Fourth of July Readings - Multiple Grades/Google Books

Jones Seventh Grade Reader, The First Fourth of July

Jones Fifth Grade Reader, The First Fourth of July

Many more here at my Google Books library.

Little People and Their Homes in Meadows, Woods and Waters/Google Books

Little people and their homes in meadows, woods and waters
Authors Stella Louise Hook, Daniel Carter Beard, Harry Beard
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888
Length 228 pages
Overview

General History for Colleges and High Schools/Google Books

General history for colleges and high schools
Publisher Ginn & Company, 1906
Length 779 pages
Overview

The Golden Galleon/Google Books

The golden galleon
Author Robert Leighton
Publisher Blackie, 1898
Overview

"This is a story of Queen Elizabeth's time(1591), just after the defeat of the
Spanish Armada. Mr. Leighton introduces in his work the great sea-
fighters of Plymouth town Hawkins, Drake, Raleigh, and Richard
Grenville." Source here.

The Jack of All Trades(Boys' Leisure Ideas)/Google Books

The Jack of all trades: fair weather ideas
Author Daniel Carter Beard
Publisher C. Scribner's sons, 1904
Length 185 pages
Overview

Table of Contents

Text-book of Palaeontology/Google Books

Text-book of palaeontology
Volume 2 of Text-book of Paleontology, Charles Rochester Eastman
Author Karl Alfred von Zittel
Editor Charles Rochester Eastman
Publisher Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1902
Overview

For Playground, Field and Forest: The Outdoor Handy Book‎/Google Books

For playground, field and forest: the outdoor handy book
Author Daniel Carter Beard
Publisher C. Scribner's sons, 1907
Length 496 pages
Overview

Calvert of Maryland: a Story of Lord Baltimore's Colony/Google books

Calvert of Maryland: a story of Lord Baltimore's colony
Author James Otis
Publisher American book company, 1910
Length 166 pages
Overview

Children's Book of Patriotic Stories: the Spirit of '76/Google Books

Children's book of patriotic stories: the spirit of '76
Editors Asa Don Dickinson, Helen Winslow Dickinson Dickinson
Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917
Length 305 pages
Overview

The American Republic: a Text in Civics for High Schools

The American republic: a text in civics for high schools, academies and normal schools
Author Samuel Eagle Forman
Publisher The Century Co., 1911
Length 359 pages
Overview

The Way of the King's Palace, Eighth Grade Reader/Google Books

The way of the king's palace, Volume 8; Volume 1916
King's highway series
The Way of the King's Palace, Elias Hershey Sneath
Author Elias Hershey Sneath
Publisher Macmillan, 1916
Length 284 pages
Overview

The Master of the Strong Hearts: a Story of Custer's Last Rally

The master of the strong hearts: a story of Custer's last rally
Author Elbridge Streeter Brooks
Publisher E.P. Dutton and Company, 1898
Length 314 pages
Overview

I'll Be Back

Just taking a little time - the beach is calling.

The Long Walls: an American Boy's Adventures in Greece/Google Books

The long walls: an American boy's adventures in Greece; a story of digging and discovery, temples and treasure
Elbridge Streeter Brooks, John Alden
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896
Length 328 pages
Overview

Historic Boys: Their Endeavors, Their Achievements and Their Times/Google Books

Historic boys: their endeavors, their achievements and their times
Author Elbridge Streeter Brooks
Publisher G. P. Putnams̓ Sons, 1885
Length 259 pages
Overview

Course of Study and Manual of Methods/Google Books

Course of study and manual of methods for the district schools of Michigan
Author Michigan. Dept. of Education
Publisher Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers, 1914
Length 200 pages

For grades one through eight, helpful lists and reading suggestions sorted by grade.

Overview

Fortune of the Republic/Google Books

Fortune of the republic
Author Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher Houghton, Osgood and company, 1878
Length 44 pages
Overview
Eighth grade reading.

Enoch Arden: Including also the Lotus Eaters, Ulysses, Tithonus for School and Home Use/Google Books

Student version with Cliff Notes type background and analysis.

Enoch Arden: including also the Lotus eaters, Ulysses, Tithonus for school and home use
Author Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson
Publisher E. Maynard & co., 1890
Length 54 pages
Overview

Practical Things with Simple Tools: a Book for Young Mechanics/Google Books

Practical things with simple tools: a book for young mechanics
Publisher Sully and Kleinteich, 1916
Length 214 pages
Overview

Easy Lessons on the Constitution of the United States/Google Books

Easy Lessons on the Constitution of the United States
Author Alfred Bayliss
Publisher W.W. Knowles & Co., 1891
Length 143 pages
Overview

Manual of Geography Combined with History and Astronomy: Designed For Intermediate Classes in Public and Private Schools/Google Books

Manual of Geography Combined with History and Astronomy: Designed For Intermediate Classes in Public and Private Schools
Author James Monteith
Published 1877
Overview

Richly illustrated, and still useful despite being outdated in places.

Easy Lessons in Popular Science(Science and Geography)/Google Books

Items on maps are numbered, and each area is covered in a chapter section. Designed for use with a multi-grade elementary school class.

Easy lessons in popular science: and handbook to pictorial chart ...
Author James Monteith
Publisher American Book Co., 1879
Length 251 pages
Overview

George Washington: The Man/Google Books

George Washington: the man
The Riverside literature series
Author Henry Cabot Lodge
Publisher Houghton Mifflin company, 1917
Length 94 pages
Overview

Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle(1775): and Other Verse and Prose/Google Books

Generally read in 7th grade.

Grandmother's story of Bunker Hill battle: and other verse and prose
Riverside school library
Author Oliver Wendell Holmes
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1891
Length 93 pages
Overview

Curious Homes and Their Tenants(Nature Studies 7th and 8th Grades)

Curious homes and their tenants
Appleton's home reading books
Author James Carter Beard
Publisher D. Appleton, 1897
Length 275 pages
Overview

Mother's Day Literature: Short Stories and Poems

Click here for multigrade selections.

Synonyms/Google Books

Synonyms: Designed to Give Skill in the Choice and Right Use of Words, and to Afford Variety and Facility in Expression
By John H. Bechtel
Penn Publishing Group, 1915
Overview

Handbooks for Boys/Google Books

Handbooks for boys
Author Boy Scouts of America
Published 1917
Overview

Simple Experiments for the School Room/Google Books

Simple experiments for the school-room: that may be made by teachers wholly without previous experience : and adapted to introduce young pupils to a knowledge of elementary science by experimental methods and arouse a spirit of inquiry.
Author John Francis Woodhull
Publisher E.L. Kellogg, 1889
Length 99 pages
Overview

The Vision of Sir Launfal/Internet Archives

The Vision of Sir Launfal: with notes and aids to study
Author James Russell Lowell
Publisher Houghton, 1905
Length 87 pages
Overview

"A narrative poem about a proud medieval knight who spends his life seeking abroad for the Holy Grail in vain, only to find it at home when he humbly gives a crust of bread and cup of water to a leper."

Sewing and Textiles: First Lessons for Elementary Schools/Google Books

Sewing and textiles: first lessons for elementary schools
Author Mary Lockwood Matthews
Publisher Little, Brown, and Co., 1921
Length 155 pages
Overview


Sections of this books are still very usable for modern sewing on a machine.

Primer of Industry(Crafts)/Google Books

Primer of industry
Author Austin Craig
Publisher World book company, 1912
Length 80 pages
Overview

Mosaic Essays : Friendship, Love, Happiness, Nature & Success(Emerson)/Internet Archives

Mosaic essays : friendship, love, happiness, nature & success ([c1906])
Author: Elder, Paul, 1872-1948
Subject: Happiness; Friendship; Nature in literature
Publisher: San Francisco ; New York : P. Elder and Company
Overview

Snow-bound: Among the Hills and Songs of Labor(Classic Poetry)/Google Books

Snow-bound: Among the hills and Songs of labor. With explanatory notes
Author John Greenleaf Whittier
Publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1883
Length 74 pages
Overview

Ivanhoe: Condensed for Use in Schools/Google Books

Ivanhoe: condensed for use in schools, with an introduction and explanatory notes
Author Sir Walter Scott
Publisher Univ. Pub. Co., 1897
Length 208 pages
Overview

High School English: Composition, Rhetoric, Literature

High school English: composition, rhetoric, literature

Authors Alfred Allan Kern, Stuart Grayson Noble
Publisher The Southern publishing company, 1922
Length 592 pages
Overview

The First Year English Book(9th/10th Grade)/Google Books

The First Year English Book(High School)
Author Harriet Eve Crandall
Publisher Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, 1908
Length 237 pages
Overview

Tales of A Grandfather(Sir Walter Scott)/Google Books

Tales of a Grandfather(History of Scotland)
Author Sir Walter Scott
Editor J. Hutchison
Publisher Macmillan & co., 1908
Length 108 pages
Overview

