Hello,
I love lists. I love checking things off my list. I particularly enjoy lists of books to read. If you do an internet search for books all kids should read, you will find hundreds of them and most of them will be different. It is just someone’s opinion. In looking over the lists, I would see many books that aren’t books we want in our libraries, so I decided to begin to create one for Adventist Schools.
Nearly two years ago, I send out a request for ideas of books that kids should read or be familiar with and I got some book ideas from you.
I have listed the books in a table with the title, author, grade level, and if they are Adventist published or not. I had hoped for 50 and actually got 52 and more.
Title Author Age/Grade SDA
1 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric Pre K – 2 N
2 Ramona the Pest Cleary, Beverly 3 – 5 N
3 Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L. M. 5 – 8 N
4 My Side of the Mountain George, Jean Craighead 5 – 8 N
5 Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Anne 6 – 8 N
6 To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper 7 – 8 N
7 Swift Arrow Edwards, Josephine Cunnington 4 – 8 Y
8 My Bible Friends set Degering, Etta B Pre K - 2 Y
9 Messiah Thomas, Jerry D 6 – 8 Y
10 Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 5 – 8 N
11 Girl of the Limberlost Porter, Gene Stratton 7 – 8 N
12 Childhood of Famous Americans – at least a few Various authors 3 – 5 N
13 The Cay Taylor, Theodore 3 - 7 N
14 Johnny Tremain Forbes, Esther 5 – 8 N
15 Sam Campbell’s books Campbell, Sam 5 - 8 N, Y
16 Joseph Fivash, Terri 7 – 8 Y
17 The Hiding Place Ten Boom, Corrie 7 – 8 N
18 The Miracle Worker Gibson, William 5 - 8 N
19 The Adventist Girl series books Various authors 3 – 6 Y
20 Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Wilson 5 - 8 N
21 Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol Ryrie 5 – 8 N
22 Jungle Thorn Youngberg, Norma 5 – 8 Y
23 Nyla and the White Crocodile Youngberg, Norma 5 – 8 Y
24 Hatchet Paulsen, Gary 4 – 8 N
25 Any book by Eric B. Hare Hare, Eric B 5 - 8 Y
26 Snow Treasure Mcswiggan, Marie 5 - 8 N
27 Treasures of the Snow St. John, Patricia 4 - 8
28 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, Elizaabeth George Speare 5 – 8 N
29 Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 5 – 8 N
30 Swiss Family Robinson Wyss, Johann David N
31 The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson 4 – 8 N
32 Pollyanna Porter, Eleanor H. 4 – 8 N
33 The Chronicles of Narnia Lewis, C. S. 5 - 8 N
34 Little House series Wilder, Laura Ingalls 3 – 8 N
35 Red Scarf Girl Jiang, Ji-li 5 - 8 N
36 Clever Queen Hare, Eric B 5 - 8 Y
37 Heidi Spyri, Johanna 5 – 8 N
38 Harold and the Purple Crayon Johnson, Crockett K - 2 N
39 Ramona the Pest Cleary, Beverly 3 – 5 N
40 Where the Sidewalk Ends Siverstein, Shel 3 – 8 N
41 Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 5 – 8 N
42 Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul 5 – 8 N
43 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 4 – 6 N
44 Esperanza Rising Ryan, Pam Munoz 5 – 8 N
45 I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World Yousafzai, Malala 5 – 8 N
46 Frindle Clements, Andrew 3 – 8 N
47 The Boxcar Children Warner, Gertrude, Chandler 2 - 4 N
48 Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater, Florence 2 – 5 N
49 Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott 5 – 8 N
50 Julie of the Wolves George, Jean Craighead 5 – 8 N
51 The Year of the Book Cheng, Andrea 3 – 6 N
52 Red Butterfly Sonnichsen, Al. L. 5 – 8 N
Thank you to those who helped create this list. I hope you enjoy it!
Audrey
Currently reading:
A New Song by Jan Karon (Book 5 of the Mitford series)
The Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. Wodehouse
The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell (Audible book)
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
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