3rd-5th book list
GRADE 3
Diego Rivera by Mike Venezia, Children’s Press, 1994
Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius
by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ.,1972
Thomas Edison by Haydn Middleton, Oxford University Press, 1997
The True Story of Pocahontas by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, 1994
GRADE 4
From the Christian Heroes Then and Now series, YWAM Publishers
Corrie Ten Boom, Keeper of the Angel's Den by Janet & Geoff Benge
David Livingstone; Africa Trailblazer by Janet & Geoff Benge
Nate Saint: on a Wing and a Prayer by Janet & Geoff Benge
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty, Viking Press, 1967
Historical American Biographies series: Springfield, N.J. Enslow Publishers, 1997
Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, by Michael A. Schuman
Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
and Inventor by
Leila Merrel Foster
Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse by Nancy Whitelaw
Jefferson Davis, President of the
Confederacy by Joann J.
Burch
John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon by Roger A. Bruns
Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest by Thomas Streissguth
Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and
Humorist, by Lynda
Pflueger
Martha Washington, First Lady
by Stephanie McPherson
Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution by Barbara Ford
Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War by Mona Kerby
In God We Trust: Stories of Faith in American History, by T. Crater and R. Hunsicker,
Men of Science, Men of God by Henry M. Morris, Master Books, 1982
Thomas Alva Edison Inventor by Ellen M. Dolan
China Homecoming, by Jean Fritz, Putnam, 1985
Christopher Columbus: Voyager to the Unknown, by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Lodestar, 1990
Daniel Boone, by Laurie Lawlor, Whitman, 1988
Esther, Job, and Ruth—Biblical Biographies
Historical American Biographies series: (see list in grade 4 above)
Homesick, by Jean Fritz, Putnam, 1985
Indian Chiefs, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, 1987
Joni, the biography of Joni Earickson Tada, Zondervan, 1979, 2000
Aesop’s Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A.J.McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, 1963
Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper&Row, 1980
The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, 1980
Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1988
Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1989
Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, Holiday House, 1981
The Nutcracker Ballet, retold by Deborah Hautig, Random House, 1992
Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1984
Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1986
Rapunzel by Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Bernadette Watts, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1975
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt &Co., 1979
The Tale of Three Trees, retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Co., 1989
GRADE 3
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louisa May Alcott, Holiday House, 1989
Abigail Takes the Wheel, by Avi, Harper Collins, 1999
Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos, Discovered, Edited, and Illustrated by Robert Lawson, Little, Brown, & Co., 1988
Addy Saves the Day by Connie Porter, Pleasant Co., 1994
Felicity Learns a Lesson by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Co., 1991
Josefina's Surprise by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Co., 1997
The Drinking Gourd, by F.N.Monjo, Harper, 1969
Kia, a Mission to her Village, Africa 1440 by Dawn C. Gill Thomas, Simon & Schuster, 1996
Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1961
Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, 1975
The Trailblazers Christian Heroes series, by Dave and Neta Jackson, Bethany House Publishers
Listen for the Whippoorwill, about Harriet Tubman;
Escape from the Slave Traders, about David Livingston
Spy for the Night Riders, about Martin Luther;
The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, about John Wesley;
The Queen's Smuggler, about William Tyndale
Hostage on the Nighthawk, about William Penn
The Forty-Acre Swindle, about George Washington Carver;
The Hidden Jewel, about Amy Carmichael;
Flight of the Fugitives, about Gladys Aylward;
Defeat of the Ghost Riders, about Mary McLeoad Bethune.
Trouble Times Ten, by Dave Lambert, Christian Book Distributors, 2000
The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande, by Bea Bragg, Harbinger House, 1989
The Wall, by Eve Bunting, Clarion Books, 1990
Whispering Cloth: a Refugee’s Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills, 1996
GRADE 4
American Girl-History Mystery series:
Hoofbeats of Danger by Holly Hughes, American Girl, 1999
The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones, American Girl, 1999
Smuggler's Treasure by Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl, 1999
Voices at Whisper Bend by Katherine Ayers, American Girl, 1999
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, 1953
The Fighting Ground by Avi, Lippincott, 1984
Journey to Freedom a Story of the Underground Railroad by Courni C. Wright, Holiday House, 1995
Night Journeys by Avi, Pantheon, 1979
The Orphans' Journey series by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor Publ.
