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Our Great Books List

Kindergarten
  • Bible Stories for children, a mixture of Old and New Testament
  • The Children’s Book of Virtues, William Bennet
  • Aesop’s Fables
    • The Ant and the Grasshopper
    • The Lion and the Mouse
    • The Dog and his Reflection
    • The Tortoise and the Hare
    • Others
  • Little Red Hen, Paul Galdone
  • Three Little Kittens, Paul Galdone
  • Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendal
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • Mercy Watson Series, Kate DiCamillo
  • The Little Engine that Could, Watty Piper
  • The Gingerbread Man, Paul Galdone
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Paul Galdon
  • Beatrice Potter series
  • Brambly Hedge Books, Jill Barkleman
  • Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
  • Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young, Jack Prelutsky
  • Hans Christian Anderson
    • Hansel and Gretel
    • Goldilocks and the Three Bears
    • Cinderella
    • Jack and the Beanstalk
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
    • Three Billy Goats Gruff
    • Thumbelina
    • Tom Thumb
    • The Ugly Duckling
    • Three Little Pigs
  • The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  • The Mitten, Jan Brett
  • Are you My Mother? P.D. Eastman
  • The Best Nest, P.D. Eastman
  • Go, Dog. Go! P. D. Eastman
  • The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss
  • Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss
  • Curious George series, H. A. Rey
  • Myths from Ancient Cultures, various
    • Mesopotamian
    • Egyptian
    • Roman
    • Greek
    • Aztec
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Grade One
  • Bible Stories for children, a mixture of Old and New Testament
  • The Children’s Book of Virtues, William Bennet
  • Wise Words: Family Stories that Bring the Proverbs to Life, Jeff Brown
  • Little Pilgrim Big Journey Volume I, Tyler Van Halteren 
  • The House That Jack Built, Margaret Graham
  • A Child’s Garden of Verse, Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Aesop’s Fables
    • The Bundle of Sticks
    • The Boy who Cried Wolf
    • The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
    • The Maid and the Milk Pail
    • The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
    • Others
  • The Poky Little Puppy, Jannette Lowry
  • Little Toot, Hardie Gramatky
  • Ferdinand the Bull, Munro Leaf
  • Henny Penny
  • Stone Soup
  • A Treasury of Mother Goose
  • Amelia Bedelia series, Peggy Parish
  • Curious George series, H. A. Rey
  • Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
  • Francis stories, Russell Hoban
  • The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg
  • Hans Christian Anderson/Brothers Grimm
    • Little Red Riding Hood
    • Rapunzel
    • Sleeping Beauty
    • Jack and the Beanstalk
    • The Bremmen Town Musicians
  • Mesopotamian Myths
    • Gilgamesh the King
    • The Revenge of Ishtar
    • The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
  • Greek and Roman Myths
    • Titanomachy
    • Prometheus
    • Pandora’s Box
    • Demeter and Persephone
    • Theseus and the Minotaur
    • Perseus and Medusa
    • Zeus and the Golden Apple
    • Stories of Odysseus and the Trojan War
    • Jason and the Golden Fleece
    • Icarus
    • Cupid and Psyche
    • The Sword of Damocles
    • Others
  • Aztec Myths
  • Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne
  • Little Bear series, Elsa Minarik
  • Frog and Toad series, Arnold Lobel
  • Paddington series, Michael Bond
  • Danny and the Dinosaur, Syd Hoff
  • Owl in the Attic, James Thurber
  • Madeline series, Ludwig Bemelmans
  • Magic Treehouse / Merlin Missions Series, Mary Pope Osborne
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Grade Two
  • The Hundred Dresses, Eleanor Estes
  • Little Pilgrim Big Journey Volume II, Tyler Van Halteren 
  • Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling
  • A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein
  • Aesop’s Fables
    • The Dog and the Wolf
    • The Fox and the Crow
    • The Owl and the Cricket
    • The Tortoise and the Hare
    • The Fox and the Lion
    • Others
  • Babar series, Jean de Brunhoff
  • Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit, Julius Lester
  • King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Roger Lancelyn Green
  • St. George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges
  • The Kitchen Knight, Margaret Hodges
  • Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers
  • The Quiltmakers Gift, Jeff Grumbeau
  • Beowulf
  • Marcus Aurelius: The Boy Who Would Be King, Ryan Holiday
  •  A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett 
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
  • The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • The Tale of Desperaux, Kate DiCamillo
  • The Golden Key, George MacDonald
  • d’Aulaires Norse Myths
  • Hans Christian Anderson/Grimm
    • The Emperor’s New Clothes
    • The Little Match Girl
    • Beauty and the Beast 
    • The Fisherman and His Wife
    • Rumplestiltskin
    • Ugly Duckling
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  • East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Mercer Mayer
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse Jan Brett 
  • St. George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges 
  • The King without a Shadow, R.C. Sproul
  • Wind in the Willows series, Kenneth Grahame
  • The Bobbsey Twins Volume 1, Laura Lee Hope
  • A New Coat for Anna, Harriet Ziefert
Grade Three
  • The Happy Hollisters, Jerry West
  • The Cricket in Times Square, George Seldon
  • Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
  • The Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren
  • Heidi, Johanna Spyri
  • James and the Giant Peach, Roadl Dahl
  • Stuart Little, E.B. White
  • Paul Bunyan, Steven Kellogg
  • A Tournament of Knights, Joe Lasker
  • Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
  • Mary Poppins Comes Back, P. L. Travers
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Richard Atwater
  • The Black Stallion, Walter Farley
  • The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
  • The Horse and His Boy, C.S. Lewis
  • Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis
  • Little House in the Big Woods, Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Courage of Sarah Noble, Alice Dalgliesh
  • Anderson/Grimm
    • The Snow Queen
    • The Little Mermaid
    • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
    • The Brave Little Tailor
    • Jack and The Beanstalk
    • The Twelve Brothers
    • The Steadfast Tin Soldier
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  • Selections from One Thousand and One Nights, 
  • The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle, Hugh Lofting
  • Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White
  • The Princess and the Goblin, George MacDonald
  • Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling
  • The Children’s Book of Faith, William J Bennett
  • Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children, Edith Nesbit