Thursday, July 5, 2007

The Absurd ABC By Walter Crane/Project Gutenberg


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More by Water Crane:

Alphabet Of Old Friends

Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane, Audiobook

The Song of Sixpence Picture Book

The Frog Prince and Other Stories: The Frog Prince, Princess Belle-Etoile, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm

Boy's Historical Adventure Series:Project Gutenberg


By Joseph A. Altsheler (Joseph Alexander), 1862-1919

The Forest of Swords
A Story of Paris and the Marne (English)
The Forest Runners
A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky (English)
The Free Rangers
A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi (English)
The Guns of Bull Run
A story of the civil war's eve (English)
The Guns of Shiloh
A Story of the Great Western Campaign (English)
The Hosts of the Air (English)
The Hunters of the Hills (English)
The Lords of the Wild
A Story of the Old New York Border (English)
The Masters of the Peaks
A Story of the Great North Woods (English)
The Rock of Chickamauga
A Story of the Western Crisis (English)
The Rulers of the Lakes
A Story of George and Champlain (English)
The Scouts of Stonewall
The Story of the Great Valley Campaign (English)
The Scouts of the Valley (English)
The Shades of the Wilderness
A Story of Lee's Great Stand (English)
The Shadow of the North
A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign (English)
The Star of Gettysburg
A Story of Southern High Tide (English)
The Sun Of Quebec
A Story of a Great Crisis (English)
The Sword of Antietam
A Story of the Nation's Crisis (English)
The Texan Scouts
A Story of the Alamo and Goliad (English)
The Texan Star
The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty (English)
The Tree of Appomattox (English)
The Young Trailers
A Story of Early Kentucky (English)

Under Joseph Alexander:
Before the Dawn
A Story of the Fall of Richmond (English)

David "Davie" Crockett: His Life and Adventures/Project Gutenberg

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(Moral Instruction)The Child at Home/Project Gutenberg

Chapter I.
RESPONSIBILITY.--The Police Court. The widow and her daughter.
Effect of a child's conduct upon the happiness of its parents. The
young sailor. The condemned pirate visited by his parents. Consequences of disobedience. A mother's grave. The sick child. . .7

Chapter II.
DECEPTION.--George Washington and his hatchet.--Consequences of
deception. Temptations to deceive. Story of the child sent on an
errand. Detection. Anecdote. The dying child. Peace of a dying hour
disturbed by falsehood previously uttered. Various ways of
deceiving. Thoughts on death. Disclosures of the judgment day. . .28

Chapter III.
OBEDIENCE.--Firmness requisite in doing duty. The irresolute boy. The girl and the green apples. Temptations. Evening party. Important consequences resulting from slight disobedience. The state prison. History of a young convict. Ingratitude of disobedience. The soldier's widow and her son. Story of Casabianca. Cheerful obedience. Illustration. Parental kindness. . .46

Chapter IV.
OBEDIENCE, continued.--The moonlight game. Reasons why good parents
will not allow their children to play in the streets in the evening. The evening walk. The terrified girl, Instance of filial affection. Anecdote. Strength of a mother's love. The child's entire dependence. A child rescued from danger. Child lost in the prairie.. .71

Chapter V.
RELIGIOUS TRUTH.--Human character. The Northern Voyagers. Imaginary
scene in a court of justice. Love of God. Scene from Shakspeare.
Efforts to save us. The protection of angels. The evening party. The dissolute son. A child lost in the woods. The sufferings of the
Savior. The Holy Spirit. . .94

Chapter VI.
PIETY.--Penitence. Charles Bullard. His good character in school. In college. The pious boy. The orchard. The fishing-rod. The forgiving spirit. How children may do good. The English clergyman and the child who gave himself to the Savior. The happy sick boy. The Christian child in heaven. Uncertainty of life. The loaded gun. The boy in the stage-coach. . .119

Chapter VII.
TRAITS OF CHARACTER.--We cannot be happy without friends. Why scholars are unpopular in school. The way to gain friends. The warm fire. Playing ball. Recipe for children who would be loved. A bad temper. Amiable disposition to be cultivated. The angry man. Humility. The vain young lady. Vanity always ridiculous. The affected school girl. The unaffected schoolgirl. Story of the proud girl. Moral courage. The duellist. The three school-boys. George persuaded to throw the snow-ball. What would have been real moral courage. The boy leaving home, His mother's provisions for his comfort. The parting. His father's counsel. His reflections in the stage-coach. He consecrates himself to his Maker. . .347

by John S. C. Abbott(John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877

Monday, July 2, 2007

Old Greek Stories/Project Gutenberg

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SHORT STORIES AND SELECTIONS/Project Gutenberg

FOR USE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. COMPILED AND ANNOTATED, WITH QUESTIONS FOR STUDY.

