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Literature List (PreK to 2nd/3rd)

After spending endless hours compiling reading lists from various homeschooling sites, here is the finished product!

Books on 6+ reading lists:
  • Mr Popper's Penguins - Richard Atwater
  • The Story About Ping - Marjorie Flack
  • James Herriot's Treasury for Children - James Herriot
  • The Story of Ferdinand - Munro Leaf
  • Blueberries for Sal - Robert McCloskey
  • Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey
  • Winnie the Pooh books - A.A. Milne
  • Little Bear books - Elsa Holmelund Minarik
  • The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter - Beatrix Potter
  • Caps for Sale - Esphyr Slobodkina
  • Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
  • Little House series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books on 5 reading lists:
  • Peter Pan - James M. Barrie
  • Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Courage of Sarah Noble - Alice Dalgliesh
  • Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
  • Frog and Toad books - Arnold Lobel
  • Heidi - Joanna Spyri
  • The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams
Books on 4 reading list:
  • Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
  • A Bear Called Paddington - Michael Bond
  • Stone Soup - Marcia Brown
  • Pinnochio - Carlo Collodi
  • Handbook of Nature Study - Anna Botsford Comstock
  • Miss Rumphius - Barbara Cooney
  • Understood Betsy - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  • Millions of Cats - Wanda Gag (Ga'g)
  • The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
  • Brer Rabbit and Uncle Ramus books - Joel Chandler Harris
  • Pagoo - Holling C. Holling
  • The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
  • The Blue Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
  • The Story of Dr Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
  • Paul Revere's Ride - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Roxaboxen - Alice McLerran
  • How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World - Marjorie Priceman
  • The Aesop for Children - Milo Winter or other versions

 Books on 3 reading lists:
  • The Door In the Wall - Marguerite De Angeli
  • The Story of Little Babaji - Helen Bannerman
  • The Children's Book of Virtues - William Bennett
  • The Five Chinese Brothers - Claire Huchet Bishop
  • The Mitten - Jan Brett
  • The Runaway Bunny - Margaret Wise Brown
  • Squanto: A Friend to the Pilgrims - Clyde Robert Bulla
  • The Sword in the Tree - Clyde Robert Bulla
  • The Burgess Bird Book for Children - Thornton Burgess
  • A Little Princess - Francis Hodgeson Burnett
  • Katy and the Big Snow - Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
  • The Thanksgiving Story - Alice Dalgliesh
  • Leif the Lucky - Ingri D'Aulaire
  • Pocahontas - Ingri D'Aulaire
  • Andy and the Lion - James Daugherty
  • Ox-Cart Man - Donald Hall
  • Tanglewood Tales - Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Francis (series) - Russell Hoban
  • St. George and the Dragon - Margaret Hodges
  • Harold and the Purple Crayon - Crockett Johnson
  • The Red Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
  • Swimmy - Leo Lionni
  • One Morning in Maine - Robert McCloskey
  • Amelia Bedelia series - Peggy Parish
  • Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter
  • The Year at Maple Farm - Alice and Martin Provensen
  • Katy No Pocket - H.A. Rey
  • The Cricket in Times Square - George Selden
  • Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Suess
  • Five Little Peppers and How They Grow - Margaret Sidney
  • A Child's Garden of Verses - Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Boxcar Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • The Real Mother Goose - Blanche Fisher Wright
  • Mountain Born - Elizabeth Yates


Art:
  • Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art With Children - Gladys S Blizzard (3)
  • Come Look with Me: Exploring Landscape Art With Children - Gladys S Blizzard (3)

History:
  • Tut's Mummy Lost and Found - Judy Donnelly (4)
  • Pharaohs and Pyramids - Tony Allen (3)
  • This Country of Ours - H.E. Marshall (3)
  • The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt - Elizabeth Payne (3)

Science:
  • Science With Plants - Helen Edom (3)
  • Wild Places - Angela Wilkes (3)

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