Well Read Kid

The following books were formally included in the Sonlight homeschool curriculum. Over the years Sonlight has modified their curriculum and these books are no longer included. The year they were removed is included if it's known. This list was compiled using archive.org and doesn't include books that were removed prior to 2001 when the Sonlight website was launched.

P3/4:
A Robert McCloskey Collection
by Robert McCloskey
Category: Removed in 2009

P4/5:
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
Category: Removed in 2001
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Reading Roadmaps 2nd Grade
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time

P4/5:
Giant Treasury of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
Category: Removed in 2001

P4/5:
The Real Mother Goose
by Blanche Fisher Wright
Category: Removed in 2007
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Moving Beyond the Page Age 4-5 Literature Package
Also: Our Favorite Mother Goose Collections
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time

P4/5:
A Treasury of Children's Literature
by Armand Eisen
Category: Removed in 2007

P4/5:
Shapes
by Jenny Tyler
Category: Removed in 2007

P4/5:
Opposites
by Jenny Tyler and Robyn Gee
Category: Removed in 2007

P4/5:
The Usborne Complete First Book of Nature
by R. Kidman-Cox
Category: Removed in 2007

P4/5:
Finding Out about Everyday Things
by Eliot Humberstone
Category: Removed in 2007

P4/5:
Right Choices
by Kenneth N. Taylor
Category: Removed in 2007

P4/5:
A Family Treasury of Little Golden Books
by Ellen Lewis Buell
Category: Removed in 2010

P4/5:
Children's Everyday Bible
by Deborah Chancellor
Category: Removed in 2008

Core A:
Peter Pan (Troll Illustrated Classics)
by James M. Barrie
Category: Removed in 2004

Core A:
Granny Han's Breakfast
by Sheila Groves
Category: Removed in 2009

Core A:
Hero Tales: A Family Treasury of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes
by Dave Jackson
Category: Removed in 2009

Core A:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
Category: Removed in 2012

Core A:
I Heard Good News Today
by Cornelia Lehn
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: What We Read: India

Core A:
The House at Pooh Corner
by A. A. Milne
Category: Removed in 2015
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade

Core A:
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Angelicum Academy 2nd Grade Good Books
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature

Core A:
Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary
Category: Removed in 2016

Core A:
The Story About Ping
by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Recommended Age: 5
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: What We Read: China

Core A:
Five True Dog Stories
by Margaret Davidson
Category: Removed in 2016

Core A:
The Complete Adventures of Curious George
by H. A. Rey
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime

Core A:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3

Grade 1 Reader:
Stop that Ball!
by Mike McClintock
Category: Removed in 2001

Core B:
Hero Tales, vol. 3
by Dave & Neta Jackson
Category: Removed in 2002

Core B:
The Bandit of Ashley Downs: George Muller
by Dave and Neta Jackson
Category: Removed in 2002

Core B:
The Thieves of Tyburn Square: Elizabeth Fry
by Dave and Neta Jackson
Category: Removed in 2002

Core B:
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
Category: Removed in 2002
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature

Core B:
Fables
by Arnold Lobel
Recommended Age: 4
Category: Removed in 2002
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners

Core B:
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest
by Ann McGovern
Category: Removed in 2002

Core B:
The Usborne Book of World Geography
by Jenny Tyler
Category: Removed in 2001

Core B:
From Arapesh to Zuni: A Book of Bibleless Peoples
by Karen Lewis
Category: Removed in 2002

Core B:
Heidi (Condensed Version)
by Johanna Spyri
Category: Removed in 2007

Core B:
Follow My Leader
by James B. Garfield
Category: Removed in 2012

Core B:
From Akebu to Zapotec: A Book of Bibleless Peoples
by June Hathersmith
Category: Removed in 2015

Core B:
Houses and Homes
by Carol Bowyer
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
Peoples of the World
by Trundle
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
Missionary Stories with the Millers
by Mildred A. Martin
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
The Greek News
by Anton Powell
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
Roman Diary
by Richard Platt
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
Favorite Poems of Childhood
by Philip Smith
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime

Core B:
The Case of the Gasping Garbage
by Michele Torrey
Category: Removed in 2016

Core B:
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folktale
Retold And Illustrated by Margot Zemach
Recommended Age: 5
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten

