In addition to our published curriculum, parents and students might consider reading during the summer or outside of school from the following book lists. These lists do not include titles that are already in our curriculum, but it should be noted that books in the curriculum would also make excellent choices – especially when the historical cycle means that students may “miss” books at certain levels officially and be encouraged to read them on their own. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but should serve to get interested readers started.
pPRIMARY LITERATURE LIST
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutbury
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Bedtime for Francis by Russell Hoban
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Margaret Cousins
Billy and Blaze by C.W. Anderson
Blaze and the Lost Quarry by C.W. Anderson
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McKloskey
Buster Bear’s Twins by Thornton W. Burgess
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Homer Price by Robert McKloskey
Ink on His Fingers by Louise A. Vernon
pPRIMARY LITERATURE LIST (CONT)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Misty of Chicoteague by Marguerite Henry
Mudge by Rylant, Steenson, and Bracken
Nate the Great Goes Undercover by Marjorie Sharmat
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
(plus entire Wingfeather Saga)
Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
Stone Soup by McGovern and Pels
The Adventures of Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Changler Warner
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dagliesh
The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
The Light Princess by George MacDonald
The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale
The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald
These Are My People by Mildred T. Howard
The Swiss Family Robinson by Wyss Johann David
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois
Toliver’s Secret Esther Wood Brady
Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
William Bradford: Plymouth’s Faithful Pilgrim by Gary D. Schmidt
