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)