Supplementary Reading Books
These books, some with editing, are being used in American gurukulas.
Books marked with an asterisk (*) require editing.
Grades K-1
Fiction
* Seesaw,ABeka 1986
* Meriy-Go-Round, A Beka 1986
Grandfather Twilight, Barbara Berger, Philomel Books, N.Y. 1984
Scuffy the Tugboat, Gertrude Crampton, Golden Books, N.Y. 1974
Round Trip, Ann Jonas, Scholastic, N.Y. 1983 Do You See What I See?, Matthew Price and Sue Porter, Harper and Row, N.Y. 1986
* Open Windows, ABeka, FL 1986
The Chicken’s Child, Margaret Hartelius, Scholastic, N.Y. 1975
The One Bad ThingAbout Father, F.N. Monjo, Harper & Row, N.Y. 1970
The Super Red Ball, William Coleman, Chariot-David Cook, Ill. 1984
A Pocket for Corduroy, Don Freeman, Puffin, Eng. 1978
Puffa ‘s Friends, Brimax Books, Eng. 1982 Bhakti, Alarka Devi, Sri Visnupada, Sweden 1985
Tom’s Trip to the Temple, Alarkã Dcvi, Veda, Sweden 1987
The Lady & the Spider, Faith McNulty, Harper & Row, N.Y. 1986
Non-Fiction
Life Story of Çréla Prabhupäda (bio), Satsvarüpa, Bala Books, N.Y. 1983
Sakshi Gopal, Joshua Greene, Bala Books, N.Y. 1981
Stories of Krishna, Pãrvati Devi, BBT, Los Angeles, CA 1987
Kaliya, King of Serpents, Joshua Greene, Bala Books, N.Y. 1979
Agha, the Terrible Demon, Karen Wilson, Bala Books, 1977
Health in the Bible #4, Don King, Review and Herald, Maryland 1983
Grandpa’s Great City Tours (ABC), James Stevenson, Greenwillow, N.Y. 1983
Anno’s Counting Book, Mitsumasa Anno, Harper & Row, USA, 1975
In a People House, Theo. ZeSieg, Random House, N.Y. 1972
* 101 Things to do With a Baby (egg), Ian Ormerod, Puffin, Eng. 1984
See How it Grows series, See How it is Made series, MCP, Ohio
Bird Aiphabet, Liewellyn McKernan, Standard, Ohio, 1988
Making a Road, Aithea, Dinosaur, Eng. 1973
My Truck Book, Rand McNally, Chicago
Honor Thy Mother and Thy Father, Pärvaté Devé, Entourage, Hong Kong, 1989
My FeetAre For Walking, Elaine Watson, Standard, Ohiko 1986
Read-Aloud
Ideal for reading aloud and then making available for children.
Short Vowel Readers, Dolly Thoburn,
Thoburn Press, Texas 1987
Reading for Fun, A Beka 1979 (not Bible) Alphabet Series, Educators Pub. Service 1974
From Beginners Books, Randon House N.Y.: 1. Great Day for Up 2. Maivin Mooney will You Please Go Home? 3 .Dr. Seuss’sABC 4. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb 5. 1 Can Read with My Eyes Shut! 6. Are You My Mother? 7. Iam Not Goingto Get Up Today 8. Hop on Pop 9. The Berenstein cBBook
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Numeroff, Harper & row, 1985
Grades 2—3
Fiction
Little Miss Tate, Roger Hargreaves, Price/Stern/Sloan, LA 1984
Once a Mouse, Marcia Brown, Scribner, 1961
* Hidden Treasure, A Beka 1974 By Ian & Jim, Coleman & McLaughlin,
Literacy Press, GA 1981: 1. On the Homestead 2. DiscoverAlternate Energy 3. Homestead School
* A Special Trade, Sally Wittman, Harper & Row, NY 1978
Me Too Iguana, Jacquelyn Reinach, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY 1977
Bubbles: Poetry, Theodore Wade, Ed., Gazelle, CA 1987
The Little Elephant, Arthur Gregor, Harper & Row, 1956
Amy’s Goose, Efner Holmes, Harper & Row, 1977
What Do You Do, Dear?; What Do You Say, Dear?, Sesyle Joslin, Harper & Row, 1958
Heart of Gold, Dharma Pub., CA 1989
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams, Alfred Knoft, NY 1985 (Random House)
The Aesop for Children, Rand McNally, Chicago 1979
* Treat Shop, A Beka 1966
* Sandy, Eggers,Ellquist, Wheeler, Review & Herald, Wash. D.c. 1984
The Land of Barely There, Series, Stephen Cosgrove, Multnomah Press, Portland, Oregon
Journey to Jo’bwg, Beverly Naidoo, Lippincott, N.Y. 1985
