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The Basic Spelling Vocabulary List

By: Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, Connie Loynachan

This list was created to help teachers know which spelling words should be taught to kids in grades 1–5. The list contains 850 words that account for 80 percent of the words children use in their writing — the ones they need to be able to spell correctly.

This list was devised to help educators know which spelling words should be taught to children. The list contains 850 words that account for 80 percent of the words children use in their writing — the ones they need to be able to spell correctly.

Mastering this relatively small corpus of words yields a high rate of return. For example, the most common 1,000 words are used 13 times more frequently than the next most common 1,000 words. It also provides teachers flexibility in planning spelling instruction, providing an opportunity to give children the "basics" while supplementing with other spelling words germane to classroom activities.

Grade level for each word was determined based upon difficulty, pattern of occurrence in children's writing across grades, and grade placement on current vocabulary lists and spelling materials.

Words that children have difficulty spelling correctly are marked with an asterisk.

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Graham, S. , Harris, K.R. and Loynachan, C. (1993). The Basic Spelling Vocabulary List. Journal of Educational Research 86(6) 363-368.

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English vocabulary for kids | Wordlist

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Topic List

Unit Wordlist

Wordlist A-Z

learning and teaching resources

Here you will find a list of 432 English words that appear in the Vocabulary section collected in one, easy-to-access, easy-to-search place. Scroll down to explore!

Wordlist

The full wordlist below gives you an easy access to all items included in the Vocabulary section. Words are sorted by topic, unit, and by letter of the alphabet. The wordlist is divided into three sublists to help you find the word (or topic) you want to learn and practise:

Topic list
links to topic-based vocabulary units sorted alphabetically

Unit wordlist
words for each topic listed alphabetically unit by unit

Wordlist A-Z
words organised by letter of the alphabet

topic list

Links to all topic-based vocabulary units sorted alphabetically.

• a - e
• autumn
• bathroom
• body
• christmas
• clothes
• colours
• domestic animals
• drinks
• easter

• f - k
• family
• feelings
• food
• fruits
• furniture
• halloween
• halloween animals
• insects
• kitchen

• l - t
• living room
• occupations
• pencase
• pets
• school
• sport
• spring flowers
• summer
• time

• t - w
• town
• toys
• transport
• valentine's day
• vegetables
• verbs
• weather
• wild animals
• winter

unit wordlist

Words for each topic listed alphabetically unit by unit.

• autumn »
• acorns, apple, chestnuts, flower, hedgehog, leaves, mushroom, pear, pumpkin, rain, squirrel, umbrella

• bathroom »
• bath, brush, comb, mirror, shampoo, shower, sink, soap, sponge, toothbrush, toothpaste, towel

• body »
• body, ear, eye, feet, hair, hand, head, legs, mouth, neck, nose, tooth

• christmas »
• angel, ball, bell, chain, Christmas tree, elf, gingerbread, holly, present, Santa Claus, star, stocking

• clothes »
• blouse, cap, coat, dress, jacket, scarf, shirt, shoes, skirt, socks, sweater, trousers

• colours »
• black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, pink, purple, red, violet, white, yellow

• domestic animals »
• cat, cow, donkey, duck, goat, goose, hen, horse, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey

• drinks »
• beer, cocktail, cocoa, coffee, juice, kefir, lemonade, milk, soda, tea, water, wine

• easter »
• basket, bunny, cake, catkin, chick, daffodil, duckling, Easter egg, hen, lamb, lily, spring

• family »
• aunt, baby, brother, daddy, family, grandma, grandpa, mummy, parents, pets, sister, uncle

• feelings »
• angry, bored, cold, happy, hot, sad, scared, shy, sleepy, surprised, tired, worried

• food »
• bread, buns, butter, cake, cheese, chips, egg, hamburger, ice cream, pizza, sandwich, sausages

• fruits »
• apple, banana, cherry, grapes, lemon, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, strawberry, watermelon

• furniture »
• armchair, bed, bookcase, chair, cupboard, desk, drawers, shelf, sofa, stool, table, wardrobe

• halloween »
• ghost, goblin, haunted house, mask, monster, moon, mummy, pumpkin, scarecrow, skeleton, vampire, witch

• halloween animals »
• bat, cat, crow, frog, lizard, moth, mouse, owl, snail, snake, spider, wolf

