2022
January
- Allen French, The Lost Baron*
- Shakespeare, Twelfth Night*
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables*
Second Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Eric A. Kimmel (retold), The Spider’s Gift: A Ukrainian Christmas Story
- Robin Davies (adapted by), The Wild Swans
- Selina Hastings (retold), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Margaret Early (retold), William Tell
- John S. Major, The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History
Independent Reading (Fifth Grade)
- Alfred Church, The Aeneid for Boys and Girls
Independent Reading (Second Grade)
- C.S. Lewis, The Horse & His Boy*
- C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair*
- Elsa Beskow, Princess Sylvie
Nursery
- Jan Brett (retold), The Mitten
- Trinka Hakes Noble, Apple Tree Christmas
- Gloria Houston, The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree
- Barbara Cooney (retold), The Little Juggler
- Thorton Burgess, Everybody Lends Jerry Muskrat a Hand (in Best in Children’s Books (1958))
- Mary Ann Fraser, Where Are the Night Animals?
- Berta and Elmer Hader, The Big Snow
- Lois Ehlert, Snowballs
- Alvin Tresselt, White Snow Bright Snow
- Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
- Ezra Jack Keats, Over in the Meadow
- Virginia Lee Burton, Katy and the Big Snow
- Margaret Carney, The Biggest Fish in the Lake
- Robert McCloskey, Blueberries for Sal*
- Don Freeman, Gregory’s Shadow
- Jerry Pinkney, The Lion & the Mouse
- Jane Yolen, Owl Moon
- Peter Spier, Noah’s Ark
- Dr. Seuss, The Sneetches
- Mary Lyn Ray, Christmas Farm
- Keith Baker, Little Green Peas
- Dennis Nolan, Dinosaur Dream
- Tasha Tudor, 1 is One
- Feodor Rojankovsky (ill.), The Tall Book of Nursery Tales
- Eve Titus, Anatole*
- Margaret Wise Brown, The Golden Egg Book
- Sibylle von Olfers, The Story of the Root Children
- Dr. Seuss, Horton Hatches the Egg*ast;
- John Updike, A Child’s Calendar
- Lorraine A. Jay, Sea Turtle Journey: The Story of a Loggerhead Turtle
- Kathleen M. Hollenbeck, Islands of Ice: The Story of a Harp Seal
- Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon
February
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables*
Second Grade
- Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire, Leif the Lucky
- Ludmila Zeman (retold), Sindbad
- Selina Hastings (retold), Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
- Margaret Early (retold), Robin Hood
Second Grade (Independent Reading)
- C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle*
- Masako Matsuno, A Pair of Red Clogs
- Laura Gates Galvin, Bumblebee at Apple Tree Lane
Fifth Grade (Independent Reading)
- Padraic Colum, The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles*
Nursery
- William Jasperjohn, How the Forest Grew
- Berniece Freschet, Bear Mouse
- Deborah Dennard, Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle
- Ruth Sawyer, Journey Cake, Ho!
- Tony Johnston, The Barn Owls
- Taro Gomi, My Friends
- Ole Risom, I am a Bunny
- Francois Crozat, I am a little elephant.
- Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Susan Korman, Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane
- Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese, The Story About Ping
- Marjorie Priceman, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
- Susan Korman, Groundhog at Evergreen Road
- Gail Gibbons, Spiders
- Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings*
- Selina Chonz, A Bell for Ursli
- Doris Burn, Andrew Henry’s Meadow
- Pearl S. Buck, Christmas Day in the Morning
- Barbara Cooney (retold), Snow White and Rose Red
- James Herriot, Treasury for Children*
March
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea*
- Shakespeare, Henry V*
- John Masefield, Jim Davis*
Second Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Selina Hastings (retold), Reynard the Fox
- Barbara Cooney (retold), Chanticleer and the Fox*
- Paul Creswick (abridged), Robin Hood*
Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Olive Beaupre Miller, My Book House, vol. 2, Story Time
- Margaret Wise Brown, Big Red Barn
- Richard Scarry, The Rooster Struts
- Wendy Pfeffer, Mallard Ducks at Meadow View Pond
- Margaret Wise Brown, A Home in the Barn
- Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon
- Nursery Rhymes
- Aldous Huxley, The Crows of Pearblossom*
- Gail Gibbons, Migration
- Henrietta Bancroft & Richard G. Van Gelder, Animals in Winter
- Allan Ahlberg, Mockingbird
- Tasha Tudor, 1 is One
- Tomie dePaola, Charlie Needs a Cloak
- Elsa Beskow, Pelle’s New Suit
- Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings
- Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Manatee Winter
Independent reading (fifth grade)
- Rosemary Sutcliff, Eagle of the Ninth*
- Read to little brother: Alexander Puskin, The Tale of Tsar Saltan
- David and Goliath
Independent reading (second grade)
- Eleanor Estes, The Moffats
- Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings
- Elsa Beskow, Pelle’s New Suit
- Herge, Red Rackham’s Treasure
- R. Goscinny and A. Uderzo, Asterix Omnibus I
- Herge, The Castafiore Emerald
- Herge, The Broken Ear
- Herge, The Red Sea Sharks
- Arthur Ransome (retold), The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
- Herge, Tintin and the Picaros
- Gwen Gross (retold), Knights of the Round Table
Alice 2021-2022
April
- John Gunther, Alexander the Great
- Hans Christian Andersen, The Steadfast Tin Soldier*
- Robert D. San Souci (retold), The White Cat*
- Marchette Chute, Stories from Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)
- Meinert DeJong, The Wheel on the School*
Second Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Gennady Spirin (ill.), The Tale of the Firebird*
- Stephen Krensky, Breaking into Print: Before and After the Invention of the Printing Press
- Dennis Brindell Fradin, Nicolaus Copernicus
- Hans Christian Andersen, Thumbelina*
- Paul Galdone, Three Aesop Fox Fables*
Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Lois Lenski, The Little Airplane
- Margaret Wise Brown, Where Have You Been?
- Various, Little Golden Book: Farm Favorites
- Paul Galdone (retold), The Elves and the Shoemaker
- Sibylle von Offers, The Story of the Root Children
- Paul Galdone (retold), Little Red Riding Hood
- Richard Scarry, A Day at the Airport
- Gail Gibbons, Frogs
- Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
- Richard Scarry, Busy, Busy World
Independent reading (fifth grade)
- George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin*
Independent reading (second grade)
- Marguerite de Angeli, The Door in the Wall*
- Katherine Paterson, The King’s Equal
Thomas 2021-2022
May
- Marguerite Henry, Misty of Chincoteague
- Kate Seredy, The Chestry Oak*
Second Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Kathleen Krull, Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything
- Demi, Columbus
- Robert McCloskey, Time of Wonder*
Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Munro Leaf, Wee Gillis
- Lois Lenski, Policeman Small
- Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, What can you do with a shoe?
- Gail Gibbons, Pigs
- Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House
- Susan Jeffers, My Pony
- Elsa Beskow, Pelle’s New Suit*
- Richard Scarry, The Great Pie Robbery and Other Mysteries
- Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
- Oliver Jeffers, Lost and Found
- Julia Donaldson, The Snail and the Whale
- Robert McCloskey, One Morning in Maine
- Nursery Rhymes
- Ole Risom, I am a Bunny*
- Robert McCloskey, Lentil
Independent reading (fifth grade)
- George MacDonald, The Princess and Curdie*
Independent reading (second grade)
- Marie Ponsot (transl.), The Golden Book of Fairy Tales*
- Aldous Huxley, The Crows of Pearblossom*
- Robert McCloskey, Homer Price*
story time 2021-2022
June
- Eric P. Kelly, The Trumpeter of Krakow
- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Barbara Cohen (retold), The Canterbury Tales
- Tracey Fern, Pippo the Fool
Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Barbara Cooney, Island Boy*
- Gustaf Tenggren (ill.), The Shy Little Kitten, The Lion’s Paw, and The Saggy Baggy Elephant
- Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon
- Elsa Beskow, Rosalind and the Little Deer
- Paul Galdone (retold), The Three Little Pigs
- Tomie dePaola, Strega Nona
- Peter Spier (ill.), The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
- Paul Galdone (retold), The Amazing Pig
- Paul Zelinsky (retold), Rumpelstiltskin*
- Paul Galdone (retold), The Three Little Pigs
- Ezra Jack Keats (ill.), Over in the Meadow
- Julia Donaldson, The Snail and the Whale
- Paul Galdone (retold), Three Aesop Fox Fables
- Tasha Tudor, 1 is One
- Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Each Peach Pear Plum
- Margaret Wise Brown, Wait Till the Moon is Full
- Mitsumasa Anno, Anno’s Counting Book
- Brinton Turke, Rachel and Obadiah
Independent reading (sixth grade)
- Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch*
Independent reading (third grade)
- Barbara Cooney, Roxaboxen
- Hergé, Red Rackham’s Treasure
- James Herriot, Treasury for Children
- Elsa Beskow, Pelle’s New Suit
- Clare Turlay Newberry, Smudge
July
- Stephen W. Meader, The Black Buccaneer
- Bruce Coville (retold), William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- David Macauley, Ship
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Alice Dalgliesh, The Fourth of July Story
- Aliki, William Shakespeare & the Globe
- Nancy Winslow Parker, Land Ho!
