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ABSTRACT This reading list is designed as a companion piece to Indiana's Academic Standards in English/Language Arts and is organized on four levels: Level 1, Grades K-2; Level 2, Grades 3-5; Level 3, Grades 6-8; and Level 4, Grades 9-12. It contains titles and authors for approximately 800 works. The Level 1 Reading List contains these sections: fiction (both picture books and general fiction); folklore/fairy tales/mythology; poetry; non fiction (science, social studies, mathematics); biography/autobiography; magazines/periodicals; references tools (in printed and electronic format); and informational, technical, and practical documents. The Level 2 Reading List contains these sections: fiction: classic and contemporary; historical fiction; science fiction/fantasy; folklore/fairy tales/mythology; poetry; non fiction (science, social studies, mathematics); biography/autobiography; magazines/periodicals; reference tools (in printed and electronic format); and informational, technical, and practical documents. The Level 3 list contains these sections: fiction: classic and contemporary; historical fiction; science fiction/fantasy; mystery/adventure; folklore/fairy tales/mythology; poetry; short stories; drama; non fiction (science, social studies, mathematics); biography/autobiography; magazines/newspapers; reference tools (in electronic and printed format); and informational, technical, and practical documents. The Level 4 list contains these sections: fiction: classic and contemporary; historical fiction; science fiction/fantasy; folklore/fairy tales/mythology; poetry; short stories; drama; essays and speeches; non fiction (science, social studies, mathematics); biography/autobiography; magazines/newspapers; reference tools (in printed and electronic format) and informational, technical, and practical documents.(NKA)

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Designed as a companion piece to Indiana's Academic Standards in English/Language Arts, the following selections of the Indiana Reading List illustrate the quality and complexity of the suggested reading materials for students in Grades K - 2. The Indiana Reading List is not required reading nor is it meant to be all-inclusive. Teachers and parents are encouraged to review the selections to ensure suitability for the individual student.

Fiction: Picture Books and The Little Engine That Could John Henry: An American Legend General Fiction Piper,Watty Keats, Ezra Jack The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile- Waber, Bernard La Cucaracha Martina: A Caribbean Burgess, Thornton Make Way for Ducklings FolktaleMoreton, David Amelia Bedelia (series)Parish, Peggy McCloskey, Robert Little Red Riding Hood Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob Angela Weaves a DreamSold, Michele Millions of CatsGag, Wanda The MittenBrett, Jan Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story Anno's Journey- Anno, Mitsumasa from China -Young, Ed A Mother for ChocoKasza, Keiko Arthur (series)Brown, Marc Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Baseball in the Barrio The Mouse and the Motorcycle Steptoe, John Horenstein, Henry Cleary, Beverly Paul BunyanKellogg, Steven A Bear Called Paddington (series) Now One Foot, Now the Other- Pecos BillKellogg, Steven Bond, Michael de Paola, Tomie The Selkie GirlCooper, Susan Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do The Polar ExpressVan Allsburg, Chris You See ? Martin, Bill, Jr. Rosie's WalkHutchins, Pat Song to Demeter Birrer, Cynthia and William Butterfly BoyKroll, Virginia The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack The Story of JohnnyAppleseedAliki Caps for SaleSlobodkina, Esphyr Song of the SwallowsPoliti, Leo The Story of Jumping Mouse The Cat in the HatDr. Seuss Stone Soup McGovern, Ann Steptoe, John Corduroy- Freeman, Don Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Three Billy Goats Gruff- Dinosaur Dream Nolan, Dennis Steig, William Asbjrnsen, Peter Christen The Doorbell Rang Hutchins, Pat The Tale of Peter RabbitPotter, Beatrix The Village of Round and Square Flossie and the FoxMcKissack, Patricia Tar BeachRinggold, Faith Houses- Grifalconi, Ann Frog and Toad are Friends (series) Ten Black DotsCrews, Donald Lobel, Arnold The Three Little PigsKellogg, Steven Poetry The Gingerbread Man There's an Alligator Under My Bed The Big Red Barn Aylesworth, Jim Mayer, Mercer Brown, Margaret Wise The Giving Tree- Silverstein, Shel The Ugly Ducklbig Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak, Maurice Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise Andersen, Hans Christian (original author) Child's Garden of Verses Grandfathers Journey- Say, Allen The Very Hungry CaterpillarCarle, Eric Stevenson, Robert Lewis Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss Where the Wild Things Are The Dragons Are Singing Tonight Harold and the Purple Crayon - Sendak, Maurice Prelutsky, Jack Johnson, Crockett Winnie the PoohMilne, A. A. Eats: PoemsAdoff, Arnold Hattie and the FoxFox, Mem The Eensy Weensy Spider Henry and Mudge (series) Folklore/Fairy Tales/Mythology Fingerplays and Action Rhymes - Rylant, Cynthia Calmenson, Stephanie & Cole, Joanna The Golden Goose If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob Every Time I Climb a Tree Numeroff, Laura (original authors) McCord, David Just So StoriesKipling, Rudyard Goldilocks and the Three Bears Flicker FlashGraham, Joan Bransfield Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Brett, Jan I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed Henkes, Kevin a Fly- Rounds, Glen Indiana Reading List - Level 1 (page 2 of 2)

