Fifth Grade Supplemental Reading List

Bible Stories and Catholic Stories:

• New Catholic Picture Bible (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• Picture Book of Saints (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• 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.setonbooks.com)

Dictionary & Thesaurus:

• Merriam-Webster Children’s Dictionary, Dorling Kindersley (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• The American Heritage Student Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonbooks.com)

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.setonbooks.com): Saint Rose of Lima; Saint Martin de Porres; King David and His Songs; Blessed Marie of New France
• Vision Books (available at www.setonbooks.com): Saint Catherine Labouré; 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

A wide selection of non-fiction picture books (www.dk.com)

Recommended Publishers

Core Knowledge Foundation (adapted classics)
(888) 876-2220
www.coreknowledge.org

Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions)
(800) 835-4135
www.booksofwonder.com

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