Recommended Reading List
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RECOMMENDED READING LIST 1 DEAR PARENTS, HOME SCHOOL TEACHERS Kolbe’s Recommended Reading List began over twenty years ago with a list given to the Kolbe founders by the eminent classical scholar Dr. John Senior. In the intervening years it has been augmented by parents, teachers, and students, adding numerous titles in nonfiction as well as fiction. It has been adopted by schools and used by teachers and parents as a reliable guide to good reading material. With this enhanced version, it is necessary to thank Mrs. Maria Skrobola for her generous additions and help. This compilation of reading materials represents some of the best writings in prose and poetry, either in their original English language or in translation. In recommending materials for your student, caution and prudence must be exercised. The suitability of a book often varies according to the age and maturity of the student. The books listed in the “Kindergarten and Under” catergory are suitable to be read to your child, as most children this age are unable to read themselves. Furthermore, although this list provides reference material for the student outside of the classroom curriculum, consultation with a teacher or parent as to the suitability of a title is certainly expected of the student. An author’s name appearing on our list does not automatically imply our full endorsement of all the works by the author; nor does it suggest that the author’s personal lifestyle, religious convictions or political viewpoint are in full accord with our academic criteria and moral vision. It is our duty as educators to represent authors whose influence on literature is indisputable, although we steer clear of materials that serve no constructive purpose for our educational goals. For obvious reasons, we cannot list all the great books that have ever been written. It is the parent’s responsibility either to venture into other titles by authors whose primary works we have listed, or weigh with judgment and care those titles that have been left off for good reasons. We sincerely hope that the list serves as a guidepost for good reading outside of the classroom; such reading is a strong indication that the student is advancing in academic preparedness and personal judgment. KOLBE ACADEMY HOME SCHOOL 1600 F Street Napa, CA 94559 www.kolbe.org 2 KINDERGARTEN & BELOW .............................4 GRADES 1ST – 3RD .......................................20 GRADES 4TH – 6TH ......................................29 GRADES 7TH – 9TH ......................................54 GRADES 10TH – 12TH ..................................75 3 KINDERGARTEN AMERY, HEATHER ARNOSKY, JIM The Time Traveller Book of All Night Near the Water & BELOW Rome and Romans Come Out Muskrats Crinkleroot’s Guide to ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN Knowing the Trees Andersen’s Fairy Tales Crinkleroot’s Guide to A The Emperor’s New Clothes Walking in Wild Places Crinkleroot’s 25 Birds Every AARDEMA, VERNA Child Should Know ANNO, MITSUMASA Who’s in Rabbit’s House? Crinkleroot’s 25 Mammals Every Anno’s Journey Child Should Know ADAMSON, JOY Racoons and Ripe Corn ARABIAN NIGHTS Born Free Collected and edited by Andrew Long ARTZYBASHEFF, BORIS AESOP Seven Simeons ARCH BOOK SERIES Aesop’s Fables Daniel in the Lion’s Den ASBJORNSEN, PETER C. & others AHLBERG, JANET AND ALLAN East of the Sun and West of the Moon Each Peach Pear Plum ARDJZZONE, EDWARD The Tim and Ginger Series ATWATER, RICHARD ALIKI & FLORENCE My Five Senses Mr. Popper’s Penguins ARNOLD, MARY The Listening Walk The Fuzzy Angel AWDRY, REVEREND W. & others Thomas and the Tank Engine Complete Collection ALLAN, TONY The Time Traveller Book of AZARIAN Pharaohs and Pyramids A Farmer’s Alphabet 4 BEMELMANS, LUDWIG BLADES, ANN B Madeline A Boy of Tache A Candle for Christmas BAKER, BETTY BENSON, MSGR. ROBERT HUGH Mary of Mile Little Runner of the Longhouse A Child’s Rule of Life A Salmon for Simon Old Testament Rhymes BARKLEM, JILL An Alphabet of Saints BLEGVAD, LENORE The Secret Staircase Anna Banana and Me The Brambly Hedge Birthday Book BESKOW, ELSA The Case of a Hungry Stranger Brambly Spring-Winter Books Around the Year Children of the Forest BONSALL, CROSBY NEWELL BASKIN, LEONARD The Flower’s Festival Who’s a Pest? Hose’s Aviary & others BRETT, JAN BAYNES, PAULINE BETTS, ETHEL FRANKLIN Beauty and the Beast Bilbo’s Last Song (written by J.R.R. Tolkein) The Complete Mother Goose BROOKE, LESLIE L. The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes BIRO, VAL Johnny Crow’s Garden Snail and Caterpillar (written by Helen Piers) The Fox and the Crow BROUN, HEYWOOD The Song of the Three Holy Children The Monkey and the Fisherman Thanks Be to God: Prayers from The Fifty-First Dragon around the World BISHOP, CLAIRE HUTCHET BROWN, MARCIA The Five Chinese Brothers BELLOC, HILAIRE Stone Soup The Man Who Lost His Head