Book List for 2024/2025
Below is a list of books we will be using in each Form. If you are attending Litera Academy in person, you do not need to purchase every book. If you have yet to receive your welcome packet, please wait until you do before buying books for class.
Form Zero
One Big Story Bible Storybook by The Gospel Project
The Real Mother Goose by Scholastic
The Children's Book of Virtues by William J Bennett
When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
The World Treasury Of Literature Vol 1 and 2 by Clifton Fadiman
A Beatrix Potter Treasury by Beatrix Potter
Dr. Seuss’ ABCs: An Amazing Alphabet Book by Dr. Seuss
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr
The Alphabet Book by PD Eastman
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Give Bees A Chance by Bethany Barton
Who Took The Cookies from the Cookie Jar by Bonnie Lass and Philemon Sturges
The Dot by Peter H Reynolds
But No Elephants by Jerry Smath
The Wide Mouth Frog by Keith Faulkner
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galadone
Inch by Inch byLeo Lionni
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
The Knight and The Dragon by Tomie daPaola
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
The Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
Pancakes Pancakes by Eric Carle
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson
Zin Zin A Violin by Lloyd Moss
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up the Wash by Sarah Weeks
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
The Little Yellow Digger by Betty Gilderdale
Put Me In The Zoo by Robert Lopshire
When A Line Bends A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Green
The Shape of Things by Dayle Anne Dodds
Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong
Tangled a Story About Shapes by Ann Miranda
Square by Mac Barnett
Circle by Mac Barnett
Triangle by Mac Barnett
Halflings
Logic of English, Phonems
Doodling Dragons
Whistling Whales
Foundations Manuscript Workbook Level A
Language Arts
Math
Mathematics Power Learning for children Number understanding & Recognition - Addition of Fingers
Geography
Children Just Like Me by DK Books
This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
Amazing World Atlas
Christmas Around the World by Mary D Lankford
History
Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin
Buffalo Bill by Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
The Children’s Book of America by William J. Bennett
Literature
Winnie the Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Miline
My Father’s Dragon
Elmer & The Dragon
The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Poetry
A Child’s Book of Poems Collection, Illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa
Short Stories
Beatrix Potter Collection
The Children’s Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett
The Foxwood Treasury by Cynthia & Brian Paterson
The Children’s Book of Heroes, by William J. Bennett
Science
Mother West Wind by Thornton W. Burgess
One Small Square - Woods by Donald M. Silver
Seed Babies by Margaret Warner Morley
One Small Square - Backyard by Donald M. Silver
Shakespeare
The Usborne Complete Shakespeare & Poetry for Kids
Form 1
Language Arts
Logic of English, Phonems & Spelling Practice
Geography
Cross-Country Geography for Children by Hanna & Cohn
National Geographic Kids Ultimate Us Road Trip Atlas 2nd Ed
Beautiful Feet Foldable US Map
Home Geography for Primary Grades by C. C. Long
History
A Child’s First Book of American History by Earl Schenck Miers
Lief the Lucky by D’Aulaire
Columbus by D’Aulaire
Pocahontas by D’Aulaire
Literature
Ables Island by William Steig
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence & Richard Atwater
David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd
Poetry
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
A Child’s Garden f Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
When We Were Young by A. A. Miline
Short Stories
The Fair Stories by Oscar Wild
Aesop Fables
The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett
Science
Berean Builders - Science in the Beginning
Shakespeare
The Usborne Complete Shakespeare
Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
Form 2
Language Arts
English for the Thoughtful Child
Geography
A Child’s Geography of the World by VM Hillyer
Cm’s Elementary Geography
Home Geography for Primary Grades by CC Long
History
Story of the World Vol 1: Ancient Times
d’ Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, by Ingir & Edgar Parin d’ Aulaire
Literature
Poetry
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes
Selected Poems: Carl Sandburg
The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems April 2002
Science
Berean Builders - Science and The Ancient World
Shakespeare
Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
Form 3
Language Arts
Our Mother Tongue: A guide to English Grammar
Getting Started With Latin by William E Linney
Geography
Richard Halliburton’s Book of Marvels- The Orient
History
Birth of Britain by Winston Churchill
Literature
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Beowulf by Rafel Burton
King Arthur by Andrew Lang
Poetry
The Oxford book of English Verse
Science
Berean Builders - Science in the Atomic Age
Shakespeare
Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare