sam, the Cat |
| Anastasia Has the Answer | Grasshopper Summer | Sarah Bishop |
| Anastasia Krupnik | Great Brain, The | Sarah, Plain and Tall |
| Ancient Greece | Hank the Cowdog #1, #2 | Save Queen of Sheba |
| And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? | Harriet the Spy | Sea Otter Rescue |
| Around the World in 100 Years | Harriet Tubman | Secret Garden |
| Arthur, for the Very First Time | Hatchet | Secret Life of the Underwear Champ, The |
| Battlefield Ghost | Helen Keller | Secret of the Indian |
| Battle for the Castle | Hello, My Name Is Scrambled Eggs | Shh! We're Writing the Constitution! |
| Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | Help! I'm Prisoner in the Library | Shiloh |
| Ben and Me | Hidden Dagger | Sidewalk Story |
| Best Bad Thing, The | Homer Price | Sign of the Beaver |
| BFG, The | Homesick: My Own Story | Sing Down the Moon |
| Big Lie, The | House on Hackman's Hill, The | Skylark |
| Big Wave | How to Eat Fried Worms | Smoky the Cowhorse |
| Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady | Howliday Inn | Snaggle Doodles |
| Blue Willow | Hundred Dresses, The | Snow Treasures |
| Borrowers, The | Hundred Penny Box, The | Sounder |
| Bound for Oregon | I Am Leaper | Soup |
| Boxcar Children, The | Immigrants, The | Space Challenger |
| Bull Run | In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Star Fisher, The |
| Bunnicula | In-between Days, The | Staying Nine |
| Cabin Faced West | Incredible Journey, The | Stone Fox |
| Caddie Woodlawn | Indian in the Cupboard, The | Strider |
| Call it Courage | Invisible Hunters/Los Cazadores | Stuart Little |
| Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? | Invisibles | Summer of the Monkeys, The |
| Case of the Sabotaged School Play | Island of the Blue Dolphins | Summer of the Swans, The |
| Castle in the Attic, The | Jacob's Rescue | Super Fudge |
| Cat Who Went to Heaven, The | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher | Susanna of the Alamo |
| Cesar Chavez and La Causa | Journey | Sword in the Tree |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World | Tales Mummies Tell |
| Charlie Skedaddle | Key to the Treasurer | Tales of Ancient Greece |
| Charlotte's Web | King of the Wind | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
| Chocolate Fever | Knights of the Kitchen Table | Taste of Blackberries |
| Chocolate Touch | Lincoln | Thank You, Dr. King |
| Christmas Carol, A | Lion to Guard Us, A | Thomas Alva Edison |
| Class President | Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe, The | Tikta 'Liktak |
| Cowboys of the Wild West | Little House in the Big Woods | Time Cat |
| Cricket in Times Square, The | Little House on the Prairie | Time for Andrew |
| Cross-Eyed Ghost, The | Louis Braille: Out of Darkness | Time Trap |
| Dakota Spring | Magic Finger, The | To Walk the Sky Path |
| Danger Canyon | Matilda | Trouble River |
| Dear America: Line in the Sand, The Alamo Diary | Midnight Fox | Trumpet of Swans |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw | Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo | Turn Homeward, Hannalee |
| Dew Drop Dead | Missing May | Twenty-one Balloons |
| Dog Called Kitty, A | Misty of Chincoteague | Velveteen Rabbit |
| Dollhouse Murders, The | Morning Girl | Wanderer, The |
| Dolphin & Me, The | Mouse and the Motorcycle, The | War With Grandpa, The |
| Egypt Game, The | Mr. Popper's Penguins | Water Sky |
| Eighteenth Emergency, The | Mr. Tucket | Wayside School Is Falling Down |
| Enormous Egg, The | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh | Well, The |
| Esio Trot | Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Magic | Whales |
| Esperanza Rising | Muggie Maggie | What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? |
| Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes | My Side of the Mountain (George) | When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit |
| Family Apart, A | Night of the Twisters | Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? |
| Family Under The Bridge, The | No Beasts! No Children | Whipping Boy, The |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Noonday Friends, The | Who Stole the Wizard of Oz |
| Fear Place, The | Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade | Why Don't You Get A Horse, Sam Adams? |
| Flat Stanley | Number the Stars | Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? |
| Fledgling, The | Old Yeller | Willie Mays, Young Superstar |
| Follow My Leader | One-eyed Cat | Willow Creek Home |
| Forgotten Door, The | Our Teacher Is Missing | Wind in the Willows, The |
| Freedom Train | Paradise Called Texas, A | Wish Giver, The |
| From Anna | Pedro's Journal | Wizard of Oz, The |
| From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Pigs Might Fly | Wonderful Fight to the Mushroom Planet |
