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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
● A Fish Out Of Water…….Helen Palmer (0-8)
● American Legends (0-8)
- Beatrix Potter books (listed in order) (4+)
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
- The Tailor of Gloucester
- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
- The Tale of Two Bad Mice
- The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
- The Tale of Tom Kitten
- The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
- The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies
- The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
- The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
- The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
- The Tale of Mr. Tod
- The Tale of Pigling Bland
- The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
- The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan
- The Tale of Ginger & Pickles
- The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
- The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit
- The Story of Miss Moppet
- Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes
- Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes
● 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…
- Camels Have Humps
- Castles Had Moats
- Caterpillars Eat So Much
- Columbus Crossed The Ocean
- Countries Fly Flags
- Dinosaurs Died Out
- Fish Grew Legs
- Flutes Have Holes
- Greeks Built Temples
- Horses Wear Shoes
- I Blink
- I Sleep
- Kangaroos Have Pouches
- Leaves Change Color
- Lemons Taste Sour
- Mice Are Musical
- Mountains Have Snow on Top
- Penguins Can’t Fly
- Pine Trees Have Needles
- Pirates Wore Earrings
- Planes Have Wings
- Pyramids Were Built
- Records Are Broken
- Romans Wore Togas
- Snakes Shed Their Skin
- Soap Makes Bubbles
- Spiders Spin Webs
- Stalactites Hang Down
- Stars Twinkle
- The Dodo Is Dead
- The Sahara is Cold at Night
- The Sea Is Salty
- The Sun Rises
- The Telephone Rings
- The Wind Blows
- There’s a Hole in the Sky
- Trees Have Leaves
- Triceratops Had Horns
- Tunnels Are Round
- Venetians Walk on Water
- Volcanoes Blow Their Tops
- Vultures Are Bald
- Whales Sing
- Zippers Have Teeth
● If You…series ………..Published by Scholastic (4+)
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- If You Give a Pig a Party
- If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
- If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
- If You Give a Dog a Donut
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin
- If You Take a Mouse to School
- If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
- If You Give a Pig a Pancake
● Jean Fritz books (not all listed) (5+)
- Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider
- And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
- Around the World in a Hundred Years
- Brady
- Brendan the Navigator
- Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!
- Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?
- China’s Long March
- Early Thunder
- George Washington’s Breakfast
- Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers
- Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln
- Leonardo’s Horse
- Make Way for Sam Houston
- Shh! We’re writing the Constitution
- Stonewall
- The Cabin Faced West
- The Double Life of Pocahontas
- The Great Little Madison
- The Lost Colony of Roanoke
- The World in 1492
- Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold
- What’s The Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
- Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus?
- Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
- Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?
- Why Don’t You Get A Horse, Sam Adams?
- Why Not, Lafayette?
- Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
- You Want Women To Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
● Lucille…….Arnold Lobel (0-8)
● My First Little House Books……Wilder (0-8)
- Dance at Grandpa’s
- Winter Days in the Big Woods
- Going West
- Winter on the Farm
- Christmas in the Big Woods: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids
- Prairie Day
- A Little House Birthday
- County Fair
- A Farmer Boy Birthday
- The Deer in the Wood
- A Little Prairie House
- Sugar Snow
- Summertime in the Big Woods
- Going to Town
● 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 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)
- A Little Maid of Province Town
- A Litte Maid of Masachussetes Colony
- A Little Maid of Narragansett
- A Little Maid of Bunker Hill
- A Little Maid of Ticonderoga
- A Little Maid of Old Connecticut
- A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia
- A Little Maid of Mohawk Valley
- A Little Maid of Valley Forge
- A Little Maid of Fort Pitt
- A Little Maid of Maryland
● 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+)
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm
- Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
- Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
● 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+)
- Anne of Green Gables
- Anne of Avonlea
- Anne of the Island
- Anne of Windy Poplars
- Anne’s House of Dreams
- Anne of Ingleside
- Rainbow Valley
- Rilla of Ingleside
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- History of Art, Art Galleries and Museums, Modern Fiction
- English History, Poetry and Prose, Western Europe
- Medieval Studies, History of Music, Conduct of Life
- Roman Social Life adn Literature, Age of Chivalry
● 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
- Jane Adams, Little lame Girl
- George Carver, Boy Scientist
- Will Rogers, Young Cowboy
- Virgil Grissom, Boy Astronaut
- Julia Ward Howe, Girl of Old New York
- Katherine Lee Bates, Girl Poet
- Susan Anthony, A Girl Who Dared
- Paul Revere, Boy of Old Boston
- Jessie Frémont, Girl of Capitol Hill
● Dangerous Journey: Story of Pilgrim’s Progress……..Oliver Hunkin (8+)
● Great Brain Series (6 books, listed in order)………John D. Fitzgerald (8+)
- The Great Brain
- More Adventures of The Great Brain
- Me and My Little Brain
- The Great Brain at The Academy
- The Great Brain Reforms
- The Return of The Great Brain
● Hedge of Thorns…….Mark Hamby (8+)
● Gene Stratton Porter Books (8+)
- Laddie
- A Girl of the Limberlost
- Freckles
- The Harvester
- A Daughter of the Land
- At the Foot of the Rainbow
- Her Father’s Daughter
- Michael O’Halloran
● Little Britches Series (8 books)……….. Ralph Moody (8+)
- Book 1: Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
- Book 2: Man of the Family
- Book 3: The Home Ranch
- Book 4: Mary Emma & Company
- Book 5: The Fields of Home
- Book 6: Shaking the Nickel Bush
- Book 7: The Dry Divide
- Book 8: Horse of a Different Color
● Louisa May Alcott books (8+, not all listed)
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- Christmas Treasury
- Eight Cousins
- Good Wives
- Jo’s Boys
- Little Men
- Little Women
- Rose in Bloom
- The Inheritance
- Under The Lilacs
● Narnia series (7 books, listed in order)………C.S. Lewis (8+)
- The Magician’s Nephew
- The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
- The Horse and His Boy
- Prince Caspian
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- The Silver Chair
- The Last Battle
● 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
- Volume 1: The Ancient Times
- Volume 2: The Middle Ages
- Volume 3: Early Modern Times
- Volume 4: The Modern Age
Ages 12 and up
● And There Was Light………Jaques Lusseyran (12+)
● C.S. Lewis philosophy books (12+, not all listed)
- A Grief Observed
- Mere Christianity
- That Hideous Strength
- The Abolition of Man
- The Four Loves
- The Problem of Pain
- The Screwtape Letters
- The Weight of Glory
- Till We Have Faces
● Charles Dickens books (12+, not all listed)
- A Christmas Carol
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Barnaby Rudge
- Bleak House
- David Copperfield
- Great Expectations
- Little Dorrit
- Nicholas Nickleby
- Oliver Twist
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- The Old Curiosity Shop
● 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+)