Leveled Book List

Title	Author	Grade Level	Annotation
Bud, Not Buddy	Curtis, Christopher Paul	5^th	A ten-year-old boy tries to find his father who he believes is a famous jazz player.
The Art of Keeping Cool	Lisle, Janet Taylor	5^th	Two cousins become involved with a German painter during WWll as one of the cousins takes art lessons.
Quinceanera: Celebrating Fifteen	King, Elizabeth	6.4	The true account of two Hispanic girls celebrating their “coming of age” birthday including the all-important waltz with their fathers.
A Single Shard	Park, Linda Sue	6.6	A Korean boy dreams of learning the potters trade and of making beautiful pottery.
Norman Rockwell: Storyteller with a Brush	Gherman, Beverly	6.6	This Book describes the life and work of the popular American Artist who depicted both traditional and contemporary subjects, including children, family scenes, astronauts, and presidents.
Painters of the Caves	Lauber, Patricia	6.0	This book describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with stone age rock painting, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times
The Children of China: an artist’s journey	Zhang, Song Nan	6.1	This book explores the people and the colorful countryside of China.
The Blues Singers: Ten who Rocked the World	Lester, Julius	6.0	This book profiles ten black artists who sang the blues or made music influenced by the blues.
The Shakespeare Stealer	Blackwood, Gary L.	7 Th	A young Orphan boy infiltrates Shakespear's acting troupe to steal a script, but instead he learns the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Aria of the Sea	Calhoun, Dia	7^th	In the magical kingdom of Windward, thirteen-year-old Cerinthe arrives at the Royal Dancing School, where she finds herself torn between the two careers of dancer or healer.