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Literature for the Later Elementary years:
This is not an exhaustive list of good books for the later elementary years. These are books that have enriched us and our own children and many children whom we have taught over the years.
Louisa May Alcott
· Little Women
Charles Dickens
· Oliver Twist
· A Christmas Carol
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
· The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
· The Return of Sherlock Holmes
G.A. Henty
· There are many wonderful books of historical fiction written by G.A. Henty that are well suited to this age group
Rudyard Kipling
· Captains Courageous
Howard Pyle (or the re-writings by Roger Lancelyn Green)
· The Adventures of Robin Hood
· The Story of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Mark Twain
· The Prince and the Pauper
· Tom Sawyer
· Tom Sawyer Abroad
Jules Verne
· Around the World in 80 Days
· 20,000 leagues under the Sea
Robert Louis Stevenson
· Kidnapped
Daniel Defoe
· Robinson Crusoe
Jack London
· The Call of the Wild
J.R.R. Tolkien
· The Hobbit
· The Lord of the Rings
Others
· The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
· Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dogdes
· Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
· Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
· Watership Down by Richard Adams
· The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
· Shane by Jack Schaefer
· Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls