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Seldon, George
Cricket in Times Square Recorded Books,
Inc.
Scott, Sir Walter
Ivanhoe (1820) Highbridge Classics*
The Lady of the Lake (1810)
The Talisman (1825) Books on Tape
Rob Roy (1818) Blackstone Audiobooks
Castle Dangerous (1831)
Sewall, Marcia
Pilgrims of Plimoth
Sewell, Anna
Black Beauty (3rd grade) Recorded Books
Shearer, Robert and Cyndy (Editors for Haaren and Poland)
Famous Men of Greece
Famous Men of Rome
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
Sidney, Margaret
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
(4th to 6th grade) Recorded Books
Small, Terry
The Legend of William Tell
Smith, Harriet Lummis
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms: The
Third Glad Book
Pollyanna's Jewels: The Fourth Glad Book
Pollyanna's Debt of Honor: The Fifth Glad
Book
Pollyanna's Western Adventure: The Sixth
Glad Book
*Special Note: The other Pollyanna series books are as follows
Porter, Eleanor H.
Pollyanna: The First
Glad Book Recorded Books, Inc.
Pollyanna Grows Up:
The Second Glad Book
Borton, Elizabeth
Pollyanna in Hollywood:
The Seventh Glad Book
Pollyanna's Castle in
Mexico: The Eighth Glad Book
Pollyanna's Door to
Haspp[iness: The Ninth Glad Book
Pollyanna's Golden Horseshoe:
The Tenth Glad Book
Chalmers, Margaret Piper
Pollyanna's Protegee:
The Eleventh Glad Book
Pollyanna at Six Star
Ranch: The Twelfth Glad Book
Speare, Elizabeth George
The Bronze Bow
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Calico Captive
The Sign of the Beaver Listening Library,
Inc.
Prospering
Spencer, Philip
Day of Glory: The Guns at Lexington and
Conford (4th-6th grade)
Spyri, Johanna
Heidi (4th to 6th grade) Recorded Books,
Inc.
Dora
Mäzli
Vinzi
Cornelli
Eveli
The Little Singer
Children of the Alps
Stanley, Diane
Good Queen Bess
Peter the Great
Steele, William O.
Buffalo Knife
Step-Up Book Series (Random House)
| This series is approximately 1st grade to remedial 3rd |
Barrett, Marvin
Meet
Thomas Jefferson
Cary, Barbara
Meet
Abraham Lincoln
de Kay, James T.
Meet
Christopher Columbus
de Kay, Jr. Ormonde
The
Adventures of Lewis and Clark
Meet
Andrew Jackson
Meet
Theodore Roosevelt
Dyment, John
The
Men Who Sailed the Seas
Heilbroner, Joan
Meet
George Washington
Payne, Elizabeth
Meet
the Pilgrim Fathers
Scarf, Maggi
Meet
Benjamin Franklin
Trow, George Swift
Meet
Robert E. Lee
Stevenson, Robert Louis
The Black Arrow (1888)
Kidnapped (1886) Penguin-Highbridge
Audio*, Cliff Notes
Treasure Island (1883) Cliff Notes
The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
David Balfour: Being
Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and
Abroad (1893)
Catriona Books on Tape
The Bottle Imp (1891) Recorded
Books, Inc.
The Beach at Falesa (1892)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde Cliff Notes
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
(1878)
An Inland Voyage Books on Tape
Stone, Eugenia
Page Boy of Camelot (Original Title:
Page Boy for King Arthur)
(4th to 6th grade)
Suess, Dr.
Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew
Cubbins
Syme, Ronald
Captain Cook (4th grade)
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Tallach, John
God Made Them Great
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Hobbit
Blackstone
Audiobooks
BBC
Radio Productions
Cliff
Notes
Fellowship of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
Blackstone
Audiobooks
BDD
Audio
Cliff
Notes
The Silmarillion, Vols I & II
Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing
Travers, Pamela L.
