Someone enlightened me about a quick way to add links and photos of the books.  I like this list better.   Reposting. 

This is just a list girls in answer to your requests.  When my skills as a blogger improve they will have book covers and links, but wanted to get you something right away.  Wish I could talk with your children about the books they read.  There is nothing better!  If none of these work we'll create another list.

Bibliography  for Brooke and Jackson:

These books are a suggestions for Fantasy, Sports Stories, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Mystery. You may want to read the Tucket books out loud to or with him.  They are some of my favorite  books.     My advice to parents is  from the library poster quote, there are too many books and not enough time.  If your child doesn't like a book, let them choose another one.  Have them ask a friend what they like to read.  Peer suggestions always hold more weight than any other. 

BOOKS ARE READING LEVELS 2.8 TO 5

Abbott, Tony. The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet / Book #1 / Series: Secrets of Droon. New York : Scholastic, c1999.

Eric and his friends find entry into the world of Droon by using a staircase in Eric's basement.

Gunderson, Jessica. Full court pressure. Mankato, Minn. : Stone Arch Books, c2010.

When star defensive player Zack Fuller's basketball team faces his former team in the state championship game, he not only must play against his best friend, but his current captain refuses to pass the ball to Zack. Graphic Novel

Kline, Suzy.Horrible Harry in room 2B. New York : Viking Penguin, c1988.

Doug discovers that, though being Harry's best friend in Miss Mickle's second grade class isn't always easy, it is fun.

Kline, Suzy. Horrible Harry moves up to third grade. New York : Viking, 1998.

Horrible Harry and friends start off third grade with a new room and a field trip to an old copper mine to study rocks.

McDonald, Megan. Stink and the world's worst super-stinky sneakers. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2007.

A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.

McDonald, Megan. Stink : the incredible shrinking kid. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2005.

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

Paulsen, Gary. Call me Francis Tucket / Book #2. New York : Delacorte Press, c1995.

Having separated from the one-armed trapper who taught him how to survive in the wilderness of the Old West, fifteen-year-old Francis gets lost and continues to have adventures involving dangerous men and a friendly mule.

Paulsen, Gary. Mr. Tucket / Book #1. New York : Delacorte Press, 1994.

In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.

Paulsen, Gary. Tucket's gold / Book #4. New York : Delacorte Press, c1999.

Fifteen-year-old Francis and the two children he has adopted travel across the Old West, evade Comancheros, discover a treasure, and wind up rich beyond their wildest dreams.

Paulsen, Gary. Tucket's home / Book #5. New York : Delacorte Press, c2000.

Francis, Lottie and Billy survive a series of hair-raising adventures while on their way west to the Oregon Trail, where they hope to find the Tucket family.

Paulsen, Gary. Tucket's ride / Book #3. New York : Delacorte Press, c1997.

When fifteen-year-old Francis and two younger children lose their way in the wilderness of the Southwest, they face capture at the hands of dangerous men.

Roy, Ron, 1940-. The invisible island. New York : Random House, c1999.

While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.

 Bibliography for Courtney & Mya:
The issue with historical fiction is that history is filled with sad and scary events.  This list has some like the Little House books, not quite so frightening.  I like the American Girl books, they are short and well written.  I wasn't initially enamored with idea of helping to sell dolls, but the stories are good and well written.  I learn something every time I read one.   Some of the other books have older protagonists and you may want to preview them before Mia reads them.  The Dear American books are a good series, but maybe for a little older reader too.   I'll put a star by the titles you don't need to preview. 

BOOKS ARE READING LEVEL 3 TO 5

*Adler, Susan S., 1946-. Samantha learns a lesson : a school story. 1st ed. Madison, Wis. : Pleasant Co., c1986.

Samantha is determined to help nine-year-old Nellie, attending school for the first time, with her school work and learns a great deal herself about what it is like to be a poor child and work in a factory.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. A coal miner's bride : the diary of Anetka Kaminska / Series: Dear America. New York : Scholastic, c2000.

A diary account of thirteen-year-old Anetka's life in Poland in 1896, immigration to America, marriage to a coal miner, widowhood, and happiness in finally finding her true love.

*Cushman, Karen. The ballad of Lucy Whipple. New York : Clarion Books, c1996.

In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.

*Fritz, Jean. The cabin faced west. New York : Puffin Books, 1987, c1958.

Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.

*Gipson, Fred, 1908-. Old Yeller. New York : Harper & Row, c1956.

In the late 1860s in the Texas hill country, a big yellow dog and a fourteen-year-old boy form a close, loving relationship.

 Holm, Jennifer L. Our only May Amelia. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c1999.

As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899.

 Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2006.

Sixteen-year-old Hattie Brooks inherits her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana in 1917 and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war in Europe.

* Lawlor, Laurie. Addie across the prairie. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002, c1986.

Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on the prairie.

 Lenski, Lois, 1893-. Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison. 1st HarperTrophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1995, c1941.

A fictional retelling of the experiences of twelve-year-old Mary Jemison, who after being captured by a Shawnee war party during the French and Indian War, is rescued and subsequently adopted by two Seneca sisters with whom she ultimately chooses to stay.

 *Lenski, Lois, 1893-. Strawberry girl. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1995, c1945.

Birdie Boyer and her hard working family raise strawberries in Florida, but have to face the dislike of their neighbors.

* MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, plain and tall. New York : Charlotte Zolotow Book, c1985.

When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

* MacLachlan, Patricia. Skylark. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1997, c1994.

When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.

* Nixon, Joan Lowery.In the face of danger. New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, [1996], c1989.

Deeply unhappy about her family's separation because of poverty, Megan gradually finds contentment and purpose in her new home on the Kansas prairie with a kind and loving adopted family.

* Nixon, Joan Lowery. A place to belong. New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers , 1990, c1989.

In 1856, having traveled with his young sister from New York to a foster home on a farm in Missouri, ten-year-old Danny plots to get his foster father to send for and marry his mother.

* Osborne, Mary Pope. Adaline Falling Star. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.

Feeling abandoned by her deceased Arapaho mother and her explorer father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the prejudiced cousins with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with only a mongrel dog for company.

 Paterson, Katherine. Bread and roses, too. New York : Clarion Books, c2006.

Twelve-year-old Rosa and thirteen-year-old Jake form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

* Stevens, Carla. Trouble for Lucy. New York : Clarion Books, 1979.

As she and her family travel the Oregon Trail in 1843, Lucy's puppy persists in creating trouble.

* Uchida, Yoshiko. The best bad thing. 1st Aladdin Books ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986, c1983.

At first dismayed at having to spend the last month of her summer vacation helping out in the household of recently widowed Mrs. Hata, Rinko discovers there are pleasant surprises for her, but then bad things start to happen.