CORE KNOWLEDGE RECOMMENDATIONS

SUMMER READING LIST

Preschool – Level 1

Three Little Pigs

Goldilocks & the Three Bears

The Lion & Mouse

Gingerbread Boy

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Curious George

Make Way for Ducklings

The Snowy Day

Ask Mr. Bear

Are You My Mother?

The Little Red Hen

The Carrot Seed

Millions of Cats

A Boy, A Dog, A Frog

Good Dog, Carl

Harold & the Purple Crayon

Cat in the Hat

The Runaway Bunny

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Preschool – Level 2

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Caps for Sale

Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel

The Park Bench

Thumbelina

Frederick

Blueberries for Sal

How Turtle Flew South for the Winter

The Little Engine That Could

Sam and the Tigers

The Shoemaker and the Elves

The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote

Uncle Jed’s Barbershop

Why Flies Buzz in People’s Ears

Madeline

Amazing Grace

The Littles

Where the Wild Things Are

Children Just Like Me

Miss Rumphius

Kindergarten

Aesop’s Fables

The Dog and His Shadow

The Lion and the Mouse

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Stories:

The Three Little Pigs

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Momotaro: Peach Boy

The Little Red Hen

Chicken Little

Little Red Riding Hood

The Story of Jumping Mouse

The Bremen Town Musicians

The Ugly Duckling

Tug-of-War

Cinderella

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

King Midas and the Golden Touch

Snow White

How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?

In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place

(from Winnie-the-Pooh)

The Velveteen Rabbit

K-2 (Primary)

Little House on the Prairie

Aesop’s Fables

Black Beauty

Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Tales of Peter Rabbit

The Selfish Giant

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Wild Swans

The Snow Queen

The Red Shoes

The Tinder Box

Five Chinese Brothers

The Tales of Uncle Remus

Peter Pan

3-5 (Intermediate)

Mary Poppins

Little Men

An Old-Fashioned Girl

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Anne of Green Gables

The Little Princess

The Wind in the Willows

Tales of the Arabian Nights

Jungle Book

Heidi

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Pinocchio

6-8 (Middle School)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Three Musketeers

Great Expectations

Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

White Fang

Around the World in Eighty Days

A Tale of Two Cities

Hamlet

Frankenstein