James Marshall's Mother Goose How BigIs a Foot?Myllar, Rolf Magazines/Periodicals Marshall, James How Tall, How Short, How Far Away Big Backyard Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes Adler, David Humpty Dumpty Sutherland, Zena Math Counts (series)Pluckrose, Henry Jack and Jill Owl MoonYolen, Jane My Cheetah FamilyBarfuss, Matto H. Lady Bug Sheep in a JeepShaw, Nancy Nature's PaintbrushStockdale, Susan Ranger Rick The Wheels on the BusZelinsky, Paul Once a Wolf- Swinburne, Stephen Scholastic News You Read to Me, I'll Read to You Outside and Inside Kangaroos Stone Soup: A Magazine by Children Ciardi, John Markle, Sandra Time for Kids A Pill Bug's LifeHimmelman, John Non-Fiction: Science, Social Weekly Reader Studies and Mathematics Pumpkin Circle: Story of a Garden Levenson, George World About Reptiles: A Guide for Children SharksGibbons, Gail Zoo Books Sill, Cathryn P. Anno's Math Games Anno, Mitsumasa ShelterwoodShetterly, Susan Hand Reference Tools (in printed Lasky, Kathryn Around the World: Who's Been Here Sugaring Time and electronic format) George, Lindsay Barrett TornadoesSimon, Seymour Dictionary, such as: Baby Whale's Journey Biography/Autobiography Printed: American Heritage First London, Jonathon Dictionary; American Heritage Building a HouseBarton, Byron Alexander Calder and His Magical Picture Dictionary MobilesLipman, Jean Check It Out!: The Book about Libraries CD-ROM: My First Amazing Words Gibbons, Gail Duke EllingtonPinkney, Brian and Pictures; Simon & Schuster New A Child's Book of Art Discover Great Galileo and the Magic Numbers Millennium Children's Dictionary PaintingsMicklethwait, Lucy Rosen, Sidney Encyclopedia, such as: Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians Glorious Flight Across the Channel Printed: Childcraft: The How and Aliki with Louis BleriotProvenson, Alice Why Library; Kingfisher Children's Crawdad Creek- Sanders, Scott Russell Good Queen Bess: The Story of Encyclopedia Elizabeth IVennema, Peter Digging Up DinosaursAliki Other Resources, such as: Honest AbeKunhardt, Edith Discovering El NifioSeibert, Patricia CD-ROM: Presidents: It All Started If a Bus Could Talk: The Story ofRosa with George The Discovery of the Americas Parks-Ringgold, Faith Maestro, Betsy If Only I Had a Horn: Young Louis Informational, Technical, Do Animals Dream? Pope, Joyce Armstrong- Jenkins, Leonard and Practical Documents A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Mark Twain? What Kind of Name Calendar: yearly, monthly, weekly Wonder Wick, Walter Is That? Quakenbush, Robert Directions: classwork, finding way The Emperor's Egg- Jenkins, Martin A Picture Book of George Washington around school and community Gorilla Walk- Lewin, Ted & Betsy CarverAdler, David Library Card Application Hello, Fish! Visiting the Coral Reef Stone Girl, Bone Girl: Mary Anning Price Tags Earle, Sylvia Anhoit, Laurence Street Signs Here Is the African Savanna William Shakespeare and the Globe Dunphy, Madeleine Aliki Weather Forecasts Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Wilma UnlimitedKrull, Kathleen Jenkins, Steve

The Indiana Reading List is a suggested reading resource for students and teachers. Check with your local school to see if there is a required reading list. For additional information or questions, call 1.888.544.7837 or visit the Department of Education's Web site: www.doe.state.in.us /standards.

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Designed as a companion piece to Indiana's Academic Standards in English/Language Arts, the following selections of the Indiana Reading List illustrate the quality and complexity of the suggested reading materials for students in Grades 3 -5. The Indiana Reading List is not required reading nor is it meant to be all-inclusive. Teachers and parents are encouraged to review the selections to ensure suitability for the individual student.

