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• Approximate Comprehension Level Indicated
• Children's Reading/Read To Book Lists
• Includes Favorite Texts and other Materials for Parents

• Birth to Age 5

• The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (paperback)

• The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (hardback)

• Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

• The Christian Mother Goose Big Book Now combined in a single volume. These poems are also used in the ACE K program.

• Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

• The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack

• The Story of Barbar, the Little Elephant by Jean De Brunhoff

• Frog and Toad are Friends by Lobel

• Frog and Toad Together by Lobel

• Frog and Toad All Year by Lobel

• Days With Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

• PrePack- all 4 Frog and Toad books, bundle by Arnold Lobel

• Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel

• Stellalluna by Janell Cannon An adorable, lost, baby fruit bat is being raised as a bird!

• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

• Aardvarks, Disembark! by Ann Jonas Noah is surprised when he sees animals he never saw before leaving the Ark - 132 species!

• Slow and Steady-Get Me Ready by June R. Oberlander Weekly activities for babies, birth to age 5; including games and simple toys to make. I like to give this one as a shower gift!

• Egermeier's Bible Story Book by Elsie E. Ergermeier This title is also carried by BJU.

• Aesops's Fables

• "Give Your Child a Superior Mind" by Siegfried Englemann, is very interesting but a bit intense. I confess to having done some of these exercises with one baby, who seemed to enjoy the games but didn't read early.

  

• Grades K-3

• The Wind In The Willows by Grahame (paperback)

• The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies (Flower Fairies Collection) by Cicely Mary Barker. Reading level age 4-8, poems and stories with delightful illustrations.

• Ben & Me by Lawson, Excellent biography from an amusing point of view!

• Bambi by Felix Salten

• Bambi: En Espanol! by Felix Salten

• Bambi's Children by Fellix Salten Out of print, but Amazon will search for it for you.

• The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling

• The Hundred and One Dalmations by Dodie Smith We prefer the original, not the cartoon.

• The Lorax by Dr Seus A beautiful first ecology story in poetry, for early readers or adults.

• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

• Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

• Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

• Hill of Fire by Thomas Lewis. Exciting, true story of a volcano that erupted in a Mexican farmer's field.

• Pompeii: Buried Alive by Edith Kunhardt Famous volcanic explosion "freezes" an ancient Italian city in volcanic ash.

• Misty of Chincoteague by Henry

• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, Illus. by Robert Lawson. Gentle Mr. Popper, corresponding with a famous explorer, gets a very unusual Christmas present!

• Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting First of a series of 8 hysterical stories of the man who could talk to the animals - and gives us a good look at things from an unusual side!

• Egermeier's Bible Story Book by Elsie E. Ergermeier
  This title is also carried by BJU.

• Favorite Poems Old and New Edited by Helen Ferris. This title is also carried by BJU.

• A Child's Garden of Verses by R.L. Stevenson, illustrated by Tasha Tudor.

• Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling Tale of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail, for ages 4-8.

• Pagoo by Holling C. Holling Delightful ecology study of life in a tidal pool from the point of view of a Hermit Crab, for ages 4-8.

• At Last- a Reading Method for Every Child by Mary Pecci Seven steps to teach ANY child to read, using ANY readers. It works- we used it with our severe dyslexic! Find more about it at: The Online Reading Teacher

• Number Words (Super Seatwork Series) optional workbook by Mary Pecci

• Phonic Grab Bag (Super Seatwork Series) optional workbook by Mary Pecci

• Super Seatwork: Linguistic Exercises optional workbook by Mary Pecci

• Super Spelling: Book One optional workbook by Mary Pecci

• Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock
  Highly recommended as a Nature Guide for young students.

  

• Grades 4-5

• Alias Jungle Doctor autobiography by Dr. Paul White. Excellent medical missionary story.

• Little House on the Prairie boxed set, series by Laura Ingals Wilder

• A Wrinkle In Time by L'Engle (be careful of her later ones)

• Adam of the Roadby Elizabeth J Gray. >Minstral boy in 13th century England, seeking his lost father and dog.

• The Gate in the Wall A handicapped boy discovers there is more than one gate to the world when he learns to read.

• Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

• Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson

• Crystal Mountain by Belle D. Rugh 1940's Lebanon. This book is out of print and very hard to find, but gives an excellent background for understanding the present troubles in the area.

• The Good Master &
• The Singing Tree, by Kate Seredy Set in Hungary.

• Kidnapped by RL Stevenson

• Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. You will want to talk to your children about choices as they read this and other books by Mark Twain.

