From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, September 28th, 2008
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Reader
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
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Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh Highly Recommended |
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A Street Through Time by Anne Millard and illustrated by Steve Noon Highly Recommended |
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The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles and illustrated by George Ford Recommended |
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Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Margot Tomes Recommended |
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And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz Recommended |
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Paul Cezanne by Robert Burleigh & National Gallery of Art Suggested |
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Can't You Make Them Behave, King George by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Tomie dePaola Suggested |
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein Suggested |
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Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg Suggested |
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Going Solo by Roald Dahl Highly Recommended |
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Lincoln by Russell Freedman Highly Recommended |
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Indian Chiefs by Russell Freedman Highly Recommended |
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Cheaper By The Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Highly Recommended |
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Belles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Highly Recommended |
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Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam Highly Recommended |
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A Night To Remember by Walter Lord Highly Recommended |
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My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber Highly Recommended |
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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended |
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Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended |
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A Weed Is a Flower by Aliki Recommended |
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Boy by Roald Dahl Recommended |
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Confucius by Russell Freedman and illustrated by Frederic Clement Recommended |
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Eleanor Roosevelt by Russell Freedman Recommended |
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The Wright Brothers by Russell Freedman Recommended |
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Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Mike Wimmer Recommended |
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Homesick by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Margot Tomes Recommended |
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And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz Recommended |
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Traitor by Jean Fritz Recommended |
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The Endless Steppe by Esther Rudomin Hautzig Recommended |
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All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot Recommended |
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Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian Recommended |
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Bill Peet by Bill Peet Recommended |
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The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen Recommended |
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Traveling Man by James Rumford Recommended |
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Peter the Great by Diane Stanley Recommended |
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Saladin by Diane Stanley Recommended |
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Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells Recommended |
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