Bedtime Stories: Tell Me Another Story/Project Gutenberg

"The reward of the story-teller who has successfully met the child's story interest is the plea embodied in the title of this book: "Tell me another story." The book meets this child longing on a psychologic basis. It consists of groups of stories arranged so that their telling will result in definite mental growth for children, as well as satisfied story hunger."

Arthur Bailey's Sleepytime Tales/Project Gutenberg


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The Best Nonsense Verses/Project Gutenberg

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Children's Play: The Rescue of the Princess Winsome/Project Gutenberg

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"Appealing to children because of its association with their favorite heroine, and to their parents because of its high moral tone and the beauty of its lines, the play has found great favor among children's clubs for their private theatricals, in many cases rivalling the success of the "Little Colonel" and her friends in obtaining funds for charitable purposes. "

Beatrix Potter Books, some Audio/Project Gutenberg

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A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
The Story of Miss Moppet
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Mr. Tod
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
The Tale of Tom Kitten

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Download, Viewing And Printing Tips

The most efficient way to download entire Project Gutenberg texts with or without illustrations is click on the HTML format on the download page, or plain text format if you don't want images(or if they are not available), and let the entire book load. Don't choose the "zip" option for downloading.

After it loads, right click and "select all". Then click on "save as" and the entire book will download in seconds. On my browser, "save as" is on my drop down menu after clicking "page" on my toolbar.

These tips will work for other resources as well. The only exception is the Google Book Reader which would not allow me to right click. Update: I figured it out - switch to HTML mode and you can save and print pages. Look at the bottom of the sidebar once you begin reading your Google book. There are three modes: standard(default), HTML and plain text. I have not been able to copy the entire books using "select all". Pages at Google can only be saved a page at a time unless you download it.

This is so much faster(if you have a slow connection) than using the zip file option on the download page. If you find that you need more computer storage space, download the file to a handy-dandy portable personal storage space, a USB flash drive AKA: thumbdrive:







These things are wonderful for storage. I keep all my important files and pictures on this 2 GB Sandisk, and it's easy to plug into any computer. This makes it very convenient to use for printing your books at the copy shop. This USB flash drive device can easily store a large library of books, and it becomes a library to go.

Note: The plug retracts for easy portability, and it's got a leash for carrying around the neck. There are other versions which can attach to your key chain.

HT to Christine at As The House Turns, for asking about book downloads.

Punctuation for Students/Project Gutenberg

"Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students, by Paul Allardyce, 1895

THE FULL STOP
THE COMMA
THE SEMICOLON
THE COLON
THE POINT OF INTERROGATION
THE MARK OF EXCLAMATION
THE DASH
BRACKETS (OR THE PARENTHESIS)
INVERTED COMMAS
ITALICS
THE HYPHEN
THE APOSTROPHE
ELLIPSIS
REFERENCES TO NOTES
CORRECTION OF PROOFS

Ring o' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Audio Book/Project Gutenberg

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Ride A Cock-Horse To Banbury Cross & A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Grey Mare/Project Gutenberg


R. Caldecott's Picture Books


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Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing, Third and Fourth Grades/Project Gutenberg

AUTUMN FIRES

In the other gardens And all up the vale,From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail!Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers;The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers.Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all!Flowers in the summer, Fires in the fall!
BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

The Aimwell Stories: The Boy Who Had His Own Way/Project Gutenberg

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"In the story of OSCAR is portrayed the career of a bright but somewhat headstrong boy, who was over-indulged by his parents, and who usually managed to "have his own way," by hook or by crook. The book is designed to exhibit some of the bad consequences of acquiring a wayward and lawless spirit, and of falling into indolent, untruthful, and disobedient habits. These are its main lessons, intermingled with which are a variety of others, of scarcely less importance to the young." ~The Aimwell Stories: The Boy Who Had His Own Way, 1854

Punky Dunk and the Gold Fish/Project Gutenberg

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Mother Stories From the New Testament/Project Gutenberg

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Little Cinderella/Project Gutenberg

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Nice large print.

