Teaching Self-Government Book List

Hey friend!

Here is my recommended book list. This is, by no means, an exhaustive list, but they’re some of my family’s favorites.

Ages 0-8

Aesop’s Fables (0-8)

A Fish Out Of  Water…….Helen Palmer (0-8)

● American Legends (0-8)

Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo………Rosetta Stone (0-8)

Christina Katerina and the Box………Patricia Lee Gauch (0-8)

Danny and the Dinosaur……..Syd Hoff (0-8)

● “I Wonder Why…” books………Macmillan Publishers

I Wonder why…

● If You…series ………..Published by Scholastic (4+)

● Jean Fritz books (not all listed) (5+)

Lucille…….Arnold Lobel (0-8)

● My First Little House Books……Wilder (0-8)

Say Hola to Spanish………Susan Middleton Elya (0-8)

Small Pig……..Arnold Lobel (0-8)

The Diggingest Dog……….Eric Gurney (0-8)

The Elves and the Shoemaker…….(0-8)

The Escape of Marvin The Ape…..Caralyn & Mark Buehner (0-8)

The Little Engine That Could………..(0-8)

The Little House……….Virginia Lee Burton (0-8)

The Little Red Hen (0-8)

The Princess and the Pea…………(0-8)

The Princess Who Never Laughed……..Produced by Disney (0-8)

The Story of Ruby Bridges…..Robert Coles (0-8)

● TSG Children’s Books (in order)……..Nicholeen Peck

Usborne Starting Point Science Books (0-8)

Wacky Wednesday…….. Theo Lesige (0-8)

Ages 6 and up

 

Charlotte’s Web……..E.B. White (6+)

● Little Maid Series (11 books)………Alice Turner Curtis (6+ read aloud)

Magic Treehouse series………Mary Pope Osborne (6+)

Mathematicians Are People Too! (2 books)………Reimer (6+)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (3+ books, not all listed)……..Betty MacDonald (6+)

OLD American Girl books (6+ read aloud/self read)

Pippy Longstocking ………Astrid Lindgren (6+)

Pollyanna……..Eleanor H. Porter (6+)

Rumplestiltskin……..Edith H. Tarcov (6+)

Stuart Little………E.B. White (6+)

Teddy’s Button……….Amy LeFeuvre (6+)

The Secret Garden……Frances Hodgson Burnett (6+)

Toliver’s Secret……..Esther Wood Brady (6+)

Trumpet of the Swan……….E.B. White (6+)

 

Ages 8 and up

 

A Little Princess………Frances Hodgson Burnett (8+)

Anne of Green Gables books (8 books, listed in order)…… L.M. Montgomery (8+)

Libraries of Hope 

Archimedes and the Door of Science……Jeanne Bendic (8+)

Caddie Woodlawn……..Carol Ryrie Brink (8+)

● Childhood of Famous Americans/World Figures (loads!)…….Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill

Dangerous Journey: Story of Pilgrim’s Progress……..Oliver Hunkin (8+)

● Great Brain Series (6 books, listed in order)………John D. Fitzgerald (8+)

Hedge of Thorns…….Mark Hamby (8+)

● Gene Stratton Porter Books (8+)

● Little Britches Series (8 books)……….. Ralph Moody (8+)

● Louisa May Alcott books (8+, not all listed)

● Narnia series (7 books, listed in order)………C.S. Lewis (8+)

Roles………Nicholeen Peck (8+)

Sign of the Beaver……..Elizabeth George Spear (8+)

Snow Treasure………..Marie McSwigan (8+)

Tales from Shakespeare…..Charles and Mary Lamb (8+)

● George MacDonald Books (8+)

The Story of Alva Thomas Edison………Margaret Cousins (8+)

Toothpaste Millionaire………Jean Merrill (8+)

Twenty and Ten…….Claire Huchet Bishop (8+)

● The Story of The World (4-book series)……..Susan Wise Bauer

Ages 12 and up

 

And There Was Light………Jaques Lusseyran (12+)

● C.S. Lewis philosophy books (12+, not all listed)

● Charles Dickens books (12+, not all listed)

Do Hard Things……..Alex & Brett Harris (12+)

Dream Giver……Bruce Wilkinson (12+)

● A selection of Louis La’mour books (12+, not all listed)

Jane Eyre………Charlotte Brontë (12+)

Man’s Search For Meaning…..Victor Frankl (12+)

Red Scarf Girl……….Ji-Li Jiang (12+)

The Alliance……….Gerald N. Lund (12+)

The Boys in the Boat………Daniel James Brown (12+)

The Bronze Bow……….Elizabeth George Spear (12+)

The Chosen…….Chaiam Potok (12+)

The Hiding Place…….Corrie Ten Boom (12+)

● The Lord of the Rings series (listed in order)…..J.R.R Tolkein (12+)

The Scarlet Pimpernel…….Baroness Emmuska Orczy (12+)

The Story of My Life…….Helen Keller (12+)

● The Thaven Chronicles (3 books, listed in order)……….Travis Pond (12+)

The Virginian…….Owen Wister (12+)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin…..Harriet Beecher Stowe (12+)

Understanding The Times…..David Noebel (14+)

Ages 12 and up

 

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens…….Sean Covey

Atomic Habits……..James Clear

Character……Samuel Smiles (14+)

Coddling of the American Mind……Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt

Extraordinary Ordinary People…….Condoleeza Rice (14+)

● Jane Austen books (14+)

Les Miserables…….Victor Hugo (14+)

Parenting: A House United……Nicholeen Peck (14+)

The Fourth Turning…….Strauss & Howe (14+)

The Giver Quartet………Lois Lowry (14+)

 

 

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