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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Reading-4-Levels-Above-Grade-Level Book List

Note - Oh, dear! I just found this post that never got published from last June! I was about to prepare one for second grade to respond to a friend's request for ideas. So, I thought I'd better get this one out first.


As previously mentioned, my sweet daughter is reading books at a sixth grade level. She has just finished first grade and is almost seven. Thus, finding books for her to read that are both challenging and appropriate for her maturity level is a constant challenge.



Thank you to readers and friends who have sent me endless lists of titles. They have been extremely helpful sources! To pass on the benefits we gained from your input, below is a list of the chapter books my daughter has read in first grade that she enjoyed and I approved (every family has different standards, of course). Let me know if you have titles to add!



Cobble Street Cousins Series by Cynthia Rylant
In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen
A Little Shopping
Special Gifts
Some Good News
Summer Party
Wedding Flowers

Strawberry Shortcake Friendship Club Series by Megan Bryant
Join the Club
Secrets and Surprises (she did not read this one, only because our library doesn't have it, even though they have one and three)
The Friendship Trip
***I did not let her read Book 4 - Halloween Hideout

Angelina's Diary Series by Katharine Holabird & Helen Craig
The Best Sleepover Ever
***There are no more books in this "series," which began in 2006.

The Best Loved Doll by Rebecca Caudill and Elliot Gilbert

26 Fairmount Avenue Series by Tomie de Paola
26 Fairmount Avenue
Here We All Are
On My Way
What a Year
Things Will Never Be the Same
I'm Still SCARED

Why? (she did not read this one, only because our library doesn't have it)
For the Duration (coming July 30, 2009)

After reading the original Peter Pan aloud to both children, she read the DK Michael Johnstone version and Disney's version by Todd Strasser.

Jenny the Cat Series by Esther Averill
Jenny and the Cat Club
Jenny's Moonlight Adventure
The School for Cats
Jenny Goes to Sea


Mary Fabyan Windeatt Books
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Rose of Lima
Patron Saint of First Communicants

Two Girls in Sister Dresses by Jean Van Leeuwen

Waltur Buys a Pig in a Poke by Barbara Gregorich

Vision Books
St. Catherine Laboure by Power-Waters
Kateri Tekakwitha by Brown
St. Therese and the Roses by Homan
St. Elizabeth's Three Crowns by Thompson

Drinking Gourd by F.N. Monjo

American Girl Kaya Series by Janet Shaw
Meet Kaya
Kaya's Escape
Kaya's Hero
Kaya and Lone Dog
Kaya Shows the Way
Changes for Kaya

American Girl Addy Series by Connie Porter
Meet Addy
Addy Learns a Lesson
Addy's Surprise
Happy Birthday, Addy
Addy Saves the Day
Changes for Addy

American Girl Josefina Series by Valerie Tripp
Meet Josefina
Josefina Learns a Lesson
Josefina's Surprise
Happy Birthday, Josefina
Josefina Saves the Day
Changes for Josefina


American Girl Felicity Series by Valerie Tripp
Meet Felicity
Felicity's Surprise
Felicity Learns a Lesson
Happy Birthday, Felicity
Felicity Saves the Day
Changes for Felicity


American Girl Kirsten Series by Shaw
Meet Kirsten
Kirsten's Surprise
Kirsten Learns a Lesson
Happy Birthday, Kirsten
Kirsten Saves the Day
Changes for Kirsten


American Girl Kit Series by Valerie Tripp
Meet Kit
Kit's Surprise
Kit Learns a Lesson
Happy Birthday, Kit
Kit Saves the Day
Changes for Kit


American Girl Samantha Series by Susan Adler
Meet Samantha
Samantha's Surprise
Samantha Learns a Lesson
Happy Birthday, Samantha
Samantha Saves the Day
Changes for Samantha

American Girl Molly Series by Valerie Tripp
Meet Samantha
Samantha's Surprise
Samantha Learns a Lesson
Happy Birthday, Samantha
Samantha Saves the Day
Changes for Samantha

(I avoided allowing her to read the Julie series, because the 70s in San Francisco sound precarious to me. Admittedly, I have not read the series myself to see if anything is objectionable.)

Royal Champions by Catherine Hapka

Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever

Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz

A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz

Beauty and the Beast by Max Eilenberg

Pheobe and the General by Judith Griffin

Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern

George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz

Ben and Me by Robert Lawson

Betsy-Tacy Series by Maud Hart Lovelace
Betsy-Tacy
Betsy-Tacy & Tib
Betsy and Tacy Go Over Big Hill
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown


Maybelle Goes to Tea by Katie Speck

Those Funny Flamingoes by Jan Lee Wicker

Betsy Series by Carolyn Haywood
B is for Betsy
Betsy and Billy
Penny and Peter
Betsy and the Boys
Back to School with Betsy
Here's a Penny
Two and Two Are Four
Primrose Day


The Fairy Necklaces by Cicely Mary Barker

A World of Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker

Lumber Camp Library by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

A Llama in the Family by Johanna Hurwitz

Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie
Farmer Boy
On the Banks of Plum Creek
On the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Little Town on the Prairie
These Happy Golden Years
The First Four Years


All of a Kind Family Series by Sydney Taylor
All of a Kind Family
All of a Kind Family Downtown
All of a Kind Family Uptown
Ella's All of a Kind Family

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