Scott, Foresman Invitations to Personal Reading Program

~~~~

Invitations to Personal Reading, Set B

Realistic Stories

Blue Canyon Horse, by Ann Nolan Clark

The Bus Trip, by Eleanor Frances Lattimore

Chie and the Sports Day, by Masako Matsuno

Judy’s Journey, by Lois Lenski

Otis Spofford, by Beverly Cleary

Biography and Historical Fiction

Buffalo Bill, by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

Copper-Toed Boots, by Marguerite de Angeli

Crazy Horse: Sioux Warrior, Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft

The First Book of the Early Settlers, by Louise Dickinson Rich

Lee, the Gallant General, by Jeanette Eaton

Fun, Fancy, and Adventure

Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus

Dorrie and the Weather-Box, by Patricia Coombs

The Dwarf Pine Tree, by Betty Jean Lifton

Miss Osborne-the-Mop, by Wilson Gage

The Perfect Pitch, by Beman Lord

Books of Information

About Policemen Around the World, by Les Landin

Mr. Peaceable Paints, by Leonard Weisgard

Spike, the Story of a Whitetail Deer, by Robert M. McClung

Rusty Rings a Bell, by Franklyn M. Branley and Eleanor K. Vaughan

Wonders of an Oceanarium, by Lou Jacobs Jr.

Books to Good to Miss

Adventure at Mont-Saint-Michel, by Napoli

Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Germany, retold by Virginia Haviland

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower, by Rumer Godden

Once Upon a Horse, by Arnold Spilka

The World Is Round, by Anthony Ravielli

~~~~

Sports and Other Realistic Stories
Chucaro, Wild Pony of the Pampa by Francis Kalnay
Cousins at Camm Corners by Shirley Simon
Project: Genius by William Hayes
Screwball by Alberta Armer
Shadow of the Back Court by Matt Christopher

Biography
America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes
De Soto: Finder of the Mississippi by Ronald Syme
Robert Goddard, Space Pioneer by Anne Perkins Dewey
The Story of Amelia Earhart by Adele de Leeuw
That Lively Man, Ben Franklin by Jeanette Eaton

Science and Nature
Archimedes and His Wonderful Discovery by Arthur Jonas
A Black Bear's Story by Emil Liers
The Golden Book of Science by Bertha Parker
The Story of Caves by Dorothy Sterling
Zoo Doctor by William Bridges

Historical Fiction
By Secret Railway by Enid Meadowcroft
The Emperor and the Drummer Boy by Ruth Robbins
Hay-Foot, Straw-Foot by Erick Berry

Folk Literature and Hero Tales
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Stories of King Arthur and His Knights by Barbara Picard

Books Too Good to Miss
Elin's Amerika by Marguerite de Angeli
Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
The Superlative Horse by Jean Merrill
The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum

Poetry
Beyond the High Hills translated by Knud Rasmussen

~~~~~
Realistic Stories
Bats and Balls by Beman Lord
Benito by Robert Clyde Bulla
A Bird in the Family by Barbara Brenner
Dan and the Miranda by Wilson Gage
More All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

Biography and Historical Fiction
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry
Caroline and Her Kettle Named Maud by Miriam Mason
George Washington Carver: Negro Scientist by Sam and Beryl Epstein
The Story of Annie Oakley by Edmund Collier
William Penn, Founder and Friend by Virginia Haviland

Fun and Fantasy
The Disappearing Dog Trick by Scott Corbett
How Basketball Began by LeGrand
The Light Princess by George McDonald
The Man with the Purple Eyes by Charlotte Zolotow

Science and Nature
The Day the Numbers Disappeared by Leonard Simon and Jeanne Bendick
The First Book of Microbes by Lucia Z. Lewis
The Golden Book of Animals by Anne T. White Sphinx: the Story of a Caterpillar by Robert M. McClung
The World of Push and Pull by Earl Ubell
Books Too Good to Miss
Aesop's Fables adapted by Louis Untermeyer
The Giant by William Pène du Bois
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
The Recluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame

Poetry
The First Book of Poetry selected by Isabel Peterson

~~~~
Realistic Stories

Beanie by Ruth and Latrobe Carroll

Blaze Finds the Trail by C.W. Anderson

Eddie and Gardenia by Carolyn Haywood

Nappy Has a New Friend by Inez Hogan

Pierre Pidgeon by Lee Kingman

Biography and Historical Fiction

Clara Barton: Soldier of Mercy by Mary C. Rose

Daniel Boone, Boy Hunter by Augusta Stevenson

The First Year by Enid Meadowcroft

Martin and Abraham Lincoln by Catherine C. Coblentz

Susannah, the Pioneer Cow by Miriam Mason

Fun and Fancy

Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France retold by Virginia Haviland

How Big Is a Foot? By Rolf Myller

How Space Rockets Began by Le Grand

The Man, the Boy and the Donkey retold by Katherine Evans

The Traveling Musicians by Grimm Brothers

Books Too Good to Miss

Famous Paintings by Alice Chase

The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Looking-for-Something by Ann Nolan Clark

