Grade 5 Recommended Informational Social Studies Book List

Title
Whats the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
The Iroquois: The Six Nations
Confederacy
The Sinking of the Titanic
Pakistan
The Aztecs
Batter Up! History of Baseball
Explorers of North America
The Biography Of Rubber
The Sumerians
Celebrate! Connections Among Cultures
Goods and Services
Christopher Columbus: Sailing to a New
World
Manners and Customs in the Middle Ages
You Wouldnt Want to Sail with
Christopher Columbus
The Mystery of The Roanoke Colony
Whos that Stepping on my Plymouth
Rock?
14 Cows for America
Life in Ancient China
Mayflower 1620: A New Look at an Early
Colonial Voyage
Mexico: The Land
Nat Turners Slave Rebellion
Bad Guys and Gals of the Ancient World
George Vs. George: The American
Revolution as Seen from Both Sides
Ox, House, Stick: The History of our
Alphabet
The Boston Tea Party
The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange
and Wonderful Collections
The Real Story about Government and
Politics in Colonial America
Winter at Valley Forge
Egypt: The People
From Rags to Riches
Hail! Ancient Chinese
My Librarian is a Camel: How Books are
brought to Children Around the World
See How They Run
Titanic: Disaster at Sea
Discover Ancient China

Author
Jean Fritz
Mary Englar

Genre
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

Reading Level
O
O

Marcia A. Lusted
Madeline Donaldson
Jane Shuter
Dona Herweck Rice
Christine Taylor Butler
Carrie Gleason
Jane Shuter
Jan Reynolds
Gillian Houghton
Adrianna Morganelli

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

O
P
P

Fiona MacDonald

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

R
R

Xavier Niz
Jean Fritz

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

R
R

Carmen Agra Deedy

Paul Challen
Catherine O. Grace

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

S
S
S

Bobbie Kalman
Michael Burgan
Dona Herweck Rice
Rosalyn Schnazer

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

S
S
T
T

Don Robb

Informational S.S.

Linda Crotta Brennan

Jan Mark

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

T
T

Kristine Carlson
Asselin
Matt Doeden
Arlene Moscovitch
Christine Dugan
Paul C. Challen
Margriet Ruurs

Informational S.S.

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

T
U
U
U
U

Susan E. Goodman
Martin Jenkins
Neil D. Bramwell

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

U
U
V

Q
Q
Q
R
R

Title
Machines and Weaponry of World War I
Nobody Gonna Turn Me Round
Pirates! Raiders of the High Seas
Wild Work! Animal Trainers
Around the World in a Hundred Years
Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro
Baseball Leagues
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and
African Americans
Orphan Train Rider
The Egyptian News
The Panama Canal: The Story of How a
Jungle was Conquered and the World was
Made Smaller
Vietnam
Voices of World War I: Stories From the
Trenches
Black Heroes of the American Revoultion
Children of the Wild West
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the
Holocaust
The Great Depression
Ancient Greek Art
Birmingham 1963: How a Photograph
Rallied Civil Rights Support
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great
Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Exploring the Americas
The Boys War: Confederate and Union
Soldiers Talk About the Civil War
The Story of Google
Air Raid-Pearl Harbor! The Story of
December 7, 1941
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of
Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
Freedoms Children: Young Civil Rights
Activists Tell Their Own Stories
Our Military
Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the
Home Front in WWII
The Distribution of Goods and Services

Author
Charlie Samuels
Doreen Rappaport
Christophe Maynard
Jessica Cohn
Jean Fritz
P. & F. McKissack

Genre
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

Reading Level
V
V
V
V
W
W

Kadir Nelson

Informational S.S.

Andrea Warren
Scott Steedman
Elizabeth Mann

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

W
W
W

Charlotte Guillain
Ann Heinrichs

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

W
W

Burke Davis
Russell Freedman
Russell Freedman

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

X
X
X
X
X

Allan Zullo

Informational S.S.

Conrad R. Stein
Susie Hodge
Shelley Tougas

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

X
Y
Y

Susan C. Bartoletti

Informational S.S.

Ted Schaefer
Jim Murphy

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

Y
Y

Sara Gilbert
Theodore Taylor

Informational S.S.
Informational S.S.

Y
Z

Doreen Rappaport

Informational S.S.

Ellen Levine

Informational S.S.

Geoffrey
Harrison/Thomas Scott
Penny Colman

Informational S.S.

Informational S.S.

Leon Murley/ Antoine

Wilson

Informational S.S.

The Trail of Tears

Michael Burgan

Informational S.S.