Fiction: Classic and Contemporary Ramona (series)Cleary, Beverly Science Fiction/Fantasy The Best Bad ThingUchida, Yoshiko Shades of Gray Reeder, Carolyn 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Verne, Jules The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Shiloh (trilogy)Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Robinson, Barbara Sounder- Armstrong, William Alice in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile Stone Fox- Gardiner, John Reynolds Bridge to Terabithia de Paola, Tomie Paterson, Katherine The Stories Julian Tells- Cameron, Anne A Boy of Old Prague The Court of the Stone Children Ish-Kishor, Shulamith Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Cameron, Eleanor Blume, Judy Cam Jansen (series)Adler, David The Cricket in Times Square Trumpet of the Swan White, E.B. Seldon, George Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald Velveteen RabbitWilliams, Margery The Ear, the Eye and the Arm Farmer, Nancy Charlotte's Web White, E.B. Wayside School (series)Sachar, Louis James and the Giant Peach Class ClownHurwitz, Johanna Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson Dahl, Roald FelitaMohr, Nicholessa The Whipping Boy- Fleischman, Sid Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Freckle JuiceBlume, Judy O'Brien, Robert C. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Historical Fiction The Secret GardenBurnett, Frances FrankweilerKonigsburg, E.L. The Courage of Sarah Noble This Place Has No Atmosphere Hoops Myers, Walter Dean Dalgliesh, Alice Danziger, Paula The Hundred DressesEstes, Eleanor Journey to Topaz- Uchida, Yoshiko The Wind in the Willows Grahame, Kenneth In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Lily's Crossing- Giff, Patricia Reilly RobinsonLord, Bette Bao Wizard of Oz Baum, L. Frank Little House in the Big Woods (series) Maniac MageeSpinelli, Jerry Wilder, Laura Ingalls AWrinkle in TimeL' Engle, Madeleine Misty of Chincoteague Number the StarsLowry, Lois Henry, Marguerite Folklore/Fairy Tales/Mythology Prairie SongsConrad, Pam Molly's PilgrimCohen, Barbara The Barefoot Book of Trickster Tales Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes Walker, Richard The PinballsByars, Betsy Coerr, Eleanor The Crane WifeYagawa, Sumiko & Pippi Longstocking- Lindgren, Astrid Sarah, Plain and Tall Bodkin, Odds Poppy- Avi MacLachlan, Patricia DAulairesBook of Greek Myths The Pushcart War- Merrill, Jean The Sign of the Beaver D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Speare, Elizabeth George Indiana Reading List - Level 2 (page 2 of 3)

The Days When the Animals Talked Non-Fiction: Science, Social Shh! We're Writing the Constitution Faulkner, William Studies, and Mathematics Fritz, Jean The First Strawberries: A Cherokee African BeginningsHaskins, James Top of the World: Climbing Mount Story- Bruchac, Joseph Everest- Jenkins, Steve An Extraordinary Life: Story of a How the Leopard Got His Spots Monarch Butterfly- Pringle, Laurence Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Kipling, Rudyard Mount St. HelensLauber, Patricia Animal Defenses: How Animals Protect The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Themselves- Kaner, Etta Pyle, Howard Biography/Autobiography Bizarre Birds Wechsler, Doug Of Swords and Sorcerers Abe Lincoln's Hat- Brenner, Martha Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in Hodges, Margaret the AntarcticBurleigh, Robert Albert Einstein: Young Thinker The Olympians: Great Gods and Hammontree, Marie Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog Goddesses of Ancient Greece Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of Moore, Eva Fisher, Leonard Everett a ChampionFreedman, Russell Castle- Macaulay, David Saint George and the Dragon Ben and Me Lawson, Robert Hodges, Margaret Caves and CavernsGibbons, Gail Benjamin FranklinD'Aulaire, Ingri Tales of Uncle RemusLester, Julian Come Back, SalmonCone, Molly Charles Lindbergh: A Human Hero Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears Counting on Frank: Level 4 Giblin, James Aardema, Verna Clement, Rod Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Reich, Susanna Poetry FrontierEarle, Sylvia CleopatraStanley, Diane Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum DK Guide to Space: A Photographic Bryan, Ashley Journey Through the Universe Commodore Perry in the Land of the ShogunBlumberg, Rhoda From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of Bond, Peter American Folklore and Folk Songs Dolphin Man: Exploring the World of The First Woman Doctor- Baker, Rachel Cohn, Amy DolphinsPringle, Laurence Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids: His Life Hand in Hand: An American History Exploding Ants: Facts About How and Ideas- Thorne-Thomsen, Kathleen Through Poetry- Hopkins, Lee Bennett Animals AdaptSettel, Joanne Frederick Douglass: The Black Lion McKissack, Patricia Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Fire! Fire!Gibbons, Gail Fleischman, Paul How Much Is a Million? Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark Nathaniel Talking- Greenfield, Eloise Schwartz, David Hurwitz, Johanna The New Kid on the Block The Magic School Bus (series) Inspirations: Stories About Women Prelutsky, Jack Cole, Joanna ArtistsSills, Leslie The Random House Book of Poetry for Mapping the World Johnson, Sylvia The Land Host: Adventures of a Boy ChildrenPrelutsky, Jack (ed.) in VietnamHuynh, Qhang Nhuong One World, Many Religions Sing a Song of Popcorn Osborne, Mary Pope The Librarian Who Measured the Earth: De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk EratosthenesLasky, Kathryn The People Shall ContinueOrtiz, Simon Snow Toward Evening: A Year in a River Lives of the Presidents- Krull, Kathleen Pyramid Macaulay, David Valley- Frank, Josette On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed Reaching for Dreams: A Ballet from into Town- Lobel, Arnold Rehearsal to Opening Night Kuklin, Susan Prince Henry the Navigator Fisher, Leonard Everett