* Children’s Treasury of Chassidic Tales, Rabbi Zevin Hillel/Mesorah Pub., N.Y. 1981
* Happy Life Stories, Edna Wenger, CLP, Virginia, 1977
* Jenny Wren, Dawn Watkins, BJU Press, S. Carolina 1986
The Drinking Gourd (his fic), F.N. Monjo, Harper & Row 1970
Non-Fiction
Big Words for Little People, Donna Pape, Standard Publishers Ohio 1985
Rainbow, Nancy LeCourt Southern Pub., Tenn 1980
They Signed the Constitution, Elizabeth Levy, Scholastic, NY 1987
* Keep the Lights Buming Abbie (egg), Peter & Connie Roop, Carohboda, Minn. 1985
Paper, Longman 1985, (Butterfly Books)
Perfect Pigs, Marc Brown *& Stephen Krensky, Little Brown & Co, Boston, 1983
The Milk Makers, Gail Gibbons, Macmillan, 1985
Cars & How They Go, Joanna Cole, Harper& Row 1985
Baby and I Can Play, Karen Hendrikson, Parenting Press, WA 1985
What Should You Do When: It’s OK to Say NO; Sometimes It’s OK To Tell Secrets; Amy Bahr, Grosset & Dunlap, NY 1986
Insects That Live Together, World Publishing Co, NY 1970
Cat’s Cradle, Owl’s Eyes, String Games, Camilla Gryski, Kids Can Press, Ontario, 1983
A New Coat for Anna, Arriet Zeifert, Alfred Knoft, NY 1986
8 Laws of Health, Joe Maniscalo, Pacific Press, Idaho, 1984
Animalia, Barbara Berger, Celestial Arts, CA 1987
Have You Seen Roads? Poetry, Joanne Oppenheim, Addison-Wesley, Mass 1969
Questions and Answers Books, Troll: 1. Animal Migrations 2. Seasons
I Can Read About (series of many books), Troll
Read and Find Out (series of many books), Crowell
Amazing Animal Books (series of many books), MCP
The Little Duck, The Little Rabbit, Baby Animals, Random House Picturebook
Happy Living Series, Review and Herald, Wash DC 1981
Animal Life Stories series, Ideals Pub. Tenn 1988
National Geographic Young Explorer’s Series
World At War Series, Children’s Press, Chicago 1982
The Long Way to a New Land, Joa Sandin, Harper and Row 1981
Twenty and Ten, Claire Bishop, Pengiuin, NY 1952
Mysteries of Migration, Robert McClung, Garrard, Ill 1983
Fire! How Do They Fight it?, Anabel Dean, Westminster, PA 1978
Hellen Keller (bio), Katherine Wilkie, Macmillan, NY 1969
Grades 4-6
Fiction
Stories by Students, BGT, Sweden, 1986
Flat Stanley, Jeff Brown, Dell, NY1964
Folk Tales from India, Fairy Tales from India, Hemkrant Press, New Delhi, 1965
Stories from Pancatantra, Children’s Book Trust, N Delhi, 1965
* The Forbidden Door Jeanne Norweb, David Cook, Grastorf, Lang & Co., N.Y. 1985
Nimäi Series and Tales of Devotion, Satsvarüpa Goswämé, Gita-nagari Press, PA 1989
* Anne of Green Gables series 1-6, L.M. Montgomery, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Bantam) Ontario 1915
* Choices Books, Chariot Books, (David Cook, Ill): 1. Trouble in Quartz Mountain Tunnel 2. Help I’m Drowning 3. General K’s Victoiy Tour 4. Avalanche 5. The President’s Stuck in the Mud 6. A Horse Named Funny Bits
* Alpha-Centauri, Robert Siegel, Cornerstone Books, Crossway, Ill., 1980
* Tiger & Tom, J. E. White, Angela’s Book Shelf, MI 1910
* The King’s Daughter, J. E. White, Angela’s Book Shelf, MI 1910
King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry, Checkerboard Press, N.Y. 1948
* Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White, Harper & Row 1952
Paddle to the Sea, Holling Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1941
Dangerous Journey (Pilgrim’s Progress), Marshall, Morgan & Scott, UK 1985
* Tales of the Kingdom, Tales of the Resistance, David & Kearen Mains, Chariot (David Cook, III 1983)
Myths & Enchantment Tales, Rand McNally, NY 1986
Favorite Poems, Helen Ferris, ed. Doubleday, N.Y. 1957
* Medallion, Dawn Watkins, BJU Press, South Carolina 1985
* Black Beauty, Anna Sewell, Western Publ, 1970, Wis.
