Acacia Academy Literature List
Kindergarten Literature List
Read Alouds
Make Way for Ducklings
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Something for Nothing
Dogger
The Egg
Cranberry Journey
In Grandma's Attic
Winnie the Pooh
A Bear Called Paddington
Velveteen Rabbit
Trumpet of the Swan
Poetry Memorization
The Little Turtle
All Things Bright and Beautiful
What Can I Give Him?
The Caterpillar
In the Heart of a Seed
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Grade 1 Literature List
Little Bear
Little Bear’s Visit
Curious George
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Mr. Putty and Tabby Pour the Tea
The Magic Fish
Floss
Frog and Toad are Friends
Frog and Toad Together
Harry the Dirty Dog
Dr. DeSoto
Henry and Mudge
Nate the Great
Nate the Great and the Lost List
Caps for Sale
Madeline
Miss Nelson is Missing
Stone Soup
Nice New Neighbors
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Bred and Jam for Frances
A Baby Sister for Frances
A Birthday for Frances
Corduroy
The Little House
The Little Engine That Could
Billy and Blaze
Blaze and the Lost Quarry
The Biggest Bear
Ox-Cart Man
A Chair for My Mother
Make Way for Ducklings
Blueberries for Sal
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Amelia Bedelia
Read Alouds - General
Owls in the Family
My Father’s Dragon
More Stories from Grandma’s Attic
Still More Stories from Grandma’s Attic
Treasures from Grandma
Poetry Memorization
The House That Jack Built
Who Has Seen The Wind?
At The Zoo
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Grade 2 Literature List
Henry and Mudge and the Puddle Trouble
A New Coat for Anna
Miss Rumphius
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
Heidi
A Question of Yams
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Little House in the Big Woods
The Boxcar Children
Stone Fox
Biographies
The Country Artist: Beatrix Potter
Historical – Ancient History (Egypt)
Archaeologists Dig for Clues
Mummies Made in Egypt
Tut’s Mummy
The 5,000 Year Old Puzzle
Read Alouds - General
The Borrowers
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
A Grain of Rice
Stuart Little
Poetry Memorization
The Duel
How to Tell the Wild Animals
My Shadow
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Grade 3 Literature List
Charlotte’s Web
Homer Price
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The Cricket in Times Square
The Little Princess
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian (optional)
Heidi
Historical –Ancient History (Greece and
Rome)
Pompeii Buried Alive
The Trojan Horse
The Odyssey
Greek Gods and Goddesses
Mountains of Fire
Biographies
Fanny Crosby
Read Alouds - General
Star of Light
Toothpaste Millionaire
Ginger Pye
Wizard of Oz
Read Alouds - Biographies
The Bandit of Ashley Downs (George Mueller)
Black Ships Before Troy, the Story of the Iliad
Detectives in Togas
Poetry Memorization
The Spider and the Fly
The Land of Storybooks
Written in March
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Grade 4 Literature List
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Twenty One Balloons
The Railway Children
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
Silver Chair (optional)
Historical – Medieval History
Medieval Tales (selections)
Tales of Aladdin (selections)
The Whipping Boy
DK Classics: King Arthur
DK Classics: Robin Hood
Read Alouds
Door in the Wall
Beorn the Proud
The Wheel of the School
The Story of Doctor Doolittle
Strawberry Girl
The Lost Princess
Poetry Memorization
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
Casey at Bat
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Grade 5 Literature
Dangerous Journey (Pilgrim’s Progress)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Old Yellar
Princess and the Goblin
Treasure Island
The Magician’s Nephew
The Last Battle
Poetry Primer
Historical – Renaissance, Reformation
Tales from Shakespeare
Ghost of Tokaido Inn
Biographies
River of Grace (Calvin)
Thunderstorm in the Church (Martin Luther)
Susanna Wesley
Read Alouds – General
Along Came Galileo
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Best of Father Brown
Bruchko
Read Alouds – Biographies
Ink on his Fingers (Gutenberg)
Poetry Memorization
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
(selections)
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Grade 6 Literature List
Phantom Tollbooth
A Wrinkle in Time
The Hobbit
At the Back of the North Wind
Swiss Family Robinson
A Christmas Carol
The Grammar of Poetry
Historical – Age of Enlightenment and Revolution
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Sign of the Beaver
Amos Fortune
Johnny Tremain
Across Five Aprils
Bull Run
Biographies
Isaac Newton
The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Poetry Memorization
Paul Revere’s Ride
Charge of the Light Brigade
The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
The Gettysburg Address
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Grade 7 Literature
Oliver Twist
Robinson Crusoe
Call of the Wild
Fellowship of the Ring
Anne of Green Gables
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Historical – Age of Empire and Imperialism
Secret Garden
Jungle Book
Little Women
Biographies
Carry a Big Stick, Teddy Roosevelt
Student selections from Acacia biography list
Poetry Memorization
If by Rudyard Kipling
The Road Not Taken
Grade 8 Literature
The Yearling
The Time Machine
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Midsummer’s Night Dream
Pygmalion
Two Towers
Selections of Short Stories
Historical – Late Modern Era: 1917 to Present
The Hiding Place
Animal Farm
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Biographies
Never Give In (Winston Churchill)
God’s Smuggler: Brother Andrew
Poetry Memorization
I Hear America Singing (selections)