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Queen Eleanor- Independent Spirit of the Reference Tools (in printed CD-ROM: Mammals: A Multimedia Medieval World- Brooks, Polly Schoer and electronic format) Encyclopedia The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Atlas/Almanac, such as: Thesaurus, such as: Sampson McGovern, Ann Printed: Information Please Almanac, Printed: In Other Words: A Beginning Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims Atlas & Yearbook; National Geographic Thesaurus Bulla, Clyde Robert World Atlas for Young Explorers The Story of Sacajewea, Guide to Lewis CD-ROM: Microsoft Encarta Interactive Informational, Technical, and ClarkRowland, Della World Atlas 2001 and Practical Documents Through My EyesBridges, Ruby Dictionary, such as: Agendas Walking the Road to Freedom: Printed: American Heritage Children's Directions: homework, class activities Sojourner TruthFerris, Jeri Dictionary; Macmillan Dictionary and tests, finding way around school and community Where Do You Think You're Going for Children Christopher Columbus?- Fritz, Jean CD-ROM: Simon & Schuster New Letters: personal The Wright Brothers: How They Invented Millennium Children's Dictionary Library Card Applications the AirplaneFreedman, Russell Encyclopedia, such as: Manuals: computer, electronic Printed: Children's Britannica; New equipment, appliance Magazines/Periodicals Book of Knowledge Phone Messages Calliope CD-ROM: Compton's Multimedia Telephone Directory Cobblestone Encyclopedia; Grolier 2000 Thank You Notes Multimedia Encyclopedia Contact Online: Encarta Web Disclaimer:Due to the ever-changing Cricket (http://vvww.encarta.msn.com/); nature of Internet materials, parents and Highlights Fact Monster educators are strongly advised to monitor the (http://www.factmonster.com/) suggested Web sites to ensure that content International Wildlife remains appropriate for children. Other Resources, such as: Kids Discover Printed: Alabama to Wyoming: State Odyssey Fact Cards; Biography for Beginners: Owl Sketches for Early Readers; Biography National Geographic World Today Scientist and Inventors Series: Profiles of People of Interest to Young Ranger Rick People; DK Space Encyclopedia; Sports Illustrated for Kids Endangered Wildlife of the World; Famous First Facts; Something About the Author

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Designed as a companion piece to Indiana's Academic Standards in English/Language Arts, the following selections of the Indiana Reading List illustrate the quality and complexity of the suggested reading materials for students in Grades 6 - 8. The Indiana Reading List is not required reading nor is it meant to be all-inclusive. Teachers and parents are encouraged to review the selections to ensure suitability for the individual student.

