Having written a number of longish posts lately, I’m breaking things up a bit with a short list of authors who should not be overlooked when selecting reading materials for the younger crowd:
Preschool:
Margaret Wise Brown/Eric Carle
Kindergarten:
Dr. Seuss/P.D. Eastman
First Grade:
Michael Bond/Virginia Lee Burton
Second Grade:
Laura Ingalls Wilder/Beverly Cleary
Third Grade:
Marguerite Henry/Catherine Woolley
Fourth Grade:
John D. Fitzgerald/Sid Fleischman
Fifth Grade:
Elizabeth Enright/E.L. Konigsburg
Sixth Grade:
C.S. Lewis/Eleanor Cameron/Elizabeth George Speare
Seventh Grade:
Jean Craighead George/Madeleine L’Engle
Eighth Grade:
J.R.R. Tolkien/Betty Cavanna
Ninth Grade:
F. Scott Fitzgerald/Margaret Mitchell
Tenth Grade:
James Thurber/Harper Lee
Eleventh Grade:
Alexander Dumas/Ray Bradbury
Twelfth Grade:
Richard Adams/C.S. Lewis (Yes, again.)
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Wow! What a great list of authors. You have a really great memory – I don’t have a clue when I read which book 🙂
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Interesting list. Some great authors listed.
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Thanks! Will try to be organized, print this, and head to library. What to do when 1st grader already readin C.S. Lewis and first Lightening Thief (?author?) and needs to be challenged w/o content getting too scary/adult for 7 yr old? Suggestions?
thanks-I’ll take my answer off the air.
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