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Free Literature Resource List
PDI offers free literature resources for your favorite novels and picture books. The site is currently undergoing upgrades and will have all titles available again shortly. Be sure to check out our new star rating system on each page!
Picture Books
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Crickwing by Janell Cannon
Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet by Kelly DiPucchio
Grandma's Smile by Randy Siegel
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster **Caldecott Winner 2006
Higglety Pigglety Pop! by Maurice Sendak
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen
If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton **Caldecott Winner 1943
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Mudkin by Stephen Gammell
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann **Caldecott Winner 2003
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen **Caldecott Winner 1988
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Ponyella by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
Silly Sally by Audry Wood
Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Town Mouse County Mouse by Jan Brett
Trupp by Janell Cannon
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak **Caldecott Winner 1964
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
You Are My Wish by Maryann Cusimano Love
Novels
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson **Newberry Winner 1978
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare **Newberry Winner 1962
By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink **Newberry Winner 1936
Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
City of Masks by Mary Hoffman
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins **Newberry Winner 2006
I Am David by Anne Holm
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary **Newberry Winner 1984
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt **Newberry Winner 1983
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Giver by Lois Lowry **Newberry Winner 1994
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Holes by Louis Sachar **Newberry Winner 1999
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell **Newberry Winner 1961
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson **Newberry Winner 1981
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes **Newberry Winner 1944
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George **Newberry Winner 1973
kira-kira by Cynthia Kadohata **Newberry Winner 2005
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry **Newberry Winner 1990
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse **Newberry Winner 1998
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
The Perilous Road by William Steele
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor **Newberry Winner 1977
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo **Newberry Winner 2004
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt **Newberry Winner 1967
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech **Newberry Winner 1995
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin **Newberry Winner 1979
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare **Newberry Winner 1959
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle **Newberry Winner 1963
