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Grade 1 Independent Reading

These books were read by our 6-year old. The only one that caused some distress was Twilight Land. I decided to include the book anyways, since only one short story in it was distressing and overall she declared it to be a favourite of hers. It may be worth a parental pre-read before handing it over to a very young child.

  1. Junie B., First Grader (at Last!). Barbara Park. RL 2.5, 250L
  2. Encyclopedia Brown Series. Donald J. Sobol. RL 3.6, 750L
  3. A Lion to Guard Us.  Clyde Robert Bulla. RL 3.9, 360L
  4. The Littles. John Lawrence Peterson. RL 4.1, 460L
  5. Ralph S. Mouse. Beverly Cleary. RL 4.1, 860L
  6. Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. Judy Blume. RL 4.2, 590L
  7. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan. RL 4.2, 560L
  8. Nim’s Island.  Wendy Orr. RL 4.8, 930L
  9. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Judy Blume. RL 4.9, 470L
  10. Fudge-a-Mania. Judy Blume. RL 4.5, 490L.
  11. The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel. Thornton W. Burgess.
  12. Adventures of Uncle Wiggily. Howard R. Garis.
  13. Bobbsey Twins: Adventure in the Country. Laura Lee Hope.
  14. The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport. Laura Lee Hope.
  15. Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Tales. Emily Bearn.
  16. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic. Betty MacDonald. RL 4.6, 1070L
  17. Kensuke’s Kingdom. Michael Morpurgo. RL 4.8, 730L
  18. The Water Horse. David Parkins. RL 5.2, 910L
  19. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Grace Lin. RL 5.4, 820L
  20. The Ch’i-lin Purse. Linda Fang. RL 5.4, 790L
  21. Shiloh.  Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. RL 5.7, 890L
  22. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Robert C. O’Brien. RL 5.8, 790L
  23. Misty of Chincoteague. Margeurite Henry. RL 5.8, 750L
  24. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald Dahl. RL 5.9, 810L
  25. Mary Poppins. P. L. Travers. RL 6.1, 830L
  26. Peter Pan. J. M. Barrie. RL 6.1, 920L
  27. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. 950L
  28. Harriet the Spy. Louise Fitzhugh. RL 6.2, 760L
  29. The Water Babies. Charles Kingsley. RL 6.9, 1070L
  30. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. Julie Andrews Edwards. RL 7.3, 620L
  31. The Island of Adventure. Enid Blyton.
  32. The Princess and the Goblin. George MacDonald. RL 7.5, 1030L
  33. The Incredible Journey. Sheila Burnford. RL 8.1, 1320L
  34. Twilight Land. Howard Pyle.

RL: Reading grade level as determined by Scholastic
L: Lexile Measure