Art Appreciation
Poetry
History
Drawing
Science
Music
Literature
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Lovelace
Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli
Top Secret by John Gardiner
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
Secret of the Andes by Ann Clark
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
(extra)
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Farm
Hello, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Homer Price by McCloskey
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Fifty-Nine Norwegian Folk-Tales by Peter Asbjrnsen
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
The Children of Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen selected by Diana Frank
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Knight's Castle by Edward Eager
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds by David Adler
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
Art Appreciation
Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains by P.I. Maltbie
My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey by Jeanne Harvey
Look: Body Language in Art by Gillian Wolfe
Look: Drawing the Line in Art by Gillian Wolfe
Look: Seeing the Light in Art by Gillian Wolfe
Look! Zoom in on Art by Gillian Wolfe
Alexander Calder by Mike Venezia
Dorothea Lange by Mike Venezia
Here's Looking at Me by Bob Raczka
Unlikely Pairs by Bob Raczka
Vermeer Interviews by Bob Raczka
Before They Were Famous by Bob Raczka
Action Figures by Bob Raczka
Look Closer: Masterpieces Through the Ages by Caroline Desnoettes
Chasing Degas by Eva Montanari
In the Picture by Lucy Micklethwait
The Art Book for Children by Amanda Renshaw
The Art Book for Children - Book Two by Amanda Renshaw
Poetry
Grouped by month.
Forget-me-nots: Poems to Learn by Heart by Mary Ann Hoberman
The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash
Lineup for Yesterday by Ogden Nash
100 Years of Poetry for Children by Michael Harrison
Voices selected by Barbara Brenner
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
His Shoes Were Far Too Tight by Edward Lear
Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill
Miles of Smiles : kids pick the funniest poems : book #3 compiled by Bruce Lansky
All Day Long : fifty rhymes of the never was and always is by David McCord
A Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco
I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes
I've Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutky
A Mirror to Nature by Jane Yolen
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex
History
1900 AD/CE - present. One grouping per month.
Industrial Revolution
Henry Ford: Big Wheel in the Auto Industry by Mike VeneziaThe Wright brothers : inventors whose ideas really took flight by Mike Venezia
Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwoo
Kid Blink Beats the World by Don Brown
(extra)
The Industrial Revolution by Carla Mooney
Samuel Slater's Mill and the Industrial Revolution by Christopher Simonds
WW1
World War I: An Interactive History Adventure by Gwenyth SwainWorld War I by Simon Adams
The Letter Home by Timothy Decker
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon
Suffrage
Women's Right to Vote by Terry CollinsA Time for Courage : the diary of Kathleen Bowen by Kathryn Lasky
You Wouldn't Want to Be A Suffragist!: A Protest Movement That's Rougher than You Expected by Fiona Macdonald
I Could Do That: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda White
Depression
The Great Depression by Michael BurganThe Train Jumper by Don Brown
Poor is Just a Starting Place by Leslie Wyatt
Born and Bred in the Great Depression by Jonah Winter
(extra)
The Dust Bowl: An Interactive History Adventure by Allison Lassieur
Rose's Journal by Marissa Moss
Holocaust
The Holocaust by Susanna DavidsonNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Trina Robbins
WW2
World War II by Simon AdamsBaseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
World War II: An Interactive History Adventure by Elizabeth Arum
World War II on the Home Front: An Interactive History Adventure by Marty Gitlin
(extra)
My Secret War by Mary Pope Osborne
Bomb
My Hiroshima by Junko MorimotoThe Day of the Bomb by Karl Bruckner
Hiroshima by Clive Lawton
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Movement by Jim OllhoffMartin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington by Gary Jeffrey
Thurgood Marshall: The Supreme Court Rules on "separate but Equal" by Gary Jeffrey
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Gary Jeffrey
The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for Equal Education by Gary Jeffrey
Malcolm X and the Fight for African American Unity by Gary Jeffrey
(extra)
Medgar Evers and the NAACP by Gary Jeffrey
Liberty by Terry Collins
The Civil Rights Movement: An Interactive History Adventure by Heather Adamson
Space Exploration
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian FlocaOne Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh
Vostok 1 by Michael Cole
Space Exploration by Carole Stott
(extra)
Moon Landing: The Race for the Moon by Carole Stott
You Wouldn't Want to Be on Apollo 13! by Ian Graham
Summer reading
Paris in the Spring with Picasso by Joan YolleckDrawing
One book each month.