* Stories for Children, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Farrar/Straus/Giroux, N.Y. 1962
* The Wise Men of Helm, More Wise Men of Helm, Solomon Simon, Behrman House, N.Y. 1965
* The Bridge; Crown & Jewel; The Two Collars, Jeri Massi, BJU Press, S. Carolina 1986, 1987, 1988
The Secret of Nimh, Robert 0’ Brien, Scholastic 1982
* The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Harper & Row 1911
* A Special Gift, G. Clifton Wisler, Baker House, MI 1983
* Eritorn series 1-6, Peggy Downing, Victor Books, 1989
* Reservoir RoadAdventure, Erna M. Holyer, Baker, MI 1982
For Rent: One Grammy, One Gramps, Ivy Doherty, Review & Herald, Washington D.C. 1982
* Escape from Fear, Colleen Reece, Review & Herald, D.C. 1988
* The Rocky Island & Other Stories, Samuel Wilberforce & Margaret Gatty, Bridge, N.J. 1982
* The Golem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Farrar/Straus/Giroux, NY 1982
* Enchanted Isles, A Beka 1966
The Runaway Princess, Milly Howard, BJU Press, S. Carolina 1988
* Derwood/Peabody Series 1-6, Jeri Massi, BJU Press, S. Carolina 1986-1989 by Janette Oke, Bethel Publishers, Inc.: 1. New Kid in Town, 2. Impatient Turtle, 3. Spunky’s Diary, 4. Prodigal Cat, 5. Ducktails, 6. Prairie Dog Town, 7. Coat of Many Colors 8. This Little Pig
A Summer’s Growth, Lucille Travis, Baker, MI 1982
* Emir’s Education in the Proper Use of Magical Powers, Jane Roberts, Stillpioint Publishers, NH 1970
* Narnia Adventures 1-7, C.S. Lewis, Collier, NY 1950
The Magic Horn and Other Tales, Andy Fraenkel and V. Fraenkel, 2003
Grandma’s Attic Series 1-8, Arleta Richardson, Chariot (David Cook), Ill 1974- 1988
Circle of Magic, Tamora Pierce (four books), Scholastic
Non-Fiction
The Fish who wouldn’t stop Growing, Andy Fraenkel, 1995
The Winter At Valley Forge, James Knight, Troll 1982
Varah, Vidura & Kapila, Vraja Kishor, 2015
Beautiful Tales of the All-Attractive, volume 1, Vraja Kishore, 2013
Creating the Creator, Vraja Kishore, 2014
First Into the Air: The First Airplanes, David & Susan, McMillan, MCP, Ohio 1981
Birds That Can’t Fly, Harry Baerge, Review & Herald Washington DC 1983
Machu Picchu, Lorraine McConnell, MCP, Ohio 1978
Seventh & Walnut, James Knight, Troll, N.J. 1982
I Want to Do...Acting, Make Up and Costumes, Children’s Places, Ch 1975
Çré Kåñëa: The Advent, Entourage, CA 1988 by Chitraketu, Veda Vision 1984: 1. Krishna’s Birth 2. Lord Caitanya Defeats the Greatest Scholar 3. Childhood Pastimes of Lord Caitanya
Çréla Prabhupäda, Siddharta Roy, BI, Bombay
Songs of India, Bhävatäriëé, Bhava Prod., CA
Master of Mystics, Joshua Greene, Bala, NY 1981
A Gift of Love, Yogeswara, Bala, N.Y. 1982
Life Story of Çréla Prabhupäda, Satsvarüpa Goswämé, Bala 1983
A Mink’s Story, Emil Liers, Southern Pub., Tenn 1979
The Life of Rämanujäcäiya, Naimisaranya Das, Veda, Sweden 1989
String Figures & How to Make Them, Caroline Jayne, Dover Pub., N.Y. 1962
Golden Nature Guides; Bet You Can; Bet You Can’t, Vicki Cobb & Kathy Darling, Avon Camelot, N.Y. 1983
Amazing Facts About Animals, Victorama, Doubleday N.Y., 1980
Heros, Henry & Melissa Billings, Jamestown, 1985
Amazing Facts Team & Discover, Playmore Inc. Canada
Parables of Jesus, Tomie De Paola, Holiday House, N.Y. 1987
The Magic Anatomy Book, Carol Donner, W.H. Freeman, N.Y. 1986
Animals Can Be Almost Human, Reader’s Digest, N.Y. 1979
Snow Treasure, Marie McSwigan, Scholatic, N.Y. 1942
Incredible, Kevin McFarland, Signet 1976
It is a Wonderful World-Naturally, Ray Montgomery, Review & Herald, D.C. 1982
The Ghost Lake (bio), John Tiner, Baker House, MI 1983
The Battle of Midway, Ira Peck, Scholatic 1976
Wind Sports, Anabel Dean, Westminster, PA 1982
These Are My People, Mildred Howard (bio), BJU Press, S. Carolina 1984
The Miracle Worker, William Gibson, Bantam, 1960
