Leveled books for 5th Grade Fine Arts

 

Author

Illustrator

Title

Reading

Level

Type of Book

Annotation/Tie-In

Pages

Coerr, Eleanor

Himler, Ronald

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

4.1

Non-fiction/Chapter Book

True story of a Japanese girl, who races against time to make 1,000 origami cranes in the hope that by doing so she will recover from the leukemia she was diagnosed with after Hiroshima.

63

Nichol, Barbara

Cameron, Scott

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

4.6

Historical Fiction/Picture Book

A ten -year old boy and his uncle exchange letters about a unique, musical boarder.

44

Curtis, Christopher Paul

(None)

Bud, Not Buddy

5.0

Fiction/Chapter Book/Newberry Award

A ten-year-old Black boy tries to find his father who he believes is a famous jazz player.

243

Lisle, Janet Taylor

(None)

The Art of Keeping Cool

5.0

Fiction/Chapter Book/

Scott O’Dell Award

Two cousins become involved with a German painter during WWII as one of the cousins takes art lessons.

239

Tallchief and Wells

Kelley, Gary

Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina

5.1

Non-fiction/Picture Book

Maria describes her childhood as an Osage Indian learning to dance.

28

Price, Leontyne

Dillon, Leo and Diane

Aida

5.1

Non-fiction/Picture Book

Retelling of what is believed to be a true story of an Ethiopian princess in Egypt as told by opera singer Leontyne Price.  Illustrations are notable as well.

27

Greenberg, Jan

Jordan, Sandra Jane

Action Jackson

5.2

Non-fiction/Picture Book

A glimpse into the life of American artist, Jackson Pollack

32

Park, Linda Sue

(None)

The Kite Fighters

5.5

Fiction/Chapter Book

Korean brothers construct/paint a kite for the king to fly

136

Tolan, Stephanie

(None)

Surviving the Applewhites

5.5

Fiction/Chapter Book/

Newberry Honor

Jake, a potential juvenal delinquent is sent to the Applewhites’ Family Creative Academy of arts and theater where he discovers talents and interests that he didn’t know he had.

216

King, Elizabeth

(None)

Quinceanera:  Celebrating Fifteen

6.4

Non-fiction/Chapter Book

The true account of two Hispanic girls celebrating their “coming of age” birthday including the all-important waltz with their fathers.

40

Park, Linda Sue

(None)

A Single Shard

6.6

Fiction/Newberry Award

A Korean orphan boy dreams of learning the potter’s trade and of making beautiful pottery.

152