How to Draw the Most Exciting, Awesome Mangaby Asavari Singh
[The art appreciation books for this second month, by Gillian Wolfe, include drawing activities, so drawing assignments are taken from that instead of from a separate drawing book.]
Learn to Draw Horses & Ponies by Russell Farrell
How to Draw Garfield and Friends by Jim Davis
Drawing in 3-D with Mark Kistler: from Amazing Androids to Zesty Zephyrs by Mark Kistler
Learn to Draw Angry Birds by Walter Foster Creative Team
How to Draw Orcs, Elves, and Dwarves by Steve Beaumont
Learn to Draw Princesses by Catherine McCafferty
How to Draw Bugs by Lisa Regan
Science
Physics. One grouping per month.
Forces and Motion, Part I
Move It!: Motion, Forces, and You by Adrienne MasonForces Make Things Move by Kimberly Bradley
Amazing Forces and Movement by Sally Hewitt
A Crash Course in Forces and Motion with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Emily Sohn
Forces and Motion, Part II
How Fast Is It? by Ben Hillman [do an activity where the child graphs some of the mid-range speeds]The Science of a Bicycle: the Science of Forces by Ian Graham
Forces and Motion by John Graham
(DVD) Newton's 3 Laws of Motion by Disney Educational Productions
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Friction by Schlessinger Media
Gravity
I Fall Down by VickiGalileo's Leaning Tower Experiment by Wendy Macdonald
Gravity by Don Nardo
(DVD) Gravity by Disney Educational Productions
How Do You Measure Weight? by Thomas Adamson
(extra)
Meet Einstein by Mariela Kleiner
Simple Machines
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Inclined Planes by Schlessinger MediaInclined Planes by Valerie Bodden
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Pulleys by Schlessinger Media
Pulleys by Valerie Bodden
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Wheels and Axles by Schlessinger Media
Wheels and Axles by Valerie Bodden
(extra)
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Screws by Schlessinger Media
Screws by Valerie Bodden
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Levers by Schlessinger Media
Levers by Valerie Bodden
Sound
Amazing Sound by Sally HewittAll About Sound by Lisa Trumbauer
Adventures in Sound with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Emily Sohn
Electricity
Electricity by Sheila WybornyThe Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Joanna Cole
The Shocking World of Electricity with Max Axiom by Liam O'Donnell
Wired by Anastasia Suen
Magnetism
What Makes a Magnet? by Franklyn BranleyLearn about Magnets by Steve Parker
The Attractive Story of Magnetism with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Andrea Gianopoulos
Amazing Magnetism by Rebecca Carmi
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Magnets by Schlessinger Media
Light
All About Light by Monica HalpernAmazing Light by Sally Hewitt
(DVD) The Way Things Work: Light by Schlessinger Media
The Illuminating World of Light with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Emily Sohn
Measurement
(DVD) Math Monsters: Measurement by Math Monsters CorpMe and the Measure of Things by Joan Sweeney
How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David Adler
Measuring by Sheila Cato
(extra)
Millions to Measure by David Schwartz
(DVD) Measurement by Schlessinger Media
[activity: make a chart that has the categories listed on top (weight, temperature, speed, etc.) with different possible units for each category listed underneath, and maybe another box below that gives examples (such as "cheetah, 45 mph" in a "speed" category)]
Music Appreciation
This year focuses on rock and rock-related genres. One grouping per month. No guarantee is made as to the kid-friendliness of these songs and music videos. Watch at your own discretion.
Alternative
Summertime (Doin Time) by SublimeZombie by The Cranberries
Super Bon Bon by Soul Coughing
Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
Alive by Pearl Jam
Pop
Iris by Goo Goo DollsHanging By A Moment by Lifehouse
Smooth by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears
Rock - 60s
I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin GayeHey Jude by the Beatles
All You Need Is Love by the Beatles
The Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by Rolling Stones
Rock - 70s
Stairway to Heaven by Led ZeppelinImagine by John Lennon
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Rock - 80s
Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns & RosesLike a Virgin by Madonna
Thriller by Michael Jackson
With Or Without You by U2
Rock - 90s
Smells Like Teen Spirit by NirvanaEnter Sandman by Metallica
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Black by Pearl Jam
Rock - 00's
In the End by Linkin ParkCochise by Audioslave
How You Remind Me by Nickelback
Vertigo by U2
Electronic & Dubstep
Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling
Let Go (feat Kele & MNDR) by RAC
Tidal Wave (feat Alpines) by Sub Focus
Folk
The Water by Johnny Flynn & Laura MarlingSadie by Joanna Newsom
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
Blowin in the Wind by Bob Dylan
