ACSI Survey of Recommended Reading Lists

(Preschool Grade Twelve)

Preschool and Kindergarten
Madeline by Bemelmans, Ludwig
Stone Soup: An Old Tale by Brown, Marcia
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Burton, Virginia Lee
The Grouchy Ladybug by Carle, Eric
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle, Eric
The Story About Ping by Flack, Marjorie
Millions of Cats by Gag, Wanda
Little Toot by Gramatky, Hardie
Sammy the Seal by Hoff, Syd
The Snowy Day by Keats, Ezra Jack
The Carrot Seed by Krauss, Ruth
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Carle, Eric
Blueberries for Sal by McCloskey, Robert
Little Bear by Minarik, Else Holmelund
The Rainbow Fish by Pfister, Marcus
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter, Beatrix
Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, Maruice
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Noahs Ark by Spier, Peter
Charlottes Web by White, E.B.
Harry the Dirty Dog by Zion, Gene
Additional Books for Preschool and Kindergarten
Annos Counting Book
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Little Rabbits Loose Tooth
Madeline Series
Berenstain Bears Series
Franklin Series
Clifford Series

Goodnight Moon
Runaway Bunny
Babar Series
The Little House
The Very Busy Spider
The Bery Quiet Cricket
Andy and the Lion
Are You my Mother?
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf,
Ask Mr. Bear
Angus and the Cat
Corduroy
A pocket for Corduroy
Dandelion
Little Red Hen
Chickens Arent the Only Ones
Frances Series
Danny and the Dinosaur
The Tale of Three Trees
The Doorbell Rang
Rosies Walk
Harold and the Purple Crayon
What Do You Say Dear?
Over in the Meadow
Peters Chair
A Whistle for Willie
Leo the Late Bloomer
Story of Ferdinand
Swimmy
Inch by Inch
Frederick
Frog and Toad Series
George and Martha
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Make Way for Ducklings
One Morning In Maine
Winnie the Pooh Series

If you Give a Moose a Muffin

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
Katy No-Pocket
The Little Engine That Could
Curious George Series
Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Ira Sleeps Over
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Sleepy Book
First and Second Grade
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale by
Aardema, Verna
Madeline by Bemelmans. Ludwig
Miss Nelson is Missing by Allard, Harry
The Velveteen Rabbit by Bianco, Margery Williams
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Burton, Virginia Lee
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle, Eric
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Cleary, Beverly
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Dalgliesh, Alice
Woof Finds a Family by Dobson, Danae
Corduroy by Freeman, Don
Ox-Cart Man by Hall, Donald
Danny and the Dinosaur by Hoff, Syd
The Snowy Day by Keats, Ezra Jack
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Lobel, Arnold
Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey, Robert
The Mystery of the Carousel Horse by Murphy, Elspeth Campbell
Amelia Bedelia by Parrish, Peggy
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter, Beatrix
Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, Maurice
Meet Kirsten, An American Girl by Shaw, Janet Beeler

Caps for Sale by Slobodkina, Esphyr

The Mitten: An Old Ukrainian Folktale by Tresselt, Alvin R.
Ira Sleeps Over by Waber, Bernard
The Boxcar Children Series by Warner, Gertrude
Little House in the Big Woods by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Zion, Gene
Additional Books for Grades One and Two
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Song and Dance Man
The Emperors New Clothes
Billy and Blaze Series
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Five Chinese Brothers
Clifford Series
Arthur Series
Stone Soup
The Chocolate Touch
Ramona Series
Miss Rumphus
Abraham Lincoln
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Helen Keller
Christopher Churchmouse Series
The Christian Mother Goose
Flip
Petunia Series
Are You My Mother
The Story About Ping
Dandelion
Millions of Cats
Adventures in the Big Thicket
Little Toot
The Big Snow

Frances Series
Amazing Grace
Leo the Late Bloomer
Alex Series
The Chronicles of Narnia Series
Frederick
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Little Bear Series
The Day Jimmys Boa Ate the Wash
Curious George Series
Cricket in Times Square
Nate the Great Series
American Girl Series
Crictor
Alexander and the Terrble,Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Velveteen Rabbit
Crow Boy
Third and Fourth Grades
Mr. Poppers Penguins by Atwater, Richard Tupper
Caddie Woodlawn by Brink, Carol Ryrie
Pilgrims Progress Simplified by Bunyan, John
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory bu Dahl, Ronald
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Dalgliesh, Alice
The Tower Treasure by Dixon, Franklin
The Whipping Boy by Fleischman, Sid
My Side of the Mountain by George, Jean Craighead
Ben and Me: A New and Astonishing Life on Benjamin Franklin as
Written by His Good Mouse, Amos by Lawson, Robert
Strawberry Girl by Lenski, Lois
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis, C.S.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh
Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan, Patricia
Snow Treasure by McSwigan, Marie

The Borrowers by Norton, Mary

The Door in the Dragons Throat by Peretti, Frank
Where the Red Fern Grows by Rawls, Wilson
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Robinson, Barbara
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Sobol, Donald
Heidi by Spyri, Joanna
The Boxcar Children Series by Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Stuart Little by White, E.B.
Little House in the Big Woods by Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Additional Books for Grades Three and Four
Born Free
Jos Boys
Little Women
Little Men
Sounder
Miss Hickory
Peter Pan
The Wizard of Oz
Spirit Flyer Series
Freckle Face,
Superfudge
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Paddington Series
Shoeshine Girl
The Little Princess
The Secret Garden
The Incredible Journey
The Midnight Fox
The Family Under the Bridge
Pinocchio
James and the Giant Peach
Daniel Boone
Helen Keller

