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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