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
15 of these books cover age 8. 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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Aesop’s Fables
by Jerry Pinkney, 2000 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 760L
also on Deep Roots Grade
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Betsy-Tacy
by Maud Hart Lovelace, 1940 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 650L · AR 4.0 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
also on Davidson Gifted, Mensa Kids
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Casey at the Bat
by Ernest Thayer, 1888 · ages 8–10 · AR 5.3 · 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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Chicken Little
by folk tale, 1840 · ages 4–8
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Cinderella
by folk tale, 1697 · ages 4–8
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Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1855 · ages 6–9 · AR 5.2
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Paul Revere's Ride
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1861 · ages 8–10 · AR 5.5
also on Mensa Kids
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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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Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi, 1883 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 640L · AR 5.3 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter, 1912 · ages 8–10 · Lexile 480L · AR 5.2
also on Deep Roots Grade, The Good & The Beautiful
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
by Rudyard Kipling, 1894 · ages 6–10 · Lexile 810L · AR 5.0 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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The Blind Men and the Elephant
by Karen Backstein, 1992 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 470L · AR 2.6 · AR Interest: LG (K–3)
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
by Clement Clarke Moore, 1823 · ages 4–8 · Lexile 880L · AR 4.3
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Winnie-the-Pooh
by A.A. Milne, 1926 · ages 5–9 · Lexile 790L · AR 4.6 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)