Fiction: Classic and Contemporary The Moves Make the ManBrooks, Bruce Science Fiction/Fantasy The Acorn PeopleJones, Ron My Side of the Mountain Abel's Island Steig, William George, Jean Craighead The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Book of ThreeAlexander, Lloyd Park's Quest- Paterson, Katherine Twain, Mark The HobbitTolkien, J.R.R. The PearlSteinbeck, John Anne of Green Gables / Robot Asimov, Isaac Montgomery, Lucy Maud Rollof Thunder, Hear My Cry The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Taylor, Mildred D. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit Lewis, C.S. Danziger, Paula Summer of My German Soldier Peter PanBarrie, James The Cay Taylor, Theodore Greene, Bette Phantom TollboothJuster, Norton Child of the OwlYep, Laurence Summer of the SwansByars, Betsy The Shepherd Moon Hoover, H.M. A Christmas CarolDickens, Charles The True Confessions of Charlotte DoyleAvi Swiftly Tilting Planet Durango StreetBonham, Frank L' Engle, Madeleine Words by HeartSebestyen, Ouida Eyes of DarknessHighwater, Jamake The Time MachineWells, H.G Year ofImpossible Goodbyes Firefly Summer Bulpre, Pura Choi, Sook Nyui Tuck EverlastingBabbitt, Natalie Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon The Yearling- Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan A Wizard of EarthseaLe Guin, Ursula Friendly PersuasionWest, Jessamyn Z for ZachariahO'Brien, Robert C. The FriendsGuy, Rosa Historical Fiction Ganesh - Bosse, Malcolm Across Five AprilsHunt, Irene Mystery/Adventure The Glory FieldMyers, Walter Dean After the Dancing Days The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Rostkowski, Margaret Doyle, Arthur Conan Holes- Sachar, Louis Bull Run Fleischman, Paul And Then There Were None Homecoming- Voigt, Cynthia Christie, Agatha Catherine, Called Birdy Island of the Blue Dolphins Cushman, Karen Call of the Wild London, Jack O'Dell, Scott Johnny TremainForbes, Ester Hatchet- Paulsen, Gary The IslanderRylant, Cynthia LyddiePaterson, Katherine Motel of the MysteriesMacauley, David The Journey Home Uchida, Yoshiko The Night JourneyLasky, Kathryn Stranded- Mikaelsen, Ben Lisa, Bright and DarkNeufield, John Out of the DustHesse, Karen Treasure Island- The Little Prince Stevenson, Robert Louis De Saint-Exupery, Antoine The Slave DancerFox, Paula The Westing Game- Raskin, Ellen Little Women Alcott, Louisa May The Watsons Go to Birmingham1.963 Curtis, Christopher Paul M.C. Higgins, the Great- Hamilton, Virginia The Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, Elizabeth George

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Folklore/Fairy Tales/Mythology Short Stories Bound for America: Forced Migration of AfricansHaskins, James Aesop's Fables- Aesop Selections from Baseball in April The Brooklyn Bridge: They Said It American Tall Tales and Other StoriesSoto, Gary Couldn't be Built- St. George, Judith Osborne, Mary Pope "The Bear"Faulkner, William Cathedral: The Story of its The Crest and the Hide and Other "Boys and Girls"Munro, Alice ConstructionMacaulay, David African StoriesCourlander, Harold "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Digger: The Tragic Fate of the California D'Aulaire's Norse Gods and Giants Calaveras County"Twain, Mark IndiansStanley, Jerry D'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar "Charles"Jackson, Shirley Farewell to Manzanar Favorite Folktales from Around "A Day's Wait"Hemingway, Ernest Houston, Jeanne Watkazuki the World- Yolen, Jane Selections from Eight Plus One Girls Think of Everything Stories of Grimm Fairy Tales Cormier, Robert Ingenious Inventions by Women Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob Thimmesh, Catherine (original authors) "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Irving, Washington The Great Fire- Murphy, Jim Jason and the Argonauts Osborne, Mary Pope (ed.) "A Mother in Mannville" HiroshimaHersey, John Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The People Could Fly: American Black History of Women in Science for Young FolktalesHamilton, Virginia "The Night the Bed Fell"Thurber, James PeopleEpstein, Vivian Three Strong Women "Raymond's Run"Bambara, Toni Cade How the Future Began: Stamm, Claus & Mizumura, Kazue Communications Wilson, Anthony "Riki Tiki Tavi"Kipling, Rudyard The I Hate Mathematics! Book Selections from Somehow Tenderness Poetry Burns, Marilyn Survives: Stories of Southern Africa Selections from Been to Yesterdays Rochman, Hazel (ed.) Kennedy Assassinated! The World Hopkins, Lee Bennet Mourns- Hampton, William "The Storyteller"Saki Selections from The Collected Poems of Living Up the StreetSoto, Gary "The Tell-Tale Heart"Poe, Edgar Allan John CiardiCiardi, John A Night to RememberLord, Walter "Thank You Ma'am"Hughes, Langston Selections from Custard and Company No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War Nash, Ogden "Zlata the Goat"Singer, Isaac Bashevis Lobel, Anita Selections from Dreams Orphan Train Rider Warren, Andrea Hughes, Langston Drama Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on Selections from Ego Tripping and Brian's Song- Blinn, William the Hornefront in World War II- Other Poems for Young People Inherit the Wind Colman, Penny Giovanni, Nikki Lawrence, Jerome & Lee, Robert Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder of Selections from Four Ancestors: Stories, A Midsummer Night's Dream the Pacific Northwest Swanson, Diane Songs, and Poems from Native North Shakespeare, William AmericaBruchac, Joseph Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World The Miracle Worker- Gibson, William Armstrong, Jennifer "The Highwayman"Noyes, Alfred The Mousetrap and Other Plays Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall- Selections from Inner Chimes Christie, Agatha Dyson, Marianne Goldstein, Bobbye Our Town- Wilder, Thornton The Way Things Work- Macaulay, David "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Non-Fiction: Science, Social Story- Chin, Steven A. "Odes to Common Things"Neruda, Pablo Studies, and Mathematics Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr Kathleen "Song of Myself' - Whitman, Walt Across America on an Emigrant Train Ramsay- Dewey, Jennifer Owings Selections from The Sun is On Murphy, Jim Baron, Linda Michelle The American Revolutionaries Selections from You Come Too Meltzer, Milton Frost, Robert 9 Indiana Reading List - Level 3 (page 3 of 3)

