Classic Literature, casually arranged by grade level!
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams Bianco
Gutenberg Text
Raggedy Andy Stories
by Johnny Gruelle
Gutenberg Text
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
by Beatrix Potter
Gutenberg Text
1st to 4th grade level, read aloud to younger children, allow older children to read for themselves
Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island
Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun
by Mabel C. Hawley
Gutenberg Texts
Arthur Scott Bailey
Sleepy-Time Tales: the Tale of Fatty Coon
The Tale of Solomon Owl
Gutenberg Texts
The Tale of Major Monkey
Kellcraft
1st to 4th grade level, read aloud to younger children, allow older children to read for themselves
Uncle Remus
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings
by Joel Chandler Harris
Gutenberg Text
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
by Joel Chandler Harris
University of Georgia Text
Uncle Wiggily & Friends
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble
Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys
by Howard R. Garis
Gutenberg Texts
2nd to 4th grade level, read aloud to younger children, allow older children to read for themselves
The Five Little Peppers
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Five Little Peppers and their Friends
Five Little Peppers Midway
by Margaret Sidney
Gutenberg Texts
3rd to 5th grade reading level
The Bobbsey Twins
The Bobbsey Twins
Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out
The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair
The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City
The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West
The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat
by Laura Lee Hope
Gutenberg Texts
Books in Words of One Syllable
The Pilgrim’s Progess in Words of One Syllable
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable
Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable
by Mary Godolphin
All Gutenberg Text
3rd to 5th grade reading level
Black Beauty, Young Folks’ Edition
by Anna Sewell
Gutenberg Text
3rd to 5th grade reading level
Rip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving
Illustrated Text
Also HTML at a Different Site
E. Nesbit
The Story of the Amulet
by E. Nesbit
Gutenberg Texts
4th to 6th grade reading level
Dr. Dolittle
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
Gutenberg Texts
4th to 6th grade reading level
Lewis Carrol
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Hunting of the Snark
Three Selections written by Lewis Carrol
Gutenberg Texts
4th to 6th grade reading level
Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
Gutenberg Text
4th to 6th grade reading level
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Young Folks’ Edition
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gutenberg Text
4th to 6th grade reading level
Howard Pyle
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Book of Pirates
by Howard Pyle
5th grade reading level
White Fang
Jack London
Gutenberg Texts
5th grade reading level
Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
Gutenberg Text
5th grade reading level
Peter Pan
James Matthew Barrie
Gutenberg Text
5th to 6th grade reading level
Rudyard Kipling
Kim
One of my favorites!
by Rudyard Kipling
All Gutenberg Texts
5th to 6th grade reading level
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
Gutenberg Text
5th to 6th grade reading level
Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
All Gutenberg Texts
5th to 6th grade reading level
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
New Chronicles of Rebecca
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
5th to 7th grade reading level
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Gutenberg Text
5th to 7th grade reading level
Anne of Green Gables
Anne’s House of Dreams
by L. M. Montgomery
5th to 7th grade reading level
Louisa May Alcott
Jo’s Boys
by Louisa May Alcott
5th to 8th grade reading level
Daniel Defoe
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
& also
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Gutenberg Text
6th grade reading level
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
by Sir James Knowles
6th grade reading level
Jack London
Sea Wolf
Jack London
Gutenberg Texts
6th to 7th grade reading level
Treasure Island
6th to 7th grade reading level
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Many More Selections by the Same Author
6th to 8th grade reading level
The Wizard of Oz Collection
by Frank L. Baum
6th to 8th grade reading level
The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
by Washington Irving
Including Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle
Also Multiple Formats at Black Mask
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
6th to 8th grade reading level
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
Gutenberg Text
7th grade reading level
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Gutenberg Text
7th to 8th grade reading level
For more of Mr. Holmes’ adventures Click Here
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
8th grade reading level, read aloud to younger students
Gulliver’s Travels
Johnathan Swift
Gutenberg Text
8th to 9th grade reading level
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gutenberg Texts
8th to 9th grade reading level
The Pilgrim’s Progress
by John Bunyon
Gutenberg Text
8th to 10th grade reading level
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers
Three Selections written by Alexandre Dumas père
All Gutenberg Texts
8th to 9th grade reading level
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gutenberg Text
8th to 10th grade reading level
Paradise Regained
by John Milton
Gutenberg Text
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gutenberg Text
9th grade reading level
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
9th grade reading level
Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott
Gutenberg Text
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
Gutenberg Text
Victor Hugo
Les Miserables
by Victor Hugo
9th grade reading level
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty
by Sir John Barrow
9th grade reading level
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
Gutenberg Text
9th to 10th grade reading level
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Gutenberg texts
9th to 10th grade reading level
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
Gutenberg Texts
9th to 10th grade reading level
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
Gutenberg Text
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
Gutenberg Text
Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
Gutenberg Text
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gutenberg Australia
Ben Hur
by Lew Wallace
Gutenberg Text
10th grade reading level
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
Gutenberg Text
10th grade reading level
The Arabian Nights
by Andrew Lang
Gutenberg Text
unknown age level
Beowulf, several Translations
James Harrison or Lesslie Hall or Gummere
translated by James Harrison
Gutenberg Text
Beowulf
translated by H.E. Marshall
Gutenberg Text
Or Baldwin Project Text
Gilgamesh
Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs
AncientTexts.org
Also
Ishtar and Izdubar (Gilgamesh)
by Leonidas Le Cenci Hamilton
sacred texts
Le Mort d’Arthur: Volume 1 | Volume 2
by Thomas Malory, 1400 to 1470
Gutenberg Texts