Our Library

Our school library holds more than 2,000 books, from first picture books to chapter books and classics for our oldest readers.

Below is a selection from our shelves, fifty books for each classroom, to give you a feel for what your child will find here. It is only a sampling, and the full library is much larger. The classrooms are a guide to help a family find a good fit, not a limit on what a child may read.

How We Choose Our Books

Every book on our shelves has been approved by our staff. When a new book comes in, we do not stop at the description on the back cover. We look at what reviewers and parent guides say about what is actually inside the book, and we weigh it against our standards for content and for age. A book that raises any question waits for a staff member to decide, and a book nobody has checked does not go on the shelf.

If you ever have a question about a book your child brings home, we would be glad to talk with you. Call the office at 775-333-6271 or write to info@ccareno.org.

A student reads a picture book aloud to classmates seated on the floor of the school library, surrounded by full bookshelves
A selection from more than 2,000 books on our shelvesUpdated November 9, 2026

Newbery, Caldecott or Geisel medal or honor book

Kindergarten50 books
  • Alabaster's SongMax Lucado
  • Alexander and the Wind-Up MouseLeo LionniCaldecott Honor, 1970
  • The Alphabet BookP. D. Eastman
  • Always Room for One MoreSorche Nic LeodhasCaldecott Medal, 1966
  • And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry StreetDr. Seuss
  • Animals AnimalsEric Carle
  • Bear Wants MoreKarma Wilson
  • Big SnowBerta HaderCaldecott Medal, 1949
  • Blueberries for SalRobert McCloskeyCaldecott Honor, 1949
  • Changes, ChangesPat Hutchins
  • Chicka Chicka Boom BoomBill Martin Jr.
  • Choo ChooVirginia Lee Burton
  • Curious GeorgeH. A. Rey
  • The Doorbell RangPat Hutchins
  • Dr. Seuss's ABCDr. Seuss
  • Duck on a BikeDavid Shannon
  • The Easter Story for ChildrenMax Lucado
  • Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the BedEileen Christelow
  • FrederickLeo LionniCaldecott Honor, 1968
  • God's Ten BestShirley Dobson
  • The Grouchy LadybugEric Carle
  • Hello, Red FoxEric Carle
  • Is Your Mama a LlamaDeborah Guarino
  • The Jolly Postman or Other People's LettersJanet Ahlberg
  • Katy and the Big SnowVirginia Lee Burton
  • The Little HouseVirginia Lee BurtonCaldecott Medal, 1943
  • The Little IslandMargaret Wise BrownCaldecott Medal, 1947
  • The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry BearDon and Audrey Wood
  • Make Way for DucklingsRobert McCloskeyCaldecott Medal, 1942
  • Mouse TalesArnold Lobel
  • The Night Before ChristmasClement Clarke Moore
  • On the Night You Were BornNancy Tillman
  • One Fine DayNonny HogrogianCaldecott Medal, 1972
  • Over the River and Through the WoodLydia Maria Child
  • OwenKevin HenkesCaldecott Honor, 1994
  • Planting a RainbowLois Ehlert
  • A Pocket for CorduroyDon Freeman
  • Red Leaf Yellow LeafLois Ehlert
  • Rosie's WalkPat Hutchins
  • Scuffy the TugboatGertrude Crampton
  • The Snowy DayEzra Jack KeatsCaldecott Medal, 1963
  • StellalunaJanell Cannon
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin BunnyBeatrix Potter
  • There Is a Bird on Your Head!Mo WillemsGeisel Medal, 2008
  • A Tree is NiceMarc SimontCaldecott Medal, 1957
  • The Very Busy SpiderEric Carle
  • The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle
  • Waiting for WingsLois Ehlert
  • We Are in a Book!Mo WillemsGeisel Honor, 2011
  • White Snow, Bright SnowAlvin TresseltCaldecott Medal, 1948
1st and 2nd Grade50 books
  • America: A Patriotic PrimerLynne Cheney
  • Amos & BorisWilliam Steig
  • Ant CitiesArthur Dorros
  • ApplesGail Gibbons
  • Arthur's EyesMarc Brown
  • Barry, the Bravest Saint BernardLynn Hall
  • The Beautiful Christmas TreeCharlotte Zolotow