The Wheel on the School

Hardy Boys Series
Twenty-One Balloons
The Matchlock Gun
The Hundred Dresses
The Moffats
Black Stallion Series
The Cabin Faced West
Stone Fox
Old Yeller
The Wind in the Willows
Misty of Chincoteague
Sugar Creek Gang Series
Nancy Drew Series
Lassie Come Home
Rabbit Hill
Pippi Longstocking
Number the Stars
Homer Price
Mrs. Firsby and the Rats of Nimh
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Indian in the Cupboard
Call it Courage
American Girl Series
Charlottes Web
Trumpet of the Swan
Swiss Family Robinson
Fifth and Sixth Grades
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May
Caddie Woodlawn by Brink, Carol Ryrie
The Incredible Journey by Burnford, Sheila
The Door in the Wall by deAngeli, Marguerite
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes
The Black Stallion by Farley, Walter

Julie of the Wolves by George, Jean Craighead

Old Yeller by Gipson, Fred
King of the Wind by Henry, marguerite
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Konigsburg
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis, C.S.
Number the Stars by Lowry, Lois
Kristys Great Idea by Martin, Ann M.
Gentle Ben by Morey, Walt
Island of the Blue Dolphins by ODell, Scott
Hatchet by Paulsen, Gary
Additional Books for Grades Five and Six
Sounder
Tuck Everlasting
Turn Homeward, Hannalee
The Secret Garden
The Summer of the Swans
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Robinson Crusoe
A Christmas Carol
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years
Johnny Tremain
Blue Willow
My Side of the Mountain
The wind in the Willows
A Fathers Promise
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Jungle Book
Big Red
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Call of the wild
White Fang
Anne of Green Gables Series
Rascal
The Borrowers

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Bridge to Terabithia
Cooper Kids Adventure Series
Pollyanna
The Yearling
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Good Master
Miracles on Maple Hill
The Bronze Bow
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Star of Light
The Tanglewood Secret
Freedom Train
Kidnapped
Joni
Roll of Thunder Heary My Cry
The Cay
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Seventh and Eighth Grades
A Wrinkle in Time by LEngle, Madeleine
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis, C.S.
White Fang by London, Jack
Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L.M.
The Yearling by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
The Light in the Forest by Richter, Conrad
The Bronze Bow by Speare, Elizabeth George
Heidi by Spyrie, Johanna
The Red Pony by Steinbeck, John

Additional Books For Grades Seven and Eight

Watership Down
Born Free
A Lantern in Her Hand
National Velvet
Caddie Woodlawn
Jane Eyre
The Good Earth
The Incredible Journey
Where the Lilies Bloom
My Brother Sam is Dead
The Deerslayer
The Red Badge of Courage
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
Hans Brinker
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Three Musketeers
The Black Stallion
Johnny Tremain
Slave Dancer
Old Yeller
Summer of My German Soldier
The Endless Steppe
North to Freedom
Up the Road Slowly
Rifles for Watie
The Story of My Life : Helen Keller
Captains Courageous
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Call of the Wild
Christy
Shadow in the Pines
Gentle Ben
The Hawk that Dare Not Hunt by Day

Sing Down the Moon

My Friend Flicka
Jacob Have I Loved
Men of Iron
Shane
Black Beauty In His Steps
The Pearl
Gullivers Travels
Ben Hur
The War of the Worlds
Ninth and Tenth Grades
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre
The Diary of a Young Girl by Frank, Anne
The Old Man and the Sea by Hemmingway, Earnest
A Separate Peace by Knowles, John
Out of the Silent Planet by Lewis, C.S.
That Hideous Strength by Lewis, C.S.
Christy by Marshall, Catherine
Animal Farm by Orwell, George
This Present Darkness by Peretti, Frank
All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque, Erich Maria
Additional Books for Grades Nine and Ten
The Good Earth
Pilgrims Progress
The Illuminati
Don Quixote De La Mancha
Born Again
Lord Jim
The Deerslayer
The Silver Chalice
Great Expectations

Hard Times
The Robe
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Silas Marner
Through the Gates of Splendor
The Great Gatsby
Lord of the Flies
A Raisin in the Sun
The House of Seven Gables
The Lost Horizon
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gone with the Wind
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Scarlet Pimpernell
Cry the Beloved Country
The Chosen
Peace Child
The Light in the Forest
Cyrano De Bergerac
Ivanhoe
Romeo and Juliet
Frankenstein
Of Mice and Men
Uncle Toms Cabin
A Girl of Limberlost
Zion Chronicles Series
Fellowship of the Rings
War and Peace
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
The Invisible Man
The Time Machine
The Once and Future King
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Our Town
The Cross and the Switchblade

Eleventh and Twelfth Grades

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre
The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Tess of the DUrbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
The House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, Ernest
The Odyssey by Homer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Hugo, Victor
The Screwtape Letters by Lewis, C.S.
Additional Books for Grades Eleven and Twelve
Things That Fall Apart
Winesburg, Ohio
Confessions of St. Augustine
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Lorna Doon
A Man for All Seasons
Jane Eyre
The Good Earth
Death Comes for the Archbishop
My Antonia
The Canterbury Tales
Heart of Darkness
The Red Badge of Courage
The Inferno
A Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Mill on the Floss
Murder in the Cathedral
Lord of the Flies
Vicar of Wakefield

Return of the Native

The Scarlet Letter
A Farewell to Arms
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Hiroshima
Les Miserables
Brave New World
The turn of the Screw
The Metamorphosis
Kim
Paradise Lost
Animal Farm
Beowulf
Hamlet
The Jungle
Uncle Toms Cabin
Vanity Fair
Anna Karenina
Ben Hur
War of the Wolrds
Picture of Dorian Grey