Core B:
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
Recommended Age: 8
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Memoria Press 3rd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core C:
You Can Change the World: Learning to Pray for People Around the World (Volume II)
by Dapne Spraggett with Jill Johnstone
Category: Removed in 2002

Core C:
A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Category: Removed in 2010
Also: Angelicum Academy Nursery Good Books
Also: Top 10 Poetry Collections for Children
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature

Core C:
Explorer's News
by Michael Johnstone
Category: Removed in 2012

Core C:
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko
Category: Removed in 2012

Core C:
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Category: Removed in 2012
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade

Core C:
The Awesome Book of Bible Facts
by Sandy Silverthorne
Category: Removed in 2016

Core C:
Castle Diary
by Richard Platt
Category: Removed in 2016

Core C:
Maps and Globes
by Jack Knowlton
Category: Removed in 2016

Core C:
Medicine News
by Philip Gates
Category: Removed in 2016

Core C:
Philomena
by Kate Seredy
Category: Removed in 2016

Core C:
Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe
by Antonia Barber
Category: Removed in 2016

Core C:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Recommended Age: 10
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core C:
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mater Amabilis Level 1B Book List for Ages 6-7
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time

Core C:
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
by Donald J. Sobol
Category: Removed in 2016

Grade 4-5 Readers:
Shadrach
by Meindert DeJong
Category: Removed in 2010

Grade 4-5 Readers:
Little House on Rocky Ridge
by Roger Lea MacBride
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D:
Poem Stew
by William Cole
Category: Removed in 2002

Core D:
The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks
by John Ciardi
Category: Removed in 2002

Core D:
The One Year Bible for Kids NLT
by Tyndale Kids
Category: Removed in 2004

Core D (Advanced Reader):
Mother West Wind's Children
by Thornton W. Burgess
Category: Removed in 2004

Core D:
Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection
by Michael Rosen
Category: Removed in 2008

Core D:
Paddle-to-the-Sea
by Holling C. Holling
Category: Removed in 2012
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: What We Read: Canada

Core D:
Imprisoned in the Golden City
by Dave Jackson
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D:
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
by Jean Fritz
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D:
The Story of the Erie Canal
R. Conrad Stein
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D:
American Adventures Part One, 1770 to 1870: True Stories from America's Past
Morrie Greenberg
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D (Advanced Reader):
Martha Washington: America's First Lady (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Jean Brown Wagoner
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D (Advanced Reader):
George Washington: Young Leader (Childhood of Famous Americans)
by Augusta Stevenson
Category: Removed in 2012

Core D:
Story of the U.S.A.: Book 1 Student Explorers And Settlers
by Franklin Escher, Jr.
Category: Removed in 2013

Core D:
The Story of the U.S.A. - Book 2: A Young Nation Solves Its Problems
by Franklin Escher, Jr.
Category: Removed in 2013

Core D:
Winter at Valley Forge
by James Knight
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
The Light and the Glory for Young Readers
by Peter Marshall
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
The Very First Americans
by Cara Ashrose
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
From Sea to Shining Sea for Young Readers
by Peter Marshall
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
Calico Bush
by Rachel Field
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
Lawn Boy
by Gary Paulsen
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
Tree in the Trail
by Holling C. Holling
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
The Candymakers
by Wendy Mass
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
by Jean Fritz
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
The Matchlock Gun
by Walter Edmonds
Recommended Age: 8
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6
Also: Newbery Medal Winners
Also: Reading Roadmaps 2nd Grade

Core D:
Meet Thomas Jefferson
by Marvin Barrett
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
Meet George Washington
by Joan Heilbroner
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
George Washington: History's All Stars
by Augusta Stevenson
Category: Removed in 2016

Core D:
Mr. Revere and I
by Robert Lawson
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
South America Geography Unit
by Jo Ellen Moore
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
A Unit About Canada
by Jane M. Coe
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
American Adventures, True Stories From America's Past, Part 2, 1870 to Present
by Morrie Greenberg
Category: Removed in 2001

Core E:
If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake
by Ellen Levine
Category: Removed in 2001

Core E:
The Great Depression
by R. Conrad Stein
Category: Removed in 2001

Core E:
Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story about Levi Strauss
by Maryann N. Weidt
Category: Removed in 2002

Core E:
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
Category: Removed in 2002
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8

Core E:
The Story of the Golden Spike
by R. Conrad Stein
Category: Removed in 2002

Core E:
America's Wars: World War I
by Gail Stewart
Category: Removed in 2002

Core E:
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!
by Jean Fritz
Category: Removed in 2002

Core E:
Dog Jack
by Florence Biros
Category: Removed in 2002

Core E:
An Arkful of Animals
by William R. Cole
Category: Removed in 2004

Core E:
A Zooful of Animals
by William R. Cole
Category: Removed in 2004

Core E:
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
by Seymour Reit
Category: Removed in 2008

Core E:
Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa
by Francis Kalnay
Category: Removed in 2008

Core E:
World War I
by Zachary Kent
Category: Removed in 2008

Core E:
Learning About God from A to Z
by Mary Erickson
Category: Removed in 2010

Core E:
Cheaper by the Dozen
by Frank Gilbreth
Category: Removed in 2012
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6

Core E:
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud
by Armstrong Sperry
Category: Removed in 2012

Core E:
The Monitor and Merrimac
by R. Conrad Stein
Category: Removed in 2012

Core E:
Simon Bolivar
by Frank De Varona
Category: Removed in 2012

Core E:
Shoes for Everyone: A Story about Jan Matzeliger
by Barbara Mitchell
Category: Removed in 2012

Core E:
Lincoln: A Photobiography
by Russell Freedman
Category: Removed in 2014

Core E:
Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Young Readers
by Peter Marshall
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
Moccasin Trail
by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
Thee, Hannah!
by Marguerite de Angeli
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
by Betty G. Birney
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
The Kitchen Madonna
by Rumer Godden
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
Half Magic
by Edward Eager
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
American Tall Tales
by Adrien Stoutenberg
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
The Perilous Road
by William O. Steele
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
The Terrible Wave
by Marden Dahlstedt
Category: Removed in 2016

Core E:
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison
by Margaret Cousins
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
Eric Liddell
by Catherine Swift
Category: Removed in 2002

Core F:
Escape to the Jungle: Stories of Missionary Experiences
by SIM International
Category: Removed in 2008

Core F:
Seabird
by Holling C. Holling
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O’Dell
Recommended Age: 9
Category: Removed in 2012
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core F:
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
by Joan Aiken
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Tales of a Korean Grandmother
by Frances Carpenter
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Ships, Sailors and the Sea
by J. Miles
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Eric Liddell
by Janet Benge
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Torches of Joy: A Stone Age Tribe's Encounter With the Gospel
by John Dekker
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Gandhi: Peaceful Warrior
by Rae Bains
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
A Glorious Age in Africa
by Daniel Chu
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
The Mongols
by Robert Nicholson
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
India: The Culture
by Bobbie Kalman
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
India: The People
by Bobbie Kalman
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Faces: Australia Through Time
by Yoder
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Exploring Planet Earth: The Journey of Discovery from Early Civilization to Future Exploration
by John Hudson Tiner
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Genghis Khan & the Mongol Horde
by Harold Lamb
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
The Incredible Journey
by Sheila Burnford
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Rascal
by Sterling North
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories
by Philip Smith
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind
by Margaret Davidson
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
The Rat Catcher's Son
by Carolyn London
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
Remembering God's Awesome Acts
by Susan Mortimer
Category: Removed in 2012

Core F:
101 Differences Between Cats and Dogs
by Bob Sjogren
Category: Removed in 2013

Core F:
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
by Rhoda Blumberg
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature

Core F:
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8
Also: Sonlight Level F for Ages 10-13

Core F:
Arabs in the Golden Age
by Mokhtar Moktefi
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
David Livingstone: Africa's Trailblazer
by Janet Benge
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
Best-Loved Folktales of the World
by Joanna Cole
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
Henry Reed, Inc.
by Keith Robertson
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
Homesick
by Jean Fritz
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: National Book Award Children's Book Winners

Core F:
The Sherlock Files 1: The 100-Year-Old Secret
by Tracy Barrett
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
Silkworms
by Sylvia A. Johnson
Category: Removed in 2016

