Of all my children, First Daughter is the most voracious reader. None of the other three kids have read as much as she does in any year, including third grade.
Ginger Pye and Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes - These are lovely and entertaining books, perfect for young readers who love pets.
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz - I love this book!
Saint Rose of Lima by Mary Fabyan Windeatt - The saint books by Windeatt are good ones for this age and reading level. I let my kids pick from the handful we have on our shelves.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the other Narnia books by C. S. Lewis
From Kansas to Cannibals: The Story of Osa Johnson by Suzanne Middendorf Arruda - This is a biography of a young woman from Kansas who travelled the world making some of the first movies of natural wildlife in Africa and the people of the South Seas. There's a lot of grappling with out-dated beliefs about non-white ethnicities necessary when reading it, but she's one of my heroes. Third grade on the Range includes both a study of the South Seas in Extreme Environments and a study of Kansas, so it's a perfect fit. Not every family would feel the same. (I just copied this paragraph from the post on First Son.)
Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Way of Love by Mary Kathleen Glavich - The Encounter the Saints series is another good one for this level. Again, I have a handful on the shelves and let the kids pick one when it's time to read a saint biography.
Tikta'liktak: An Inuit-Eskimo Legend by James A Houston - I found this in our library and thought it complemented the Extreme Environments study in third grade so I added it to our independent reading list for the year.
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| First Daughter, in third grade |
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill - This is a fun book I don't see on enough reading lists.
The Saturdays and The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright - Two of the books in the Melendy Quartet. I think First Daughter read the other books over the summer.
The Moffats and The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes - Another great series for this age! First Daughter read at least one other Moffat book as well, but not for "school."
I have received nothing in exchange for this post. All links to Bookshop and Amazon are affiliate links. Many of these books were library books because I can't store enough books to satisfy First Daughter's reading habit.