The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts Twenty-Two Bears Cautionary Tales 5 BROWN, MARGARET WISE BURTON, VIRGINIA LEE CERF, BENNETT The Little Fireman The Little House Bennett Cerf ’s Book of Riddles Goodnight Moon Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel CHASE, RICHARD Big Red Barn Katy and the Big Snow The Jack Tales The Runaway Bunny Maybelle, the Cable Car Calico the Wonder Horse: Or, CHILD, LYDIA MARIA BROWN, MICHAEL The Saga of Stewy Stinker Over the River and Shackleton’s Epic Voyage Choo Choo: The Story of the Little Through the Woods Engine Who Ran Away BROWNE, FRANCES CIVARDI, ANNE Granny’s Wonderful Chair BYARS, BETSY The Time Traveller Book The Midnight Fox of Viking Raiders BRUNHOFF, JEAN DE The Story of Barbar CLARK, ANN NOLAN C In My Mother’s House BUCK, PEARL There Still are Buffalo The Big Wave CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH & others Picture Books BURKERT, NANCY EKHOLM COATSWORTH, ELIZABETH (ILLUSTRATOR) Ride a Cock-Horse and other Rhymes The Cat Who Went to Heaven The Fir Tree (By Anderson) CARLE, ERIC The Nightingale (By Anderson) COLE, JOANNA The Very Busy Spider Snow White and the Seven A Gift from St. Francis: Dwarves (By Grimm) The Very Hungry Caterpillar The First Creche BURMAN, BEN LUCIAN CARROLL, LOUIS COLLINGTON, PETER High Water at Catfish Bend Alice in Wonderland A Small Miracle Through the Looking Glass 6 COLUM, PADRAIC DEJONG, MEINDERT DUPASQUIER, PHILIPPE The Golden Fleece and the Heroes The Wheel on the School The Busy Day Series Who Lived Before Achilles The Last Little Cat The Great Escape Children of Odin No More Television! The Children’s Homer DE LA MARE, WALTER & others Come Hither CREWS, DONALD The Turnip DURRELL, GERALD Freight Train Songs of Childhood My Family and Other Animals Bicycle Race Little Red Riding Hood DUVOISIN, ROGER CULLUM, ALBERT DE PAOLA, TOMIE The Happy Lion Series Aesop in the Afternoon Lady of Guadalupe Petunia Shake Hands with Shakespeare & others White Snow, Bright Snow Greek Tears and Roman Laughter DORLING KINDERSLEY CUMMINGS, E.E. EYEWITNESS BOOKS Fairy Tales Eyewitness Readers E Junior Books EASTMAN, P.D. (SEE ALSO CURRIE, ROBIN Topics: Trains and Seasons DR. SEUSS) My Bible Friends Read-and-Do Book Farm Animals and Forest Animals A Fish Out of Water Sam and the Firefly DRUMMOND, LE JOLY Go, Dog, Go! AND CHALIHA D Are You My Mother? Stories Told by Mother Theresa & others D’AULAIRE, LNGRI DUBOIS, WILLIAM PENE D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths EDGEWOOD, MARIA The Twenty-One Balloons Norse Gods & Giants The Parent’s Assistant Moral Tales 7 ELIOT, T. S. FIDGE, HEATHER COMP. FOX Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats Nursery Rhymes Hattie and the Fox ESTES, ELEANOR FIELD, EUGENE FREEMAN The Hundred Dresses Little Boy Blue Corduroy A Rainbow of My Own ETS, MARIE HALL FIELD, RACHEL Fly High, Fly Low In the Forest Prayer for a Child & others Just Me FINGER, CHARLES Nine Days to Christmas FRITZ, JEAN Tales from the Silver Lands Play With Me, What’s the Big Idea, Benjamin Franklin? & others FISHER, AILEEN The Story of Easter FROST, ROBERT You Come Too F FLACK, MARJORIE Angus the Cat FABER AND FABER LTD. & others G Nursery Rhymes for Certain Times Ask Mr. Bear Boats on the River GAG, WANDA FARLEY, WALTER The Story about Ping Tales from Grimm The Black Stallion Millions of Cats Little Black, A Pony FOSTER, JOHN The Funny Thing First Verses—Finger (Action, FARMER, NANCY More Tales from Grimm Chanting, Counting Rhymes) Casey Jones’s Fireman The ABC Bunny FOWLER, ALLAN FATIO, LOUISE What’s the Weather Today? The Happy Lion 8 GALDONE GRAHAM, LORENZ GUILFOILE, ELIZABETH Henny Penny David He No Fear Nobody Listens to Andrew The Gingerbread Boy Every Man Heart Lay Down The Little Red Hen God Wash the World and Start Again & others Hungry Catch the Foolish Boy H GIBBONS, GAIL GRAMATKY, HARDIE HALDANE, J.B.S. Beacons of Light: Lighthouses Little Toot My Friend Mr. Leakey Check it out: A Book about Libraries Sparky: The Story of an Old- Fashioned Fire Engine HALE, SARAH JOSEPHA The Great St. Lawrence Seaway Homer and the Circus Train Mary Had a Little Lamb & others GREENAWAY, KATE HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER GODDEN, RUMER An Apple Pie Uncle Remus The Mousewife Mother Goose Four Dolls Birthday Book HARRISON, MICHAEL The Mouse House Marigold Garden The Oxford Treasury of St. Jerome and the Lion Children’s Stories Under the Window The Oxford Treasury of GOUDEY, ALICE The Language of Flowers Children’s Poems The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up GRIMM, THE BROTHERS HAWES, CHARLES BOARDMAN The Good Rain Household Stories The Dark Frigate Houses from the Sea Fairy Tales Red Legs HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL GRYSKI, CAMILLA A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales Let’s Play: Traditional Games of Childhood 9 HELLER, RUTH HOBAN, RUSSELL HONG, LILY TOY Merry-Go-Round: A Bedtime for Frances The Empress