- Alice and Martin Provensen, Leonardo da Vinci
- Margaret Hodges, Joan of Arc: The Lily Maid
Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Barbara Cooney, Miss Rumphius*
- Dr. Seuss, The Sneetches and Other Stories
- Paul Galdone (retold), The Elves and the Shoemaker*
- Lois Lenski, The Little Train
- Barbara Rogasky (retold), Rapunzel*
- Margaret Wise Brown, The Runaway Bunny
- Jane Yolen, Owl Moon
- Paul Heins (transl.), Snow White*
- Gyo Fujikawa, Sleepy Time
- Hans Christian Andersen, The Steadfast Tin Soldier*
- Don Freeman, Corduroy
- Francois Crozat, I am a little panda.
- Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
- Patrick Lewis, The Frog Princess
- Lois Lenski, The Little Policeman
- Francois Crozat, I am a little elephant.
- Palmer Brown, Hickory*
- Victoria Sherrow, Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane
Independent reading (sixth grade)
- Rosemary Sutcliff, The Lantern Bearers
Independent reading (third grade)
- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan*
- Janet and Allan Ahlberg, The Jolly Postman
- Patricia Lee Gauch, The Little Friar Who Flew
- Bruce Koscielniak, Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press
August
- Ralph Moody, Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers*
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Marianna Mayer, Iduna and the Magic Apples
- Paolo Guarnieri, A Boy Named Giotto
- Doris Orgel, The Story of Lohengrin
- Alice Dalgliesh, The Columbus Story
- Joan Elizabeth Goodman, A Long and Uncertain Journey: The 27,000-Mile Voyage of Vasco da Gama
Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Frederick Richardson (ill.), Great Children’s Stories
- Oliver Jeffers, Lost and Found
- Crockett Johnson, Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Julia Donaldson, The Snail and the Whale
- Taro Gomi, Bus Stops
- Sibylle von Olfers, The Story of the Root Children
- Allan Ahlberg, Mockingbird
- William Jasperjohn, How the Forest Grew*
- K.Y. Craft (ill.), Cinderella*
- Margaret Wise Brown, The Golden Bunny
- Robert McCloskey, Blueberries for Sal*
- M. Charlotte Craft, Cupid and Psyche*
- Taro Gomi, Spring is Here*
- Lois Lenski, Cowboy Small
- Ezra Jack Keats (ill.), Over in the Meadow
- Sandra Boynton, Jungle Night
- Dennis Nolan, The Castle Builder
- Eve Titus, Anatole*
- Sorche Nic Leodhas, Always Room for One More
- Doe Boyle, Coral Reef Hideaway: The Story of a Clown Anemonefish
- Laura Gates Galvin, Bumblebee at Apple Tree Lane
Independent Reading (sixth grade)
- Allen French, The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
- Andrew Lang, The Tale of the Cid and Other Stories of Knights and Chivalry*
- Howard Pyle, Otto of the Silver Hand*
Independent Reading (third grade)
- Palmer Brown, Hickory
- J. Patrick Lewis (retold), The Frog Princess
- E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan
- Palmer Brown, Cheerful
September
- Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers*
- Armstrong Sperry, Call it Courage
- Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Bruce Coville, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
- Marchette Chute, Macbeth in Stories from Shakespeare
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Margaret Hodges (retold), Comus
- Eric A. Kimmel (retold), Don Quixote and the Windmills
Pre-K and Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- John Himmelman, Mouse in a Meadow
- Kate Waters, Tapenum’s Day
- William J. Bennett (ed.), The Children’s Book of Home and Family
- John Himmelman, Frog in a Bog
- Wendy Pfeffer, A Log’s Life
- David Wiesner, Flotsam*
- Margaret Wise Brown, Count to 10 with a Mouse
- Wendy Pfeffer, From Seed to Pumpkin
- Laura Gates Galvin, River Otter at Autumn Lane
- L. Leslie Brooke (ill.), The Golden Goose Book*
- Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, A Nest is Noisy
- Francois Crozat, I am a little elephant.
