Note: A substitution may be made if one of the titles below becomes unavailable. Substitute books are also chosen by Great Books editors.
- 14 Cows for America*Carmen Agra Deedy
- America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude EderleDavid A. Adler
- Ancient Rome and PompeiiMary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
- Ant CitiesArthur Dorros
- Bat Loves the Night*Nicola Davies
- Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!*Kathleen V. Kudlinski
- Coming Home: From the Life of Langston HughesFloyd Cooper
- The Disappearing Mountain and Other Earth MysteriesLouise & Richard Spilsbury
- Elizabeth Leads the WayTanya Lee Stone
- Escape North! The Story of Harriet TubmanMonica Kulling
- George Washington CarverAndy Carter and Carol Saller
- How Do Apples Grow?Betsy Maestro
- How Do You Lift a Lion?Robert E. Wells
- If You Traveled West in a Covered WagonEllen Levine
- If You Were There When They Signed the ConstitutionElizabeth Levy
- The Magic School Bus at the WaterworksJoanna Cole
- The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar SystemJoanna Cole
- The Man Who Walked Between the TowersMordicai Gerstein
- A Medieval Feast*Aliki
- Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11*Brian Floca
- The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections*Jan Mark
- Pablo PicassoLinda Lowery
- Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather Jennifer Dussling
- Shh! We’re Writing the ConstitutionJean Fritz
- Smart About the PresidentsJon Buller, Susan Schade, and Jill Weber
- Snowflake BentleyJacqueline Briggs Martin
- Titanic: The Disaster That Shocked the World! Mark Dubowski
- To the Top! Climbing the World’s Highest MountainS. A. Kramer
- The Train of StatesPeter Sis
- What Makes a Magnet? Franklyn M. Branley
*Common Core State Standards informational exemplar title