For homeschool families

Homeschool literature guides for reading together.

Book-specific literature guides with a clear level, a manageable schedule, and questions that help the conversation keep moving.

Our catalog rule

One book, one level, one guide.

Each title is assigned to the level where its guide fits best. Books are not duplicated across collections, so you can browse with confidence.

About the book
Reading schedule
Parent notes + final project

Editorial method

Placed for the guide, not just the cover.

Prepared by StudyGuide Pro. Published and reviewed September 1, 2026.

We assign each book to one level after considering sentence and chapter length, emotional content, the independence expected by the questions, the evidence a child must handle, and the final project. The grade band describes this guide’s teaching fit; it is not a universal reading-level claim about every edition or every child.

Edition-independent pacing

Schedules use chapters, scenes, or named sections instead of page numbers whenever possible, so paperback, hardcover, and ebook families can stay together.

Guide, not full curriculum

Each study supports one work of literature. It does not claim to provide a year-long scope and sequence, formal assessment system, or complete language-arts curriculum.

Worldview: Written for Christian homeschool families: literary analysis stays grounded in the book, with room for biblical reflection at home. These are literature guides, not Bible curriculum.

34 book-specific guides

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Showing 34 of 34 books.

Lower elementary

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White

K–2 · 6 weeks

Lower elementary

My Father's Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

K–2 · 4 weeks

Lower elementary

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Beverly Cleary

1–2 · 5 weeks

Lower elementary

Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne

K–2 · 6 weeks

Lower elementary

The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

1–2 · 6 weeks

Lower elementary

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Richard and Florence Atwater

1–2 · 5 weeks

Lower elementary

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

1–2 · 6 weeks

Lower elementary

The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo

2 · 6 weeks

Lower elementary

The Trumpet of the Swan

E. B. White

2 · 6 weeks

Lower elementary

Frog and Toad Are Friends

Arnold Lobel

K–2 · 4 weeks

Lower elementary

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren

1–2 · 5 weeks

Lower elementary

The Cricket in Times Square

George Selden

2 · 5 weeks

Upper elementary

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

3–5 · 8 weeks

Upper elementary

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster

3–5 · 7 weeks

Upper elementary

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

4–5 · 7 weeks

Upper elementary

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

3–5 · 6 weeks

Upper elementary

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

4–5 · 5 weeks

Upper elementary

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Patricia MacLachlan

3–4 · 4 weeks

Upper elementary

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

4–5 · 7 weeks

Upper elementary

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

4–5 · 8 weeks

Upper elementary

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

3–5 · 5 weeks

Upper elementary

The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes

3–5 · 4 weeks

Upper elementary

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo

4–5 · 6 weeks

Middle school

The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien

6–8 · 8 weeks

Middle school

The Giver

Lois Lowry

6–8 · 7 weeks

Middle school

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

6–8 · 8 weeks

Middle school

The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton

7–8 · 6 weeks

Middle school

The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

6–8 · 6 weeks

Middle school

The Bronze Bow

Elizabeth George Speare

6–8 · 6 weeks

Middle school

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

6–8 · 8 weeks

Middle school

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

7–8 · 6 weeks

Middle school

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

6–8 · 6 weeks

Middle school

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

6–8 · 7 weeks

Middle school

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

7–8 · 4 weeks