• insects »
• ant, bee, beetle, butterfly, centipede, dragonfly, fly, grasshopper, ladybird, mosquito, moth, worm

• kitchen »
• cooker, cup, fork, fridge, kettle, knife, mug, pan, plate, pot, spoon, teapot

• living room »
• armchair, carpet, clock, curtains, fireplace, lamp, phone, picture, plant, sofa, table, TV set

• occupations »
• cook, doctor, driver, farmer, fireman, mechanic, nurse, policeman, postman, secretary, seller, teacher

• pencase »
• clips, crayons, eraser, glue, paintbrush, paints, pen, pencil, ruler, scissors, sharpener, tape

• pets »
• canary, cat, dog, ferret, fish, hamster, lizard, mouse, parrot, pony, rabbit, turtle

• school »
• board, book, calculator, classroom, diploma, globe, map, notebook, pencase, schoolbag, student, teacher

• sport »
• athletics, basketball, boxing, cycling, fencing, figure skating, football, hockey, skiing, speed skating, swimming, tennis

• spring flowers »
• anemone, bluebell, crocus, daffodil, daisy, freesia, iris, lilac, lily, snowdrops, tulip, violet

• summer »
• ball, crab, hat, hot, ice cream, sandcastle, shell, sun, sunflower, sunglasses, tent, umbrella

• time »
• one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve o'clock

• town »
• bank, church, cinema, gas station, hospital, library, museum, post office, restaurant, school, supermarket, theatre

• toys »
• ball, balloons, blocks, board game, boat, car, doll, drum, kite, plane, teddy bear, train

• transport »
• bike, boat, bus, car, helicopter, lorry, motorcycle, plane, scooter, ship, train, van

• valentine's day »
• birds, chocolate, cupcake, cupid, flower, gift, heart, kiss, puppy, ring, sweets, valentine

• vegetables »
• cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, leek, lettuce, onion, parsley, peas, potato, tomato

• verbs »
• cry, drink, eat, read, run, sing, sit, sleep, smile, talk, think, write

• weather »
• cloud, cold, frost, hail, hot, rain, rainbow, snow, storm, sun, warm, wind

• wild animals »
• crocodile, elephant, giraffe, hippo, kangaroo, kiwi, lion, rhino, seal, snake, tiger, zebra

• winter »
• cap, cold, icicles, mittens, scarf, skate, ski, sledge, snow, snowball, snowflake, snowman

wordlist a - z

Words organised by letter of the alphabet. Select the word you want to practise. It will take you to the vocabulary unit where that word appears.

• E
• ear
• Easter egg
• eat
• egg
• eight
• elephant
• eleven
• elf
• eraser
• eye

• F
• family
• farmer
• feet
• fencing
• ferret
• figure skating
• fireman
• fireplace
• fish
• five
• flower (autumn)
• flower (Valentine's Day)
• fly
• football
• fork
• four
• freesia
• fridge
• frog
• frost

• G
• gas station
• ghost
• gift
• gingerbread
• giraffe
• globe
• glue
• goat
• goblin
• goose
• grandma
• grandpa
• grapes
• grasshopper
• green
• grey

• H
• hail
• hamster
• hair
• hamburger
• hand
• happy
• hat
• haunted house
• head
• heart
• hedgehog
• helicopter
• hen (domestic animals)
• hen (Easter)
• hippo
• hockey
• holly
• horse
• hospital
• hot (feelings)
• hot (summer)
• hot (weather)

• I
• ice cream (food)
• ice cream (summer)
• icicles
• iris

• J
• jacket
• juice

• K
• kangaroo
• kefir
• kettle
• knife
• kiss
• kite

• L
• ladybird
• lamb
• lamp
• leaves
• leek
• legs
• lemon
• lemonade
• lettuce
• library
• lilac
• lily (Easter)
• lily (spring flowers)
• lion
• lizard (Halloween animals)
• lizard (pets)
• lorry

• M
• map
• mask
• mechanic
• milk
• mirror
• mittens
• monster
• moon
• mosquito
• moth (Halloween animals)
• moth (insects)
• motorcycle
• mouse (Halloween animals)
• mouse (pets)
• mouth
• mug
• mummy (family)
• mummy (Halloween)
• museum
• mushroom

