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Beautiful Feet

A history curriculum taught entirely through literature — this is the reading it assigns, book by book.

188 books in the catalog stand on this list. The list itself (opens the list's own website) ↗

A reader aged

67 of these books cover age 12. The 49 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.

• Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Carl Sandburg, 1928 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1260L · AR 7.6 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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• Adara by Beatrice Gormley, 2002 · ages 9–14 · AR 5.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos, 1980 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 960L · AR 6.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Newbery Award
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• Air Raid - Pearl Harbor! by Theodore Taylor, 1971 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1070L · AR 8.7 · AR Interest: MG+ (6–8)
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• Album of Horses by Marguerite Henry, 1951 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1000L
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• Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness, 1995 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1050L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes, 1974 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1000L · AR 6.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates, 1950 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1090L · AR 6.5 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick, 2001 · ages 9–14 · AR 6.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, 1873 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1090L · AR 9.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade
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• Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster, 1947 · ages 11–14
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• Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol, 1993 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 750L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Benjamin West and his Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry, 1947 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 730L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo, 2006 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1180L · AR 7.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 1877 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 1010L · AR 7.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade, Mensa Kids, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff, 1993 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1240L · AR 6.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Black Stallion by Walter Farley, 1941 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 680L · AR 5.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz, 1991 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 980L · AR 6.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry, 1941 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 830L · AR 6.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Halsted - Best Friends, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham, 1955 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 570L · AR 4.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Castle by David Macaulay, 1977 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1180L · AR 7.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Cathedral by David Macaulay, 1973 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1180L · AR 7.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Halsted - Best Friends
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• City by David Macaulay, 1974 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1100L · AR 7.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi, 2003 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 780L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Newbery Award
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• D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire, 1962 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1070L · AR 6.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids, NY Public Library
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• Echoes of the White Giraffe by Sook Nyul Choi, 1993 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 870L · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick, 2002 · ages 9–14 · AR 6.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz, 1969 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 710L · AR 4.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean, 2003 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 780L · AR 5.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Go Free or Die by Jeri Ferris, 1988 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 800L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 1961 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 930L · AR 6.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit, 1990 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 900L · AR 6.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Jamestown, New World Adventure by James Knight, 1982 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 630L · AR 3.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida, 1971 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 970L · AR 6.0 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Mensa Kids
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• Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry, 1954 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 880L · AR 5.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green, 1953 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1130L · AR 7.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on TJEd Youth Recommended
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• King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry, 1948 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 830L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, Newbery Award
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• Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean, 2002 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 900L · AR 6.5 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley, 1996 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1010L · AR 6.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, 1947 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 750L · AR 5.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy and Giulio Maestro, 1990 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 920L · AR 5.8 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark by James Daugherty, 1951 · ages 10–13
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• Path to the Pacific: The Story of Sacagawea by Neta Lohnes Frazier, 2007 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1170L · AR 7.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne, 1964 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1100L · AR 8.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Poor Richard by James Daugherty, 1941 · ages 9–12
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• Rascal by Sterling North, 1963 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1140L · AR 7.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, 1976 · ages 11–14 · Lexile 920L · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, NY Public Library
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• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Lynne Curlee, 2002 · ages 9–14 · AR 8.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins, 1986 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 730L · AR 4.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Peter Burchard and Clyde Robert Bulla, 1982 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 530L · AR 3.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson by Barry Denenberg, 1990 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 930L · AR 6.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare, 1997 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 760L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum, 1918 · ages 9–14 · AR 6.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson, 1986 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 680L · AR 4.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, 1971 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 900L · AR 6.4 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Deep Roots Grade, The Good & The Beautiful, TJEd Youth Recommended
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• The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong, 1987 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 820L · AR 5.5 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on The Good & The Beautiful
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• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943 · ages 10–13 · Lexile 710L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
  also on Mensa Kids, NY Public Library
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• The Little Riders by Margaretha Shemin, 1963 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 900L · AR 5.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland, 1993 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 810L · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Picture History of Great Inventors by Gillian Clements, 1994 · ages 9–14 · AR 8.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly, 1929 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1200L · AR 7.1 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
  also on Newbery Award, The Good & The Beautiful
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• Walking the Road to Freedom by Jeri Ferris, 1988 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 880L · AR 5.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• War Boy: a Wartime Childhood by Michael Foreman, 1990 · ages 9–14 · AR 6.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam by Huynh Quang Nhuong, 1997 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1120L · AR 6.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Winter at Valley Forge by Matt Doeden, 2006 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 550L · AR 3.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation by Quentin Reynolds, 1950 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 720L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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• Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi, 1991 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 840L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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