  • The Berenstain Bears Count Their BlessingsStan Berenstain
  • The Bug That Laid the Golden EggsMillicent E. Selsam
  • Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 2Julia McNair Wright
  • Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea SerpentBill Peet
  • Dear Mrs. LarueMark Teague
  • Diary of a SpiderDoreen Cronin
  • Diary of a WormDoreen Cronin
  • Fin M'Coul, the Giant of Knockmany HillTomie dePaola
  • FirefliesJulie Brinckloe
  • The First DogJan Brett
  • Free FallDavid WiesnerCaldecott Honor, 1989
  • A Friend for DragonDav Pilkey
  • Fritz and the Beautiful HorsesJan Brett
  • George Washington's CowsDavid Small
  • The Greedy TriangleMarilyn Burns
  • The Hello, Goodbye WindowNorton JusterCaldecott Medal, 2006
  • The Island of the SkogSteven Kellogg
  • Jamie O'Rourke and the Big PotatoTomie dePaola
  • The Lamb and the ButterflyArnold Sundgaard
  • Let's Read About George WashingtonKimberly A. Weinberger
  • Lilly's Purple Plastic PurseKevin Henkes
  • A Little Pigeon ToadFred Gwynne
  • The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray BridgeHildegarde Hoyt Swift
  • The Magic School Bus Hops HomeJoanna Cole
  • The Magic School Bus Plants SeedsPatricia Relf
  • Many MoonsJames ThurberCaldecott Medal, 1944
  • Ming Lo Moves the MountainArnold Lobel
  • Miss Malarkey Won't Be in TodayJudy Finchler
  • Miss RumphiusBarbara Cooney
  • My Great-aunt ArizonaGloria Houston
  • Old HenryJoan W. Blos
  • The Paper Bag PrincessRobert N. Munsch
  • A Picture Book of Florence NightingaleDavid A. Adler
  • A Picture Book of Jesse OwensDavid A. Adler
  • PinduliJanell Cannon
  • The Planets in Our Solar SystemFranklyn M. Branley
  • The Pumpkin BookGail Gibbons
  • A Rose for PinkertonSteven Kellogg
  • Saint Patrick and the PeddlerMargaret Hodges
  • The Story of Holly and IvyRumer Godden
  • Strega NonaTomie dePaolaCaldecott Honor, 1976
  • Sylvester and the Magic PebbleWilliam SteigCaldecott Medal, 1970
  • What Makes Day and Night?Franklyn M. Branley
3rd and 4th Grade50 books
  • Aesop's FablesAesop
  • The Answers Book for Kids, Volume 1Ken Ham
  • Bound for OregonJean Van Leeuwen
  • The Boxcar ChildrenGertrude Chandler Warner
  • Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryRoald Dahl
  • Children Just Like MeBarnabas Kindersley
  • Children of the Covered WagonMary Jane Carr
  • The Courage of Sarah NobleAlice DalglieshNewbery Honor, 1955
  • Encyclopedia Brown Sets the PaceDonald J. Sobol
  • Fantastic Mr FoxRoald Dahl
  • Flat StanleyJeff Brown
  • FrindleAndrew Clements
  • George Washington's BreakfastJean Fritz
  • Henry's Freedom BoxEllen LevineCaldecott Honor, 2008
  • I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919Lauren Tarshis
  • If You Grew Up with Abraham LincolnAnn McGovern
  • If You Lived in Colonial TimesAnn McGovern
  • If You Traveled West in a Covered WagonEllen Levine
  • If You Were There When They Signed the ConstitutionElizabeth Levy
  • Just a Few Words, Mr. LincolnJean Fritz
  • The Kid Who Changed the WorldAndy Andrews
  • A Lion to Guard UsClyde Robert Bulla
  • Magic Tree House (series)Mary Pope Osborne
  • Meet George WashingtonJoan Heilbroner
  • The Middle MoffatEleanor EstesNewbery Honor, 1943
  • Molly's PilgrimBarbara Cohen
  • My Prairie YearBrett Harvey
  • Our Solar SystemSeymour Simon
  • Phoebe the SpyJudith Berry Griffin
  • A Picture Book of Anne FrankDavid A. Adler
  • PinocchioCarlo Collodi
  • PocahontasIngri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
  • Ramona and Her FatherBeverly ClearyNewbery Honor, 1978
  • Ramona the BraveBeverly Cleary
  • Read a Rhyme, Write a RhymeJack Prelutsky
  • The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett, adapted
  • The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer GirlMegan Stine
  • The Story of Ruby BridgesRobert Coles
  • The Tale of DespereauxKate DiCamilloNewbery Medal, 2004
  • The Talented ClementineSara Pennypacker
