pitterpatter Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I struggle to keep up with DD's voracious audio book/Kindle text-to-speech habit. I need a good go-to list for classic literature categorized by age. I would also take one for high-quality contemporary children's literature categorized by age. DD will be eight come May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maela Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 This is a link to my blog post where I share the book list that I've compiled for my own kids. Classics and contemporary, literature, living books, a couple of textbooks, etc. I ordered them by AR level as best I could. Basically, I just merged a bunch of book lists that I had found over the years. May or may not be what you are looking for. Good luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 1000 Good Books List 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 What I'm really looking for is a list of...I'm not sure what to call them...novels/short novels...chapter books with no picture books or reader type books thrown in. I realize some readers cross over into the short novel/chapter book realm, but the books do not need to be simple in prose, just appropriate content-wise for DD's age. I don't want to accidentally provide her with a book that gets into adolescent love or provides a little too much birds and bees or descriptive childbirth or is a little too morbid or has a lot of drinking/smoking, etc. I realize there are many references to smoking/drinking in classic literature, but I don't want DD listening to a story about a child's struggle with having an alcoholic parent (i.e. Because of Winn-Dixie...glad I read this one out loud). I need a list I can run my finger down, check off the ones she's already listened to. DD can listen to a book a day when I keep up. She's fine with listening to many over and over, but I need to do a better job of providing new material. Sorting our library's digital database isn't effective enough. I use these lists frequently, but they aren't speedy enough. http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 To piggyback on the original post - I would especially love a list organized by "audience age" or "interest age" rather than reading level, if that makes any sense. For example, Winnie-the-Pooh is an AR level 5.9, but often enjoyed by preschoolers and kindergarteners as a read aloud. I'd prefer a list that categorized it for preschool/kindergarten over one that categorized it as for fifth graders. It would help in choosing read alouds or audiobooks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yes, this is what I want too! To piggyback on the original post - I would especially love a list organized by "audience age" or "interest age" rather than reading level, if that makes any sense. For example, Winnie-the-Pooh is an AR level 5.9, but often enjoyed by preschoolers and kindergarteners as a read aloud. I'd prefer a list that categorized it for preschool/kindergarten over one that categorized it as for fifth graders. It would help in choosing read alouds or audiobooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 I have Jim Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook, which has lists for short novels and full-length novels. The books at tagged with appropriate ages, but again, the books are all mixed together and it's not effective as a quick list. Plus, the lists are too short. Maybe I need to get my highlighters out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 What I'm really looking for is a list of...I'm not sure what to call them...novels/short novels...chapter books with no picture books or reader type books thrown in. I realize some readers cross over into the short novel/chapter book realm, but the books do not need to be simple in prose, just appropriate content-wise for DD's age. I don't want to accidentally provide her with a book that gets into adolescent love or provides a little too much birds and bees or descriptive childbirth or is a little too morbid or has a lot of drinking/smoking, etc. I realize there are many references to smoking/drinking in classic literature, but I don't want DD listening to a story about a child's struggle with having an alcoholic parent (i.e. Because of Winn-Dixie...glad I read this one out loud). I need a list I can run my finger down, check off the ones she's already listened to. DD can listen to a book a day when I keep up. She's fine with listening to many over and over, but I need to do a better job of providing new material. Sorting our library's digital database isn't effective enough. I use these lists frequently, but they aren't speedy enough. http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books A book with chapters is a novel. You're wanting well-written juvenile novels. The 1000 Good Books List includes juvenile novels. Pretty much anything above about second-grade level will be a novel, and AFAIK, all of them fit your criteria. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 ATA reading lists https://www.atachoice.org/ATA_Reading_List.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Leveled Book Lists. The font is hard to read unfortunately. http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maela Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 To piggyback on the original post - I would especially love a list organized by "audience age" or "interest age" rather than reading level, if that makes any sense. For example, Winnie-the-Pooh is an AR level 5.9, but often enjoyed by preschoolers and kindergarteners as a read aloud. I'd prefer a list that categorized it for preschool/kindergarten over one that categorized it as for fifth graders. It would help in choosing read alouds or audiobooks! Ahh, I understand. For myself, I also sorted my book list by the age-level at which I thought each would be appropriate. I didn't share that part because I know that with each parent it would be different. I agree that the 1000 Good Books list is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahjokim Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 In case it's helpful I have a lot of book lists on my site: http://wellreadkid.com I've add age recommendations for the Newberry Medal Winners and Caldecott Medal Winners, and some of the others. Here are the Newberry winners: http://www.wellreadkid.com/newbery-medal-winners/ I would also look at the read aloud choices from Sonlight and Ambleside Online by grade level. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapper4life Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Simply Charlotte Mason has a wonderful list. So does Ambleside Online. Both lists are by age/grade. I just pulled up SCM list yesterday and there was even a section for chapter books on the list for my son's age group, in addition to other books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Another idea since you mentioned classics. One nice thing about them is that you can research the content of classics extremely quickly online, since the classics will have synopsis online. Also, you can get the audiobook versions for free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maela Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 In case it's helpful I have a lot of book lists on my site: http://wellreadkid.com I've add age recommendations for the Newberry Medal Winners and Caldecott Medal Winners, and some of the others. Here are the Newberry winners: http://www.wellreadkid.com/newbery-medal-winners/ I would also look at the read aloud choices from Sonlight and Ambleside Online by grade level. I love your site! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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