5th grade Children's books
344 books in the children's genre commonly assigned to 5th gradestudents — every title’s grade range covers 5th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
344 5th grade children's books
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- "Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
- A Band of AngelsDeborah Hopkinson
- A Boy Called ChristmasMatt Haig
- A Chair for My MotherVera B. Williams
- A Dance Like StarlightKristy Dempsey
- A Green Place to beAshley Benham Yazdani
- A Life in the WildPamela S. Turner
- A Plate of HopeErin Frankel
- A Racecourse for AndyPatricia Wrightson
- A Ray of LightWalter Wick
- A Room on Lorelei StreetMary E. Pearson
- A Scar like a RiverLisa Graff
- A Sitting in St. JamesRita Williams-Garcia
- A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
- A Visit to William Blake's InnNancy Willard
- A Visitor for BearBonny Becker
- A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
- A World Without SummerNicholas Day
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Abraham Lincoln and Frederick DouglassRussell Freedman
- Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
- After the Dancing DaysMargaret Rostkowski
- Ajeemah and His SonJames Berry
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- Al Capone Does My Shirts · Gennifer Choldenko
- Alchemy and Meggy Swann · Karen Cushman
- All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book) · Tami Charles
- Alphabatics · Suse MacDonald
- Amelia Lost · Candace Fleming
- An American Plague · Jim Murphy
- And If the Moon Could Talk · Kate Banks
- Anna and the Swallow Man · Gavriel Savit
- Anno's Counting Book · Mitsumasa Anno
- Anno's Medieval World · Mitsumasa Anno
- Anthony Burns · Virginia Hamilton
- Apples to Oregon · Deborah Hopkinson
- Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian · Eoin Colfer
- Arthur, For the Very First Time · Patricia MacLachlan
- As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! · Donna Gephart
- Ashley Bryan · Ashley Bryan
- At Night · Jonathan Bean
- Behind Barbed Wire · Daniel S. Davis
- Better Nate Than Ever · Tim Federle
- Between Shades Of Gray · Ruta Sepetys
- Big Mama Makes the World · Phyllis Root
- Big Red Lollipop · Rukhsana Khan
- Black Enough · Ibi Zoboi
- Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
- Black Potatoes · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Blink and Caution · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Bloody Jack Series · L. A. Meyer
- Boats for Papa · Jessixa Bagley
- Borrowed Children · George Lyon
- Bubble Trouble · Margaret Mahy
- Bucking the Sarge · Christopher Paul Curtis
- Building Our House · Jonathan Bean
- By the Light of the Halloween Moon · Caroline Stutson
- Call of the Klondike · David Meissner
- Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms · Katherine Rundell
- Carver · Marilyn Nelson
- Catherine, Called Birdy · Karen Cushman
- Chance · Uri Shulevitz
- Chicken Sunday · Patricia Polacco
- Child of the Owl · Laurence Yep
- Children of the Great Depression · Russell Freedman
- Chimney Sweeps · James Cross Giblin
- Chinese Menu · Grace Lin
- Clap When You Land · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Clementine · Sara Pennypacker
- Clever Little Witch · Muon Thi Van
- Cold Feet · Cynthia C. DeFelice
- Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun · Rhoda Blumberg
- Conrad's War · Andrew Davies
- Creepy Carrots! · Aaron Reynolds
- Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) · Sharee Miller
- Darkness Over Denmark · Ellen Levine
- Death in the Jungle · Candace Fleming
- Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
- Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories · Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Down Sand Mountain · Steve Watkins
- Doña Flor · Pat Mora
- Dream on Amber · Emma Shevah
- Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
- Dust to Eat · Michael L. Cooper
- Eleanor & Park · Rainbow Rowell
- Electric Ben · Robert Byrd
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah · Laurie Ann Thompson
- Enchanted Air · Margarita Engle
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist · Susan Wood
- Evil Librarian · Michelle Knudsen
- Extra Yarn · Mac Barnett
- Eyes That Kiss in the Corners · Joanna Ho
- FIREBOAT · Maira Kalman
- Fairy Wings · Lauren Mills
- Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Firegirl · Tony Abbott
- Five, Six, Seven, Nate! · Tim Federle
- Fly · Brittany J. Thurman
- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have · Allen Zadoff
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Freddie vs. the Family Curse · Tracy Badua
- Freedom Over Me · Ashley Bryan
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
- Ghetto Cowboy · G. Neri
- Ghost Knight · Cornelia Funke
- Giraffes, the Sentinels of the Savannas · Helen Roney Sattler
- Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
- Goldengrove ; Unleaving · Jill Paton Walsh
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs · Mo Willems
- Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter · Kenard Pak
- Grandfather's Journey · Allen Say
- Grasshopper Jungle · Andrew Smith
- H.O.R.S.E. · Christopher Myers
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg · D.B. Johnson
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Home Place · Crescent Dragonwagon
