It is what you read when you don't have to that determines
what you will be when you can't help it.
~Oscar Wilde
DELIGHTFUL READS . . .
Laddie and Hinds Feet in High Places
Heidi
Swiss Family Robinson
I am David, by Anne Holm
The Silver Sword
Robin Hood
Brer Rabbit - This one is nice for story charts because each chapter is a complete story.
Swiss Family Robinson
I am David, by Anne Holm
The Silver Sword
Robin Hood
Brer Rabbit - This one is nice for story charts because each chapter is a complete story.
Charlotte's Web
Lorna Doone
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden
Pollyanna
The Scarlett Pimpernel
Little House series
Lorna Doone
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden
Pollyanna
The Scarlett Pimpernel
Little House series
NOT "DELIGHTFUL" LITERATURE:
Tale of Two Cities; Les Miserables; Pride and Prejudice; To Kill a Mockingbird. ..
Poetry
Pudewa,
Andrew, ed. Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization
(available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/PMC)
Bennett,
William J., ed. The Book of Virtues—A Treasury of Great Moral Stories
Bennett,
William J., ed. The Moral Compass—Stories for a Life’s Journey
Berquist,
Laura M. The Harp and Laurel Wreath
Blishen,
Edward, ed. Oxford Book of Poetry for Children
Bloom,
Harold, ed. Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages
Carman,
Bliss, ed. The Oxford Book of American Verse
Copeland,
Lewis and Lawrence W. Lamm, eds. The World’s Great Speeches
The
Editorial Board of the University Society,eds. The Home University Bookshelf
Vol. V
Famous
Stories and Verse
Felleman,
Hazel, ed. The Best-Loved Poems of the American People
Ferris,
Helen, ed. Favorite Poems Old and New
Hohn, Max
T., ed. Stories in Verse
Lear, Edward
A Book of Nonsense;
A Treasury of the World’s Best-Loved Poems
Books for Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day
Compiled by
Maria Gerber
Books that
intelligent, quick-thinking children enjoy reading are relevant to them:
−
Identification with a virtuous, charismatic protagonist
− Interest
in adventure, risk,
conflict, battles, danger
−
Fascination & at the same time revulsion: disgusting foods, slimy bugs,
poisonous
creatures
− Spatial
reasoning: architecture, maps, clues, math
− Physical
humor, unpredictable actions, absurdity, exaggeration
−
Inspirational heroes who overcome animals, monsters, villains, nature
− A game
with both potential gain and loss
− Weaponry,
tools, and machines
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Most of the
books listed on the next few pages are considered classics; they have endured
for various—some considerable—lengths of time. Morally sound, relevant books
facilitate
children’s
virtuous character development; the Good and Great Books help young readers to
understand themselves and other persons’ needs, so that they are more likely to
make their forts on solid rock, not sand.
Grades Preschool–2
Andersen,
Hans Christian The Ugly
Duckling, The Emperor’s New
Clothes, The Steadfast Tin
Soldier
Bendick,
Jeanne Archimedes and the Door of Science
Bishop &
Wiese The Five Chinese Brothers
Burton,
Virginia Lee Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Carle, Eric The
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Flack,
Marjorie Angus and the Ducks
Gag, Wanda Millions
of Cats
Galdone,
Paul The Elves and the Shoemaker, retold
Grahame,
Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Grimm
Brothers numerous fairy tales
Guthrie,
Woody This Land Is Your Land
Harris, Joel
Chandler Favorite Uncle Remus
Joosse,
Barbara M. Mama, Do You Love Me?
Keats, Ezra Jack
The Snowy Day
Kipling,
Rudyard Rikki Tikki Tavi
Lang, Andrew
The Blue Fairy Book; The Red Fairy Book, etc.
Leaf, Munro The
Story of Ferdinand
Lear, Edward
A Book of Nonsense
Lester,
Julius John Henry; Sam & the Tigers
Martin, Bill
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Milne, A.A. Winnie
the Pooh Series
Moses, Will Johnny
Appleseed: the Story of a Legend
Numeroff,
Laura Joffe If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Piper, Watty
The Little Engine that Could
Rey, Hans A.