Core F:
Star of Light
by Patricia M. St. John
Category: Removed in 2016

Core G:
The Story of Mankind
by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Recommended Age: 10
Category: Removed in 2001
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core G:
Archaeology: The Usborne Young Scientist
by Barbara Cork
Category: Removed in 2001

Core G:
Ancient Egypt: Facts, Stories, Activities
by Robert Nicholson and Claire Watts
Category: Removed in 2001

Core G:
Everything You Need to Know About World History Homework
by Anne Zeman
Category: Removed in 2001

Core G:
Cleopatra
by Diane Stanley
Category: Removed in 2001

Core G:
Adolf Hitler
by Dennis Wepman
Category: Removed in 2001

Core G:
Isaac Newton and Gravity
by Steve Parker
Category: Removed in 2001

Core G:
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
Category: Removed in 2002
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6

Core G:
The Usborne Story of Music
by Eileen O'Brien
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
by Padraic Colum
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
Between the Forest and the Hills
by Ann Lawrence
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
by Robert Newman
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
Big Red
by Jim Kjelgaard
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
Daddy Long Legs
by Jean Webster
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
Fine Print: A Story About Johann Gutenberg
by Joann Johansen Burch
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
The Hawk that Dare Not Hunt by Day
by Scott O'Dell
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
Nothing Daunted
by Gloria Repp
Category: Removed in 2002

Core G:
Martin Luther: Hero of Faith
by Frederick Nohl
Category: Removed in 2004

Core G:
North to Freedom
by Anne Holm
Category: Removed in 2004

Core G:
The Usborne History of the Twentieth Century
by C. Hopkinson
Category: Removed in 2004

Core G:
Otto of the Silver Hand
by Howard Pyle
Category: Removed in 2012
Also: Angelicum Academy 4th Grade Good Books

Core G:
Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff
Category: Removed in 2012

Core G:
Augustus Caesar's World
by Genevieve Foster
Category: Removed in 2012

Core G:
The World of Columbus and Sons
by Genevieve Foster
Category: Removed in 2012

Core G:
Luther: Biography of a Reformer
by Frederick Nohl
Category: Removed in 2012

Core G:
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
by Ingri d'Aulaire
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6

Core G:
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
Recommended Age: 12
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core G:
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Category: Removed in 2016
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime

Core G:
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
by Editors of Kingfisher
Category: Removed in 2016

Core G:
King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table
by Andrew Lang
Category: Removed in 2016

Core G:
Archimedes and the Door of Science
by Jeanne Bendick
Category: Removed in 2016

Core G:
Leonardo da Vinci
by Emily Hahn
Category: Removed in 2016

Core G:
Mary, Bloody Mary
by Carolyn Meyer
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
The Dark Frigate
by Charles Boardman Hawes
Category: Removed in 2010

Core H:
Painless Poetry
by Mary Elizabeth
Category: Removed in 2010

Core H:
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Category: Removed in 2012
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 9-12

Core H:
The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano
by Ann Cameron
Category: Removed in 2013

Core H:
Abraham Lincoln's World
by Genevieve Foster
Category: Removed in 2013

Core H:
George Washington's World
by Genevieve Foster
Category: Removed in 2013

Core H:
I Am David
by Anne Holm
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Escape from Warsaw
by Ian Serraillier
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Anna and the King of Siam
by Margaret Landon
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
A Heart Strangely Warmed
by Louise A. Vernon
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Out of Many Waters
by Jacqueline Greene
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Discovery of the Smallpox Vaccine
by Albert Marrin
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Madeleine Takes Command
by Ethel C. Brill
Category: Removed in 2016

Core H:
Stowaway
by Karen Hesse
Category: Removed in 2016

Core 100:
The Loner
by Ester Wier
Category: Removed in 2001

Core 100:
Trails to Poosey
by Olive Rambo Cook
Category: Removed in 2002

Core 100:
Two Tickets to Freedom
by Florence B. Freedman
Category: Removed in 2002

Core 100:
Smoky the Cowhorse
by Will James
Category: Removed in 2004
Also: Angelicum Academy 2nd Grade Good Books

Core 100:
Dragonwings
by Laurence Yep
Category: Removed in 2004
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8