• N
• neck
• nine
• nose
• notebook
• nurse

• O
• one
• onion
• orange (colours)
• orange (fruits)
• owl

• P
• paintbrush
• paints
• pan
• parents
• parrot
• parsley
• peach
• pear (autumn)
• pear (fruits)
• peas
• pen
• pencase
• pencil
• pets
• phone
• picture
• pig
• pineapple
• pink
• pizza
• plane (toys)
• plane (transport)
• plant
• plate
• plum
• policeman
• pony
• post office
• postman
• pot
• potato
• present
• pumpkin (autumn)
• pumpkin (Halloween)
• puppy
• purple

• V
• valentine
• vampire
• van
• violet (colours)
• violet (spring flowers)

• W
• wardrobe
• warm
• water
• watermelon
• white
• wind
• wine
• witch
• wolf
• worm
• worried
• write

• Y
• yellow

• Z
• zebra

List of children's literature by age

January 3, 2015

Estimated reading time: 23 min.

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The list was compiled on the recommendations of parents and child psychologists. However, the editors of the Teach Good project did not analyze and evaluate each work, as is the case with the lists of modern films and cartoons recommended for children.

A good book can become a part of a personality… There are a huge number of offers on the shelves of bookstores today, but not everything in a beautiful and bright cover will be useful for children to read. The best will be those works that differ not only in a fascinating plot, but also carry certain educational ideas: they teach goodness, justice, honesty. nine0003

The list can be edited according to your feedback. Write to us.

Literature for the formation of moral self-awareness

(senior preschoolers, 6-7 years old)

Philanthropy - misanthropy

1. Kataev V. "Flower-seven-flower".
2. Zelenaya R., Ivanov S. "An adult's story".
3. Oseeva V. "Revenge".
4. Zhitkov B. Boroda. “Smoke”, “How one boy drowned”, “On an ice floe”, “Mail”, “Fire”, “Collapse”, “Flood”. nine0030
5. Kuprin A. "Elephant".
6. Permyak E. "Reliable person".
7. Baruzdin S. "Sea dagger".

Mutual support, mutual assistance, mutual help - selfishness (individualism)

1. Tolstoy L. "Stories for young children".
2. Neverov A. "Bug", "Collective".
3. Baruzdin S. Fur seal.
4. Russian folk tale "Zimovie".
5. Berg L. Stories about a small car.

Avarice (greed) - generosity

1. Ushinsky K. "Close together, but boring apart."
2. Andersen G.H. "Thumbelina".
3. Oseeva V. "Three Comrades".
4. Fairy tale of the peoples of India "Whose hands are more beautiful".

Politeness (tact) - rudeness

1. Oseeva V. "The Magic Word".
2. R. Zelenaya, S. Ivanov “In the Stone Age”, “Ha-ha-ha! Adults”, “Be careful, elbows!”, “Pan”.
3. Russian folk tale "The Choker".
4. Ladonshchikov G. "Savage in the forest". nine0030

Honesty (truthfulness) - deceit

1. Brothers Grimm. "Hare and hedgehog".
2. Tolstoy L. "Liar".
3. Ushinsky K. "Terrible goat".
4. Oseeva V. "Why?"
5. Dal V. "Crow".

Justice - injustice

1. Oseeva V. "Cookie".
2. Pogorelsky A. "Black chicken or underground dwellers".
3. Aksakov S. "The Scarlet Flower".
4. Zakhoder B. Lisitsin Court.

Modesty - indiscretion

1. Korean fairy tale "Brothers".
2. Zelenaya R., Ivanov S. "Dangerous couple".
3. Italian fairy tale "How the donkey stopped singing".
4. Garshin V. "Traveling Frog".
5. Tolstoy L. Pavlin. "Peacock and Crane".
6. Marshak S. "The Story of an Unknown Hero".

Thrift - extravagance

1. Uspensky E. "Three from Prostokvashino".
2. Medvedev V. Savings cat.
3. Mikhalkov S. "Bulka". nine0030

Straightforwardness (openness) - cunning

1. Russian folk tale "The Wolf and the Seven Kids".
2. Hungarian fairy tale "Two Greedy Little Bears".
3. Feather Sh. Little Red Riding Hood.
4. Baruzdin S. "Fox".

