3rd-5th book list

 

The list of books below compiles all of the book lists appearing in Language Arts, grades three to five.   The titles are arranged both by grade level and genre.  Book titles which appear across grades and/or genres are repeated.

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

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,

Chariot Victor Publ., 1997
Joni, the biography of Joni Earickson Tada, Zondervan, 2000

Men of Science, Men of God by Henry M. Morris, Master Books, 1982

Thomas Alva Edison Inventor by Ellen M. Dolan

 

GRADE 5

 

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

Lincoln: a photobiography, by Russell Freedman, Clarion, 1987

 

FAIRY TALES, FOLK TALES, TALL TALES, AND FABLES

 

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

 

 

HISTORICAL FICTION

 

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

American Girl-History Mystery series

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

Clash with the Newsboys

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 Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Scholastic, 1998

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

 

 

GENERAL FICTION

 

GRADE 3

 

Chester the Worldly Pig by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin, 1965

The Desert Critter Friends series by Mona Gansberg Hodgson, Concordia Publishing House

Friendly Differences

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.

Mandie and the Abandoned Mine

Mandie and Fiery Rescue

Mandie and the Ghost Bandits

Mandie and the Forbidden Attic

Mandie and the Schoolhouse Secret

Mandie and the Cherokee Legend

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 Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and His Boy

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

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

A School of Her Own

Away From Home

In Grandma's Attic

More Stories From Grandma's Attic

New Faces, New Friends

Wedding Bells Ahead

 

 

GENERAL NONFICTION

 

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

The Story of Football by Dave Anderson, Morrow Junior Books, 1985

 

 

POETRY

 

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.