Book Lists

Here is our list of read-alouds for 2024-2025. This is not remotely inclusive of every book we read this year; it is simply a list of books pertaining to our school subjects.

Super Earth Encyclopedia

Nature Anatomy, by Julia Rothman

Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor, by Robert Burleigh

How to Make a Mountain, by Amy Huntington

The Magic School Bus Blows its Top, by Joanna Cole

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, by Joanna Cole

National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals, by Steve Tomacek

Everybody Needs a Rock, by Byrd Baylor

Rhoda's Rock Hunt, by Molly Beth Griffin

A Rock is Lively, but Dianna Hutts Aston

Water Land: Land and Water Forms around the World, by Christy Hale

In the Canyon, by Liz Garton Scanlon

Weather Word and What They Mean, by Gail Gibbons

Clouds, by Anne Rockwell

Air is All Around You, by Franklyn M. Branley

The Kids Book of Weather Forecasting, by Mark Breen

On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather, by Marilyn Singer

Waiting Out the Storm, by Joann Early Macken

Down Comes the Rain, by Franklyn M. Branley

Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll, by Franklin M. Branley

Water is Water, by Miranda Paul

Feel the Wind, by Arthur Dorros

American Tall Tales, by Mary Pope Osborn

Thunder Rose, by Jerdine Nolen

The Felicity American Girl series, by Valerie Tripp 

A Child's Introduction to African American History, by Jabari Asim

Colonial Voices: Hear them Speak, by Kay Winters

DK Eyewitness American Revolution

Paul Revere's Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand

Rebecca Rides for Freedom, by Emma Carlson Berne

Filigree's Midnight Ride, by Pam Berkman

Thomas Jefferson, by Cheryl Harness

What is the Declaration of Independence? by Michael C. Harris

Magic Treehouse: Revolutionary War on Wednesday, by Mary Pope Osborne

If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution, by Kay M. Moore

Leave It to Abigail!: The Revolutionary Life of Abigail Adams, by Barbara Rosenstock

Cloaked in courage: Uncovering Deborah Sampson, Patriot Soldier, by Beth Anderson

Molly Pitcher: Heroine, by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti

Sam the Minuteman, by Nathaniel Benchley

Eliza Hamilton: Founding Mother, by Monica Kulling

Every Day, Chemistry, by Julia Sooy

Chemical World: Science in our Daily Lives, by Rowena Rae

Lift-the-flap Periodic Table, by Alice James

Little House in the Suburbs: Backyard Farming and Home Skills for Self-Sufficient Living, by Deanna Caswell and Daisy Siskins

The Big Book of Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health and Home: Easy, All-Natural DIY Projects Using Herbs, Flowers and Other Plants, by Jan Berry

Chinese Menu, by Grace Lin

Rabbit's Gift, by George Shannon

Chang'e On The Moon, by Katrina Moore

China, by Joanne Mattern

China, by Chloe Perkins

Meals in China, by R.J. Bailey

Foods of China, by Christine Levure Rohalt

Myths and Legends of China

All About China, by Allison Branscombe

Grandma Panda's China Storybook, by Mingmei Yip

The House Baba Built, by Ed Young

The Jade Dragon, by Jessica Gunderson

D is for Dancing Dragon, by Carol Crane

Chinese Art, Patricia Bjaaland Welch

Dim Sum for Everyone, by Grace Lin

Various Chinese language books

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, by Natasha Yim

The Monkey King, by Ed Young

The House Before Falling Into the Sea, by Ann Suk Wang

King Sejong Invents an Alphabet, by Carol Kim

My Indigo World, by Rosa Chang

Let's Play Jegi, by Im Seo-Ha

Let's Play Ddakji, by Im Seo-Ha

The Ocean Calls, by Tina Cho

Korean Nursery Rhymes, by Danielle Wright

When Spring Comes to the DMZ, by Yi Ok-Pae

All Around the World: South Korea, by Joanne Mattern

All About Korea, by Ann Martin Bowler

My First Book of Korean Words, by Henry J. Amen and Kyubyong Park

Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day, by Erica Kim

Mommy's Hometown, by Hope Lim

Living in South Korea, by Chloe Perkins

The Mindy Kim series, by Lyla Lee

The Girl Who Wore Too Much: A Folktale from Thailand, by Margaret Read MacDonald

Peek: A Thai Hide and Seek, by Minfong Ho

Thailand, by Kristen Spanier

Thai Celebrations for Children, by Elaine Russell

Hot Thai Kitchen, by Pailin Chongchitnant

Hush: A Thai Lullaby, by Minfong Ho

The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field, by Scott Riley

Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand, by Marisa Aragon Ware The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame

Here is Pumpkin's personal list. Again, not comprehensive, but I did my best!

Rainbow Magic series
Good Dog series
Geronimo Stilton and Thea Stilton books
Princess in Black series
Cobble Street Cousins
Wild Fairies series
American Girl books
Starfell series
Magical Animal Adoption Agency series
Isla of Adventure series
Misty Inn series
Unicorn Rescue Society series
Phoebe and her Unicorn series
Rebecca Rides for Freedom
Zelda and Ivy series
Magical Animal Rescue series
Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Happy Happy Clover
Castle Glower series
Dragon Slippers series

Here is Sweet Pea's personal list. She's been exploring a lot of early reader books as she improves her reading skills!

Geronimo Stilton and Thea Stilton books
Dash into Learning series
Bright Owl Books
Countless picture books!