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Literature Reading List by Grade-Level

Our free classic literature reading list by grade level coordinates with each booklist in our 
Individual Study + additional suggestions are given in highlighted boxes.
Charlotte Mason's original recommendations are in bold.

Preschool (Age 2-4)

• All the best Easy-to-Read books from the library, 1 per week (see Read Aloud List)
• 001 The Infant's Delight*- poetry, verses, and stories around the seasons (book) | Level 0
• 002 The Real Mother Goose* or Richard Scarry's Mother Goose | Level 0 ❶ Our Pick! 
• 003 The Tale of Peter Rabbit* by Beatrix Potter (audio) | Level 0
• 004 Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne * | Level 0
• 005 A Treasury of 5-Minute Stories for classic tales | Level 0​​

Kindergarten (Age 5+)

• All the best Easy-to-Read books from the library, 1 a week (see Read Aloud List)
• 001 The Infant's Delight*- poetry, verses, and stories around the seasons (book) | Level 0
• 002 The Real Mother Goose* or Richard Scarry's Mother Goose | Level 0 ❶ Our Pick! 
• 003 The Tale of Peter Rabbit* by Beatrix Potter (audio) | Level 0
• 004 The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne* | Level 0 
• 005 A Treasury of 5-Minute Stories for classic tales | Level 0
• 006 Andrew Lang's Fairy Books * | Level 1-2 or Stories from Grimm * | Level 1​

• The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Lovelace* | Level 0-1
• When Molly Was Six by White* | Level 0-1
• Uncle Remus, His Songs & Sayings * and Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit * | Level 1​

First Grade (Age 6+)

• 006 Andersen's Fairy Tales *or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books * | Level 1-2
• 007 The Aesop for Children * | Level 1
• 008 Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit* | Level 1
• 009 A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson * | Level 1
• 010 Arthur Scott Bailey's Nature Stories *​ | Level 0-1

• ​Beatrix Potter and Winnie the Pooh* | Level 0
• Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty* | Level 1
• Mary Poppins by Travers * | Level 1
• Just So Stories by Kipling * | Level 1​
• The Water Babies by Kingsley * | Level 1-2

Second Grade (Age 7+)
   + Aesop's Fables* | Level 1
   + Just So Stories* | Level 1
   + Uncle Wiggily Stories* | Level 1
   + Grimm's Fairy Tales* | Level 1-2

• ​The Bobbsey Twins Series* 
• Dottie Dimple*
• Little Prudy*
• 5 Little Peppers Series*
• Andrew Lang's Fairy Books*, continue as desired