Mary Poppins series
Troll First-Start Biography Series
| K - 2nd grade remedial reading level |
Alcott, Susan
Young
Amelia Earhart: A Dream to Fly
Benjamin, Anne
Young
Helen Keller: Woman of Courage
Woods, Andrew
Young
Abraham Lincoln: Log-Cabin President
Young
George Washington: America's First President
Young
Orville and Wilbur Wright: First to Fly
Troll Associates Biography Series
| 2nd to 4th grade reading level |
Bains, Rae
Clara
Barton: Angel of the Battlefield
James
Monroe: Young Patriot
John
Paul Jones: Hero of the Seas
Lafayette:
Hero of Two Nations
Marie
Curie: Brave Scientist
Brandt, Keith
Paul
Revere: Son of Liberty
Fleischer, Jane
Pontiac:
Chief of the Ottawas
Jassem Kate
Sacajawea:
Wilderness Guide
Oppenheim, Joanne
Sequoyah:
Cherokee Hero
Sabin, Francene
Andrew
Jackson: Frontier Patriot
Mozart:
Young Music Genius
Narcissa
Whitman: Brave Pioneer
Patrick
Henry: Voice of the American Revolution
Teddy
Roosevelt: Rough Rider
The
Courage of Helen Keller
Willie
Mays: Young Superstar
Young
Abigail Adams
Young
Eleanor Roosevelt
Young
Mark Twain
Young
Queen Elizabeth
Santrey, Laurence
Davy
Crockett: Young Pioneer
John
Adams: Brave Patriot
Louisa
May Alcott: Young Writer
Young
Albert Einstein
Turkle, Brinton
Thy Friend, Obadiah (1st grade +)
Twain, Mark
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) Audio
Editions, Cliff Notes
Huckleberry Finn (1884) Brilliance
Corporation, Cliff Notes
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court (1889) Cliff Notes
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) Blackstone
Audiobooks, Cliff Notes
Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) Blackstone
Audiobooks
A Tramp Abroad Blackstone Audiobooks
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and
Other Stories Blackstone Audiobooks
Following The Equator: A Journey Around
the World
Joan of Arc Blackstone Audiobooks
The Autobiography of Mark Twain Blackstone
Audiobooks
Life on the Mississippi Recorded Books
The Innocence Abroad (1855) Books on
Tape
Is Shakespeare Dead? (1909)
| Note: Twain held that the "authorship" of Shakespeare can be factually disputed. As many in Shakespeare's day and today argue. |
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Verne, Jules
Michael Srogoff (1876)
Mysterious Island (1874)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870) Blackstone
Audiobooks
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)
Blackstone Audiobooks
From the Earth to the Moon (1870)
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
Blackstone Audiobooks
Off on a Comet (1878)
Robur the Conqueror (1886)
Master of the World (1904)
Tigers and Traitors (1880)
Vernon, Louis
The Beggar's Bible
The Bible Smuggler
The Man Who Laid the Egg
Thunderstorm in Church
Night Preacher
The Secret Church
Ink on His Fingers
Vos, Catherine (Her stories are great read alouds!)
The Child's Story Bible: Old Testament
(Vol. 1) covers Genesis to Ruth
The Child's Story Bible: Old Testament
(Vol. 2) covers Samuel to Nehemiah
The Child's Story Bible: New Testament
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Warner, Gertrude
Box Car Children series
Wells, H. G.
War of the Worlds (1898) Blackstone
Audiobooks
The Time Machine (1895) Blackstone
Audiobooks
The First Men in the Moon (1901)
The Invisible Man (1897) Blackstone
Audiobooks
The Food of the Gods (1904)
The Island of Dr. Moreau Blackstone
Audiobooks
The Outline of History Blackstone Audiobooks
White, E. B.
Charlotte's Web (2nd to 4th grade) Recorded
Books, Inc.
Stuart Little (2nd to 4th grade) Recorded
Books, Inc.
Trumpet of the Swan (2nd to 4th grade)
Wilde, Oscar
The Happy Prince and Other Stories
Angry Giant
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
| 2nd to 4th grade reading level |
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie
Farmer Boy
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Little Town on the Prairie
These Happy Golden Years
The First Four Years
Wiggen, Kate Douglas
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Recorded
Books, Inc.
Williams, Barbara
Titanic Crossing
Williams, Jean
Matthew Henson: Polar Adventurer
Winthrop, Elizabeth
The Caste in the Attic
Battle for the Castle
Woodruff, Elvira
George Washington's Socks
Wyss, Johann David
The Swiss Family Robinson
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Zeeuw, P. De, J. Gzn.
Augustine: The Farmer's Boy of Tagaste
Zion, Gene
Harry the Dirty Dog
No Roses for Harry
Harry By The Sea
The Lady Next Door