Curious George Series
Sendak,
Maurice Where the Wild Things Are
Sharmat,
Marjorie Weinman Nate the Great Series
Slobodkina,
Esphyr Caps for Sale
Viorst,
Judith Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Resources for Parents & Teachers
Berquist,
Laura The Harp and Laurel Wreath
Gatto, John Weapons
of Mass Instruction
Kalpakgian,
Mitchell The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature
Kilpatrick,
William, et al. Books that Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child
Moral
Values through Stories (Project Gutenberg
free downloadable e-books www.gutenberg.org)
Pudewa,
Andrew Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
(available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/PMC)
Pudewa,
Andrew Teaching
Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day DVD (available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/TB-D)
Van DeMille,
Oliver A Thomas Jefferson Education
Level A grades 3–5
Bennett,
William J., ed. The Book of Virtues—A Treasury of Great Moral Stories
Brandt,
Keith Daniel Boone:
Frontier Adventures
Catling,
Patrick Skene The Chocolate Touch
Cousins,
Margaret The Story of Thomas Alva Edison
Dalgliesh,
Alice The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
D’Aulaire,
Edgar Parin & Ingri Book of Greek Myths; Christopher Columbus; Leif the
Lucky;George Washington
Dickens,
Charles A Christmas Carol
Dixon, Franklin
W. The Hardy Boys Series
Edmonds,
Walter The Matchlock Gun
Gauch,
Patricia Lee Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys
Greene,
Carol Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Musical Genius
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel Tanglewood Tales aka The Wonder Book
Holling,
H.C. Paddle-to-the-Sea; Tree in the Trail
Hurwitz,
Johanna The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein
Irving,
Washington Rip van Winkle
Kroll,
Steven Lewis & Clark: Explorers of the American West
Lawson,
Robert Ben and Me
Lewis, C.S. The
Chronicles of Narnia Series
McCloskey, Robert
Homer Price
Monsell,
Helen Albee Robert E. Lee: Young Confederates
Nesbit,
Edith Five Children and It
Rockwell,
Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms
Roddy, Lee Robert
E. Lee
Seuss, Dr. Five
Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Standiford,
Natalie Balto, the Bravest Dog Ever
Stevenson,
Robert Louis Kidnapped
Stratton-Porter,
Gene Laddie: A True Blue Story
Twain, Mark The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
White, E.B. Stuart
Little
Wyss, Johann
David Swiss Family Robinson
Yates,
Elizabeth Amos Fortune, Free Man
Resources for Parents & Elementary Teachers
Berquist,
Laura The Harp and Laurel Wreath
Gatto, John Weapons
of Mass Instruction
Kalpakgian,
Mitchell The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature
Kilpatrick,
William, et al. Books that Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child
Moral Values through Stories
(Project Gutenberg
free downloadable e-books www.gutenberg.org)
Pudewa,
Andrew Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
(available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/PMC)
Pudewa,
Andrew Teaching
Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day DVD (available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/TB-D)
Van DeMille,
Oliver A Thomas Jefferson Education
Level B grades 6–8
Armstrong,
Jennifer Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of
Shackleton and the Endurance
Armstrong,
William Sounder
Bennett,
William The Book of Virtues
Burroughs,
Edgar Rice Tarzan Series
Colum,
Padraic The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of
Troy
Forbes,
Esther Johnny Tremain
Freedman,
Russell Lincoln: A Photobiography
Holling,
H.C. Minn of the Mississippi
Kieth,
Harold Rifles for Watie
Latham, Jean
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
London, Jack
The Call of the Wild; White Fang
MacCauley,
David Castle; City, Pyramid; The Way Things Work
McSwigan,
Marie Snow Treasure
Perry,
Armstrong Call It Courage
Pyle, Howard
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood; The Story of King Arthur & His
Knights
Rawlings,
Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling
Reilly,
Robert T. Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal
Serraillier,
Ian Escape from Warsaw
Speare,
Elizabeth The Bronze Bow
Stanley,
Diane Michelangelo
Steinbeck,
John The Red Pony
Stratton-Porter,
Gene Laddie: A True Blue Story
Tarkington,
Booth Penrod
Tolkien,
J.R.R. The Hobbit
Twain, Mark The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Verne, Jules
The Mysterious Island; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Whitesel,
Cheryl Aylward Blue Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale
Wojciechowska,
Maia Shadow of a Bull
Resources for Parents & Middle School Teachers
Berquist,
Laura The Harp and Laurel Wreath
Gatto, John Weapons
of Mass Instruction
Kalpakgian,
Mitchell The Mysteries of Life in Children’s Literature
Kilpatrick,
William, et al. Books that Build Character: a Guide to Teaching Your Child
Moral
Values through Stories
Blishen,
Edward, ed. Oxford Book of Poetry for Children
(Project Gutenberg free downloadable e-books www.gutenberg.org)
Pudewa,
Andrew Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
(available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/PMC)
Pudewa,
Andrew Teaching
Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day DVD (available at www.excellenceinwriting.com/TB-D)
Van DeMille,
Oliver A Thomas Jefferson Education
Level C grades 9–12
Ambrose,
Steven Band of Brothers
Belloc,
Hilaire Joan of Arc
Bullfinch Mythology
Cather,
Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop
Colum,
Padraic Jason and the Golden Fleece
Connell,
Richard “The Most Dangerous Game”
Dickens,
Charles Oliver Twist; David Copperfield
Doyle, Sir
Arthur Conan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Dumas,
Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo; The Man in the Iron Mask
Eliot, T.S. Murder
in the Cathedral
Farrow, John
Damian the Leper
Harte, Bret
“The Luck of Roaring Camp”
Krakauer,
John Into Thin Air
Lee, Harper To
Kill a Mockingbird
Lewis, C.S. Space
Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength;
Mere
Christianity; The Four Loves; The Screwtape Letters
London, Jack
The Sea Wolf; “To
Build a Fire”
Lorenz,
Konrad King Solomon’s Ring
Melville,
Herman Billy Budd, Sailor
O.Henry “The
Ransom of Red Chief”
Poe, Edgar
Allen “The Telltale Heart;” other short stories
Roper,
William The Life of Sir Thomas More
Schaefer,
Jack Shane
Shaara,
Michael Killer Angels
Shakespeare Taming
of the Shrew; Merchant of Venice; Macbeth; Julius Caesar
Shelley,
Mary Frankenstein
Sides,
Hampton Ghost Soldiers
Sienkiewicz,
Henryk Quo Vadis?