Biography/Autobiography Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo Online: Encarta Filipovic, Zlata (http://www.encarta.msn.com/); Fact All Creatures Great and Small Monster (http://www.factmonster.com/) Herriot, James Magazines/Newspapers Other Resources, such as: Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky, Kerby, Mona Consumer Reports Printed: Authors of Books for Young Cricket People; Encyclopedia of American Benjamin Franklin: The New American History; Explorers and Discoverers; Meltzer, Milton Faces: The Magazine About People Larousse Dictionary of Scientists; Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt- Muse Living World, Lands and Peoples; Fritz, Jean Readers' Guide to Periodical National Geographic Literature; World Book Encyclopedia The Diary of a Young GirlFrank, Anne Newsweek of People and Places; World Leaders: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery People Who Shaped the World Freedman, Russell Science World CD-ROM: Junior Discovering Authors The Great Little MadisonFritz, Jean Scope Online: Homework Center Homesick: My Own StoryFritz, Jean USA Today (http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/ lib/homework/); Word Central King of the World: Muhammed Ali and Reference Tools (in printed (http://www.wordcentral.com/) the Rise of an American Hero and electronic format) Remnick, David Thesaurus, such as: Leonardo da Vinci: Artist, Inventor, Atlas/Almanac, such as: Printed: The American Heritage Student and Scientist of the Renaissance Printed: New View Almanac; World Thesaurus; Facts on File Student's Romei, Francesca Almanac and Book of Facts Thesaurus The Life and Death of Crazy Horse CD-ROM: Microsoft Encarta Interactive Online: Merriam-Webster Online Freedman, Russell World Atlas 2001 Thesaurus (http://www.m-w.com/) Lives of the WritersKrull, Kathleen Online: The World Fact Book (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/ Informational, Technical, Michael Jordan: My Story and Practical Documents: Jordan, Michael factbook/index.html) Agendas My Life with the Chimpanzees Dictionary, such as: Goodall, Jane Printed: American Heritage Student Applications: sports, club membership, contest Ryan White: My Own StoryWhite, Ryan Dictionary; Merriam-Webster.'s Intermediate Dictionary Class Schedules Shadow Catcher: Life & Work of Edward S. CurtisLawlor, Laurie Online: Merriam-Webster Online Letters: personal, business Dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/) Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Manuals: computer, electronic Encyclopedia, such as: McKissack, Patricia equipment, appliance The Story of Thomas Alva Edison Printed: Compton's Encyclopedia and Recipes Fact-Index; World Book Encyclopedia Cousins, Margaret Travel Schedules and Itineraries Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary CD-ROM: Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Aristocrat- Meltzer, Milton 2001; World Book 1999 Multimedia Web Disclaimer:Due to the ever-changing Encyclopedia nature of Internet materials, parents and educators are strongly advised to monitor the suggested Web sites to ensure that content Questions? remains appropriate for children.

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Designed as a companion piece to Indiana's Academic Standards in English/Language Arts, the following selections of the Indiana Reading List illustrate the quality and complexity of the suggested reading materials for students in Grades 9-12. The Indiana Reading List is not required reading nor is it meant to be all-inclusive. Teachers and parents are encouraged to review the selections to ensure suitability for the individual student.