Core 100:
Down Ryton Water
by E. R. Gaggin
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 100:
Piercing the Darkness
by Frank E. Peretti
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 100:
Gold Bug & Other Tales
by Edgar Allan Poe
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 100:
Calico Captive
by Elizabeth George Speare
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 100:
A Jar of Dreams
by Yoshiko Uchida
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 100:
Robert E. Lee
by Lee Roddy
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 100:
Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution
by Seymour Reit
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist With a Message
by John Hudson Tiner
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
We'll Race You, Henry Ford
by Barbara Mitchell
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
Rifles for Watie
by Harold Keith
Recommended Age: 12
Category: Removed in 2006
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core 100:
The Home Ranch
by Ralph Moody
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party
by Ms. Rachel K. Laurgaard
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
The Stout-Hearted Seven: Orphaned on the Oregon Trail
by Neta Lohnes Frazier
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee
by Patricia Beatty
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
by Scott O'Dell
Category: Removed in 2011

Core 100:
After the Dancing Days
by Margaret Rostkowski
Category: Removed in 2011

Core 100:
Blue Willow
by Doris Gates
Category: Removed in 2011

Core 100:
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
Category: Removed in 2011
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6

Core 100:
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
Category: Removed in 2011
Also: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 9-12

Core 100:
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong
Recommended Age: 11
Category: Removed in 2011
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core 100:
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832
by Joan W. Blos
Recommended Age: 15
Category: Removed in 2011
Also: National Book Award Children's Book Winners
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core 100:
The Green Book
by Jill Paton Walsh
Category: Removed in 2011

Core 100:
Nothing to Fear
by Jackie French Koller
Category: Removed in 2011

Core 100:
Sequoyah and the Cherokee Alphabet
by Robert Cwiklik
Category: Removed in 2014

Core 100:
Earthquake at Dawn
by Kristiana Gregory
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 100:
Christy
by Catherine Marshall
Category: Removed in 2011

Core 100:
Guests
by Michael Dorris
Category: Removed in 2016

Core 200:
30 Days to Understanding Church History
by Max E. Anders
Category: Removed in 2002

Core 200:
Don't Check Your Brains at the Door
by Josh McDowell
Category: Removed in 2004
Also: Christian Book Award Winners

Core 200:
How to Read Church History Volume 2
by Jean Comby
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 200:
How to Read Church History Volume 1
by Jean Comby
Category: Removed in 2004

Core 200:
The Trumpeter of Krakow
by Eric P. Kelly
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 200:
America's Favorite Poems
Edited by Robert Pinsky
Category: Removed in 2007

Core 200:
The Flames of Rome
by Paul L. Maier
Category: Removed in 2012

Core 200:
Adventuring Through the Bible
by Ray C. Stedman
Category: Removed in 2014

Core 300:
My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising
by Claude Hopkins
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 300:
Youthwalk
by Walk Thru the Bible
Category: Removed in 2006

Core 300:
20th Century Day by Day
by DK
Category: Removed in 2008

Core 300:
Run Baby Run: The Explosive True Story of a Savage Street Fighter
by Nicky Cruz
Category: Removed in 2009

Core 300:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
Category: Removed in 2009
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 9-12

Core 300:
Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler
Category: Removed in 2009
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 9-12

Core 300:
To Destroy You is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family
by JoAn D. Criddle
Category: Removed in 2015

Core 300:
Our Century in Pictures for Young People
by Richard B. Stolley
Category: Removed in 2015

Core 400:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8

Core 400:
The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8

Core 400:
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers

Core 400:
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
Recommended Age: 14
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core 400:
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Recommended Age: 12
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 7-8
Also: Newbery Medal Winners

Core 400:
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 9-12

Core 400:
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
Category: Removed in 2013
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 9-12

Core 400:
Walden and Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
by Nat Hentoff
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Crazy Lady!
by Jane Leslie Conly
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Belle Prater's Boy
by Ruth White
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker
by Carolyn Meyer
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
by Elisabeth Elliot
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness
by Isaac Kramnick
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War
by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
The Dry Divide
by Ralph Moody
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Never Before in History: America's Inspired Birth
by Gary Amos
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
Tools of Dominion: The Case Laws of Exodus
by Gary North
Category: Removed in 2013

Core 400:
The Institutes of Biblical Law
by R. J. Rushdoony
Category: Removed in 2013