Reading Lists

Following are stories and books we have read or listened to during the 2012-2013 school year. I will add to the list as the year progresses.

Stories
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
"The Ant and the Chrysalis"
"The Ant and the Grasshopper"
"Little Red Riding Hood"
"Belling the Cat"
"The Milk-Woman and Her Pail"
"The Donkey and His Shadow" 

Picture Books
A Birthday for Frances
Pie in the Sky 
Good Night, Gorilla 
The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
Fix-It Duck 
Ten, Nine, Eight
Michael the Angel
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
The Apple Pie Tree 
The Carrot Seed 
Llama Llama Mad at Mama 
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Tale of Peter Rabbit 
Freight Train  
Whistle for Willie 
Over in the Meadow 
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business 
Make Way for Ducklings
Millions of Cats 

Longer Books  
Lulu and the Brontosaurus

Science
Hello, Squirrels!: Scampering Through the Seasons
Mariquitas/Ladybugs
Pond Life (New True Book)  
Wonders of the Pond 
In the Small, Small Pond  
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems 

Geography and Cultures 
Me on the Map
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
How I Learned Geography
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
How the Ox Star Fell from Heaven
Grandfather Tang's Story
China (Usborne Beginners: Information for Young Readers Level 2)
The Story about Ping
Mei Li
The Royal Bee
The Firekeeper's Son  
How My Parents Learned to Eat 
Yoshi's Feast   
Japan ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Japan

History
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt 
Gods and Goddesses from Greek Myths  

Language Arts
Under, Over, by the Clover: What Is a Preposition? 
Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions

Audio Books
A Little Princess
James and the Giant Peach
Little House On The Prairie
The Wayside School Collection: Sideways Stories from Wayside School; Wayside School is Falling Down; Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Mr. Popper's Penguins


Mama's Reading
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: A Novel
The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling