My sixth grader loves to read and I'm so thankful for that. She reads so much, however, that it's hard for me to preview enough books for her.
I haven't always been super picky about what I allow her to read. I would just pick up whatever looked fun from the library. It wasn't until serious issues with a poor attitude and angry outbursts (which I traced to a series of books she was reading) that I started to preview what she's allowed to read.
I learned about The Good & the Beautiful Reading List a couple of years ago and it has been such a blessing in our home. The list contains more than 650 books that have been previewed for inappropriate content and then categorized by reading level.
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These are the books that I've chosen for her to read this year.
The Light at Tern Rock
by Julia L. Sauer
By the Great Horn Spoon
by Sid Fleischman
Mountain Born
by Elizabeth Yates
Zeke and the Fisher-Cat
by Virginia Frances Voight
Race for the Prairie
by Aileen Fisher
Slave Boy in Judea
by Josephine Sanger Lau
Over the Hills to Nugget
by Aileen Fisher
Lions in the Barn
by Virginia Voight
The Cabin Faced West
by Jean Fritz
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Call it Courage
by Armstrong Sperry
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
The House of Sixty Fathers
by Meindert Dejong
The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry
Stormy, Misty's Foal
by Marguerite Henry
Amos Fortune
by Elizabeth Yates
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
by Marguerite Henry
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
by Robert C. O'Brien
What are your reading list choices for sixth grade? If you haven't made your choices yet, or are looking for a list of clean and wholesome books with high literary and educational value, then consider purchasing The Good & the Beautiful Book List.
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