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Grade 7 Supplemental Reading List


Bible

The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version (available at www.tanbooks.com)
Butler's Lives of the Saints, (available at www.setonhome.org)
Saints and Feast Days, by the Sisters of Notre Dame (available at www.setonhome.org)

Dictionary & Thesaurus

Merriam-Webster's School Dictionary (available at www.setonhome.org)
Merriam-Webster's School Thesaurus (available at www.setonhome.org)

Recommended Anthologies

American Cardinal Readers, Book Seven (available at www.neumannpress.com).  Book Seven contains forty-three stories and poems, including the following titles:  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving; Evangeline, Henry W. Longfellow; Vigil of the Immaculate Conception; A Hymn, Edgar Allan Poe; Definition of a Gentleman, John Henry Cardinal Newman; Holy Ireland, Joyce Kilmer; The Martyr of Molokai; The Smallweed Family, Charles Dickens; and The Man Without a Country, Edward E. Hale.
Realms of Gold, Volume 2: (parental guidance advised - www.coreknowledge.org)
Lives and Legends of the Saints (With paintings from the great art museums), Carole Armstrong [Note: Use this book for art; read the true stories of these saints in another anthology.]
The Book of Virtues for Young People, edited by William J. Bennett
The Old World and America, by Bishop Furlong (www.tanbooks.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)
The Little Flower
Saint Hyacinth of Poland
The Cure of Ars
St. Louis de Montfort
Vision Books (available at www.setonhome.org)
Saint Isaac and the Indians
Saint Anthony and the Christ Child
Edmund Campion
Bernadette: Our Lady's Little Servant
Saint Joan: The Girl Soldier

Non-fiction:

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, by David Macaulay

Selected Suggestions for Home Reading from American Cardinal Readers, Book Seven

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott
The Boys' King Arthur, Sidney Lanier
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle
Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Howard Pyle
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emmuska Baroness Orczy
Tales from Shakespeare, Charles Lamb
Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling

Fiction:

*asterisk indicates a book published by Bethlehem Books

Bagnold, E.
National Velvet - Velvet wants to enter her horse in the grand race
Benchley, N.
Bright Candles - Danish resistance in World War II
Bendick, Jeanne
Archimedes and the Door to Science* - ancient Greek mathematician
Bonham, F.
Burma Rifles - Merrill's Marauders in World War II
Butler, B.
Light a Single Candle - blind girl trains with a guide dog
Davies, V.
Miracle on 34th Street
Dickens, C.
A Christmas Carol - story of Scrooge
Doyle, A. C.
Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes and Watson, detectives
Doyle, A. C.
Study in Scarlet - Sherlock Holmes mystery
Fife, D.
North of Danger - twelve-year-old boy in Norway during Nazi invasion
French, Allan
The Red Keep* - action-filled tale during the 12th century
French, Allan
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow* - boy responds to injustice, Iceland
Gipson, F.
Old Yeller - old yellow dog and 14-year-old, frontier life in Texas
Hope, Anthony.
The Prisoner of Zenda - exciting tale of mistaken identities
James, W.
Smoky, the Cow Horse - cowpony and his adventures
Kelly, E.
The Trumpeter of Krakow - adventure and mystery in Poland
Kipling, R.
Kim - adventures of an Irish orphan boy in India
Kipling, R.
Captains Courageous - story of a boy who grows up in a few months
Lewis, C. S.
The Chronicles of Narnia - adventure stories, conflict of good and evil
Lofting, Hugh.
Dr. Doolittle - tale of a veterinarian
London, J.
The Call of the Wild - problems of survival for a dog in Alaska
London, J.
White Fang - dog in Alaska trained to be a fighter finally finds kindness
Montgomery, L. M.
Anne of Green Gables - adventures of an irrepressible orphan girl
O'Dell, S.
The Black Pearl - boy dives for pearls, though a giant ray is in a cave
O'Dell, S.
Island of the Blue Dolphins - young girl survives alone on an island
Saint-Exupery, A.
The Little Prince - stories of the Prince, his experiences on other planets
Schaefer, J.
Shane - stranger helps family in Wyoming fighting to stay on their land
Serraillier, Ian
Beowulf the Warrior* - saga of the ancient warrior in modern verse
Speare, E.
Bronze Bow - young Jewish rebel won over to the teachings of Jesus
Speare, E.
Calico Captive - girl is captured by Indians and endures great hardships
Stevenson. R. L.
The Black Arrow - swift-paced adventure of soldier, War of the Roses
Stevenson, R. L.
Kidnapped - David, a cabin boy, fights off a villainous crew
Stevenson, R. L.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stevenson, R. L.
Treasure Island - Jim Hawkins and pirate Long John Silver seek treasure
Tolkien, J. R. R.
The Hobbit - adventures in land of dwarfs, elves, goblins, and dragons
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Lord of the Rings
Trevino, Elizabeth
I, Juan de Pareja
Trevor, Meriol
Following the Phoenix* - adventure during the French Revolution
Twain, M.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Tom's pranks in school, with Huck
Ullman, J. R.
Banner in the Sky - boy's exciting struggle to climb the Alps
Verne, J.
Around the World in Eighty Days - Englishman makes a hasty, global tour
Verne, J.
Journey to the Center of the Earth - explorers go down a volcano
von Stockum, Hilda
The Cottage at Bantry Bay* - vivid picture of Ireland
Wells, H. G.
The Time Machine; The Invisible Man; War of the Worlds - science fiction
Wibberley, L.
Flint's Island* - sequel to Stevenson's Treasure Island