LITTLE ALICE’S PALACE/Project Gutenberg

Published in the 1870's, this book for young children deals with death and dying in a Biblical way. Click on the picture.


"So soon as they began to feel the presence of the heavenly King, all the despondency and gloom vanished, and, even though poor and hard-working, they were happy in the possession of such riches as nothing but the love and favour of our heavenly Father can give."

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History of the United States, Vol. I (of VI) by E. Benjamin Andrews/Project Gutenberg

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About My Book Sources

I am purposefully not looking at other categorized sources of free homeschool books, like those on my sidebar. Finding these books on my own is what makes this endeavour enjoyable for me. It's no fun just copying someone else's lists. It's the process, not the end result which holds my interest. I'm learning more by researching these on my own. Although, I'll take suggestions or leads!

Another benefit of free public domain books is a source of free vintage images. Many of these books are available with their original illustrations, beautiful etchings and color plates. I'm collecting these to use on my blogs, and to share on my flickr account.

If I do list any public domain books or images here gained from someone else's research, I'll give proper credit with a HT.

What I plan to do is research and list as much as I can on my own, then use other compiled sources by referring visitors with hyperlinks to round out my categories. I've already done a little of this with history. In Beauty and In Grace had a wonderful list for free Henty books to which I have linked.

Enjoy, and hope you discover some wonderful readings here!

Infant's Delight(Christian Poetry)/Project Gutenberg

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Free Music Downloads: Classical, Jazz, Regional/Project Gutenberg

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Music Sheets/Project Gutenberg

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Nonsense Books by Lear, Edward/Project Gutenberg

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money wrapped up in a five-pound note."

Middle School And High School Mathematics/Gutenberg Project

Amusements in Mathematics(math riddles)

The Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature 1922 By George Nauman Shuster/Google Book Search


Downloadable.
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The Catholic History of North America: Five Discourses By Thomas D'Arcy McGee/Google Book Search

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Etiquette by Emily Post/Project Gutenberg


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Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories Vol. I/Project Gutenberg


Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories, Volume 1, 1927. Poems and classic fairy tales, beautifully illustrated.

Books by Laura Lee Hope, Author of The Bobbsey Twins/Project Gutenberg

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The Bobbsey Twins at Home

The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook

The Bobbsey Twins at School

The Bobbsey Twins at School

The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge

The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair

The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore

The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City

The Bobbsey Twins in the Country

The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West

The Bobbsey Twins in Washington

The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat

The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island

The Bobbsey Twins Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out

Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove

Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus

The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays

The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys

The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real

The Moving Picture Girls

First Appearances in Photo Dramas

The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays

Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm

The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film

The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida

The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue

The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand

The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem

The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers

The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge or, the Hermit of Moonlight Falls

The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls

The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car

The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley

The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys

The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp

Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats

The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South

The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run

The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health

The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained

Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's

Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's

Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's

Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's

Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's

Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's

Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's

The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier

The Story of a Candy Rabbit

The Story of a China Cat

The Story of a Lamb on Wheels

The Story of a Monkey on a Stick

The Story of a Nodding Donkey

The Story of a Plush Bear

The Story of a Stuffed Elephant

The Story of a White Rocking Horse

The Story of Calico Clown

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Uncle Wiggly Books Howard R. Garis/Gutenberg Project


Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg

More:

Bully and Bawly No-Tail

Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys

The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection

Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch

The Curlytops on Star Island

Daddy Takes Us Skating

Daddy Takes Us to the Garden

The Daddy Series for Little Folks

Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds

Larry Dexter's Great Search or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire

Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble

Sammie and Susie Littletail

Umboo, the Elephant

Uncle Wiggily in the Woods

Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

Uncle Wiggily's Travels

Elementary School Mathematics/Google Books Search

The Child's First Book in Arithmetic By Nelson M. Holbrook Very neat book, great illustrations for beginning counting, adding and subtractions. Downloadable.