Nibble, Nibble (poems) by Margaret Wise Brown

Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf

Books to Enrich the Content Fields

Discovering Dinosaurs by Glenn Blough

The Hole in the Tree by Jean George

Little Sioux Girl by Lois Lenski

True Book of Space by Illa Podendorf

Your Body and You by Alice Hinshaw

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SET B

Realistic Stories

Hello--Goodbye by Sue Fett

Mississippi Possum by Miska Miles

Pepito’s Story by Eugene Fern

The Smallest Boy in the Class by Jerrold Beim

This for That by Ann Nolan Clark

Animals--True and Imaginary

Dandelion by Don Freeman

Flip by Wesley Dennis

The Little White Hen by Anita Hewett

Miss Harriet Hippopotamus and the Most Wonderful by Nancy Moore

The Puppy Who Wanted to Be a Boy by Jane Thayer

Fun and Fancy

The Dog Who Came to Dinner by Sydney Taylor

Leopold, the See-Through Crumbpicker by James Flora

Nail Soup, retold by Harve Zemach

The Picnic Bear by Ruth and Latrobe Carroll

The Runaway Giant by Adelaide Holl

Books to Enrich the Content Fields

Icebergs by Roma Gans

Little Elk Hunts Buffalo by Jessie Brewer McGaw

The True Book of Spiders by Illa Podendorf

Up the Big Mountain by Dorothy Koch

When Winter Comes by Charles Fox

Books Too Good to Miss

The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe

Down, Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle

Otto at Sea by William Pene du Bois

The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack

Up the Windy Hill by Aileen Fisher

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Books to Read Aloud

The Big Golden Book of Poetry edited by Jane Werner

Finders Keepers by Will and Nicolas

Little Frightened Tiger by Golden MacDonald

The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes by Phyllis Krasilovsky

The Old Woman and Her Pig illustrated by Paul Galdone

Rosa-Too-Little by Sue Felt

Six Foolish Fisherman retold by Benjamin Elkin

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by P.C. Asbjornsen and J.E. Moe

Umbrella by Taro Yashima

Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains by May Garelick

Books to Enrich the Content Fields

The Real Book of Fire Engines illustrated by George Zaffo

The Listening Walk by Paul Showers

One Snail and Me by Emilie McLeod

The Sky Was Blue by Charlotte Zolotow

What Is a Turtle by Gene Darby

Books for Independent Reading

Belling the Cat and Other Stories retold by Leland Jacobs

Big Talk by Miriam Schlein

Cowboy Small by Lois Lenski

Gertie the Duck by Nicholas Georgiady and Louis Romano

Indian Two Feet and His Horse by Margaret Friskey

Josie and the Snow by Helen Buckley

Karen’s Opposites by A. and M. Provensen

Millions and Millions and Millions! by Louis Slobodkin

Nothing but Cats, Cats, Cats by Grace Skaar

Robins and Rabbits by John Hawkinson

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Realistic Stories

Betsy’s Little Star by Carolyn Haywood

Emmett’s Pig by Mary Stolz

Mop Top by Don Freeman

Nobody Listens to Andrew by Elizabeth Guilfoile

A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno

Animals--True and Imaginary

Baby Elephant’s Trunk by Sesyle Joplin

Little Black Puppy by Charlotte Zolotow

The No-Bark Dog by Stan Williamson

Seven Diving Ducks by Margaret Friskey

The Unhappy Hippopotamus by TK

Fun and Fancy

Four Fur Feet by Margaret Wise Brown

Georgie to the Rescue by Robert Bright

The Mitten retold by Alvin Tresselt

No Fighting, No Biting! by Elsie Minarik

The Three Wishes retold by Joseph Jacobs

Books to Enrich the Content Fields

The Big Book of Real Building and Wrecking Machines by George Zaffo

Columbus by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire

Space Alphabet by Irene Zacks

What Is a Frog by Gene Darby

What’s Inside? by May Garelick

Books to Good to Miss

Away We Go! Compiled by Catherine McEwen

Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt

I Wish, I Wish by Lisl Weil

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

Otto in Africa by William Pene du Bois

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Adventures in Many Lands

Henry Reed’s Journey by Keith Robertson

The Minnow Leads to Treasure by A. Philippa Pearce

The Singing Cave by Ellis Dillon

“What Then, Raman?” by Shirley Aroroa

Science and Nature

The Giant Golden Book of Biology by Gerald Ames and Rose Wyler

Jets and Rockets and How They Work by William P. Gottlieb

The Peaceful Atom by Bernice Kohn

Sea Pup Again by Archie Binns

Stormy by James Kjelgaard

Biography and Historical Fiction

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

America’s Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook

From the Eagle’s Wing by Hildegarde Swift

Trace Through the Forest by Barbara Robinson

Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling

Legends, Myths, and Other Tales

The Golden Treasury of Myths and Legends adapted by Anne T. White

Ride with the Sun edited by Harold Courlander

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Bob Fulton’s Amazing Soda-Pop Stretcher by Jerome Beatty, Jr.

The City Under the Back Steps by Evelyn S. Lampman

Danny Dunn, Time Traveler by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin

Books Too Good to Miss

Mr. Twigg’s Mistake by Robert Lawson

North to Freedom by Anne Holm

The Story of Design by Marion Downer

The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois

Poetry

The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Moment of Wonder edited by Richard Lewis