A Course of Study for the Eight Grades of the Common School /Google Books

A course of study for the eight grades of the common school including a hand book of practical suggestions to teachers
Author Charles Alexander McMurry
Publisher Public-School Publishing Co., 1895
Length 152 pages
Overview

Standard Catholic Reader, Book One

Standard Catholic Readers, Mary E. Doyle
Author Mary E. Doyle
Publisher American Book Co., 1909
Overview

Richard III/Google Books

Richard III
By Jacob Abbott
Publisher Harper, 1901
Length 337 pages
Overview

Boy and Girl Heroes/Google Books

Boy and Girl Heroes
Everychild's series
Author Florence Virginia Farmer
Publisher Macmillan Co., 1912
Length 137 pages
Overview

Nature Myths of Many Lands/Google Books

Nature myths of many lands
Eclectic readings
Author Florence Virginia Farmer
Publisher American Book Co., 1910
Overview

A History of England

A history of England from the first invasion by the Romasn to the 14th year of the reign of Queen Victoria: with conversations at the end of each chapter.

By Mrs. Markham
Publisher J. Murray, 1851
Overview

Stories of Other Lands/Google Books

Stories of Other Lands
Book 3, Part 2 of Appletons' instructive reading-books
Book 3, Part 2 of Historical series
Stories of other lands
Author James Johonnot
Publisher American Book Co., 1888
Length 232 pages
Overview

Richard I/Google Books

Richard I
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Harper, 1901
Length 336 pages
Overview

History of William, the Conqueror/Google Books

History of William, the Conqueror
Author Jacob Abbott
Publisher Henry Altemus Company, 1900
Length 251 pages
Overview

Neighbors with Claws and Hoofs, and Their Kin: for Boys and Girls

Neighbors with claws and hoofs, and their kin: for boys and girls
Book 4 of Appleton's instructive reading-books
Book 4 of Natural history series

Author James Johonnot
Publisher American Book Company, 1885
Length 256 pages
Overview

The Story of Archer Alexander from Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863/Google Books

Quite interesting; however, parents should preview this book first for comfort level, as the language is old fashioned(19th century). Some references are pejorative by today's standards.

The story of Archer Alexander from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863
Author William Greenleaf Eliot
Publisher Cupples, Upham, 1885
Length 123 pages
Overview

A Syllabus for the History of Western Europe

A syllabus for the history of western Europe
Published 1907
Overview

A Short History of Ancient Times: for Colleges and High Schools

A short history of ancient times: for colleges and high schools
Author Philip Van Ness Myers
Publisher Ginn & Company, 1906
Length 388 pages
Overview

The Story of Old France/Google Books

The Story of Old France
Author Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher American book company, 1910
Length 374 pages
Overview

The Age of Charlemagne/ Google Books

The Age of Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

Author Charles Luke Wells
Publisher Christian Literature Co., 1898
Length 472 pages
Overview

Free Lesson Plans/Curriculum Guide for Grades Pre-K through Sixth

Using mostly free public domain books, Ivory shares her homeschool lesson plans here. It's Charlotte Mason style, mainly combining resources from these three sites: http://www.oldfashionededucation.com, http://www.materamabilis.org, and http://www.amblesideonline.com.

Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World/Google Books

Captain Cook's voyages round the world
Authors James Cook, Margaret Bertha Synge
Publisher Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1897
Length 512 pages
Overview

The Story of the World/Baldwin Project

By M.B. Synge here.

The Prang Primary Course in Art Education/Google books

The Prang primary course in art education, Part 1
Author Mary Dana Hicks
Publisher The Prang Educational Co., 1893
Length 168 pages
Overview

Part two here.

The Children's Book of Stars/Google books

The children's book of stars
Author Geraldine Edith Mitton
Publisher Adam and Charles Black, 1908
Length 207 pages
Overview

The Making of the Body: a Children's Book on Anatomy and Physiology

The making of the body: a children's book on anatomy and physiology : for school and home use
Authors Henrietta Barnett (Dame), Mrs. S. A. Barnett
Publisher Longmans, Green, 1894
Length 288 pages
Overview

The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere/Google Books

The wonder book of the atmosphere
Author Edwin James Houston
Publisher F.A. Stokes company, 1907
Length 326 pages
Overview

Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age/Project Gutenberg

By Robert Leighton. Click here.