• Big Red by Jim Kjelgard

• The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum

• The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford. This is the original, without talking animals. The original Disney movie is also excellent.

• "The House of Many Fathers", by Meindert De Jong - or almost anything else by this excellent, out-of-print children's author.

• "The Four Story Mistake", by Elizabeth Enright

• Bridge to Terabithiaby Katherine Paterson. Young friends, and non-Christians dealing with death.

• The Wind In The Willows by Grahame (paperback)

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

• Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter The little girl who never gave up and always believed.

• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

• Pinocchio by C. Collodi

• Detectives in Togas Winterfield Set in Rome, students in a private school must save their friend from slavery!

• Charlotte's Web EB White

• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. A slightly abridged version for children.

• Tales from Shakespeare (Puffin Classics) by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb. Popular children's version of Shakespeare plays told as stories.

• Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Only the Names Remain : The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer, Kristina Rodanas (Illustrator)

• The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook: Favorite Songs From the Little House BooksEdited by Eugenia Garson

• Number The Stars
  by Lois Lowrey WW2, novel about the true rescue of the Jews in Denmark.

• Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle. Feudal Germany

• Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock. Highly recommended as a Nature Guide for young students.

• Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener, Ph.D.

• Simply Grammar by Karen Andreola, revising Charlotte Mason's original "First Grammar Lessons" for grade 4.

• "The Gift of Music: Great Composers and their Influence" by Jane Stuart Smith and Betty Carlson

  

• Grade 6 or early Middle School

• Winston Churchill and the Story of Two World Wars
  by Olivia Coolidge
  ISBN: 0395067324 Out of print.

• All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

• The Eagle of the Ninth
  by Rosmary Sutcliff. Roman centurion seeking the lost emblem of his father's legion, in Britain.

• The Ark
  by Margot Benary-Isbert is the name for the new home of a family being reuinited in Germany after WW2.

• Treasure Islandby RL Stevenson

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

• The Count of Monte CristoAlexander Dumas

• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

• Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. Ponca Indians, famous novel which succeeded in sparking political change.

• Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare. Rescued by Indians, a young boy must decide whether to be adopted.

• Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt. This one is about the Civil War.

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. Caught in a witch hunt, a young teacher risks death.

• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare Newbery Medal Book. Set in Galilee in the time of Jesus, this story tells of a young Jewish rebel who is won over to the gentle teachings of Jesus.

• The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw A young Egyptian boy struggles to reveal a hideous crime and reshape his own destiny.

• The Captive by Joyce Hansen - Novel of a slave. This one is extra famous, because part of it was included in "Roots".

• What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool. Fun biographical details of the lives of famous authors.

• White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry Vienna's Spanish Court Riding school, home of the famous Lipizzan stallions.

• A Question of Yams by Gloria Repp From Papua New Guinea; What will happen when the yams are planted in the name of Jesus? Based on true events.

• The Cricket in Times Square by Selden A childhood favorite!

• Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls

• Up From Slavery Booker T. Washington

• Harriet Tubman: Call to Freedom by Judy Carlson

• Madame Curie - A Biography by Eve Curie

• Seabird by Holling C. Holling Americans at sea, following a carved ivory gull which is the 'mascot' for 4 generations of seafarers. Suggested ages 9-12.

• Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling Follow Minn the great snapping turtle from her birth near the head of the Mississippi, all the way down the great river to the peaceful Louisiana deltas. Young Adult reading level.

• Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling An indian boy carves a wooden canoe with a figure paddling, and sets it on a journey through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Suggested ages 9-12.

• Carry On Mr. Bowditchby Latham - A family favorite!

• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. This edition is the more familiar, older one - not the newer version edited for 'correctness'.

• Letters from Egypt : A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850 by Florence Nightengale Not about nursing, these were her letters home about her trip to Egypt, as she decided to become a nurse.

• Pilgrims Progress by Bunyon

• Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener, PhD

• "The Gift of Music: Great Composers and their Influence" by Jane Stuart Smith and Betty Carlson

• Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock Highly recommended as a Nature Guide for young students.

• "I Am Joe's Body" by J.D. Ratcliff> Originally published as "Your Body and How it Works", this is the famous Reader's Digest series in a single volume. We used it as a reference/reading while we worked with the Lukens Felt Body, and a plastic skeleton.

• Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady VIDEO. A dramatization of the life of author Edith Holden from 1877, depicting her girlhood, her family life, and her eventual tragic death. Filmed on location.

• Where the Red Fern Grows by Rawls VIDEO - 1974, G. Adventure story for boys - an excellent adaptation of the book.

• David Macaulay's "The Way Things Work".

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