Short Story Collections:

Henry, O.
Complete Works of O. Henry

Biographies:

(Name of person about whom book is written is listed first, then author and title)
Balboa, Vasco; Mirsky, J.
Balboa, Discoverer of the Pacific
Blackwell, Elizabeth; Baker, R.
First Woman Doctor
Braille, Louis; De Gering, E.
Seeing Fingers
Carver, G. W.; Holt, R.
George Washington Carver
Cody, William F.; Garst, S.
Buffalo Bill
Crockett, Davy; Shapiro, I.
Yankee Thunder
Custer, G. A.; Reynolds, Q.
Custer's Last Stand
Earhart, Amelia; Davis, B.
Amelia Earhart
Edison, Thomas; North, S.
Young Thomas Edison
Einstein, Albert; Freeman, M.
The Story of Albert Einstein
Ericson, Leif; Shippen, K.
Leif Ericson, First Voyager to America
Faraday, Michael; Sootin, H.
Michael Farady, From Errand Boy to Master Physicist
Franklin, Benjamin; Benjamin Franklin,
A Biography in His Own Words
Franklin, Benjamin; Daughtery, J.
Poor Richard
Franklin, Benjamin; American Heritage.
The Many Worlds of Benjamin Franklin
Gibson, Althea; Gibson, A.
I Always Wanted To Be Somebody
Goethals, G. W.; Fast, H.
Goethals and the Panama Canal
Hamilton, A.; Crouse, A.
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Henson, Matthew; Henry, M.
A Negro explorer at the North Pole
Jackson, Andrew; Coit, M.
Andrew Jackson
Jefferson, Thomas; Wibberly, L.
Man of Liberty
Joan of Arc St.; Paine, A.
The Girl in White Armor
LaSalle, Robert; Syme, R.
LaSalle of the Mississippi
Leonardo da Vinci; Horizon Magazine.
Leonardo da Vinci
Lincoln, A.; American Heritage.
Abraham Lincoln in Peace and War
Longfellow, H. W.; Holberg, R.
An American Bard
Nelson, Horatio; Horizon Magazine.
Nelson and the Age of Fighting Sail
Nightingale, Florence; Hume, R.
Florence Nightingale.
Polo, Marco; Horizon Magazine.
Marco Polo's Adventures in China
Raleigh, S. Walter; Fecher, C.
The Last Elizabethan
Roentgen, Wilhelm; Grey, V.
Roentgen Revolution: The Discovery of the X-Ray
Roosevelt, Theodore; American Heritage.
Theodore Roosevelt
Sequoya, Cherokee Indian; Cambell, C. W.
Sequoya (devised Indian alphabet)
Seton, Elizabeth Ann; Power-Waters, A.
Mother Seton, First American-born Saint
Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief; Garst, S.
Sitting Bull, Champion of His People
Thorpe, James; Schoor, G.
The Jim Thorpe Story
von Trapp, Maria; von Trapp, M.
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
Washington, George;
American Heritage and the Making of a Nation
Whitney, Eli; Latham, J. L.
The Story of Eli Whitney

Poetry:

Brontė, Emily
Poems for Young Readers
Burns, Robert
Hand in Hand We'll Go
Carroll, Lewis
Poems of Lewis Carroll
Stevenson, Robert L.
Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tolkien, J. R. R.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Benet, Rosemary
A Book of Americans
Longfellow, H. W.
The Hanging of the Crane
Longfellow, H. W.
Tales of a Wayside Inn

Play:

Day, Clarence
Life with Father

Recommended Publishers:

Look for electronic editions of children's classics on web sites of libraries and bookstores.  For example:  http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/literatureclassicsms/lm_mm000.pdf
Barnes and Noble (reasonably priced classic reprints and eBooks www.barnesandnoble.com)
Puffin Classics paperback books, available at bookstores, (www.puffin.co.uk)
Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) 16 W. 18th St., New York, NY 10011

Saints' books may be obtained from the following Catholic publishers:

Seton Educational Media
1350 Progress Drive
Front Royal, Virginia 22630
540-636-9996
SEM@setonhome.org
www.setonhome.org

Ignatius Press
P.O. Box 1339
Fort Collins, CO 80522
800-651-1531
Fax 800-278-3566
www.ignatius.com

The Neumann Press
Rt. 2 Box 30
Long Prairie, MN 56347
800-746-2521
Fax 320-732-3858
www.neumannpress.com

Pauline Books and Media
Daughters of St. Paul
50 Saint Paul's Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
800-876-4463
Fax 617-524-8035
www.pauline.org

TAN Books
P.O. Box 424
Rockford, IL 61105
800-437-5876
Fax 815-226-7770
www.tanbooks.com



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