Courage - cowardice

1. Ushinsky K. "The Eagle and the Cat".
2. Tolstoy L. "Kitten".
3. Tale of the peoples of Alaska "Little Mouse's Big Journey".
4. Russian folk tale "Fear has big eyes". nine0030

Compassion (mercy) – callousness

1. Prishvin M. “A sip of milk”.
2. Hugo V. Les Misérables (Chapter Cosette).
3. Suteev V. "Under the mushroom".
4. Charushin E. "About rabbits".
5. Zelenaya R., Ivanov S. "Crow".
6. Garin-Mikhailovsky N. "Theme and the bug"
7. Neverov A. The bugs. Korolenko V. "Children of the Underground" (chapter "Doll")

Humility - obstinacy

1. Russian folk tale "Morozko". nine0030
2. Feather S. "Cinderella".
3. Pushkin A. "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish"
4. Yanikovskaya E. "I go to kindergarten"
5. Zelenaya R., Ivanov S. "Let it go."

Good - evil

1. Ushinsky K. "It is bad for him who does no good to anyone."
2. Oseeva V. "Good". "On the rink". "Badly".
3. Tolstoy L. "Bird". "Soldier". "The Dog and the Thief". "Squirrel and Wolf". "How many people?"
4. Neverov A. Orphanage. "Collective".
5. Udmur folk tale "The hunter and the snake". nine0030
6. Barto A. "Hot".
7. Emelyanov B. "Mom's grief".

Books for children up to 3 years old

1. Small forms of folklore: nursery rhymes, songs, rhymes, rhymes (such small rhymes that accompany the life of a child: how we eat, how we dress, how we wash ourselves), Russian folklore and folklore of other peoples of the world.
2. Russian folk tales about animals (Kolobok, Teremok, Turnip, Ryaba Hen, Zayushkina hut)
3. Vasnetsova Yu. Poems, fairy tales, nursery rhymes with illustrations
4. Suteev V. "Fairy tales and pictures"
5. Chukovsky K. Fairy tales and poems
6. Marshak S. Poems, songs, riddles.
7. Barto A. cycles of poems "Toys", "Younger brother", "Nastenka", "Vovka - a kind soul".
8. Charushin E. "Cat", "Chicken", "How Tomka learned to swim".
9. Moritz J. "Poems".
10. Levin V. "Stupid horse" (poetry).
11. Pushkin A. "Tales", excerpts or in full.
12. Poems of Russian poets (V. Zhukovsky, A. Fet, V. Pleshcheev, E. Baratynsky, F. Tyutchev and others) about nature. nine0030
13. Tokmakova I. Carousel.
14. Ushinsky K. "Tales".
15. Tolstoy L. Fables and stories from the "ABC".
16. Garshin V. "Traveling Frog".
17. Alexandrova Z. “My Bear”, “Stompers”
18. Oster G. A cycle about a Kitten named Woof.
19. Tolstoy L. Stories for young children. (The main thing here is to find a publication with high-quality pictures, since there is not much text there at all, the main attention should be paid to the intonation, beauty and melody of traditional Russian speech, the image of rural life). nine0030
20. Ushinsky K. Stories about animals, about children
21. Blaginina E. Poems about nature, about mother, about how children help mother.
22. Kharms D. "Poems".

