The following books are included in the Moving Beyond the Page homeschool curriculum for children ages 6-8. These books can be purchased as a package from Moving Beyond the Page or directly from Amazon or another retailer. You may also be interested in the complete Moving Beyond the Page Age 6-8 Curriculum.
A Child's Calendar
by John Updike and Trina Schart Hyman
Africa Is Not A Country
by Margy Burns Knight
Also: What We Read: North Africa (Egypt and Morocco)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
Bartholemew and the Oobleck
by Dr Suess
Christmas Around the World
by Mary D. Lankford
Everybody Needs a Rock
by Byrd Baylor
Explore Asia
by Bobbie Kalman
Explore South America
by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian
Forces Make Things Move
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Home
by Jeannie Baker
How Big Is a Foot?
by Rolf Myller
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
by Laura Nemeroff
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes
Recommended Age: 4
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Mission Addition
by Loreen Leedy
Move It
by Adrienne Mason and Claudia Davila
Nate the Great Goes Undercover
by Margarie Sharmat
Paul Bunyan
by Steven Kelogg
Also: Veritas Press 3rd Grade Literature
Pecos Bill
by Steven Kellog and Laura Robb
Probably Pistachio
by Stuart J. Murphy and Marsha Winborn
Subtraction Action
by Loreen Leedy
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
The Armadillo from Amarillo
by Lynne Cherry
The Egyptian Cinderella
by Shirley Climo
Also: What We Read: North Africa (Egypt and Morocco)
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
The Irish Cinderlad
by Shirley Climo and Loretta Krupinski
The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in Mike Mulligan and More)
The Seven Continents
by Will Mara
The Usborne Children's Picture Atlas
by Ruth Brocklehurst and Linda Edwards
Three Young Pilgrims
by Cheryl Harness
What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room?
by Michael Elsohn Ross
What's the World Made Of
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and Paul Meisel
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Retold by Verna Aardema, Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: What We Read: West Africa
Yeh-Shen
by Ai-Ling Louie
You Can Use A Balance
by Linda Bullock
You're Aboard Spaceship Earth
by Patricia Lauber