Reading List from Mr. Moffett

Just in from Mr. Moffett...

K-8 Summer Reading 2009

Reading to others is an enduring feature of traditional American family and school life. At Nampa Classical Academy, all grammar teachers pursue this tradition with their classes and, so deepen the enjoyment and reward of sharing significant literature through effective oral interpretation. Students of all ages will delight in well-read stories, and this modeling by the teachers provides students excellent opportunities to experience pleasure through reading. By developing this association, students are better prepared to master the more demanding reading of the secondary years.

Students Entering:

Kindergarten

Biro, Val. The Fox and the Crow. San Diego: Wright Group, 1986.

—. The Monkey and the Fisherman. San Diego: Wright Group, 1988.

Bonsall, Crosby. The Case of the Hungry Stranger. New York: HarperCollins Children’s

Books, 1992.

Hale, Sarah Josepha. Mary Had a Little Lamb. New York: Holiday House, 1984.

Hutton, Warwick. Moses in the Bullrushes. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s, 1986.

Lippert, Margaret H. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. New York: Macmillan, 1988.

McClintock, Mike. A Fly Went By. New York: Random House, 1958.

Moon, Cliff. The Princess and the Pea. San Diego: Wright Group, 1988.

—. Rumpelstiltskin. San Diego: Wright Group, 1986.

O’Toole, Mary. The Lion and the Mouse. Cleveland: Modern Curriculum Press, 1987.

Parish, Peggy. Mind Your Manners. New York: Mulberry Books, 1978.

Petersham, Maud and Miska. The Rooster Crows. New York: Macmillan, 1973.

Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could. New York: Platt & Munk, 1984

Provensen, Alice and Martin. The Glorious Flight Across the Channel With Louis Bleroit. New

York: Puffin, 1987.

Shaw, Charles G. It Looked Like Spilt Milk. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1947

Udry, Janice May. A Tree Is Nice. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1987.

Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980.

First Grade

Biro, Val. The Emperor’s New Clothes. San Diego: Wright Group, 1986.

Branley, Franklyn M. Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll. New York: HarperCollins Children’s

Books, 1985.

—. Volcanoes. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1985.

Bunting, Eve. The Wall. New York: Clarion, 1990.

Dalgliesh, Alice. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s,

1981.

de Paola, Tomie. The Cloud Book. New York: Holiday House, 1975.

Fisher, Leonard Everett. David and Goliath. New York: Holiday House, 1993.

Flack, Marjorie, and Kurt Wiese. The Story About Ping. New York: Puffin, 1977.

Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats. New York: Coward-McCann, 1977.

Gibbons, Gail. Sun Up, Sun Down. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,1983.

Gross, Ruth Belov. True Stories About Abraham Lincoln. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard,

1989.

Hader, Berta and Elmer. The Big Show. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s, 1993.

Jacobs, Joseph, ed. English Fairy Tales. New York: Dover, 1967.

Johnston, Tony. Yonder. New Work: Dial Books, 1988.

Lang, Andrew, ed. The Red Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1966.

Langstaff, John. Frog Went A-Courtin’. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983.

Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand. New York: Puffin, 1977.

Lionni, Leo. Tillie and the Wall. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

Low, Joseph. Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1953.

McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. New York: Puffin, 1976.

Moon, Cliff. The Frog Prince. San Diego: Wright Group, 1988.

—. Jack and the Beanstalk. San Diego: Wright Group, 1988.

—. The Tinder-Box. San Diego: Wright Group, 1986.

—. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. San Diego: Wright Group, 1988.

Payne, Emmy. Katy No-Pocket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1944.

Rappaport, Doreen. The Boston Coffee Party. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books,

1988.

Rey, H.A. Curious George. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

Richardson, Frederick, illus. Great Children’s Stories: The Classic Volland Edition. New York:

Checkerboard, 1972.

Rowe, Erna. Giant Dinosaurs. New York: Scholastic, 1975.