  • Thank You, Mr. FalkerPatricia Polacco
  • Toliver's SecretEsther Wood Brady
  • Usborne Children's EncyclopediaFelicity Brooks
  • WhalesSeymour Simon
  • What Was the Boston Tea Party?Kathleen Krull
  • What Was the First Thanksgiving?Joan Holub
  • What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?Judith St George
  • What Was the Underground Railroad?Yona Zeldis McDonough
  • Who is Neil Armstrong?Roberta Edwards
  • Who Was George Washington?Roberta Edwards
5th and 6th Grade50 books
  • Alone Yet Not AloneTracy M. Leininger
  • Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne
  • Basher Five-TwoScott O'Grady
  • Black BeautyAnna Sewell
  • Blackthorn WinterDouglas Wilson
  • The Call of the WildJack London
  • Carry On, Mr. BowditchJean Lee LathamNewbery Medal, 1956
  • A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens
  • The Courage and Character of Theodore RooseveltGeorge Grant
  • Courageous ChristiansJoyce Brown
  • Extreme DevotionsThe Voice of the Martyrs
  • Fight for FreedomBenson Bobrick
  • Final HopeJ. E. and Esther Ribbey
  • FriedrichHans Peter Richter
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerE. L. KonigsburgNewbery Medal, 1968
  • GettysburgMacKinlay Kantor
  • Great American Short StoriesO. Henry and others
  • Harriet Tubman, Secret AgentThomas B. Allen
  • The Hiding PlaceCorrie ten Boom
  • The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien
  • The Horse and His BoyC. S. Lewis
  • Inside Out & Back AgainThanhha LaiNewbery Honor, 2012
  • Island of the Blue DolphinsScott O’DellNewbery Medal, 1961
  • The Journal of Wong Ming-ChungLaurence Yep
  • Journey to AmericaSonia Levitin
  • King Arthur and His Knights of the Round TableRoger Lancelyn Green
  • Kingdom's DawnChuck Black
  • A Long Way from ChicagoRichard PeckNewbery Honor, 1999
  • Missing MayCynthia RylantNewbery Medal, 1993
  • Once on This IslandGloria Whelan
  • Pedro's JournalPam Conrad
  • The PenderwicksJeanne Birdsall
  • The Phantom TollboothNorton Juster
  • Realms of GoldMichael J. Marshall
  • Rifles for WatieHarold KeithNewbery Medal, 1958
  • Robert FrostRobert Frost
  • The Scarlet PimpernelEmma Orczy
  • SeamanGail Karwoski
  • The Silver ChairC. S. Lewis
  • A Single ShardLinda Sue ParkNewbery Medal, 2002
  • A Tale of the Western PlainsG. A. Henty
  • The TempestWilliam Shakespeare
  • The Twenty-One BalloonsWilliam Pène du BoisNewbery Medal, 1948
  • Where the Sidewalk EndsShel Silverstein
  • The Witch of Blackbird PondElizabeth George SpeareNewbery Medal, 1959
  • With Lee in VirginiaG. A. Henty
  • WonderR. J. Palacio
  • The Wright BrothersQuentin Reynolds
  • A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'EngleNewbery Medal, 1963
  • Yankee Doodle BoyJoseph Plumb Martin

Why We Read Authors Who Are Not Christians

Our library is not made up only of Christian books, and that is on purpose. We believe all truth is God's truth. Jesus said that our Father "makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matthew 5:45), and when Paul spoke to the people of Athens he quoted their own poets (Acts 17:28). A story told well, a clear picture of how a seed grows, or a poem that delights the ear can be true and good and beautiful, whoever wrote it.

Scripture tells us to think on "whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely" (Philippians 4:8). We want our students to learn to find those things wherever they are, and to recognize what falls short of them.

So we do not choose books by asking only who wrote them. We choose them for what is in them and for the age of the child reading. And as our students grow, we want them to learn to read thoughtfully: to ask what an author believes, what the book gets right, and how it measures against God's Word. That is what we mean by guiding students in how to think, not what to think, and it is best learned young, alongside parents and teachers who love them.