Great Books for Gifted Students

List of 3 items.

• Early Childhood

  Prepared by Jennifer Williams (Head of Early Childhood)
  and Courtney Floyd (Media Center Specialist)
  
  

  Folk and Fairy Tales

  The Little Mermaid by Jerry Pinkney
  La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya
  Little Red Gliding Hood by Tara Lazar
  Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett
  Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
  Goldi and the Three Hares by Margie Palatini
  Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
  The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney
  The Three Silly Billies by Margie Palatini

   

  Song Story Books

  Maria Had a Little Llama by Angela Dominguez
  The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Isa Trapani

  Old MacDonald Had A... Zoo? by Isa Trapani

   

  Social/Emotional and/or Multicultural Focus

  I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes

  Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

  Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev

  Benji, the Bad Day, and Me by Sally J Pla

  The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein

  Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak

  After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat

  Love by Matt de la Pena

  Lend a Hand: Poems about Giving by John Frank

  The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler

• Lower School

  Prepared by Tiffany Stahl (Head of Lower School)
   and Courtney Floyd (Media Center Specialist)
  
  

  Biography

  Ruth Bader Ginsberg: the case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter

  The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague by Julia Mosca
  
  

  Non-Fiction

  Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

  The Encyclopedia of Unbelievable Facts by Jane Walsher

  Winnie's Great War by Lindsay Mattick

  All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for American's with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel
  
  

  Graphic Novels

  Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi

  Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
  
  

  Fiction

  Front Desk by Kelly Yang

  The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

  The Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

  The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy

  A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold

  Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jester

   

  Picture Books

  After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat

  Drawn Together by Minh Le

  If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall

  Zoom by Istvan Banyai

  The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein

   

  Poetry

  Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

  All He Knew by Helen Frost

• Middle School

  Prepared by Katie Baker (Head of Middle School)
  and Courtney Floyd (Media Center Specialist)
  
  

  The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

  Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes

  Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

  Born a Crime by Trever Noah

  Broken Strings by Eric Walters & Kathy Kacer

  Dry by Neal Shusterman

  Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

  Field Notes by Jennifer E. Smith

  The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown

  From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

  Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

  Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

  The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

  Hoax For Hire by Laura Martin

  Impostors by Scott Westerfeld

  Last Pick by Jason Walz

  New Kid by Jerry Craft

  Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga 

  Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

  Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

  Pretend She’s Here by Luanne Rice

  Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

  The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

  Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

  Santiago's Road Home by Alexandra Diaz

  Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

  Strike Zone by Mike Lupica

  Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

  White Bird by R.J. Palacio

  Wink by Rob Harrell