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Ambleside Online BooklistComplete Booklists to make your shopping easier Judy Elliott has created a Word Document of the Year 1-11 Booklist in chart form, alphabetized by author. Ambleside Online Book List by Author for Years 1-6 assembled by Patty Mortimer. Eextra books for suggested additional reading are noted as suched - Since books for suggested additional reading can be read at any time in the year and at any pace, those can be borrowed from the library when possible rather than purchased. A year-by-year recommended purchase list is at the end of this alphabetical list for those trying to buy as few items as possible by making use of online resources and library books. Aesop - - Aesop's Fables (Milo Winter edition recommended) - (year 1) Aesop's is onlineAlcott, Louis May - - Little Men - - (year 6 suggested extra) online Alcott, Louisa May - Little Women - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Alcott, Louisa May - Jack and Jill - - (year 6 suggested extra) online Andersen, Hans Christian - Fairy Tales - - (year 1, 2) online Atwater, Richard - - Mr. Popper's Penguins - (year 2 suggested extra) Bagley Jr., William C. - To Far Cathay (one Marco Polo option) (year 3) Baldwin, James, retold by - Fifty Famous Stories - (year 1) online Barrie, James M. - - Peter Pan - - (year 1 suggested extra) online Bauer, Susan Wise - The Story of the World, Volume 4: The Modern Age - - (year 5, 6) Beechick, Ruth - - Genesis, Finding Our Roots - (year 6) Benary-Isbert, Margo - The Ark - - (year 6 suggested extra) Bendick, Jeanne - - Archimedes and the Door of Science (year 6) Bober, Natalie S. - - Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution (year 4) Brink, Carol Ryrie - - Caddie Woodlawn - - (year 3 suggested extra) Brother Andrew - - God's Smuggler - - (year 6 suggested extra) Browning, Robert - - Pied Piper of Hamelin - (year 2 suggested extra) online Buckley, Arabella - Fairy-Land of Science - (year 5) online Bulfinch, Thomas - Age of Fables - - (year 4, 5, 6) online Bunyan, John - - Pilgrim's Progress - (year 2, 3) online Burgess, Thornton - Thornton Burgess Animal Book - (year 2) online Burgess, Thornton - Thornton Burgess Bird Book - (year 1) online Burnett, Frances Hodgson - A Little Princess - - (year 3 suggested extra) online Burnett, Frances Hodgson - The Secret Garden - (year 4 suggested extra) online Burnford, Sheila - - Incredible Journey - (year 4) Carroll, Lewis - - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - (year 3 suggested extra) online Carroll, Lewis - - Through the Looking Glass - (year 3 suggested extra) online Carson, Rachel - - The Sea Around Us - (year 6) Caudill, Rebecca - - Tree of Freedom - - (year 4 suggested extra) Collodi, Carlo - - Pinocchio - - (year 1 suggested extra) online Comstock, Anna Botsford - Handbook of Nature Study - (year 1,2,3,4,5,6) Cooney, Barbara - - Chanticleer and the Fox - (year 2 suggested extra) Cwiklik, Robert - - Albert Einstein and Theory of Relativity - (year 6) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - Benjamin Franklin - (year 1) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - Buffalo Bill - - (year 1) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - George Washington - - (year 1) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - Abraham Lincoln - - (year 2 suggested extra) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - Pocahontas - - (year 1 suggested extra) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - Columbus (alternate) - - (year 2) D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar - Lief the Lucky (alternate) - - (year 2) Daugherty, James - Landing of the Pilgrims Landmark Book (alternate) (year 3) Daugherty, James - Poor Richard - - (year 4) Daugherty, James - Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark (year 5) De Angli, Marguerite - The Door in the Wall - (year 2 suggested extra) De Jong , Meindert - Along Came A Dog - (year 2 suggested extra) De Jong, Meindert - The Wheel on the School - (year 3 suggested extra) Defoe, Daniel - - Robinson Crusoe - (year 4) online Dickens, Charles - - A Christmas Carol - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Dickens, Charles - - Oliver Twist - - (year 5) online Dickens, Charles - The Cricket on the Hearth - (year 6 suggested extra) online Dodge, Mary Mapes - Hans Brinker - - (year 5) online Enright, Elizabeth - - The Four Story Mistake - - (year 3 suggested extra) Enright, Elizabeth - - The Saturdays - - (year 3 suggested extra) Enright, Elizabeth - - Then There Were Five - (year 3 suggested extra) Enright, Elizabeth - - Gone Away Lake - - (year 4 suggested extra) Enright, Elizabeth - - Return to Gone Away - (year 4 suggested extra) Enright, Elizabeth - - Thimble Summer - (year 4 suggested extra) Fisher, Dorothy Canfield - Understood Betsy - (year 2) online Fleisher, Paul - - Secrets of the Universe - (year 6) If you can find it, this book is a treasure! Forbes, Esther - - Johnny Tremain - - (year 4 suggested extra) Foster, Genevieve - George Washington's World - (year 4) Foster, Genevieve - Abraham Lincoln's World - (year 5) Foster, Genevieve - Augustus Caesar's World - (year 6) Friedhoffer, Robert - Science Lab in a Supermarket - (year 3) Friedhoffer, Robert - Physics Lab in the Home - (year 4) Friedhoffer, Robert - Physics Lab in a Housewares Store (year 5) Fulbright - - Exploring Creation With . . . series (science option Years 3, 4, 5, 6) Gates, Doris - - Blue Willow - - (year 6 suggested extra) Gatty, Margaret - - Parables from Nature - (year 1, 2, 3) online Goudge, Elizabeth - The Little White Horse - (year 3 suggested extra) Grahame, Kenneth - Wind in the Willows - (year 2) online Grant, George - - Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Teddy Roosevelt (year 5) Greene, Carol - - Marco Polo: Voyager to the Orient (one option) (year 3) Guerber, H. A. - - Story of the Greeks - (year 6) Guerber, H. A. - - Story of the Romans - (year 6) Hahn, Emily - - Da Vinci (Landmark Book) - (year 3) Hale, Lucretia - - The Complete Peterkin Papers - (year 4 suggested extra) online Hall, Jennie - - Viking Tales - - (year 1) online Halliburton, Richard - The Book of Marvels (may contain one or both books of The Occident and/or The Orient) - (year 5, one option) Hannula, Richard - Trial and Triumph - (year 1,2,3,4,5,6) Hautzig, Esther - - The Endless Steppe - (year 6 suggested extra) Hawthorne, Nathaniel - A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls - (year 2 suggested extra) online Hawthorne, Nathaniel - Tanglewood Tales - (year 2 suggested extra) online Henry, Marguerite - Brighty of the Grand Canyon - (year 2 suggested extra) Henry, Marguerite - King of the Wind - - (year 3 suggested extra) Henry, Marguerite - Justin Morgan had a Horse - (year 4 suggested extra) Herriot, James - - James Herriot's Treasury for Children (year 1) Hesse, Karen - - Letters from Rifka - - (year 6 suggested extra) Heyerdahl, Thor - - Kon Tiki - - (moved to Year 8) Hillyer, V. M. - - A Child's History of the World - (year 2, 3) Hilton, James - - Goodbye Mr. Chips - (year 5 suggested extra) Hitt, Russel T - - Jungle Pilot: Nate Saint, Missionary to Ecuador (year 6 suggested extra) Hodges, Margaret - St. George and the Dragon - (year 1 suggested extra) Holling, Holling C. - Paddle to the Sea - (year 1) Holling, Holling C. - Seabird - - (year 2) Holling, Holling C. - The Tree in the Trail - (year 2) Holling, Holling C. - Pagoo - - (year 2) Holling, Holling C. - Minn of the Mississippi - (year 4) Hunt, Irene - - Across Five Aprils - (year 5 suggested extra) Irving, Washington - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - (year 4) online Irving, Washington - Rip Van Winkle - - (year 4) online Jacobs, Joseph - - English Fairy Tales - (year 3 suggested extra) online Keith, Harold - - Rifles for Watie - - (year 5 suggested extra) Keller, Helen - - The Story of My Life - (year 5 suggested extra) online Kingsley, Charles - The Heroes - - (year 3) online Kingsley, Charles - Water Babies - - (year 3 suggested extra) online Kingsley, Charles - Madam How and Lady Why - (year 4) online Kipling, Rudyard - - Just So Stories - - (year 1) online Kipling, Rudyard - - The Jungle Book - - (year 3) online Kipling, Rudyard - - Captains Courageous - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Kipling, Rudyard - - Kim - - (year 5) online Kipling, Rudyard - - Puck of Pook's Hill - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Knight, Eric - - Lassie Come Home - (year 4 suggested extra) Komroff, Manuel, illus. E Cirlin - Marco Polo (one option) - (year 3) Lamb, Charles and Mary - Tales from Shakespeare - (year 1, 2, 3) online Lang, Andrew - - The Blue Fairy Book - - (year 1) online Lang, Andrew - - The Red Fairy Book - - (year 1 suggested extra) online Lang, Andrew - - Tales of Troy (alternate) - (year 6) online Latham, Jean Lee - Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - (year 5 suggested extra) Lewis, C.S. - - The Chronicle's of Narnia - - (year 4 suggested extra) Livingstone, David - Missionary Travels - (year 6) online Lofting, Hugh - - The Story of Doctor Dolittle - (year 2 suggested extra) online London, Jack - - The Call of the Wild - - (year 6 suggested extra) online Long, William J. - - Secrets of the Woods - (year 3) online Long, William J. - - Little Brother of the Bear - (year 6 suggested extra) Long, William J. - - School of the Woods - (year 6) online Longfellow, Henry W. - Paul Revere's Ride - (year 4) online Lowry, Lois - - Number the Stars - (year 6 suggested extra) Ludwig, Charles - - Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics (year 5 suggested extra) MacDonald, George - At the Back of the North Wind - (year 3 suggested extra) online MacDonald, George - The Princess and the Goblin - (year 3) online Major, Charles - - The Bears of Blue River - (year 3 suggested extra) Mansfield, Stephen - Never Give In (Winston Churchill) - (year 6) Marryatt, Frederick - Children of the New Forest - (year 3) online Marshall, H.E. - - Our Island Story (also called An Island Story) (year 1,2,3,4,5) online Marshall, H.E. - - This Country of Ours - (year 2, 3, 4, 5) online Matthews, Tom L. - Always Inventing (one option) - (year 5) McHugh, Michael J. - The Story of Inventions - (year 3) online McHugh, Michael J. - Christian Liberty Nature Reader #5 - (year 5) McPherson, Stephanie - Ordinary Genius (alternate) - (year 6) McSwigan, Marie - - Snow Treasure - - (year 6 suggested extra) Milne, A.A. - - Now We Are Six - - (year 1) Milne, A.A. - - When We Were Very Young - (year 1) Montgomery, Lucy Maud - Anne of Green Gables - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Montgomery, Lucy Maud - Rilla of Ingleside - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Moody, Ralph - - Little Britches series - (year 4 suggested extra) Morey, Walt - - Gentle Ben - - (year 4 suggested extra) Nesbit, E. (Edith) - - Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (year 1, 2) online Nesbit, E. (Edith) - - Five Children and It - (year 2 suggested extra) online Nesbit, E. (Edith) - - The Railway Children - (year 4 suggested extra) online Nesbit, E. (Edith) - - The Treasure Seekers - (year 5 suggested extra) online Nesbit, E. (Edith) - - The Woodbegoods - (year 5 suggested extra) online Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, J - Falcons of France - - (year 5 suggested extra) Opie, Iona and Peter - The Oxford Book of Children's Verse (year 1) Orwell, George - - Animal Farm - - (year 6) Plutarch - - Plutarch's Lives - - (year 4,5,6) online Porter, Eleanor - - Pollyanna - - (year 4 suggested extra) online Preston, Edna Mitchell - Marco Polo: A Story of the Middle Ages (one option) - (year 3) Pyle, Howard - - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - (year 2) online Pyle, Howard - - Otto of the Silver Hand -(year 2 suggested extra) online Pyle, Howard - - Men of Iron - - (year 3 suggested extra) online Pyle, Howard - - The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - (year 5) online Ransome, Arthur - - Swallows and Amazons - (year 3 suggested extra) Rawls, Wilson - - Where the Red Fern Grows - (year 6 suggested extra) Richards, Lawrence - It Couldn't Just Happen - - (year 4) Rockness, Miriam Huffman - Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter - (year 5) Rosen, Sidney - - Galileo and the Magic Numbers - (year 6) Ruskin, John - - King of the Golden River - - (year 1 suggested extra) online Salten, Felix - - Bambi - - - (year 4 suggested extra) Savery, Constance - Reb and the Redcoats - (year 4 suggested extra) Scott, Sir Walter - - Rob Roy - - (year 6 suggested extra) online Seton, Ernest Thompson - Wild Animals I Have Known - (year 5) online Sewell, Anna - - Black Beauty - - (year 4 suggested extra) online Sidney, Margaret - - Five Little Peppers and How They Grew - (year 2 suggested extra) online Sorensen, Virginia - Miracles on Maple Hill - - (year 6 suggested extra) Speare, Elizabeth George - The Bronze Bow - - (year 6 suggested extra) Speare, Elizabeth George - Calico Captive (girl interest) - (year 4 suggested extra) Speare, Elizabeth George - The Sign of the Beaver (boy interest) - (year 4 suggested extra) Spyri, Joanna - - Heidi - - - (year 2 suggested extra) online Stanley, Diane - - Joan of Arc - - (year 2) Stanley, Diane - - Good Queen Bess (alternate) - (year 3) Stanley, Diane - - Michelangelo (alternate) - (year 3) Stevenson, O.J. - - Talking Wire (one option) - (year 5) Stevenson, Robert Louis - A Child's Garden of Verses - (year 1) online, purchase preferred Stevenson, Robert Louis - Kidnapped - - (year 4) online Stevenson, Robert Louis - Treasure Island - - (year 5 suggested extra) online Stoutenburg, Adrien - American Tall Tales - - (year 3) Sutcliff, Rosemary - Black Ships before Troy (Iliad alternate) - (year 6) Tarkington, Booth - Penrod - - (year 6 suggested extra) online Taylor, Mildred D. - - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - (year 6 suggested extra) Terhune, Albert - - Lad: A Dog - - (year 5 suggested extra) Tolkien, J.R.R. - - The Hobbit - - (year 6) Travers, P. L. - - Mary Poppins - - (year 2 suggested extra) Twain, Mark - - Adventures of Tom Sawyer - (year 5 suggested extra) online Twain, Mark - - The Prince and the Pauper - (year 5 suggested extra) online Twain, Mark - - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - (year 6 suggested extra) online Van Loon, Hendrick - Story of Mankind - (year 4, 5, 6) old edition online Van Stockum, Hilda - Winged Watchman - (year 6 suggested extra) Various translators - Beowulf - - (year 4) some versions online Various Translators - The Iliad - - (year 6) online Vennema, P and Stanley, Diane - Shakespeare Bard of England - (year 3) Verne, Jules - - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - (year 6 suggested extra) online Von Trapp, Maria - - The Von Trapp Family Singers - (year 6 suggested extra) Voskamp, Ann - - Exploring His Earth - (Year 4 option for Madame How and Lady Why Voskamp, Ann - - Explore the Holy Land - (Year 5 one option) Walsh, R. J. - - Marco Polo (Landmark Books) (one option) - (year 3) White, E. B. - - Charlotte's Web - - (year 1 suggested extra) Wiggin, Kate Douglas - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - (year 5 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House in the Big Woods - (year 1 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Farmer Boy - - (year 2 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House on the Prairie - - (year 2 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - On the Banks of Plum Creek - (year 3 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - By the Shores of Silver lake - (year 4 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - The First Four Years - - (year 5 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little Town on the Prairie - (year 5 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - The Long Winter - - (year 5 suggested extra) Wilder, Laura Ingalls - These Happy Golden Years - (year 5 suggested extra) Williams, Margery - The Velveteen Rabbit - (year 1 suggested extra) online Wyss, Johann - - Swiss Family Robinson - (year 6 suggested extra) Yates, Elizabeth - - Amos Fortune, Free Man - (year 4 suggested extra) Yonge, Charlotte - - The Little Duke - - (year 2) online Yonge, Charlotte - - Unknown to History: Captivity of Mary of Scotland - (year 3 suggested extra) online Yonge, Charlotte - - A Book of Golden Deeds - - (year 4 suggested extra) online Ziner , Feenie - - Squanto (1965 edition is called Dark Pilgrim) - (year 3) For those on a strict budget, recommended purchases are: Year 0 (pre-school) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Da Vinci by Emily Hahn, Landmark Book OR Michelangelo by Diane Stanley (check library) Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 |
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