TJEd Early Recommended
A Thomas Jefferson Education is Oliver and Rachel DeMille's home-education method. It recommends three reading lists by the age of the reader — Early, Youth and Adult — and these are the earliest.
37 books in the catalog stand on this list. The list itself (opens the list's own website) ↗
A reader aged
11 of these books cover age 11. The 7 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens, 1843 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 910L · AR 6.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White, 1952 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 680L · AR 4.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
by James Gurney, 1992 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 700L · AR 6.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
also on Davidson Gifted
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Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling, 1902 · ages 11–13 · Lexile 1190L · AR 6.4 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Perloo The Bold
by Avi, 1998 · ages 8–12 · Lexile 730L · AR 4.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Peter Pan (or, Peter and Wendy)
by James M. Barrie, 1906 · ages 9–13 · Lexile 980L · AR 7.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Rip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving, 1819 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1280L · AR 11.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
also on Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids
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The Gift of the Magi
by O. Henry, 1905 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 950L · AR 6.2 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
also on Mensa Kids
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle, 1883 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1200L · AR 8.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
also on Mensa Kids
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum, 1900 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1000L · AR 7.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids
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Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame, 1908 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1070L · AR 8.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
also on Davidson Gifted, Deep Roots Grade