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Elementary School Foreign Language/Gutenberg project

A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler, Upper Elementary

Elementary School History/Gutenberg Project

The Beginner's American History by D.H. Montgomery

Stories of Later American History, by Wilbur F. Gordy, 1917 Fifth grade and covers:










Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
The War Begins near Boston
George Washington in the Revolution
Nathanael Greene and Other Heroes in the South
John Paul Jones
Daniel Boone
James Robertson
John Sevier
George Rogers Clark
The New Republic
Increasing the Size of the New Republic
Internal Improvements
The Republic Grows Larger
Three Great Statesmen
The Civil War
Four Great Industries

Middle School Science/Gutenberg Project

A Book of Natural History by Various

Elementary School Science/Gutenberg Project

Child's Book of Water Birds

History/Gutenberg Project

Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. Middle school and up

A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke High school

A School History of the Great War by Coulomb and Gerson and McKinley Middle and Up

Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) by Charles Morris Other volumes. Middle School and up.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 - 6, Gibbon, Edward. High school.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Vintage Preschool - Early Elementary Readers/FSU Digitized Juvenile Literature Collection


The Big ABC Book by W.B. Conkey, 1901

Picture Book Garden, 1901

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Children's Readers and Literature/Rosetta Project

Prereaders and Very Early Readers

Early Readers

Intermediate Readers

Advanced Readers

Books with Audio

Preschool Literature/Gutenberg Project

The Real Mother Goose illustrated by Wright, Blanche Fisher

The Children's First Picture Book

A Year With Birds By Alice E. Ball/Science & Poetry

Beautifully illustrated with color plates, not in public domain in this format. Readable online only.

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How The Leopard Got His Spots With Pictures By Rudyard Kipling

This version not in public domain. Readable online only.

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International Children's Digital Library

Not in public domain. Features contemporary books which are readable online only.

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Children's Literature Bookshelf/ Project Gutenberg


Contents, By Author:

1 Bailey, Arthur Scott 1877-
2 Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
3 John Brown (1810-1882)
4 Thornton W. Burgess 1874-1965
5 Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
6 Dorothy Canfield (Fisher) (1879-1958)
7 Susan Coolidge (1835-1905)
8 Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty, 1841-1885
9 Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
10 Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
11 Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
12 Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
13 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
14 George MacDonald (1824-1905)
15 Frederick Marryat (1792-1848)
16 Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
17 E. Nesbit (1858 - 1924)
18 Ouida (Ramée, Louise de la) (1839-1908)
19 Christoph von Schmid, (1768-1854)
20 Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
21 Margaret Sidney (1844-1924)
22 Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
23 Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
24 Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923)

G. K. Chesterton's Works on the Web


G. K. Chesterton's Works on the Web

Friday, June 1, 2007

Project Gutenberg/ Books By And About Saints

Saint Catherine Of Siena As Seen In Her Letters

The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel.

The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

SAINT AUGUSTIN BY LOUIS BERTRAND

OUR LADY SAINT MARY BY J. G. H. BARRY, D.D.

The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Chalippe, Father Candide


Life of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier

For Greater Things; the story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka by Kane, William Terence

Joan of Arc by Gower, Ronald Sutherland

Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore

Project Gutenberg/Vintage Children's Readers

Primer:

Aunt Mary's Primer(K-First)/Project Gutenberg

The Illustrated Alphabet of Birds/Project Gutenberg

Baseball ABC/Project Gutenberg

First Grade:


McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey

A Primary Reader by E. Louise Smythe

New National First Reader

Second Grade:

McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

The Beacon Second Reader by James H. Fassett, 1914

Third Grade:

McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

The Child's World by W.K. Tate Sarah Withers Hetty Browne

Story Hour Readers Book Three

Fourth Grade:

McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

ELSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LITERATURE BOOK FOUR BY WILLIAM H. ELSON

The New National Reader

A Reader for the Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade:

McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

The Elson Readers, Book 5 by William H. Elson and Christine M. Keck

Sixth Grade:

McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey

Cyr Reader.

See more by clicking on the label below for Children's Readers or Children's Graded Readers( Google) Quick List .