Recommended Book List for Year Four, Modern



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Required Texts
Optional Spines
Recommended Books for Grades K - 2
Recommended Books for Grades 3 - 5
Recommended Books for Grades 5 - 8
Recommended Books for Grades 8 - 12
Recommended Family Read Alouds
Optional Resources



REQUIRED TEXTS FOR MODERN

A Bible (Student version or a Children’s Version):
  • The Beginner’s Bible - Timeless Children‘s Stories (K-1st)
  • The Picture Bible by Iva Hoth (Gr. 2-4)
  • *NIV Adventure Bible, Hidden Treasure Edition (1984) Zondervan / Paperback (Gr.5-8) - CBD
  • The New Inductive Study Bible (Precepts Ministries)

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OPTIONAL TEXTS FOR MODERN
(Please refer to the BiblioPlan Family Guide to determine which books are right for your family)


  • Story of the World, Volume 4: The Modern Age, Susan Wise Bauer
  • Story of the World Audio Tape, Volume 4: The Modern Age, Read by Jim Weis
  • **Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of World History (2000 or newer) by Jane Bingham www.usbornebooksandmore.com
  • Famous Men of Modern Times (Haaren and Poland-Free Online) 
  • History of US Series (Hakim) - Optional spines
  • Power Basics: American Government Textbook, Walch Education (Optional Text) 
  • World War I (McGowen) 
  • The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won (Ambrose)
  • Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History (Hannula)
  • *A Child’s Story of America (Michael / McHugh)  - CBD

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K-2 LIST

  • The Jumblies (Lear) (K-2)
  • Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman (Kulling) (K-2)
  • If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (Levine) (K-2)
  • Abraham Lincoln (D’Aulaire) (K-2)
  • Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross (Lakin) (K-2)
  • The Little Princess (Burnett) (K-2)
  • At Her Majesty’s Request: An African Princess in Victorian England (Myers) (K-2)
  • David Livingstone: Courageous Explorer (Benge)(K-2, 3+)
  • Jungle Book (Kipling) (K-2)
  • If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War (Moore) (K-2, 3+)
  • Lincoln: A Photobiography (Freedman) (K-2, 3+)
  • The Story of Robert E. Lee (Pingry) (K-2)
  • Follow the Drinking Gourd (Winter) (K-2)
  • Wagon Wheels (Brenner) (K-2)
  • They Were Strong and Good (Lawson) (K-2)
  • Brazil (Heinrichs) (K-2, 3+)
  • The Last Safehouse (Greenwood) (K-2,3+)
  • Copper Lady (Ross) (K-2)
  • Watch the Stars Come Out (Levinson and Goode) (K-2)
  • Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor (DeMauro) (K-2, 3+)
  • Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison (Adler) (K-2, 3+)
  • Jiro’s New Year (Ciddor) (K-2, 3+)
  • If Your Name was Changed at Ellis Island (Levine) (K-2)
  • If You Lived 100 Years Ago (McGovern) (K-2)
  • Vision of Beauty (Laskey) (K-2)
  • Alice Ramsay’s Grand Adventure (Brown) (K-2)
  • Shaka, King of the Zulus (Stanley) (K-2)
  • Heroes in Black History: True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes (Jackson) (K-2)
  • Stop the Presses, Nellie’s Got a Scoop!(Quackenbush) (K-2, 3+)
  • Tikki-Tikki-Tembo (Mosel) (K-2)
  • Korean Children’s Favorite Stories (Kim So-Un) (K-2)
  • Buffalo Bill (D’Aulaire) (K-2)
  • If You lived in the Alaska Territory (Smiler) (K-2)
  • Bull’s Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley (Macy) (K-2)
  • If You Lived … Great San Francisco Earthquake (Levine) (K-2)
  • North American Indians (Gorsline) (K-2)
  • Henry Ford (Tucker) (K-2, 3+)
  • The Story of the Wright Brothers (Burke) (K-2)
  • Tonight on the Titanic (Osborne) (K-2)
  • Cameron Townsend: Planting God’s Word (Benge) (K-2, 3+)
  • The Titanic, Lost and Found (Donnelly) (K-2,3+)
  • The Road Not Taken (Frost) (K-2, 3+)
  • Anastasia (Blackwell) (K-2)
  • Duke Ellington (Pinkney) (K-2)
  • Amy Carmichael: Rescuing the Children (Benge) (K-2, 3+)
  • Flying Ace—The Story of Amelia Earhart (K-2)
  • Lindbergh’s Flight across the Atlantic (Tucker) (K-2)
  • Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt (George) (K-2)
  • Grandfather’s Journey (Say) (K-2)
  • Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (Ryan and Selznick) (K-2)
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Story of Our Nation (Isaacs)(K-2)
  • Anna’s Fight for Hope, The Great Depression (Grote) (K-2, 3+)
  • Sneetches and other Stories (Dr. Suess) (K-2)
  • Welcome to Molly’s World (Gourley) (K-2, 3+)
  • Toot and Puddle: Toot’s Tour of India (Marsh) (K-2)
  • Stories from India (Usborne) (K-2, 3+)
  • Ida Scudder: Healing in India (Benge) (K-2, 3+)
  • Behold the Trees (Alexander) (K-2)
  • Nate Saint: Heavenbound (Benge) (K-2, 3+)
  • Count Your Way through Israel (Haskins) (K-2, 3+)
  • In the Moonlight Mist (Souci) (K-2)
  • The Lotus Seed (Garland) (K-2,3+)
  • The Little House (Burton) (K-2)
  • Cowboy on the Steppes (Zhang) (K-2)
  • Moonwalk: The First Trip to the Moon (Donnelly) (K-2)
  • The Butter Battle Book (Dr. Seuss) (K-2)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (Adler) (K-2, 3+)
  • Goin’ Someplace Special (McKissack) (K-2)
  • The Story of Ruby Bridges (Coles) (K-2)
  • Ronald Reagan: From Silver Screen to Oval Office(Time) (K-2)
  • Ramadan (Suhaib) (K-2)

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3-5 LIST

  • Kidnapped by River Rats (Booth) 3+ , 5+
  • Courage to Run: A Story Based on the Life of Harriet Tubman (Lawton) 3+
  • The Drummer Boy’s Battle (Jackson) 3+, 5+
  • Clara Barton: Courage to Serve (Meloche) 3+
  • Trial by Poison (Jackson) 3+
  • Quest for the Lost Prince (Jackson) 3+
  • Behind Rebel Lines (Reit) [ Adv. 3/4+]
  • Gettysburg (Kantor) 3+
  • The Court of the Stone Children (Cameron) 3+, 5+
  • Hear That Train Whistle Blow! How the Railroad Changed the World (Meltzer) 3+, 5+
  • My American Journey: From Telegraph to Light Bulb 3+, 5+
  • Molly’s Pilgrim (Cohen) 3+
  • Twenty-One Balloons (Pene du Bois) 3+
  • The Road from Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl (Kherdian) 3+, 5+
  • The Forty-Acre Swindle (Jackson) 3+
  • Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (Parks) 3+
  • Shanghaied to China (Jackson) 3+
  • Battle of the Little Big Horn (Henckel) 3+
  • Billy Sunday (Sower Series) 3+, 5+
  • We’ll Race You, Henry (Mitchell) 3+


  • Heroine of the Titanic: The Real Unsinkable Molly Brown (Landau)3+
  • You Want to Vote Lizzie Stanton? (Fritz) 3+
  • Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia (Meyer)3+
  • The Hidden Jewel (Jackson) 3+
  • Gandhi: The Young Protestor Who Founded a Nation (Wilkinson)3+, 5+
  • Rocket Man: The Story of Robert Goddard (Streissguth) 3+
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom (Black) 3+
  • The Day of Ahmed’s Secret (Heide) 3+, 5+
  • Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Freedman) 3+, 5+
  • The House of Sixty Fathers (Meindert de Jong) 3+
  • No Promises in the Wind (Hunt) 3+, 5+
  • The Story of Anne Frank (Lewis) 3+
  • Spider Sparrow (King-Smith) 3+
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Lewis) 3+
  • One Thousand Paper Cranes (Ishii) 3+
  • Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Freedman) 3+, 5+
  • Mother Teresa (Gold) 3+, 5+
  • Neela: Victory Song (Divakaruni)3+
  • Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt (Benge) 3+, 5+
  • Peacebound Trains (Balgassi) 3+
  • The Fate of the Yellow Woodbee (Jackson) 3+
  • Blinded by the Shining Path (Jackson) 3+
  • Mae Jamison (Black) 3+
  • Homer Price (McCloskey)3+
  • Rosa Parks: My Story (Parks) 3+,5+
  • Operation Rawhide (Thompsen)3+, 5+
  • The Fall of the Soviet Union (Harvey) 3+, 5+
  • America Votes: How Our President is Elected (Granfield)3+