Rylant, Cynthia. This Year’s Garden. New York: Macmillan, 1984.

—. When I Was Young in the Mountains. New York: Dutton, 1993.

Thayer, Jane. Popcorn Dragon. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1989.

Second Grade

Asbjornsen, P.C., and J.E. Moe. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. New York: Harcourt Brace

Jovanovich, 1991.

Barker, Marjorie. Magical Hands. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.

Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup. New York: Macmillan, 1947.

Bunting, Eve. How Many Days to America? New York: Clarion, 1990.

Gibbons, Gail. Sunken Treasure. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1988.

Lang, Andrew, ed. The Green Fairy Book. New York: Dover, 1965.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere’s Ride. New York: Dutton, 1990

McCloskey, Robert. Time Wonder. New York: Puffin, 1989.

McNulty, Faith. How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World. New York: HarperCollins

Children’s Books, 1979.

Parrault, Charles. Cinderella. New York: Dial, 1985.

Potter, Beatrix. The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit. New York: Pyffin, 1984.

Roop, Peter and Connie. Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books,

1985.

Third Grade

Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Jesse Owens. New York: Holiday House, 1992.

—. A Picture Book of Sitting Bull. New York: Holiday House, 1992.

D’ Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin. Benjamin Franklin. New York: Doubleday, 1987.

—. Columbus. New York: Doubleday, 1995.

de Paola, Tomie. Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi. New York: Holiday House, 1982.

Grimm Brothers. The Fisherman and His Wife. Berkeley: Ariel Books, 1992.

Keats, Ezra Jack. John Henry: An American Legend. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.

Locker, Thomas. The Boy Who Held Back the Sea. New York; Dial, 1987.

Parks, Edd Winfield. Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks,

1953.

Fourth Grade

Andersen, Hans Christian. The Little Match Girl. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1990.

Eckert, Allan W. Incident at Hawks Hill. New York: Dell, 1971.

Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Olympians: Great Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece. New

York: Holiday House, 1984.

Freedman, Russell. Buffalo Hunt. New York: Holiday House, 1988.

Hodges, Margaret. The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur. New York: Holiday House,

1990.

Hughes, Shirley. Dogger. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Sheppard, 1988.

Richmond, Robin. Introducing Michelangelo. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Stories for Children. New York: Farrar, Stauss and Giroux, 1984.

White, E.B. Stuart Little. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.

Fifth Grade

James, Kate. Poems for Children. New York: Derrydale, 1993.

Newton, Stanley D. Paul Bunyan of the Great Lakes. AuTrain, MI: Avery, 1992.

Razzi, Jim. Custer and Crazy Horse. New York: Scholastic, 1989.

Russell, William F., ed. Classic Myths To Read Aloud. New York: Crown, 1989.

Smith, Jessie Wilcox. A Child’s Book of Stories. New York: Children’s Classics, 1988.

Thurber, James. Many Moons. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970.

Sixth Grade

Edmonds, Walter D. The Matchlock Gun. Mahwah, NJ: Troll, 1991.

Freedman, Russell. Children of the Wild West. New York: Clarion, 1983.

Nesbit, E. The Railway Children. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

The Holy Bible, New International Version: Esther

Seventh Grade

Graves, Robert. Greek Gods and Heroes. New York: Dell, 1965.

Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales From Shakespeare. New York: NAL, 1986.

McGraw, Eloise Jarvis. Moccasin Trail. New York: Penguin, 1986.

Taylor, M.W. Harriet Tubman: Antislavery Activist. New York: Chelsea House, 1991.

The Holy Bible, New International Version: Jonah

Eighth Grade

Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth and Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. Cheaper by the Dozen. Mattituck:

Amereon, 1948.

Harvey, Paul Jr. Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story. New York: Bantam, 1984.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A Wonder Book. New York: Airmont, 1966.

The version of the Bible you use is at your discretion.