- Francois Crozat, I am a little panda.
- Barbara Rogasky (retold), Rapunzel*
- Angela Elwell Hunt (retold), The Tale of Three Trees
- Virginia Lee Burton, Choo Choo
- Marie Hall Ets, Play With Me*
- Maud and Miska Petersham, The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles*
- Charlotte Zalotów, The Storm Book
- Farm Favorites (Little Golden Book)
- Uri Shulevitz, The Treasure
- Rumer Godden, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle*
- Marjorie Flack, Ask Mr. Bear
- Elisa Bartone, Peppe the Lamplighter
- John Himmelman, Who’s at the Seashore?
- Dr. Seuss, I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!
- Barbara Emberley (adapted by), Drummer Hoff
- David Wiesner, Sector 7
- Jim Aylesworth (retold), My Grandfather’s Coat
- Nancy Tafuri, This is the Farmer
- Hardie Gramatky, Little Toot
- Wendy Pfeffer, Life in a Coral Reef
- Wendy Pfeffer, Mallard Duck at Meadow View Pond
- John Himmelman, A Hummingbird’s Life
- Marjorie Priceman, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
- Elsa Beskow, Princess Sylvie
- Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, May I Bring A Friend?
- Marjorie Flack, Angus and the Ducks
- John Himmelman, An Earthworm’s Life
- Elly MacKay, If You Hold a Seed
Independent reading (sixth grade)
- Padraic Colum, The Story of King Arthur and Other Celtic Heroes
Independent reading (third grade)
- Marguerite Henry, Sea Star
- Kate Waters, Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
- Kate Waters, Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
- Kate Waters, On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship’s Apprentice & a Passenger Girl
- Charlotte Zolotow, The Storm Book
- John Himmelman, A House Spider’s Life
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods
October
- Shakespeare, Macbeth*
- George Macdonald, Sir Gibbie*
- Gladys Wynne, Architecture Shown to the Children& ast;
- Marchette Chute, Stories From Shakespeare, Hamlet
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Oliver Hunkin, Dangerous Journey*
- Jean de la Fontaine, Fables
- Barbara Cooney, Miss Rumphius*
- Robert McCloskey, Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man
Pre-K and Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Masako Matsuno, A Pair of Red Clogs
- Ezra Jack Keats, Whistle for Willie
- Jeanne Titherington, Pumpkin Pumpkin
- Nancy Tafuri, What the Sun Sees/What the Moon Sees
- Margaret Hodges (retold), The Legend of Saint Christopher
- Richard Scarry, The Rooster Struts
- Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Britta Teckentrup, Tree
- Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Each Peach Pear Plum*
- Thomas Locker, The Mare on the Hill
- Dennis Nolan, The Castle Builder
- Christina Rossetti (ill. Bernadette Watts), Fly Away, Fly Away Over the Sea*
- Udo Weigelt, Old Beaver
- Gail Gibbons, Owls
- Brenda Z. Guiberson, Life in the Boreal Forest
- Julia Donaldson, The Snail and the Whale
- Donald Hall, Ox-Cart Man*
- Tasha Tudor, A Time to Keep
- Richard Scarry, The Great Pie Robbery
- Lois Lenski, Cowboy Small
- John Himmelman, A Salamander’s Life
- Janet Stevens, Tops & Bottoms
- Taro Gomi, My Friends
- Robert D. San Souci (retold), The Talking Eggs
- Jerry Pinkney, Noah’s Ark*
- Dr. Seuss, Horton Hatches the Egg*
- Tomie dePaola, The Cat on the Dovrefell
- Tasha Tudor, Pumpkin Moonshine
Independent reading (sixth grade)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit*
Independent reading (third grade)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farmer Boy
November
- Shakespeare, Hamlet*
- L.M. Montgomery, Eight Cousins
- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo*
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Marcia Sewell, People of the Breaking Day
- Margaret Hodges (retold), The Golden Deer
- Robert McClung, The Swift Deer
