2025
January
- Mildred Corell Luckhardt, The Story of Saint Nicholas
- Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist*
- Ronald Knox, The Mass in Slow Motion*
First Grade
- Margaret Wise Brown, The Little Fir Tree*
- Astrid Lindgren, Christmas in Noisy Village*
- Efner Tudor Holmes, The Christmas Cat
- Anne Rockwell, Four Seasons Make a Year
- Bryce Milligan, Brigid’s Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Santa Comes to Little House
- Anne Rockwell, Two Blue Jays>
- Eugene Field (ill. Johanna Westerman), Wynken, Blynken, & Nod
- Angela Elwell Hunt (retold), The Tale of Three Trees
- Thomas Locker, The Boy Who Held Back the Sea
- Selina Chonz, Florina and the Wild Bird
- Dr. Seuss, The Sneetches
- Brendan Behan, The King of Ireland’s Son
- Bernadette Watts (retold), Mother Holly
Pre-Kindergarten
- Margaret Wise Brown, Christmas in the Barn
- Alvin Tresselt (retold), The Mitten
- Jamichael Henterly (ill.), Good King Wenceslas
- Elsa Beskow, Rosalind and the Little Deer
- Anita Lobel, On Market Street
- Tasha Tudor, 1 is One
Independent Reading (First Grade)
- Tim Egan, Dodsworth in Rome
- Syd Hoff, Grizzwold
- Richard Scarry, Pie Rats Ahoy!
- Syd Hoff, Who Will Be My Friends?
- Clyde Robert Bulla, Daniel’s Duck*
- Sally M. Walker, The 18 Penny Goose*
- Millicent E. Selsam, Greg’s Microscope
- Nathaniel Benchley, Oscar Otter
- Else Holmelund Minarik, Father Bear Comes Home
- Dr. Seuss, McElligot’s Pool
- Eleanor Coerr, The Josefina Story Quilt*
- Nathaniel Benchley, George the Drummer Boy
- Ann Turner, Dust for Dinner
Independent Reading (Fifth Grade)
- Ralph Moody, Come on Seabiscuit
- Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
- Robert McCloskey, Centerburg Tales
- Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking
- Astrid Lindgren, Emil’s Clever Pig
- Marguerite Henry, White Stallion of Lipizza
- Marie McSwigan, Snow Treasure
- Marguerite Henry, Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
- Elizabeth Yates, Amos Fortune, Free Man
- E. Nesbit, The Wouldbegoods
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
February
- Geoffrey Household, The Exploits of Xenophon
First Grade
- Selina Chonz, A Bell for Ursli
- Trina Schart Hyman (retold), The Sleeping Beauty*
- James Rumford, Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Eve Titus, Mr. Shaw’s Shipshape Shoeshop
- Dennis Nolan, Dinosaur Dream
- Thomas Locker, The Mare on the Hill
- Aldous Huxley, The Crows of Pearblossom*
- Hans Christian Andersen (ill. Virginia Lee Burton), The Emperor’s New Clothes*
- Jane Ray (ill.), The Story of the Creation
- Dr. Seuss, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose*
- Dr. Seuss, Yertle the Turtle
- Hans Christian Andersen (transl. Naomi Lewis), The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- Alice and Martin Provensen, Town & Country
- Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
- Alvin Tresselt, The Mitten
Pre-Kindergarten
- Julia Donaldson, The Gruffalo
- Anne Rockwell, Who Lives in an Alligator Hole?
- Carolyn B. Otto, Raccoon at Clear Creek Road
- Lois Lenski, The Little Train
- Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Each Peach Pear Plum*
- Gym Fujikawa, Sleepy Time
- Margaret Wise Brown, Wait Till the Moon is Full
- Richard Scarry, A Day at the Airport
Independent Reading (First Grade)
- Barbara Brenner, Wagon Wheels
- Clement Hurd, The Merry Chase
- Stephen Krensky, Taking Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers
- Syd Hoff, Sammy the Seal
- Nathaniel Benchley, Sam the Minuteman
- Amy Shields, Planes
Independent Reading (Fifth Grade)
- L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
- Sterling North, Rascal
- Rumer Godden, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
- Richard Platt, Roman Diary
- E. Nesbit, The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- Henry Winterfeld, Detectives in Togas
- Ludmila Zeman (retold), The Revenge of Ishtar
- Henry Winterfeld, Mystery of the Roman Ransom
- Elizabeth Janet Gray, Adam of the Road
- Mary Norton, The Borrowers
March
Reading Log
* indicates a great book.