The Book List

THE PLAYFUL PIONEERS

Version 2.0

 

The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

(for cycle 2, you could listen to the first five books on audio book instead of rereading)

Little Britches by Ralph Moody

Man of the Family by Ralph Moody

The Home Ranch by Ralph Moody

Mary Emma and Company by Ralph Moody

The Fields of Home by Ralph Moody

optional; Horse of a Different Color

The Ology by Marty Machowski

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones

(Cycle 2 families can substitute for a different daily devotion or just read a poem or Bible passage each day.

We like Indescribable by Louie Giglio and Leading Little Ones to God by Marian Schoolland )

Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman

Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman

Month 1-Early Settlers, Natives, and Explorers 

Week 1

Horses by Laura Driscoll

North American Indians by Douglas Gorsline

 

Week 2

Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire

The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino

 

Week 3

In 1492 by Jean Marzollo

Squanto’s Journey by Joseph Bruchac

 

Week 4

On the Mayflower by Kate Waters

Tapenum’s Day by Kate Waters

From Sheep to Sweater by Robin Nelson

A Picture Book of George Washington by David A Adler

Month 2- Colonial Life

Week 5 

Finding Providence by Avi

Week 6

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin, et al.

 Week 7

Sarah Whitcher’s Story by Elizabeth Yates

Week 8

A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins

Bears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears by Deborah Hodge

If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern

 Month 3-Lewis and Clark, Westward Expansion

Week 9

A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark by David A. Adler

Bears Are Curious by Joyce Milton

Week 10

A Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A. Adler

 

Week 11

Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

The Very First Americans by Cara Ashrose

 

Week 12

Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters

Wolves by Gail Gibbons

Month 4-Cowboys, Native Americans 

Week 13

The Thanksgiving Story by Alicia Dalgliesh

The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac

 

Week 14

B is for Buckaroo: A Cowboy Alphabet by Gleaves Whitney

Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks by Olaus J Murie & Mark Elbroch

 

Week 15

The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen

Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals by Ruth Heller

The Buck Stops Here by Alice Provenson

 

Week 16

Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck

The Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac

Month 5-Slavery and the Civil War 

Week 17

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express by Eleanor Coerr

 

Week 18

Words Set Me Free by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner

 

Week 19

Brave Clara Barton by Frank Murphy

 

Week 20

Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeannette Winter

Month 6-Immigration

 Week 21

The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin

Leeches: Learn About Leeches and Enjoy Colorful Pictures by Becky Wolff

 

Week 22

All the Way to America by Don Yaccarino

The Life and Times of a Honey Bee by Charles Micucci

 

Week 23

Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say

Are You a Grasshopper by Judy Allen and Tudor Humpries

 

Week 24

A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting

 Month 7-Age of Industry

Week 25

Bob the Railway Dog: The True Story of an Adventurous Dog by Corinne Fenton

Locomotive by Brian Floca

 

Week 26

Oh, the Things They Invented by Bonnie Worth

A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison by David A. Adler



Week 27

Ten Mile Day and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad by Mary Ann Fraser

Fiona's Lace by Patricia Polacco

 

Week 28

A More Perfect Union: The Story of the American Constitution by Betsy Maestro

How Do Birds Find Their Way by Roma Gans

 Month 8- The Constitution and the 50 States

Week 29

Where Did My Clothes Come From by Chris Butterworth

From Wheat to Bread by Stacy Taus-Bolstad

 

Week 30

The 50 States by Gabrielle Balkan

Pond by Jim LeMarche

 

Check out our other elementary resources, The Kind Kingdom for European History with Narnia and

The Precious People World History.

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