Teaching Character Through Literature (Primary Lessons)

Primary Reading Lists

• Lesson 1 Read "Time of Wonder", Gen. 1:1-31
• Lesson 2 Read Psalm23
• Lesson 3 Read "The Runaway Bunny", Psalm 139 and Romans 8:38-39
• Lesson 4 Read "Patience Arnold's Sampler" (Boys and Girls of Colonial Days)
• Lesson 5 Read "The Clown of God"
• Lesson 6 Read "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge", Leviticus 19:32
• Add to 6 Read "Night Noises"
• Lesson 7 Read "Rachel and Obadiah", Prov. 16:18
• Lesson 8 Read "When I Was Young in Mountains"
• Lesson 9 Read "Miss Rumphius", Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
• Lesson 10 Read "The Pink Tulip" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Lesson 11 Read "Brave Irene"
• Lesson 12 Read "The Iron Stove" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Lesson 13 Read "Owl Moon"
• Lesson 14 Read "The Star Lady" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Add to 14 Read "Richard, the Youngest Soldier" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Lesson 15 Read "Betsy's Guest" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Lesson 16 Read "The General and the Corporal" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Lesson 17 Read "The Boy Who Guarded Washington" (Boys and Girl of Colonial Days)
• Add to 17 Read "Stories of the Pilgrims)
• Lesson 18 Read "Obadiah the Bold"
• Lesson 19 Read Author's Note and Chpt.1-2 of "Courage of Sarah Noble"
• Lesson 20 Read Chpt. 3-4 of "Courage of Sarah Noble"
• Lesson 21 Read Chpt. 5-6 of "Courage of Sarah Noble"
• Lesson 22 Read Chpt. 7-8 of "Courage of Sarah Noble"
• Lesson 23 Read Chpt. 9-11 of "Courage of Sarah Noble"
• Add to 23 Read "Dreaming of America, An Ellis Island Story"