Looking for Home - Book one
Whistle-stop West - Book two
Prairie Homestead - Book three
Across the Border - Book four
Sara Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985
The Whispering Cloth: a Refugee's Story by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills, 1996
GRADE 5
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, Berkely, 1964
The American Adventure series by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour & Co., 1998
Adventure in the Wilderness
Maggie's Choice
Boston Revolts
Mayflower Adventure
Chicago World's Fair
Plymouth Pioneers
Prelude to War
Escape from Slavery
Queen Anne's War
Great Depression
Streetcar Riots
The Great Mill Explosion
Trouble on the Ohio River
The Great War
Women Win the Vote
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Scholastic, 1998
Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Scholastic, 1998
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep, Harper Collins, 1975
Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, 1953
The Friendship by Mildred Taylor, Dial, 1989
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, 1989
Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985
Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare, Houghton Mifflin, 1983
Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Harper & Row, 1969
GRADE 3
Chester the Worldly Pig by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin, 1965
The Desert Critter Friends series by Mona Gansberg Hodgson, Concordia Publishing House
Clubhouse Surprises
Campout Capers
Desert Detectives
Thorny Treasures
Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Alfred A. Knopf, 1970
Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1976
Only One Woof by James Herriot, St. Martin’s Press, 1985
Why Mosquitos Buzz in Peoples Ears by Aardema, Dillion, 1976
GRADE 4
Charlotte’s Web, by E.B.White, Harper & Row, 1952
The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1949
The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth, Dell, 1978
Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Alfred A. Knopf, 1970
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey, Avon, 1976
Hang Tough Paul Mathier, by Alfred Slote, Harper, 1985
Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks, Doubleday, 1981
It's a Mile From Glory by Robert C. Lee. Little, Brown, & Co., 1972
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Bantam, 1978
The Mandie Books by Lois Gladys Leppard, published by Bethany House Publishers.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O'Brien, Atheneum, 1971
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, Dell, 1978
The Paint Brush Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla, Random House, 1999
The Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, 1975
Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardner, Harper Collins, 1979
Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, E.P.Dutton, 1954
GRADE 5
Belated Follower; a Biblical Novel, by Colleen L. Reese, Barbour Press, 1995
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis, Harper Collins, 1994
The Magician’s Nephew
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Last Battle
Fight for Freedom, by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour & Co., 1967, 1998
The Grandma's Attic Novels, by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor, 1995, 1999
At Home in North Branch
Away From Home
In Grandma's Attic
More Stories From Grandma's Attic
New Faces, New Friends
Wedding Bells Ahead
GRADE 3
Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandberg, Harcourt, 1985
Buffalo Hunt by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, 1998
The Plimouth Thanksgiving, by Leonard Weisgard, Doubleday, 1967
Promise of a New Spring by Gerda Klein, Rossel Books, 1981
Young Frederick Douglas, Fight for Freedom, by Laurence Santrey, Troll, 1983
GRADE 4
The Astronomy Book by Dr. Jonathan Henry, Master Books, 1999
Dinosaurs by Design by Duane T. Gish, Master Books, 1993
From Sea to Shining Sea for Children by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1999
The Light and the Glory for Children by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1995
Sounding Forth the Trumpet by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1999
The Weather Book by Michael Oard, Master Books, 1997
GRADE 5
Exodus Adapted from the Holy Bible by Miriam Chaikin, Holiday House, 1987
Growing Up Amish by Richard Ammon, Atheneum, 1989
In the Beginning; Creation Stories from Around the World by Virginia Hamilton.
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988
Linnea's Windowsill Garden by Christine Bjork, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1988
Maggie by My Side by Beverly Butler, Dodd & Mead, 1987
GRADE 3
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Grosset & Dunlap, 1957
Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry by Myra Livingston Cohn.,
Margaret McElderry, 1997
The Christopher Robin Book of Verses by A. A. Milne, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1967
Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971
Joyful Noise; Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman,
The Llama Who had No Pajama by Mary Ann Hoberman, Browndeer Press, 1998
Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Pretutsky, Greenwillow Books, 1996
GRADE 4
All God’s Children: a Book of Prayers, by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Harcourt Brace, 1998.
Book Poems; Poems from National Children's Book Week 1959-1998; Intro. by Lee Bennett Hopkins,
Children’s Book Council, 1998
Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry by Myra Livingston Cohn,
Margaret McElderry, 1997
Haiku: The Mood of Earth by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971
Hand in Hand; An American History Through Poetry collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins,
Simon & Schuster, 1993
Oxford Book of Christmas Poems edited by Michael Harrison & Christopher Stuart-Clark,
Oxford University Press, 1983
Poem Stew by William Cole, Harper Collins, 1981
Poems for Youth, by E. Dickenson. Little, Brown, & Co., 1996
Poetry in the Bible: Psalms 1, 8, 23, 24, 46, 91, 100, 119:1-8, 121, 150
GRADE 5
Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Thayer, Peppercorn, 1982
Erie Canal, by John A. and Alan Lomax in American Ballads and Folk Songs, Dover Pub., 1994.
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, published by HarperCollins, 1986.
Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Puffin, 1996.
New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky, Greenwillow, 1984
Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne, Puffin, 1992.
Poetry in the Bible: Psalms 1, 8, 23, 24, 46, 91, 100, 119:1-8, 121, 150
When We were Very Young, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton,1988.