The Book Catalog
Language Arts
Read Aloud

Best-loved Folktales of the World

Joanna Cole; Jill Karla Schwarz
Doubleday; Paperback;  792 pp.

A Best Books for Children award winner, this collection has over 200 folk and fairy tales from all over the world. It encompasses all cultures and is arranged geographically by region. We like this book particularly because Cole, as editor, has chosen such well-written versions of folk and fairy tales. It is used as part of the storytelling and orality experiences in the Foundation Year, and can be used as a resource in later grades.

Charlotte’s Web

E. B. White; Garth Williams
HarperCollins; Paperback; 184 pp.

Best Books for Children, 5th edition. Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer’s Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him. A Living Books read aloud.

The Original Mother Goose

Blanche Fisher Wright
Harper Collins; Hardcover; (unpaged)

A consummate collection of traditional nursery rhymes, this lush book gives children an appreciation for the rhythm of language and the delight of poetic expression. Mother Goose is an important first book for orality.

The Complete Tales & Poems
of Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne;  Ernest H. Shepard
Dutton Children’s Books; Hardcover; 557 pp.

This special 75th-anniversary edition brings together all of the Pooh stories and all of the poems in one full-color, large-format book with complete and unabridged text and illustrations. A book your family will treasure for years to come.

Living Books Press
Aesop’s Fables
with Scripture References

Sheila Carroll, editor
Living Books Press; Paperback & Hard Cover; 236 pp.

The Living Books Aesop's Fables contains—
—270 fables
—Scripture passages to highlight each moral
—A glossary of unfamiliar words
—An alphabetical index of the morals
—A guide for further study for parents, students, and teachers.

The Living Books Press Aesop's Fables offers a unique edition, translated by V.S. VernonJones. A republication of the 1912 edition with illustrations by the incomparable artist Arthur Rackham and introduction by G.K. Chesterton, author of Orthodoxy and Everlasting Man.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis
HarperTrophy ; Paperback; 206 pp.

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter. Lewis’ novel about good triumphing over evil is a classic that every child should read.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins ; Paperback; 248 pp.

Lucy and Edmund, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the land of Narnia where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.

The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon

Thornton W. Burgess
Dover Publications; Paperback; 76 pp.

One of four in a series included in Grade One: Bobby Raccoon discovers that life can have many surprises when he loses his home, makes new friends, and finds a new home. These reprint editions of Thornton Burgess classic books have been a favorite at our house for years. You will want to read the rest in the series.

The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

Thornton W. Burgess
Dover; Paperback; 87 pp.

One of four in a series included in Grade One: Separated from her husband and driven from her home by hunters, Mrs. Quack finds refuge with the animals of the Green Forest. These reprint editions of Thornton Burgess classic books have been a favorite at our house for years. You will want to read the rest in the series.

The Adventures of Prickly Porky

Thornton W. Burgess
Dover; Paperback; 74 pp.

One of four in a series included in Grade One: A strange-looking animal with very long, sharp teeth comes from the North and makes new friends among the forest folk and meadow people. These reprint editions of Thornton Burgess classic books have been a favorite at our house for years. You will want to read the rest in the series.

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

Thornton W. Burgess
Dover; Paperback; 87 pp.

One of four in a series included in Grade One: Chronicles the adventures of Grandfather Frog and his animal friends. These reprint editions of Thornton Burgess classic books have been a favorite at our house for years. You will want to read the rest in the series.

Hey! Listen to This: Stories to read aloud

Jim Trelease
Penguin Books; Paperback; 414 pp.

A collection of excerpts from many well-known stories and books by famous authors, this book is arranged for reading aloud. We included Trelease’s book to expose your child to many types of literature. When your child expresses an interest in a particular excerpt, you can follow up by finding the complete work at your local library.

Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi
Puffin; Paperback; 272 pp.

The timeless tale of a wood carver who decides to make a puppet, but by chance chooses an unusual piece of wood on which to carve. Pinocchio, the finished puppet, can talk and misbehave like the liveliest child. Pinocchio is brave and inquisitive as well as naughty, and after some hair-raising adventures, he earns his heart’s desire.

Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling
Dover; Paperback; 99 pp.

A dozen imaginative fables by one of the world’s great storytellers. Kipling proposes whimsical explanations of how certain animals acquired their distinctive physical characteristics.

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling
Dover; Paperback; 160 pp.

Kipling weaves subtle lessons of justice, loyalty, and law in these fourteen imaginative tales. It includes well-known characters like Mowgli and Kaa.

How’s Inky?: A porcupine and his pals offer some highlights on happiness!

Sam Campbell A B Publishing; Paperback; 127 pp.

Volume One in the Living Forest Series. “Inky the porcupine—I hardly know whether to bless him or curse him!” the author writes. “Whichever I do, he won’t care a flick of his tail! He is so exasperatingly self-sufficient... he will just waddle away, climb a tree, and look down at me, saying in his most gracious grunts: ‘You take things too seriously, Sammy, old boy’.” The author writes very funny and precise anecdotes about a particular porcupine and gives us something to think about.

Too Much Salt and Pepper: Two porcupines with prickly spines who make you laugh and think!

Sam Campbell
A B Publishing; Paperback; 258 pp.

Volume Two in the Living Forest Series. Life at the Campbell’s summer cabin is peaceful and tranquil—well, some of the time. Enter two rambunctious porcupines named Salt and Pepper. Share the joys, adventures, and hilarious mischief these little pincushions and other forest friends create at the author’s island home.