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5-8 LIST


  • Harriet Tubman: Freedombound (Benge) 5+
  • Clara Barton: Courage Under Fire (Benge) 5+
  • Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar (Benge)5+
  • David Livingstone: Africa’s Trailblazer (Benge) 5+
  • Rifles for Watie (Keith) 5+
  • Caddie Woodlawn (Brink)5+
  • Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery) 5+
  • Call of the Wild (London)5+
  • Shades of Gray (Reeder) 5+
  • Dragon’s Gate (Yep) 5+
  • Born in the Year of Courage (Crofford) 5+
  • Around the World in 80 Days (Verne) 5+
  • George Washington Carver (Heroes of History Series) 5+
  • The Daring Nellie Bly: America’s Star Reporter (Christensen)
  • Cowboys of the Wild West (Freedman) 5+
  • Carry a Big Stick (Grant) 5+
  • Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (Lewis) 5+
  • Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath (Moody) 5+
  • West to the Land of Plenty, The Diary of Teresa Angelino (Murphy) 5+
  • White Fang (London) 5+
  • The Wright Brothers (Landmark Series) 5+
  • The Yanks are Coming (Marrin) 5+
  • Cameron Townsend: Good News in Every Language (Benge)
  • William Carey: Obliged to Go (Benge) 5+
  • Feed the Children First : Irish Memories of the Great Hunger (Lyons) 5+
  • Streets of Gold (Wells) 5+
  • Fascism (Downing) 5+
  • China’s Long March (Fritz) 5+
  • The Yanks are Coming (Marrin) 5+
  • Nothing to Fear (Koller) 5+
  • Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angel’s Den (Benge) 5+
  • C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller (Benge) 5+
  • Land of the Morning (McMurdie) 5+
  • Enemy Brothers: A Story of World War II (Savery) 5+
  • Yankee Doodle Gals (Nathan) 5+
  • Hey Mac, A Guy Could Get Killed (McMurdie) 5+
  • Jim Elliott: One Great Purpose (Benge) 5+
  • The Korean War (McGowen) 5+
  • America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger (Beautiful Feet—Marrin)5+
  • Red Scarf Girl (Jiang) 5+
  • No More Strangers (Blackshaw)5+
  • Hutu and Tutsi (Twagilimana)5+
  • Friendship Seven: First Americans in Orbit (Cole)5+
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy (Stein) 5+
  • Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. (deKay) 5+
  • Girl of Kosovo (Mead) 5+
  • 20th Century Perspective: The Persian Gulf War (Hossell) 5+
  • Basher Five-Two (O’Grady) 5+

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8-12 LIST

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe)
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin Novel Unit
  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs (1861)
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Progeny Press Study Guide
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Virginia’s General by Albert Marrin
  • The Red Badge of Courage (Crane)
  • The Red Badge of Courage Progeny Press Study Guide
  • The Civil War 1850-1895 by Auriana Ojeda
  • Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
  • The Slopes of War: A Novel of Gettysburg by Norah Perez
  • The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  • The Souls of Black Folk (Du Bois)
  • Up From Slavery (Washington)
  • Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
  • Heart of Darkness Progeny Press Study Guide
  • The Jungle (Sinclair)
  • The Jungle Novel Units
  • It is Not Death to Die by Jim Cromarty
  • A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
  • A Doll’s House Novel Units
  • Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
  • All Quiet on the Western Front Novel Units
  • The Yanks are Coming: The United States in the First World War by Albert Marrin
  • The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
  • The Great Gatsby Progeny Press Study Guide
  • No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt
  • Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin
  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • The Grapes of Wrath Novel Units
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Fahrenheit 451 Novel Units
  • Hitler by Albert Marrin
  • The Hiding Place (Ten Boom)
  • The Hiding Place Progeny Press Study Guide
  • Night by Elie Wiesel
  • Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer, Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck
  • Stalin: Russia’s Man of Steel by Albert Marrin
  • Victory in the Pacific by Albert Marrin
  • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  • To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Units Student Packet
  • The Chosen (Potok)
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Brave New World Novel Units Student Packet
  • 1984, George Orwell
  • Animal Farm, George Orwell
  • 1984 and Animal Farm Novel Units Student Packet
  • Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
  • Death of a Salesman Novel Units Student Packet
  • Our Town: A Play in Three Acts by Thornton Wilder
  • Our Town: A Play in Three Acts Novel Units Student Packet
  • The Complete Stories (O’Connor)
  • I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches that Changed the World by Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
  • Cry the Beloved Country Novel Units Student Packet
  • God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • The Old Man and the Sea Novel Units Student Packet
  • America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger by Albert Marrin
  • The Vietnam War: How the United States Became Involved - Edited by Mitch Yamasaki
  • Children of the River by Linda Crew
  • Peace Child by Don Richardson


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READ-A-LOUDS

  • (RA) George Mueller: Guardian of Bristol’s Orphans (Benge)
  • (RA) Across Five Aprils (Hunt)
  • (RA) Shoes for Everyone (Mitchell)
  • (RA) Old Sam: Dakota Trotter (Taylor)
  • (RA) Old Sam and the Horse Thieves (Taylor)
  • (RA) Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt (Fritz)
  • (RA) Lottie Moon: Giving Her all for China (Benge)
  • (RA) Old Sam and the Horse Thieves (Taylor)
  • (RA) Eric Liddell: Something Greater than Gold (Benge)
  • (RA) Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt (De Young)
  • (RA) The Winged Watchman (van Stockum)
  • (RA) We Were There at the Normandy Invasion (Knight)
  • (RA) Eric Liddell: Something Greater than Gold (Benge)
  • (RA) Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt (De Young)
  • (RA) The Winged Watchman (van Stockum)
  • (RA) Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer (Benge)
  • (RA) Warriors Don’t Cry (Beals)
  • (Optional RA) Cheaper by the Dozen (Gilbreth)
  • (Optional RA) Little Britches, Ralph Moody
  • (Optional RA) The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
  • (Optional RA) Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
  • (Optional RA) In Grandma’s Attic (Richardson)
  • (Optional RA) So Far From the Bamboo Grove (Watkins)
  • (Optional RA) Homer Price (McCloskey)
  • (Optional RA) Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor (Watson)
  • (Optional RA) Bruchko (Olson)
  • (Optional RA) The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery


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