Fiction: Classic and Contemporary If Beale Street Could Talk Historical Fiction Baldwin, James The AbductionNewth, Mette and AllQuiet on the Western Front Nunnally, Tiina In the Time of the Butterflies Remarque, Erich Maria Alvarez, Julia The Adventures of Augie March A Bell for AdanoHersey, John Invisible ManEllison, Ralph Bellow, Saul The Burning Time Lasky, Kathryn Jane EyreBronte, Charlotte The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Cry, the Beloved CountryPaton, Alan Twain, Mark The Joy Luck ClubTan, Amy A Farewell to Arms Hemingway, Ernest The Age of InnocenceWharton, Edith The Magnificent Ambersons Freedom Road Fast, Howard Animal FarmOrwell, George Tarkington, Booth The Grapes of WrathSteinbeck, John The AssistantMalamud, Bernard The MetamorphosisKafka, Franz The JungleSinclair, Upton Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Of Mice and MenSteinbeck, John My AntoniaCather, Willa Gaines, Ernest J. The Old Man and the Sea The Bean TreesKingsolver, Barbara Hemingway, Ernest The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen Billy Budd Melville, Herman A Portrait ofthe Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James A Tale of Two Cities- Dickens, Charles Bless Me, UltimaAnaya, Rudolfo Pride and PrejudiceAusten, Jane This Strange New Feeling - Lester, Julius Buried OnionsSoto, Gary The Return of the NativeHardy, Thomas Catcher in the Rye- Salinger, J.D. Science Fiction/Fantasy The Scarlet LetterHawthorne, Nathaniel Ceremony- Silko, Leslie Marmon 1984Orwell, George Sense and SensibilityAusten, Jane The Contender- Lipsyte, Robert 2001: A Space Odyssey- Clarke, Arthur C. A Separate PeaceKnowles, John Crime and Punishment Brave New World- Huxley, Aldus Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Shoeless JoeKinsella, Ray Fahrenheit 451- Bradbury, Ray Davita's Harp- Potok, Chaim Silas MarnerEliot, George FoundationAsimov, Issac FrankensteinShelley, Mary The Sound and the Fury Faulkner, William The Lord of the RingsTolkien, J. R. R. A Girl of the Limberlost The Martian ChroniclesBradbury, Ray Stratton- Porter, Gene The Stranger Camus, Albert The War of the Worlds- Wells, Orson Great ExpectationsDickens, Charles Things Fall Apart Achebe, Chinua Watership Down Adams, Richard The Great GatsbyFitzgerald, F. Scott To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper Heart of DarknessConrad, Joseph To the LighthouseWoolf, Virginia Folklore/Fairy Tales/Mythology Typical AmericanJen, Gish House on Mango Street The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Cisneros, Sandra Wheels for Walking- Richmond, Sandra KnightsSteinbeck, John

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The Adventures of Ulysses "In Memoriam"Tennyson, Alfred Lord "The Richer, the Poorer" West, Dorothy Evslin, Bernard "One More Round" and "Human Family" Selections from Short Stories Beowulf- author unknown Angelou, Maya Chekov, Anton Greek MythologyHamilton, Edith Selections from Poems of Pablo Neruda "The Story of Poe"Ade, George Neruda, Pablo The Iliad Homer Selections from Tales and Poems of Edgar Selections from The Poetical Works Allan PoePoe, Edgar Allan Le Morte D'ArthurMalory, Sir Thomas Shelley, Percy Bysshe "Two or Three Things I Know for Sure" The MetamorphosesOvid Selections from The Poetry of Robert Allison, Dorothy Mules and MenHurston, Zora Neale Frost- Frost, Robert "What Means Switch?"Jen, Gish North American Indian Mythology "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" "Where Have You Been, Where Are You Burland, Cottie Arthur Poe, Edgar Allan Going?"Oates, Joyce Carol The Odyssey- Homer "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" "The White Heron"Jewett, Sarah Orne The Once and Future King White, T.H. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor "Young Goodman Brown" Selections from Selected Poems The Power of MythCampbell, Joseph Hawthorne, Nathaniel Heaney, Seamus Treasury of Irish Folklore Colum, Padriac (ed.) Selections from Selected Poems of Drama Langston Hughes Hughes, Langston The Way to Rainy Mountain AntigoneSophocles Selections from SonnetsKeats, John Momaday, N. Scott The CrucibleMiller, Arthur Selections from Sonnets Poetry Shakespeare, William Death ofa SalesmanMiller, Arthur A Doll's House- Ibsen, Henrik "The Bean Eaters"Brooks, Gwendolyn Selections from Spoon River Anthology Masters, Edgar Lee FencesWilson, August Selections from Born ofa Woman Knightbridge, Etheridge "The Tiger" and "The Lamb" The Glass Menagerie Blake, William Williams, Tennessee The Canterbury Tales- Chaucer, Geoffrey "To Freedom" and "This Life"Dove, Rita Hamlet- Shakespeare, William "Chicago"Sandburg, Carl Treasury of Great Poems Selections from Collected Poems Julius Caesar- Shakespeare, William Untermeyer, Louis (ed.) Eliot, Thomas S. MacBethShakespeare, William Selections from The Collected Poems Short Stories Oedipus Rex Sophocles Plath, Sylvia "Bartleby the Scrivner" PygmalionShaw, George Bernard The Complete Poems of Emily Melville, Herman A Raisin in the Sun DickinsonDickinson, Emily Selections from The Best Short Stories Hansberry, Lorraine Selections from Complete Poetical Drieser, Theodore Romeo and JulietShakespeare, William WorksLowell, Amy Selections from The Collected Short The Tempest- Shakespeare, William Selections from The Complete Poetical StoriesWelty, Eudora WorksRiley, James Whitcomb Twelve Angry MenRose, Reginald "The Egg"Anderson, Sherwood "Easter 1916" and "Sailing to Waiting for GodotBeckett, Samuel Byzantium"Yeats, William Butler "Gift of the Magi"Henry, 0. "Fish"Bishop, Elizabeth "The Lady or the Tiger"Stockton, Frank Essays and Speeches "I Hear America Singing" and "0 Captain! "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" "Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther My Captain!"Whitman, Walt O'Conner, Flannery King, Jr."Walker, Alice "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" "The Lottery"Jackson, Shirley "Day of Infamy"Roosevelt, Franklin D. Wordsworth, William "The Red Convertible"Erdich, Louise "The Declaration of Independence" Jefferson, Thomas 12 Indiana Reading List - Level 4 (page 3 of 4)

