Thursday, July 26, 2012

Reading List for Ages 6 - 12


Depending on the reading level of your child - many of these book will be better suited for listening rather than reading alone.  Depending on the maturity of your child, some books will be better suited to older children rather than younger ones.  Most of these books should be fairly familiar to most parents.  All of these are classics - feel free to suggest any that I overlooked.



An earlier page of Free Classic Books
http://eaglenestmom.blogspot.com/2012/04/kindle-topic-childrens-classic-novels.html





Listed Alphabetically - by Author

***  Each book will have a "pretty cover" version - followed by any Free versions available.  ***


A


Little Women (Sterling Classics) 

Louisa May Alcott

                
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37106
http://librivox.org/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/
http://librivox.org/little-women-dramatic-reading-by-louisa-may-alcott/





B


The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum 

                 
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55

http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/
http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum/
http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-solo-version-2-by-l-frank-baum/

More Books By Frank L. Baum



Jane Eyre 

Charlotte Brontë 

     



Little Lord Fauntleroy 

Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author)


       

The Secret Garden 

Frances Hodgson Burnett 

             
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21585

http://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett/
http://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett-version-2/
http://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett-2/



C


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 

Lewis Carroll 

                 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Alice+in+Wonderland 

http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-dramatic-reading-by-lewis-carroll/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-2/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-3/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-4/


Through the Looking-Glass [Kindle Edition]

Lewis Carroll 

     



Adventures of Pinocchio 

Carlo Collodi 






D


David Copperfield 

Charles Dickens 

     


Great Expectations 

Charles Dickens 

                 

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8608
http://librivox.org/great-expectations-by-charles-dickens/


E

F

G


The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

                 
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/289

(There are 4 copies available in Librivox - each by a different reader)
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame/
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-2/
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-solo/
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-4/


Grimm's Fairy Stories

Jacob Grimm Wilhelm Grimm 

          

          

          

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/972
.
http://librivox.org/fairy-tales-by-the-brothers-grimm/
http://librivox.org/grimms-fairy-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/



H

I

J

K


The Jungle Book  1 and 2

Rudyard Kipling 

               
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/236

http://librivox.org/the-jungle-book-by-rudyard-kipling/

          
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1937
http://librivox.org/the-second-jungle-book-by-rudyard-kipling/


The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights 

Sir James Knowles 

     



L



The Graymouse Family [Kindle Edition]

Nellie Mabel Leonard 



The Story of Doctor Dolittle 

Hugh Lofting 

     


The Call of the Wild 

Jack London (Author)

          
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19678
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9115
http://librivox.org/call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/
http://librivox.org/the-call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london-2/
http://librivox.org/the-call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/



White Fang

Jack London (Author)

         





M


Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know 

Hamilton Wright Mabie

             
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14916

http://librivox.org/fairy-tales-every-child-should-know-by-hamilton-wright-mabie/




N

O


Toby Tyler Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus 

James Otis 

     


P


Pollyanna 

Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter 

     


A Girl of the Limberlost 

Gene Stratton-Porter (Author)


     



A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories [Kindle Edition]

Beatrix Potter 

     



The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood 

Howard Pyle 

          
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/964
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26467
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10148

http://librivox.org/the-merry-adventures-of-robin-hood-by-howard-pyle/





Q

R


Captain January 

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 

  Of course, the movie might not follow the book much - I've seen the movie, and not read the book.  But other Shirley Temple movies took very wide deviations.

S



Black Beauty 

Anna Sewell 

         
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/271
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19637
http://librivox.org/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell/
http://librivox.org/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell-version-2/



Heidi 

Johanna Spyri 

     



Kidnapped 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

     


Treasure Island 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

               http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Treasure+Island+Stevenson

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/120
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27780
http://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevenson-2/
http://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevenson/




T


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain 

               http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Tom+Sawyer

http://librivox.org/tom-sawyer-by-mark-twain/






U

V


Around the World in Eighty Days 

Jules Verne (Author)


          



W


The Princess Pocahontas [Paperback]

Virginia Watson (Author)


     




The Swiss Family Robinson 

Johann David Wyss (Author)


     




X

Y

Z




Please leave a comment if you have ideas for more books for this list.
Books should be classics that can be found for Free.
Books should be good read aloud books for the 12 and under ages.


















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