Solzhenitsyn,
Aleksandr One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Steinbeck,
John The Grapes of Wrath; The Pearl
Stevenson,
Robert Louis The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Sutcliff,
Rosemary Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad; The Wanderings of
Odysseus:
The Story of the Odyssey
Tolkien,
J.R.R. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Twain, Mark The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Verne, Jules
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Washington,
Booker T. Up from Slavery
Waugh,
Evelyn Edmund Campion
Wells, H.G. The
Invisible Man; The Time Machine; The War of the Worlds
Resources for Parents & High School Teachers
Berquist, Laura The Harp and Laurel Wreath
Gatto, John Weapons of Mass Instruction
Parker, ed. Thomas K. The American Short Story
Project Gutenberg free downloadable e-books www.gutenberg.org
Pudewa, Andrew Linguistic Development through Poetry
Memorization
Van DeMille, Oliver A Thomas Jefferson Education
Reading Lists Excerpted from Teaching the Classics, by Adam and Missy Andrews,
available
at www.excellenceinwriting.com/TCS
Here are
some of the books we love. This list is by no means exhaustive, of course. We
are firmly convinced, in fact, that there is no such thing as an exhaustive
list of good books! You will find great pleasure, if you haven’t already, in
building a reading list of your own, and to that end we redirect your attention
to the booklist resources listed.... If you are new to book gathering and would
benefit from knowing where to start, here are some suggestions.
Stories for Young Children
Aardema,
Verna Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears
Ackerman,
Karen Song and Dance Man
Azarian,
Mary Snowflake Bentley
Bemelmans,
Ludwig Madeline
Brett, Jan The
Mitten
Brown,
Marcia Stone Soup
Brown,
Margaret Wise Goodnight Moon; The Little Fir Family; The Runaway Bunny
Cohen,
Barbara and Trina Schart Hyman The Canterbury Tales, retold
Cooney,
Barbara Miss Rumphius
Dr. Seuss Horton
Hears a Who
Duvoisin,
Roger Petunia
Eastman,
Philip D. Are You My Mother?
Falconer,
Ian Olivia
Fox, Mem Wilfred
Gordon McDonald Partridge
Freeman, Don
Dandelion
Gramatky,
Hardie Little Toot
Hall, Donald
and Barbara Cooney The Ox-Cart Man
Hoban,
Russell and Lillian A Bargain for Frances; Bedtime for Frances; Bread and
Jam for Frances
Hoberman,
Mary Ann A House is a House for me
Hyman, Trina
Schart Saint George and the Dragon
Krauss, Ruth
The Carrot Seed
Lionni, Leo The
Biggest House in the World
MacLachlan,
Patricia All the Places to Love
McCloskey,
Robert Blueberries for Sal; Make Way for Ducklings
Ness,
Evaline Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine
Pfister,
Marcus The Rainbow Fish
Polacco,
Patricia Thunder Cake
Potter,
Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Priceman,
Marjorie How to Make an Apple and See the World
Rylant,
Cynthia Henry and Mudge
Steig,
William Amon and Boris; Brave Irene
Steward,
Sarah and David Small The Gardener
Tiller, Ruth
Cinnamon, Mint
& Mothballs: A Visit to Grandmother’s House
Turkle,
Brinton Thy Friend, Obadiah
Van
Allsburg, Chris The Polar Express
Waber,
Bernard You Look Ridiculous Said the Rhinoceros to the Hippopotamus
Ward, Lynd The
Biggest Bear
Yolen, Jane All
Those Secrets of The World; Owl Moon
Ziefert,
Harriet A New Coat for Anna
Zolotow,
Charlotte Big Sister and Little Sister; Something is Going to Happen
Juvenile Fiction
Alcott,
Louisa May Little Women
Alexander,
Lloyd The Book of Three
Atwater,
Richard and Florence Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Babbitt,
Natalie Tuck Everlasting
Banks, Lynne
Reid The Indian in the Cupboard
Bibee, John The
Magic Bicycle
Brink, Carol
Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn
Burgess,
Alan The Small Woman
Burnett,
Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Burnford,
Sheila The Incredible Story
Cleary,
Beverly Henry and Ribsy
Dagliesh,
Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble
Dahl, Roald Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory
De Angeli,
Marguerite A Door in the Wall
Edmonds,
Walter The Matchlock Gun
Estes,
Eleanor The Moffats
Field,
Rachel Calico Bush
Fitzgerald,
John D. The Great Brain
Fritz, Jean The
Cabin Faced West
Gannett,
Ruth S. My Father’s Dragon
Gates, Doris
Blue Willow
George, Jean
Craighead My Side of the Mountain
Gilbreth,
Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Cheaper by the Dozen
Gipson, Fred
Old Yeller
Gray,
Elizabeth Janet Adam of the Road
Henry,
Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague
Hunt, Irene Across
Five Aprils
Juster,
Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
Keene,
Carolyn Nancy Drew Series
Kipling,
Rudyard The Jungle Book
Konigsburg,
E.L. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Lamb,
Charles and Mary Tales from Shakespeare
Lawson, Robert
Rabbit Hill
Leaf, Munro Wee
Gillis
Lenski, Lois
Strawberry Girl
Lindgren,
Astrid Pippi Longstocking
MacDonald,
George The Princess and the Goblin
MacLachlan,
Patricia Sarah, Plain, and Tall
Meigs,
Cornelia Invincible Louisa
Merrill,
Jean The Pushcart War
Montgomery,
L.M. Anne of Green Gables
Morey, Walt Gentle
Ben
Mowat,
Farley Owls in the Family
Neimark,
Anne E. Touch of Light: The Story of Louis Braille
Nesbit,
Edith The Enchanted Castle
O’Brien,
Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
O’Dell,
Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Pyle, Howard
Otto of the Silver Hand
Rackham,
Arthur and C.S. Evens Cinderella
Rawls,
Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows
Robinson,
Barbara The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Selden,
George The Cricket in Times Square
Sewall,
Marcia Pilgrims of Plymouth
Spyri,
Johanna Heidi
Sterling,
Dorothy Freedom Train
Taylor,
Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Warner,
Gertrude C. The Boxcar Children
White, E.B. Charlotte’s
Web; The Trumpet of the Swan
Wiggin, Kate
Douglas Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Wilder,
Laura Ingalls Little House on the Prairie
High School Fiction
Adams,
Richard Watership Down
Austen, Jane
Pride and Prejudice
____________, Beowulf
Bradbury,
Ray The Martian Chronicles
Bronte,
Charlotte Jane Eyre
Cather,
Willa My Antonia
Chaucer,
Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales
Conrad,
Joseph The Heart of Darkness
Cooper,
James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans
Costain,
Thomas The Silver Chalice
Crane,
Stephen The Red Badge of Courage
D’Orczy,
Baroness The Scarlet Pimpernel
Dante, The
Divine Comedy
Defoe,
Daniel The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Dickens,
Charles Great Expectations
Dillard,
Annie A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Dumas,
Alexandre The Three Musketeers
Forester,
C.S. Lieutenant Hornblower
Hemingway,
Ernest The Old Man and The Sea
Henty, G.A. The
Cat of Bubastes
Herriot,
James All Creatures Great and Small
Heyerdahl,
Thor Kon-Tiki
Hilton,
James Good-bye Mr. Chips
Hugo, Victor
Les Miserables
Irving,
Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Jacques,
Brian Redwall
Kipling,
Rudyard Captains Courageous
Lewis, C.S. The
Great Divorce; Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That
Hideous
Strength
Maclean,
Alistair The Guns of Navarone
Marshall,
Catherine Christy
Milton, John
Paradise Lost
Porter, Gene
Stratton A Girl of the Limberlost
Potok, Chaim
The Chosen
Pyle, Howard
Men of Iron
Reeves,
James The Exploits of Don Quixote
Richter,
Conrad The Light in the Forest
Shakespeare,
William The Riverside Shakespeare
Stevenson,
Robert Louis Treasure Island
Ten Boom,
Corrie The Hiding
Place
Tolkien, J.R.R.,
trans. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Tolstoy, Leo
Anna Karenina
Ullman,
James Ramsey Banner in the Sky
Verne, Jules
Around the World in 80 Days
Vernon,
Louise Ink On His Fingers
Virgil The
Aeneid
Wiseman,
Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs
An
ongoing list of literature & related resources for parents & teachers
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