Category Archives: Literature

Fifth Grade Literature

Babbitt, N. (1975). Tuck everlasting. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

McCaughrean, G., & Parkins, D. (2003). Gilgamesh the hero. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

Spyri, J. (2014). Heidi. New York: Penguin Group.

Schomp, V. (2009). The ancient Mesopotamians. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

Schomp, V. (2007). The Norsemen. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

Green, R. L., & Copley, H. (1995). Tales of ancient Egypt. London ; New York, N.Y.: Puffin.

Selden, G., & Williams, G. (1969). Tucker’s countryside. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Wyss, J. D. (2003). Swiss family Robinson. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg.

Chang, M. S., & Johnson, D. (1997). The beggar’s magic: a Chinese tale. New York: M.K. McElderry Books.

Keido, I., & Stone, K. G. (2003). The butterfly’s dream. Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Pub

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). The jade dragon: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). The terracotta girl: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). The emperor’s painting: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Whitfield, S., & Browne, P. (1998). The animals of the Chinese zodiac. 1st American ed. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Crocodile Books, USA.

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). Stranger on the silk road: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Williams, M. (2012). The elephant’s friend and other tales from ancient India. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick.

Dalal, A., & Walker, M. (20012002). Myths of pre-Columbian America. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn.

Kimmel, E. A., & Fisher, L. E. (2000). The two mountains: an Aztec legend. New York: Holiday House.

Fourth Grade Literature

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1953). Little house in the big woods. Newly illustrated, uniform ed. New York: Harper.

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1971). Little house on the prairie. Newly illustrated, uniform ed. New York: Harper & Row.

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1953). Farmer boy. Newly illustrated, uniform ed. New York: Harper.

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1993). On the banks of Plum Creek. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Twain, M. (1946). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press.

Longfellow, H. W., Schoonmaker, F., & Wallace, C. (1998). Poetry for young people. New York: Sterling Publishing.

Brink, C. R., & Hyman, T. S. (1990). Caddie Woodlawn. 1st Aladdin Books ed. New York : London: Aladdin Books ; Collier Macmillan Publishers.

Whitman, W., Levin, J., & Burke, J. (1997). Poetry for young people. New York: Sterling Pub.

MacLachlan, P. (1985). Sarah, plain and tall. New York: Harper & Row.

Frost, R., Schmidt, G. D., & Sorenson, H. (1994). Poetry for young people: Robert Frost. A Magnolia eds. bk. New York: Sterling.

Sandburg, C., Bolin, F. S., & Arcella, S. (1995). Carl Sandburg. New York: Sterling Pub. Co.

Henry, O., (1995). 100 selected stories. Ware, Hertfordshire, UK: Wordsworth Editions Limited

Third Grade Literature

Raven, N., & Howe, J. (2007). Beowulf: a tale of blood, heat, and ashes. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press.

Bond, M., & Fortnum, P. (2014). A bear called Paddington. First Harper US edition. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Bond, M., & Fortnum, P. (2015). More about Paddington. First Harper U.S. edition. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Bond, M. (1964). Paddington marches on. Boston: Houghton Miffin.

Bond, M. (1966). Paddington at work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Bond, M., & Fortnum, P. (1984). Paddington’s storybook. 1st American ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Stevenson, R. L. (2001). Treasure Island. 2001 Modern Library pbk. ed. / New York: Modern Library.

Swift, J. (1996). Gulliver’s travels. Modern library ed. New York: Modern Library.

Stevenson, R. L. (1989). A child’s garden of verses. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Nesbit, E. (1907). Beautiful stories from Shakespeare. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1430

Dickens, Charles (1843). A Christmas Carol. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46

Second Grade Literature

Atwater, R., Atwater, F., & Lawson, R. (1988). Mr. Popper’s penguins. Boston: Little, Brown and Co..

Burnett, F. H., & Tudor, T. (1985). The secret garden. [The Tasha Tudor ed.] New York: Harper Collins.

Grahame, K. (1954). The wind in the willows. New York: Scribner’s.

Burnett, F. H., & Rust, G. (1989). A little princess. Boston: D. Godine.

Burnett, F. H., & Huebner, M. (1981). Little Lord Fauntleroy. Harmonsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books.

Sewell, A., & Ambrus, V. G. (1996). Black Beauty. 1st American ed. New York: DK Pub..

MacDonald, G., & Sendak, M. (1969). The light princess. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

First Grade Literature

James Herriot’s treasury for children
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Lost Princess : A Double Story by George MacDonald
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
The Classic Tales of Beatrix Potter
A Brighter Garden (collection of poems by Emily Dickinson) compiled by Karen Ackerman