"The Fire Next Time"Baldwin, James The Day the Universe Changed Shakespeare's Theatre Burke, James Morley, Jacqueline "Floyd Patterson: The Essence of a Competitor"Oates, Joyce Carol Democracy in America Silent SpringCarson, Rachel de Tocqueville, Alexis "The Gettysburg Address" Tell Them We Remember: Story of the Lincoln, Abraham The DiscoverersBoorstin, Daniel Holocaust- Bachrach, Susan D. "House Divided"Lincoln, Abraham The Einstein Paradox and Other The Third Wave- Toffler, Alvin Mysteries Solved by Sherlock Holmes "I Have a Dream"King, Martin Luther, Jr. Thursday's Universe- Bartusiak, Marcia Bruce, Colin "I Will Fight No More Forever" Time's ArrowsMorris, Richard Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Chief Joseph Pyle's World War II Dispatches To Be a SlaveLester, Julius "Inaugural Address, 1961" Nichols, David (ed.) The World of Mathematics Kennedy, John E Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build Newman, James "Letter from Birmingham Jail" the Transcontinental Railroad King, Martin Luther, Jr. Blumberg, Rhoda Biography/Autobiography "Noble Prize Acceptance Speech, 1950" HerStory: Women Who Changed the Alexander Graham Bell: Making Faulkner, William World Ashby, Ruth (ed.) Connections- Pasachoff, Naomi Selections from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek A Hoosier Holiday- Dreiser, Theodore Barrio Boy Galarza, Ernesto Dillard, Annie The Immense JourneyEisley, Loren Black Boy' A Record of Childhood and "Self-Reliance"Emerson, Ralph Waldo In the Spirit of Crazy Horse YouthWright, Richard "Sharing the American Dream" Mathiessen, Peter Blue Highways Powell, Colin Lisa and David Rubin, Theodore Moon, William Least Heat Selections from A Small Place Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology The Childhood Story of Christy Brown, Kincaid, Jamaica Watcher Thomas, Lewis [previously My Left Foot]Brown, Christy "Straw Into Gold"Cisneros, Sandra The Mathematical Tourist: Snapshots of Franklin Delano Roosevelt "We Will Never Surrender" Modern MathematicsPeterson, Ivars Freedman, Russell Churchill, Winston The Meaning ollt AllFeynman, Richard Gandhi, Great Soul Severance, John Growing UpBaker, Russell Non-Fiction: Science, Social The Mind's Sky' Human Intelligence in Studies, and Mathematics a Cosmic ContextFerris, Timothy Home Before Night- Leonard, Hugh Americans: The National Experience The Mismeasure of Man John Wilkes Booth: A Sister's Memoir Boorstin, Daniel Gould, Steven Jay Clarke, Asia Booth The Assassination of Lincoln: History New Kids in Town: Oral Histories of Madame CurieCurie, Eve Immigrant Teens- Bode, Janet and MythLewis, Lloyd A Mathematician's Apology- Hardy, G. H. Now Is Your Time! The African Black Holes and Baby Universes and Narrative of the Life of Frederick American Struggle for Freedom Other EssaysHawking, Stephen DouglassDouglass, Frederick Myers, Walter Dean Black Like MeGriffin, John Howard Night- Wiesel, Elie On Growth and Form A Brief History of Time Thompson, D'Arcy Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Hawking, Stephen Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Anthony- Ward, Geoffrey Coming of Age in the Milky Way Move During the Great Depression Ferris, Timothy Uys, Errol Lincoln One Writer's Beginnings- Welty, Eudora ConnectionsBurke, James Roots -Haley, Alex Out of Darkness: the Story of Louis BrailleFreedman, Russell Cosmos- Sagan, Carl The Seven Habits of Highly Effective The Creators- Boorstin, Daniel PeopleCovey, Stephen Passion to Know. The Scientists of Today's World Wilson, Mitchell 13 Indiana Reading ListLevel 4 (page 4 of 4)

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