Five in a Row Complete Book List

Here’s a handy list of all the books in FIAR volumes 1-4 Before FIAR, Beyond FIAR and Above & Beyond FIAR. Hovering over each link will give a picture of the book cover, author, prices, reviews, and Amazon link. Whenever possible, I provided the link to the 4-for-3 promotion paperback, on the product page you can view other ways it is available.

* Qualifies for Amazon’s 4-for-3 promotion – Buy 3, get one free!
** Not in stock (updated January 2010), may be hard to find new – be on the lookout at book sales

FIAR Volume 1 (ages 4-8)

• The Story About Ping * by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
• Lentil * by Robert McCloskey
• Madeline * by Ludwig Bemelmans
• A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
• The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
• Who Owns the Sun? ** by Stacy Chbosky (I’ve seen this go for almost $1000!)
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (includes 3 other stories, including Katy and the Big Snow) by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Glorious Flight * by Alice and Martin Provensen
• How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World * by Marjorie Priceman
• Grandfather’s Journey * by Allen Say
• Cranberry Thanksgiving ** by Wende and Harry Devlin
• Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Gladys Scheffrin-Falk
• Papa Piccolo by Carol Talley
• Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews
• Clown of God * by Tomie DePaola
• Storm in the Night * by Mary Stoltz
• Katy and the Big Snow (or buy together with Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel above) by Virginia Lee Burton
• Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
• Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (with illustrations by Susan Jeffers)

FIAR Volume 2 (ages 4-8)

• The Giraffe That Walked to Paris **, by Nancy Milton
• Three Names * by Patricia MacLachlan
• Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• A New Coat for Anna * by Harriet Ziefert
• Mrs. Katz and Tush * by Patricia Polacco
• Mirette on the High Wire * by Emily Arnold McCully
• They Were Strong and Good ** by Alice and Robert Lawson
• Babar, To Duet or Not to Duet ** based on characters by DeBrunhoff
• The Story of Ferdinand * by Munro Leaf
• Down, Down the Mountain ** by Ellis Credle
• Make Way for Ducklings * by Robert McCloskey
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit * by Beatrix Potter
• Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham
• All Those Secrets of the World ** by Jane Yolen
• Miss Rumphius * by Barbara Cooney
• The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge * by Hildegarde Swift
• Follow the Drinking Gourd * by Jeanette Winter
• Harold and the Purple Crayon * by Crockett Johnson
• When I Was Young in the Mountains * by Cynthia Rylant
• Gramma’s Walk ** by Anna Grossnickle Hines

FIAR Volume 3 (ages 4-8)

• The Bee Tree * by Patricia Polacco
• Andy and the Circus ** by Ellis Credle
• The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar ** by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
• Paul Revere’s Ride * by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ill. by Ted Rand
• Henry the Castaway ** by Mark Taylor
• The Finest Horse in Town by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• Truman’s Aunt Farm * by Jama Kim Rattigan
• Duchess Bakes a Cake by Virginia Kahl
• Andy and the Lion * by James Daugherty
• Daniel’s Duck * by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Warm as Wool ** by Scott Russell Sanders
• The Salamander Room * by Anne Mazer
• Climbing Kansas Mountains ** by George Shannon
• Amber on the Mountain * by Tony Johnston
• Little Nino’s Pizzeria *, by Karen Barbour

FIAR Volume 4 (ages 7-8/3rd-4th grade)

• Roxaboxen * by Alice McLerran
• The Raft * by Jim LaMarche
• Mailing May * by Michael O. Tunnell
• Snowflake Bentley * by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• Gullywasher * by Joyce Rossi
• Arabella ** by Wendy Orr
• Higgins Bend Song and Dance ** by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• Cowboy Charlie ** by Jeanette Winter
• Grass Sandals by Dawnine Spivak
• Albert * by Donna Jo Napoli
• The Hickory Chair ** by Lisa Rose Fraustino
• Hanna’s Cold Winter by Trish Marx
• The Hatmaker’s Sign Retold ** by Candace Fleming
• Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold
• Angelo * by David Macaulay

Before Five in a Row (ages 2-4)

• Jesse Bear, What Will you Wear? * by Nancy White Carlstrom
• Yellow Ball, ** by Molly Bang
• My Blue Boat **, by Chris L. Demarest
• The Little Rabbit *, by Judy Dunn
• Ask Mr. Bear *, by Majorie Flack
• Blueberries for Sal *, by Robert McCloskey
• Goodnight Moon *, by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Big Green Pocketbook *, by Candice Ransom
• The Runaway Bunny *, by Margaret Wise Brown
• The ABC Bunny, by Wanda Gag
• If Jesus Came to My House, by Joan Gale Thomas
• Caps for Sale *, by Esphy Slobokdina
• The Carrot Seed *, by Ruth Krauss
• The Snowy Day * by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Quiet Way Home **, by Bonny Becker
• Play With Me *, by Marie Hall Ets
• Prayer for a Child *, by Rachel Field
• I Am an Artist *, by Pat Lowery Collins
• Angus Lost *, by Marjorie Flack
• Katy No-Pocket *, by Emmy Payne
• We’re Going On A Bear Hunt *, by Michael Rosen
• The Red Carpet **, by Rex Parkin
• Corduroy *, by Don Freeman
• Jenny’s Surprise Summer **, by Eugenie

Beyond FIAR – Volume 1 (ages 8-12)

• The Boxcar Children *, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Homer Price *, by Robert McCloskey
• Thomas Edison, Young Inventor *, by Sue Guthridge (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
• Betsy Ross, Designer of Our Flag *, by Ann Weil

Beyond FIAR – Volume 2 (ages 8-12)

• Sarah Plain and Tall *, by Patricia MacLachlan
• Skylark *, by Patricia MacLachlan
• The Story of George Washington Carver *, by Eva Moore, illustrated by Alexander Anderson (Scholastic Biography)
• Helen Keller *, by Margaret Davidson, illustrated by Wendy Watson (Scholastic Biography)

Beyond FIAR – Volume 3 (ages 8-12)

• The Cricket In Times Square *, by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams
• The Saturdays *,  written and illustrated by Elizabeth Enright
• Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer *,  by Montrew Dunham, illustrated by Meryl Henderson (Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
• Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium *, by Ann E. Steinke

Above and Beyond FIAR (ages 12+)

Please contact me if you know these books.

• Hitty: Her First Hundred Years *, by Rachel Field, illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop