Historical List
Reading levels are shown in parentheses
following the titles: E= early readers/picture books, P = primary, I = intermediate, A = advanced, and
Y = young adult). Borderline cases may be listed in two categories
(e.g., PI for primary/intermediate). A "+" following a title indicates a superior selection or a
particular favorite (the best of the best).
Susan Adler
Series: American Girls: Samantha
Marguerite de Angeli
Margaret E. Bell
Margot Benary-Isbert
Series: The Ark
Joan Blos
Carol Ryrie Brink
Betsy Byars
Elizabeth Coatsworth
D'Aulaire
Charles Dickens
Arthur Conan Doyle
W. D. Edmonds
Rachel Field
Sid Fleischman
Esther Forbes
Jean Fritz
Roger Lancelyn Green
Louis Hemon
Eric P. Kelly
Jim Kjelgaard
Robert Lawson
Roger Lea MacBride
Series: The Rocky Ridge Years (Rose)
Frederick Marryat
Eloise J. McGraw
Marie McSwigan
Enid Meadowcroft
Ralph Moody
Series: Little Britches
Baroness Orczy
Connie Porter
Series: American Girls: Addy
Howard Pyle
Mary Renault
Maxine Rose Schur
Series: American Girls: Samantha
Sir Walter Scott
Ian Serraillier
Janet Shaw
Series: American Girls: Kristen
Elizabeth George Speare
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hilda van Stockum
Series: Mitchells
Rosemary Sutcliff
Series: Arthurian Trilogy
Series: Roman trilogy
Showell Styles
Series: Midshipman Quinn
Maria August Trapp
Meriol Trevor
Valerie Tripp
Series: American Girls: Felicity
Series: American Girls: Josefina
Series: American Girls: Molly
Series: American Girls: Samantha
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Lewis Wallace
Sr. M. Imelda Wallace
Robb White
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Series: The Little House books
Melissa Wiley
Series: Little House: Charlotte Years
Series: Little House: Martha Years
Maria Wilkes
Series: The Caroline Years
Joanne Williamson
Henry Winterfeld
Charlotte M. Yonge
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