- Home of the Brave · Katherine Applegate
- How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
- Humbug Mountain · Sid Fleischman
- I Dream of Trains · Angela Johnson
- I Know Here · Laurel Croza
- I Know How to Draw an Owl · Hilary Horder Hippely
- I Talk Like a River · Jordan Scott
- I'm Dirty! · Kate McMullan
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound · L. A. Meyer
- Infinite Hope · Ashley Bryan
- Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Jambo Means Hello · Muriel Feelings
- Jazz Day · Roxane Orgill
- Jenny of the Tetons · Kristiana Gregory
- John Henry · Julius Lester
- Kent State · Deborah Wiles
- Kids at Work · Russell Freedman
- Kin · Carole Boston Weatherford
- King of Ragtime · Stephen Costanza
- Kumo · Kyo Maclear
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One · Philip Pullman
- Last Night · Hyewon Yum
- Laura Ingalls Wilder · Tanya Lee Stone
- Leaf Man Board Book · Lois Ehlert
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Leon's Story · Leon Walter Tillage
- Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer · Robert Byrd
- Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters · K. G. Campbell
- Letters from a Slave Girl · Mary E. Lyons
- Lifeboat 12 · Susan Hood
- Little Little · M. E. Kerr
- Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) · Trina Schart Hyman
- Lon Po Po · Ed Young
- Lord of the Deep · Graham Salisbury
- Lupe Wong Won't Dance · Donna Barba Higuera
- M.C. Higgins, the Great · Virginia Hamilton
- Make Lemonade · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Mama Don't Allow 25th Anniversary Edition · Thacher Hurd
- Mama, Do You Love Me? & Papa, Do You Love Me? Bundle · Barbara M. Joosse
- Marching For Freedom · Elizabeth Partridge
- Mario and the Hole in the Sky · Elizabeth Rusch
- Martha Graham · Russell Freedman
- Martina una cucarachita muy linda · Carmen Agra Deedy
- Marvelous Cornelius · Phil Bildner
- Me and Momma and Big John · Mara Rockliff
- Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding · Stella Pevsner
- Mexikid · Pedro Martín
- Milkweed · Jerry Spinelli
- Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1) · Lisa Yee
- Milo · Alan Silberberg
- Missing May · Cynthia Rylant
- Monstrous Beauty · Elizabeth Fama
- Most Dangerous · Steve Sheinkin
- Mr Gumpy's Outing · John Burningham
- Mr Tiger Goes Wild · Peter Brown
- Mrs. Crump's Cat · Linda Smith
- Muckrackers · Ann Bausum
- Nation · Terry Pratchett
- Navigating Night · Julie Leung
- Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane · K. E. LEWIS
- No Crystal Stair · Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Noah Webster and His Words · Jeri Ferris
- Not Afraid of Dogs · Susanna Pitzer
- Off to School, Baby Duck! · Amy Hest
- Okay for Now · Gary D. Schmidt
- Old Elm Speaks · Kristine O'Connell George
- On the Ball · Brian Pinkney
- Once for Yes · Allie Millington
- One Candle · Eve Bunting
- Open This Little Book · Jesse Klausmeier
- Openly, Honestly · Bill Konigsberg
- Orphan Train Rider · Andrea Warren
- Otis and Will Discover the Deep · Barb Rosenstock
- Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth · Stacy McAnulty
- Outside Over There · Maurice Sendak
- Over and Under the Rainforest · Kate Messner
- Panama Canal · Judith St. George
- Peace, Locomotion · Jacqueline Woodson
- Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
- Photographic · Isabel Quintero
- Playing Beatie Bow · Ruth Park
- Pocketful of Posies · Salley Mavor
- Poppy · Avi
- Poverty in America · Milton Meltzer
- Promise Boys · Nick Brooks
- Red, White, and Whole · Rajani LaRocca
- Red-eyed Tree Frog · Joy Cowley
- Redwood and Ponytail · K.A. Holt
- Remember Us · Jacqueline Woodson
- Revolution · Deborah Wiles
- River Friendly, River Wild · Jane Kurtz
- Rotters · Daniel Kraus
- Rules of the Road #1 · Joan Bauer
- Sadie · Courtney Summers
- Samira Surfs · Rukhsanna Guidroz
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library · Carole Boston Weatherford
- Scowler · Daniel Kraus
- Sea of the Dead · Julia Durango
- See You in the Cosmos · Jack Cheng
- Seven Blind Mice · Ed Young
- Shy Charles · Rosemary Wells
- Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
- Skulduggery Pleasant – Skulduggery Pleasant: Books 1 - 12 · Derek Landy
- Small Steps · Peg Kehret
- Snow (Book & CD Set) · Uri Shulevitz
- Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
- Some of Us · Rajani Larocca
- Some of the Kinder Planets · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Song of a Blackbird · Maria van Lieshout
- Sophie's Squash · Pat Zietlow Miller
- Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
- Space Station Science · Marianne J. Dyson
- Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
- Stella Díaz Has Something to Say · Angela Dominguez
- Stones in Water · Donna Jo Napoli
- Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
- Summer of My German Soldier · Bette Greene
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush · Virginia Hamilton
- Tancy · Belinda Hurmence
- Teddy Mars Book #3: Almost an Outlaw · Molly B. Burnham
- The Adventures of Paddy Pork · John S. Goodall
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens · Isabel Roxas
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I · M. T. Anderson
- The Bear and the Moon · Matthew Burgess
