What Kids Are Reading

The Renaissance Learning report What Kids Are Reading calculated the books most read by more than 3 million schoolchildren in 2007.

Here are the top five at each grade level:

First grade:

1. Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss

2. The Foot Book, Dr. Seuss

3. Are You My Mother? , P.D. Eastman

4. Hop on Pop , Dr. Seuss

5. Biscuit , Alyssa Capucilli

Second grade:

1. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie , Laura Numeroff

2. Green Eggs and Ham , Dr. Seuss

3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar , Eric Carle

4. If You Give a Moose a Muffin , Laura Numeroff

5. If You Give a Pig a Pancake , Laura Numeroff

Third grade:

1. Charlotte's Web , E.B. White

2. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs , Judi Barrett

3. Officer Buckle and Gloria , Peggy Rathmann

4. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs , Jon Scieszka

5. Dogzilla , Dav Pilkey

Fourth grade:

1. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing , Judy Blume

2. Sarah, Plain and Tall , Patricia MacLachlan

3. Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo

4. Charlotte's Web , E. B. White

5. Stone Fox , John Gardiner

Fifth grade:

1. Bridge to Terabithia , Katherine Paterson

2. Hatchet , Gary Paulsen

3. Holes , Louis Sachar

4. The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth Speare

5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling

Sixth grade:

1. Hatchet , Gary Paulsen

2. Bridge to Terabithia , Katherine Paterson

3. Holes , Louis Sachar

4. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry

5. The Bad Beginning , Lemony Snicket

Seventh grade:

1. The Outsiders , S.E. Hinton

2. Holes , Louis Sachar

3. The Giver , Lois Lowry

4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , J.K. Rowling

5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , J.K. Rowling

Eighth grade:

1. The Outsiders , S.E. Hinton

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , J.K. Rowling

3. The Giver , Lois Lowry

4. Holes , Louis Sachar

5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , J.K Rowling

Ninth-12th grade:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird , Harper Lee

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , J.K. Rowling

3. Of Mice and Men , John Steinbeck

4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , J.K. Rowling

5. A Child Called 'It' , Dave Pelzer