FIAR VOLUME 1 SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLIST
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NOTE: Please keep in mind that not all supplemental books listed are for the 4-8 year old age level--some are listed as "teacher books" and some are listed for additional reading for the older student. Please consult your Lesson Manuals.
THE STORY ABOUT PING by Marjorie Flack
1. Daniel’s Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
2. The Little Duck by Judy Dunn
3. When We Were Very Young-Poem entitled “The Mirror” (can also be found in
the combined volume called “The World of Christopher Robin” by Dutton
Publishers)
4. The World of Art-Water-Through the Eyes of Artists by Wendy and Jack
Richardson
LENTIL by Robert McCloskey
1. Old House, New House by Gaughenbaugh and Camburn
2. I Know That Building by D’Alelio
3. Under Every Roof by Patricia Brown Glenn
MADELINE by Ludwig Bemelmans
Find a book with photographs of Paris
A PAIR OF RED CLOGS by Masako Matsuno
1. From Hand to Mouth: or How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons and
Chopsticks & The Table Manners to Go With Them by John Cross Giblin
THE RAG COAT by Lauren Mills
1. Foxfire Books ed. by eliot Wigginton
2. Christy by Catherine Marshall
3. Video of Christy
4. The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
5. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
6. Stories from Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson
7. The Big Yellow Drawing Book by Dan O’Neill (available through school supply
catalogs)
WHO OWNS THE SUN? by Stacy Chbosky
1. The Drinking Gourd by R.N. Monjo
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL by Virginia Lee Burton
None mentioned in the manual
THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT by Alice and Martin Provensen
1. Oh, What an Awful Mess!-a Story of Charles Goodyear by Robert M.
Quackenbush
2. Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown
3. Lindbergh by Chris L. Demarest
Also beginning level stories about the Wright Brothers and Amerlia Earhart
HOW TO MAKE AN APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD by Marjorie Priceman
None mentioned in the manual
GRANDFATHER’S JOURNEY by Allen Say
References made to A Pair or Red Clogs, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The
Glorious Flight and How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
1. Snowy Day by Jack Ezra Keats
2. Apartment 3 by Jack Ezra Keats
3. Find a book from library on Origami
CRANBERRY THANKSGIVING by Wende and Harry Devlin
References made to Night of the Moonjellies
1. One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
2. Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
3. Thanksgiving: Unit Study Adventures by Amanda Bennett (check curriculum
supply catalogs)
4. World Book Encyclopedia-STARCH
ANOTHER CELEBRATED DANCING BEAR by Gladys Scheffrin-Falk
Reference made to Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
1. How the Tzar Drinks His Tea by Benjamin Elkin
Music
The Nutcracker Suite by Tchikovsky
PAPA PICCOLO by Carol Talley
1. Venice: Birth of a City by Piero Ventura
2. Fable: The Fox and the Sour Grapes
References made to Grandfather’s Journey and The Story About Ping
VERY LAST FIRST TIME by Jan Andrews
1. Yonie wondernose by Margueriet de Angeli
Reference made to Who Owns the Sun?
CLOWN OF GOD by Tomie dePaola
References made to Papa Piccolo, Mrs. Katz and Tush, Gramma’s Walk, Storm in
the Night and Who Owns the Sun?
1. Looking for Home and Whistle-Stop West-Series of books that tell of the
orphan train in America by Arleta Richardson
2. Samantha books of the American Girl series
3. Hannah’s House Series by Rhoda Woolridge ( Hannah’s Brave Year, Hannah’s
House, Hannah’s Flood, Hannah’s Mill and Hannah’s Choice)
4. Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop by Margaree King Mitchell
5. Let There Be Light by James Cross Giblin
STORM IN THE NIGHT by Mary Stolz
References made to Very Last First Time, The Glorious Flight and Grandfather’s
Journey
KATY AND THE BIG SNOW by Virginia Lee Burton
None mentioned in the manual
NIGHT OF THE MOONJELLIES by Mark Shasha
References made to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World and
Grandfather’s Journey
1. Creating Books with Valerie Bendt (check school supply catalogs for this book)
2. Unit Study Adventures: Oceans by Amanda Bennett (check school supply
catalogs for this book)
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING by Robert Frost
Blueberries, Mending the Wall and A Time to Talk poems also by Robert Frost
1. Now We are Six A.A. Milne
2. When We Were Very Young A.A. Milne
3. The World of Christopher Robin A.A. Milne (This is a volume of the above two
titles combined.)
4. Favorite Poems, Old and New Edited by Helen Ferris
5. The Moon’s The North Wind’s Cooky Edited by Susan Russo
Joyful Noise (Poems for Two Voices) by Paul Fleischman (probably for fourth
grade and up)
6. Sing a Song of Popcorn by Scholastic, Inc. edited by Beatrice Schenk de
Regniers ( Also published under the title Poems Children Will Sit Still For). Ages
3-10.
7. A Guide to Animal Tracking and Behavior by Donald and Lillilan Stokes
8. A Guide to Nature in Winter by Donald Stokes
9. Crinkleroot’s Book of Animal Tracking by Jim Arnosky
Videos
Anne of Avonlea
Heidi