- Barbara Cooney (retold), Little Brother and Little Sister
Pre-K and Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Jim Aylesworth, The Folks in the Valley
- Gail Gibbons, Thanksgiving is &ldots;
- Paul Galdone (retold), Three Aesop Fox Fables
- Tomie dePaola, Charlie Needs a Cloak
- Dr. Seuss, McElligot’s Pool
- Alice Schertle, Down the Road
- Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit*
- Edward Lear (ill. Nancy Ekholm Burkert), The Scroobious Pip
- Tomie dePaola, Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
- Bill Peet, The Caboose Who Got Loose
- John Himmelman, A Pill Bug’s Life
- Dahlov Ipcar, Lobsterman
- Barbara Cooney, Island Boy*
- Sherri Duskey Rinker, Steam Train, Dream Train
- Sibylle von Olfers, The Story of the Snow Children
- Virginia Lee Burton, Katy and the Big Snow
- Elsa Beskow, Christopher’s Garden*
- Paul Galdone (retold), The Elves and the Shoemaker*
- Hans Christian Andersen (transl. Naomi Lewis), The Steadfast Tin Soldier*
- Dr. Seuss, The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
- Munro Leaf, Wee Gillis
- Leonard Weisgard, The Plymouth Thanksgiving
- Nancy Luenn, Squish! A Wetland Walk
- Thomas Locker, Sky Tree
- Richard Scarry, Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
- Bernadette Watts, Mother Holly
- Arthur Dorros, Feel the Wind
- Amy Lowry Poole (retold), The Pea Blossom
- Maurice Pledger, Beetles and Bugs
- Edith Thatcher Hurd, Starfish
- Judy Hawes, Why Frogs Are Wet
- Thomas Locker, Sailing With the Wind
- Franklyn M. Branley, Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll
Independent reading (sixth grade)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Independent reading (third grade)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
December
- K.M. Briggs, Hobberdy Dick*
- Marchette Chute, Stories From Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
- Robert McClung, Leaper
Third Grade
Everything listed above plus:
- Jean Craighead George, One Day in the Prairie
- Trina Schart Hyman (retold), Little Red Riding Hood
- Robert McClung, Buzztail
Pre-K and Nursery
Everything listed above plus:
- Tomie dePaola (retold), Strega Nona
- Gordon Laite (ill.), The Blue Book of Fairy Tales*
- Carolyn Otto, What Color is Camoflage?
- Joanna Cole, Plants in Winter
- Trina Schart Hyman (retold), Little Red Riding Hood*
- Pamela Baldwin Ford (ill.), The Bremen Town Musicians
- Bernadette Wells (retold), The Elves and the Shoemaker
- Bernadette Wells (retold), The Bremen Town Musicians
- Bernadette Wells, Harvey Hare’s Christmas
- Lauren Mills, The Rag Coat
- Bernadette Wells (retold), The Tortoise and the Hare
- Bernadette Wells (retold), The Wind and the Sun
- Herve Tullet, The Game of Light
- Jill Barklem, Winter Story
- Bernadette Wells (retold), The Rich Man and the Shoemaker
- Betsy Maestro, Bats: Night Fliers
- Gyo Fujikawa, Fairy Tales and Fables
- Anita Label, On Market Street
- Jamichael Henterly (ill.), Good King Wenceslas*
- Molly Brett, Robin Finds Christmas*
- Janet & Allan Ahlberg, The Jolly Postman
- Donald Hall, Lucy’s Christmas
- Taro Gomi, My Friends
- Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Paul Galdone, The Three Little Pigs
- Esphyr Slobodkina, Caps For Sale
- Virginia Lee Burton, Calico the Wonder Horse
- Alice Schertle, Little Blue Truck
- Gyo Fujikawa (ill.), The Night Before Christmas*
- Efner Tudor Holmes, The Christmas Cat
- Dahlov Ipcar, One Horse Farm
- Sortie Nic Leodhas, Always Room for One More
- Sibylle von Olfers, The Princess in the Forest
- Gyo Fujikawa, Sleepy Time
- Allen Say, Tree of Cranes
- Virginia Lee Burton, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- Janell Cannon, Stellaluna
Independent reading (sixth grade)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Independent reading (third grade)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek
Reading
* indicates a great book.