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Who Should We Then Read?

I’ve been to the Oklahoma Homeschool Convention for 4 years now and have never stopped by BooksBloom.  I would just like to say, “Shame on me!!”  Jan Bloom offers hundreds of used books and many new books that fit into my criteria for living books.  One of my favorite buys was Who Should We Then Read? written by Jan Bloom herself which provides lists of books by author.  If you find a great book, you can search for the author to see what other books they’ve written.  In the back of the book she also lists books by series, including a section on readers and a section on award winning books.  This should prove to be very useful in the years to come.  She also has a Volume 2 available.  Just click on the link to the right to visit the BooksBloom site.

Year 2 Booklist

Picture Books

George Washington by D’Aulaire

Benjamin Franklin by D’Aulaire

Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon…

The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco

Andy and the Lion by James Henry Daugherty

Truman’s Ant Farm by Jama Kim Rattigan

The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer

Amber on the Mountain by Robert A. Duncan

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole

Magic School Bus at the Water Works by Joanna Cole

Chapter Books

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater

Elmer and the Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack by Thorton W. Burgess

Billy and Blaze by C. W. Anderson

Readers

Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel

Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel

Owl At Home by Arnold Lobel

The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr

Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish

Frances books by Russell Hoban

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

Nate the Great by Margorie Weinman Sharmat

Little Bear by Maurice Sendak

Reading Literature First Reader by Free and Treadwell

Poetry and Tales

Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Year 1 Booklist

This is a list of books appropriate for the age level, give or take.  This is not a curriculum booklist.

Picture Books

Lief the Lucky by Ingri D’Aulaire
Columbus by Ingri D’Aulaire
Pocahontas by Ingri D’Aulaire
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
King of the Golden River by John Ruskin
Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan
Owl Moon by John Schoenherr
A New Coat For Anna by Harriet Ziefert
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Lynd Ward
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Chapter Books

Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling

Poetry & Tales

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
Aesop
Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Parables From Nature by Margaret Gatty

Kindergarten Booklist

Picture Books

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (CM idea of duty in bringing beauty to the world)
The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman
Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky
Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney
Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Clown of God by Tomie DePaola
The Beatrix Potter series

Chapter Books

Winnie the Pooh series by AA Milne original works
My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
In Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children by Peter Barrett

Poetry & Tales

When We Were Very Young by AA Milne
A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

Pre-K Booklist

Pre-K

Before Five In A Row books (not a complete list) — FIAR are book volumes that have sections for each book listed in the volume in which you can find all sorts of things to do with your kids.  For this age, though, Charlotte recommends to just read them great literature and let them experience the natural world around them.  No formal schooling is necessary at this age level.  These book are not Twaddle!

• Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
• Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack
• We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Katy No Pocket by H. A. Rey
• Corduroy by Don Freeman