Diary of a Traveling Monk series, Indradyumna Swami
Grades 7—12
Fiction
Essence Seekers, Urmila devi dasi, Padma Inc, Hillsborough 2018
The Yoga Zapper, Mohan Ashtakala, 2015
Monks in Manhattan, Jnanagamya dasa, 2016
Science of Yoga, Tamäla Kåñëa Goswämé, BBT, LA 1989
Back home, the story of Li guang shi, Tamal Krsna Gosvami and Carl Hertzig, Australia, BBT, 2016
Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, Water- mill Press, N.J. 1983
Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain, Water- mill Press, N.J. 1981
The Pearl, John Steinbeck, Bantam, Toronto, 1945
The Way of Vaiñëava Sages, N.S. Narasimha, University Press of America, MD 1987
The White Mountains, John Christopher, Macmillan, NY 1967
The Invisible Man, H. G. Wells, Airmont, NY 1964
* The Trumpeter of Krakow, Eric Kelly, Macmillan, NY 1928
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (his fic), Mildred Taylor, Bantam, Toronto 1981
At the Back of the North Wind, George Mac Donald Bridge, NY
* Hobbit & Lord of the Rings, 1-3, JRR Tolkein, Ballantine, NY 1954
Animal Farm, George Orwell, HBJ, N.Y. 1946
* The High Kin& Lloyd Alexander, Dell 1980
* Out of the Silent Planet, That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis, Macmillan, 1946
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis, Macmillan, 1961
Non-fiction
Meat on the Menu: Who Needs It?, Raymond Woolsey, Review & Herald, 1974 (available from the author)
The Price of Peace: Stories, Mary Zook, and Staff, Ken. 1975
The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom, Spire, N.J. 1971
Brhad Bhagavatamrita, translated by Gopipraranadhana or translated by Dasarathasuta
Yamuna Devi, a life of unalloyed devotion, Dinatarini Devi, Unalloyed Inc, 2015 (two volumes)
Mysteries of Creation, Krishna Dharma
Sages of Naimisharanya, Krishna Dharma
Beauty, Power, and Grace, Krishna Dharma
Panca Tantra, Krishna Dharma
Mahabharata, (two versions: full and abridged), Krishna Dharma
Ramayana, Krishna Dharma
Mahabharata: The Eternal Quest, Andy Fraenkel, Flying Mountain Press, 2013
Mystical Stories from the Bhagavatam, Amal Bhakta, 2004
Mystical Stories from the Mahabharata, Amal Bhakta, 2000
The Supreme Mystic, Amal Bhakta 2003
The Life of Tulasi Devi, Amal Bhakta 1997
Shadows of the Sun Dynasty, Vrinda Sheth, Insight Kids, 2016
Queen of the Elements, Vrinda Sheth, Mandala 2017
Prince Rama, Son of the Solar Dynasty, Vrinda Sheth, Torchlight, 2011
Krishna, Israel, and the Druze, Dhira Govinda dasa
Ganga Safari-Ganga River Boat Adventure with Jayapataka Swami, Mahamaya devi dasi
Journey Home, Radhanatha Swami
Chasing Rhinos with the Swami, 3 volumes, Shyamasundar dasa
Salted Bread, Sarvabhavana dasa
Hanuman: The Heroic Monkey God, Joshua Green
Life of Narottam das Thakur, Sitala dasi
Hare Krishna Explosion, Hayagriva dasa
Jaya Jagannatha!, Dhruva Maharaja Dasa
Pauranic Caritavali: Legends of the Purana, Isvara Dasa & Bhumipati Dasa Teaching the Harm of Meat-Eating, Intoxication, Illicit Sex, and Gambling
Food for the Spirit, Rosen, Bala Books
Diet for a New America, Jaha Robbins, Stillpoint, Walpole, N.H. 03608
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise, Video, ITV
The Higher Taste, BBT
57 Reasons Not to Light Up, 57 Reasons Not to Do Drugs, M. M. Kirsch, Comp Care, Mineapolis, MN
Teens Talk About Alchohol and Alchoholism, Ed. Dolmetsch & Mauricitte, Dolphin, Doubleday 1987
Focus on Marijuanna, Paula Kievan Zeller, 21st Century Books, USA 1990
The Four Principles of Freedom, Satyaraja (available from the author)
Making Smart Choices About Drugs, Educational Insights, Laurel Park Publishing, Dominquez Hills, CA 1987 (student and teacher books)
Sex is not the problem (lust is), Joshua Harris 2005
Boy Meets Girl: say hello to courtship, Joshua Harris 2005