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Grade 5 Supplemental Reading List


Bible Stories and Catholic Stories

New Catholic Picture Bible (available at www.setonhome.org)
Picture Book of Saints (available at www.setonhome.org)
Saints for Young People for Every Day of the Year (available free on-line at www.daughtersofstpaul.com/saintday/m1.html or in text version by calling 1-800-876-4463)
Saints and Feast Days (available at www.setonhome.org)

Dictionary & Thesaurus

Merriam-Webster Children's Dictionary, Dorling Kindersley (available at www.setonhome.org)
The American Heritage Student Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonhome.org)

Recommended Anthologies

American Cardinal Readers, Book Five (available at www.neumannpress.com).  Book Five contains forty-seven stories and poems, including the following titles:  The Childhood of Saint Joan of Arc; The Epiphany; Our Steam Railroads; The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Robert Browning; The Day is Done, Henry W. Longfellow; The Youth of the Holy Priest of Ars; The Story of Sir Isaac Newton, Nathaniel Hawthorne; A Child's Dream of a Star, Charles Dickens; Aladdin, James Russell Lowell; The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper, Hans Christian Andersen; St. Martin of Tours; The Miraculous Pitcher, Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Passion of Our Lord; St. Brigid, Patroness of Ireland; and The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key.
What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
Listen, My Children: Poems for Fifth Graders (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
A Swinger of Birches: Poems of Robert Frost for Young People, by Robert Frost
Treasury of Christian Classics for Children, adapted by Rhonda S. Hogan and Mary Hollingsworth
D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire (nice illustrations)
The Children's Book of Heroes, edited by William J. Bennett
The Children's Book of Faith, edited by William J. Bennett
Leaders of Freedom, Land of Our Lady Series - (available at www.neumannpress.com)
Challenge of Freedom, Land of Our Lady Series - (available at www.neumannpress.com)
Guardian of Freedom, Land of Our Lady Series - (available at www.neumannpress.com)

Foreign Languages and Cultures

International Children's Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

Book Report Books: Saints

Mary Fabian Windeat Books (available at www.setonhome.org)
Saint Rose of Lima; Saint Martin de Porres; King David and His Songs; Blessed Marie of New France
Vision Books (available at www.setonhome.org)
Saint Catherine Laboure; Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio; Saint Pius X; Saint Elizabeth's Three Crowns

Abridged Classics for Fifth Grade Students (available at www.coreknowledge.org)

Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation

Unabridged Children's Classics

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (recommended edition: The Whole Story, ISBN: 0-670-88879-6)
Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
Blue Willow; and Hercales, by Doris Gates
Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink
Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens
Evangeline, by Henry W. Longfellow
Heidi, by Johanna Spyri, Books of Wonder translation recommended - ISBN: 0-688-14519-1; The Whole Story edition, Viking Press - ISBN: 0-670-86987-2 - good supplemental book - contains only the first 14 chapters.
Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
James Herriot's Treasury for Children, by James Herriot (St. Martin's Press)
Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Mary Poppins, by P. L. Travers
Pinocchio, (complete and unabridged edition) by Carol Collodi
Phantom Tollbooth, by Juster Norton
Strawberry Girl; and Judy's Journey, by Lois Lensky
The Black Stallion, by Walter Farley
The Chronicles of Narnia, (a series of 7 books) by C. S. Lewis
The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling - (The Whole Story Edition: ISBN: 0-670-86797-7)
The Little Princess, by Frances Burnette
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis
The Nutcracker: A Story and A Ballet, by Ellen Switzer
The Perilous Road; and Winter Danger; and Flaming Arrows, (historical fiction) by William O. Steele
The Rose Round, by Meriol Trevor (and other books published by Bethlehem Books www.bethlehembooks.com)
The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Story of Dr. Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, (and sequels), by L. Frank Baum (original editions at www.booksofwonder.com)

American Tall Tales

Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales , retold by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Rip Van Winkle; and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; and other tales, by Washington Irving

Non-fiction: American History

A History of US, (10 Volumes) Oxford University Press (www.oup.com/us/)

Biographies in American History

Childhood of Famous Americans (series of books) Titles Include:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, By Augusta Stevenson
ALBERT EINSTEIN, By Marie Hammontree
ANNIE OAKLEY, By Ellen Wilson
BEN FRANKLIN, By Augusta Stevenson
BETSY ROSS, By Ann Weil
BUFFALO BILL,By Augusta Stevenson
CLARA BARTON, By Augusta Stevenson
SACAGAWEA, By Flora Warren Seymour
TEDDY ROOSEVELT, By Edd Winfield Parks
DANIEL BOONE, By Augusta Stevenson
DAVY CROCKETT, By Aileen Wells Parks
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, By Joanne Landers Henry
GEORGE WASHINGTON, By Augusta Stevenson
GERONIMO, By George Edward Stanley
HENRY FORD, By Hazel B. Aird
LAURA INGALLS WILDER, By Beatrice Gormley
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, By Beatrice Gormley
MARTHA WASHINGTON, By Jean Brown Wagoner
MARY TODD LINCOLN, By Katharine E. Wilkie
MERIWETHER LEWIS, By Charlotta M. Bebenroth
PAUL REVERE, By Augusta Stevenson
POCAHONTAS, By Leslie Gourse
ROBERT E. LEE, By Helen Albee Monsell
SITTING BULL, By Augusta Stevenson
SUSAN B. ANTHONY, By Helen Albee Monsell
THOMAS EDISON, By Sue Guthridge
TOM JEFFERSON, By Helen Albee Monsell
WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, By A. Stevenson

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books (www.dk.com)

A wide selection of non-fiction picture books

Recommended Publishers

Core Knowledge Foundation (adapted classics) www.coreknowledge.org (888) 876-2220
Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) www.booksofwonder.com (800) 835-4135
Viking/Penguin Putnam (The Whole Story Classics) 1-800-788-6262

Pauline Books and Media
(800) 876-4463
www.pauline.org

Ignatius Press
(800) 651-1531
www.ignatius.com

The Neumann Press
(800) 746-2521
www.neumannpress.com

TAN Books
(800) 437-5876
www.tanbooks.com

Bethlehem Books
(800) 757-6831
www.bethlehembooks.com

Catholic Book Publishing
(888) 662-2356
www.st-jude.com



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