Bed-time Bible Stories for Little Children/Google

Bed-time Bible stories for little children
Author Gertrude Smith
Publisher Henry Altemus company, 1914
Length 192 pages
Overview

Sea Kings and Naval Heroes: A Book for Boys/Google Books

Sea kings and naval heroes: A book for boys
Publisher Harper, 1868
Length 421 pages
Overview

The Book of the Ocean

The book of the ocean
Author Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher The Century co., 1898
Length 279 pages
Overview

Everyday English- Grades 4-7/Google Books

Everyday English, Book 1(grades 4-6)
Everyday English, Franklin Thomas Baker
Author Franklin Thomas Baker
Publisher The Macmillan Co., 1912
Overview


Everyday English: Book 2(grades 7-8)
Authors Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike
Publisher Macmillan Co., 1913
Length 336 pages
Overview

The Boy's Froissart: Being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of Adventure, Battle, and Custom in England, France, Spain/Google Books

The boy's Froissart: being Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of adventure, battle, and custom in England, France, Spain, etc
Editor Sidney Lanier
Publisher C. Scribner's sons, 1879
Length 422 pages
Overview

Treasure Island with Teacher and Student Guide/Gooolge Books

Treasure Island by Robert Lewis Stevenson(unabridged)
Book is illustrated and contains teacher's suggestions for study, vocabulary list at Overview link page, biographical sketch, notes, and a book list. Introduction mentions that this edition is for seventh or eighth grade, but can adapted for earlier grades.

Treasure Island
Canterbury classics
Author Katharine Lee Bates
Editor Theda Gildemeister
Publisher Rand, McNally, 1903
Length 328 pages
Overview

Other Canterbury Classics for Children.

First Steps in Geometry/Google Books

First steps in geometry
Authors George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill
Publisher Ginn & company, 1901
Length 156 pages
Overview

The Crescent Moon: Child-poems/Google Books

The crescent moon: child-poems
Author Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher Macmillan, 1914
Length 82 pages
Overview

Poetry and stories from India.

The Eclectic Physiology for Use in Schools/Google Books

The eclectic physiology for use in schools
Author Eli F. Brown
Publisher Van Antwerp, Bragg & co., 1884
Length 183 pages
Overview

Canadian Readers, Book 4

Canadian readers, Book 4(fourth grade)
W.J. Gage & co.'s educational series
Author John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
Publisher W.J. Gage, 1883
Length 320 pages
Overview

Unfortunately, only one grade found.

Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: Duchess of Thuringia/Google Books

Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: duchess of Thuringia
Author Charles Forbes Montalembert (comte de)
Publisher Longmans, Green, 1904
Length 493 pages
Overview

The Philippine Chart Primer

The Philippine chart primer
Authors Mary E. Coleman, Margaret A. Purcell, Orlando Schairer Reimold, John Woodside Ritchie
Publisher World book company, 1906
Length 53 pages
Overview

The Step-by-step Primer: a Self-instructor in Reading

The step-by-step primer: a self-instructor in reading by the use of Burnz' pronouncing print
Author Eliza Boardman Burnz
Publisher Burnz, 1892
Length 94 pages
Overview

A Short History of Scotland/Google books

A short history of Scotland
Author Peter Hume Brown
Publisher Oliver and Boyd, 1908
Length 618 pages
Overview

American Indian Story and Primer/Google Books

Kwahu, the Hopi Indian boy
Author George Newell Moran
Publisher American Book Company, 1913
Length 237 pages(color illustrations)
Download or read online here. Free and in public domain. Reading level about middle school and up.

Hopi paper dolls(1922) here.

For younger children, The Indian Primer, 1906. Readable online and downloadable.

Johnson's Primer/Google Books

Johnson's primer
Authors Henrietta H. Richardson, Blanche Wynne Johnson
Publisher B.F. Johnson Pub. Co., 1898
Length 46 pages
Overview

The Wonder Book of the Atmosphere/Google Books

The wonder book of the atmosphere
Author Edwin James Houston
Publisher F.A. Stokes company, 1907
Length 326 pages
Overview

Graphics: a Manual of Drawing and Writing/Google Books

Graphics: a manual of drawing and writing, for the use of schools and families
American Culture Series, Art and Architecture collection
Author Rembrandt Peale
Publisher J. P. Peaslee, 1835
Length 86 pages
Overview

Art Appreciation/Google Books

The Appreciation of Pictures
Author Russell Sturgis
Publisher The Baker & Taylor co., 1905
Length 298 pages
Overview

Preschool Picture Book

Cut and paste, or just for reading, The Children's Object Picture Book, Published/Created: London; New York: F. Warne & Co., [188-?]. Free and in public domain from the U.S. Library of Congress. Fully downloadable or readable online as HTML pages.

Features a home in 19th century London, England.