- The Bird House · Cynthia Rylant
- The Black Cauldron · Lloyd Alexander
- The Boxer · Kathleen Karr
- The Boy and the Samurai · Erik Christian Haugaard
- The Boy's War · Jim Murphy
- The Bridge Home · Padma Venkatraman
- The Christmas Boot · Lisa Wheeler
- The Circuit Graphic Novel · Francisco Jiménez
- The Civil War of Amos Abernathy · Michael Leali
- The Dark Is Rising · Susan Cooper
- The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
- The Detective's Assistant - FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 8 Chapters) · Kate Hannigan
- The Devil Walks · Anne Fine
- The Dirty Cowboy · Amy Timberlake
- The Double Life of Pocahontas · Jean Fritz
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia · Candace Fleming
- The Farmer and the Clown · Marla Frazee
- The Fire Eaters · David Almond
- The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook · Joanne Rocklin
- The Folk Keeper · Franny Billingsley
- The Fourth Stall Part III · Chris Rylander
- The Friends · Kazumi Yumoto
- The Friendship · Mildred D. Taylor
- The Full Moon at the Napping House · Audrey Wood
- The Garden of Abdul Gasazi · Chris Van Allsburg
- The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales · Jane Yolen
- The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
- The Great Stink · Colleen Paeff
- The Haunting of Falcon House · Eugene Yelchin
- The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
- The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark · Rhoda Blumberg
- The Intruder · John Rowe Townsend
- The Knife of Never Letting Go · Patrick Ness
- The Lie Tree · Frances Hardinge
- The Lincolns · Candace Fleming
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) · Philemon Sturges
- The Long Road to Gettysburg · Jim Murphy
- The Longest Night · Marion Dane Bauer
- The Longitude Prize · Joan Dash
- The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game · Crystal Allen
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers · Mordicai Gerstein
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
- The Moorchild · Eloise McGraw
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson · Jean Cassels
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold · Steve Sheinkin
- The Patchwork Bike · Maxine Beneba Clarke
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth · Marcia Sewall
- The Port Chicago 50 · Steve Sheinkin
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird · Phillip Hoose
- The Rain Came Down · David Shannon
- The Rain Catchers · Jean Thesman
- The Remember Balloons · Jessie Oliveros
- The Road from Home · David Kherdian
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place · Julie Berry
- The Schwa was Here · Neal Shusterman
- The Scorpio Races · Maggie Stiefvater
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin · J. Patrick Lewis
- The Snowman: The Book of the Classic Film · Raymond Briggs
- The Spring Rider · John Shults Lawson
- The Strongest Man in the World · Nicolas Debon
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks · Katherine Paterson
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff · Mac Barnett
- The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle · Avi
- The Village by the Sea · Paula Fox
- The Wall · Peter Sís
- The Way Things Work Now · David Macaulay
- The Weaver's Gift · Kathryn Lasky
- The Wizards of Once · Cressida Cowell
- There Might Be Lobsters · Carolyn Crimi
- They Say Blue · Jillian Tamaki
- This Promise of Change · Jo Ann Allen Boyce
- Those who Love the Game · Glenn Rivers
- Tikki Tikki Tembo · Arlene Mosel
- Time of the Month! · Valerie Scho Carey
- Tomfoolery! · Michelle Markel
- Traction Man Is Here! · Mini Grey
- Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
- Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson · Robert Louis Stevenson
- Tristan And Iseult · Rosemary Sutcliff
- True Believer · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Turtle in Paradise · Jennifer L. Holm
- Upon the Head of the Goat · Aranka Siegal
- Vincent and Theo · Deborah Heiligman
- Voyaging to Cathay · Alfred H. Tamarin
- Ways to Make Sunshine · Renée Watson
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga · Traci Sorell
- We Are the Ship · Kadir Nelson
- We Go Slow · Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
- We Will Not Be Silent · Russell Freedman
- We're Not from Here · Geoff Rodkey
- Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel · Chris Grabenstein
- Whale Eyes · James Robinson
- When Alexander Graced the Table · Alexander Smalls
- When You Can Swim · Jack Wong
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson · John Green
- William Still and His Freedom Stories · Don Tate
- You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
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Frequently asked questions
What children's books are good for 5th grade students?
344 children's books have a grade range that covers 5th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these children's books grade-appropriate for 5th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 5th grade, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many children's books are on the 5th grade list?
This page lists 344 5th grade children's titles, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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