Books for children from 3 to 5 years old

Russian Literature

1. Tolstoy A. Pinocchio, or the Golden Key
2. Akim Yakov Poems for children
3. Blaginina A. Poems for children 9030 and 9030 and cycles of poems, for example, "Vovka kind soul"
4. Belozerov T. Poems
5. Berestov V. Any works for children
6. Vvedensky A. "Uncle Borya says that .." and others
7. Dragunsky V. fifth grader, and not all of them will be of interest to a child at the same age).
8. Volkov A. A cycle of stories about the Emerald City.
9. Garshin V. Traveling Frog
10. Georgiev S. Tree-Sticks or Field Marshal Pulkin, One Boy, One Girl, Cat Spell, Puppies
11. Dolinina N. "My Captain", "Lemboy", "Chucha", "How small the world", "We are twins with Seryozhka", "A Girl Lost"
12. Druzhkov Yu. "The Adventures of Pencil and Samodelkin"
    Ezhikova Z. "The Mole and His Friends"
13. Zhitkov B. "What I saw", "Stories about animals", "About Pudya", "How I caught little men", "What happened"
14. Zhuravleva E. "Funtik" and other books
15. Zhukovsky V. "Poems for children"
16. Zakhoder B. "Poems for children"
17. Zoshchenko M. "Funny stories", stories about Lela and Minka
18. Krylov I. Fables, "The Crow and the Fox" and "The Monkey and Glasses" in the first place.
19. Ivanov A. "The Adventures of Khoma and Gopher"
20. Kozlov S. "Shake! Hello!"
21. Kondratiev A. Poems for children
22. Kornilova G. "Our friend Bumchik"
23. Kryukova T. "Bip car"
24. Lebedeva "How Masha quarreled with a pillow"
25. Levin V. "Stupid horse"
"Children in a cage"
26. Mayakovsky V. "What is good and what is bad"
27. Mikhalkov S. "Laughter and Tears", "The Bunny-Knower", "Uncle Styopa" and other poems
28. Moritz Yu. Poems for children, "Bouquet of Cats"
29. Moshkovskaya E. Poems for children
30. Nestaiko V. "In the Land of Sunny Bunnies"
31. Nosov N. The first book about Dunno (the other two are designed for schoolchildren), stories.
32. Oleinikov N. “I sent eccentrics to the market”, etc.
33. Paustovsky K. “Cat-thief”, “Badger nose”, “Rubber boat”, “Steel ring”
34. Petrushevskaya L. Children's plays, Fairy tales. nine0030
35. Plyatskovsky M. “The Adventures of the Grasshopper Kuzi”, “How the Duckling Kryachik Lost His Shadow”
36. Prokofieva S. “The Patchwork and the Cloud”, “The Island of Captains”, “The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase”, “Astrel, Princess of Twilight”, “Leave window open”, “Machines of fairy tales”
37. Pushkin A.S. Fairy tales
38. Rumyantseva "About the little pig Plyukh"
39. Samoilov D. "The baby elephant went to study", "The baby elephant tourist"
40. Sapgir G. Poems for children
41. Sladkov N. "Tales of the Forest"
42. Sobakin T. Poems and fairy tales
43. Stepanov V.A. poems (optional)
44. Suteev V. "Peter and Little Red Riding Hood" and other fairy tales
45. Tokmakova I. Poems for children
46. Usachev A. "Living book", "We played Papovoz" and other poems, "Clever dog Sonya, or Good manners for small dogs”
47. Uspensky E. “Cheburashka and Crocodile Gena”, “Uncle Fyodor, a dog and a cat”, “25 professions of Masha Filippenko”, “Guaranteed little men”, “About the boy Yasha”, “ About Vera and Anfisa "poems for children
48. Fadeeva M. Smirnov A. “Adventures of parsley”
49. Tsyer Tales

Foreign Literature

1. Asbiernsen “Norwegian Tales”
2. Balint A. Gnome
3. Giangi Rodari
4. Konopnicka M. Orphan Mary and the Gnomes
5. Kruger M. Blue Bead, Hello Caroline
6. Lindgren M. Fluffy Bunny
7. Milne A. Winnie the Pooh and All-All-All »
8. Nesbit E. Billy the King, Bellinda and Bellamant
9. Perro C. Tales
10. Pino C. Tales
11. Potter B. The Tales of Tabitha the Cat
12. Hogarth Ann Muffin and Friends
13. Eno Roud Muff, Half Shoes and Moss Beard
9020 Books for Children from 5 to 8 years

Russian Literature

1. Aksakov S. "The Scarlet Flower"
2. Aleshkovsky Yuz "Shoo and Two Portfolios", "Shoo and I in the Crimea"
3. Alexandrova G. "Domovenok Kuzka and magic things" ( with extensions)
4. Afanasyev A. Tales
5. Bazhov P. "Malachite Box", "Ural Tales", "Silver Hoof"
6. Bianki V. "Forest Newspaper", "Sinichkin Calendar"
7. Bulychev Kir "Alice's Adventures"
8. Veltistov E. "Adventures of Electronics", "Gum-Gum", "A Million and One Days of Vacation"
9. Volkov A. "The Wizard of the Emerald City"
10. Gaidar A. "The Blue Cup", "Chuk and Gek"
11. Geraskina L. "V country of unlearned lessons”
12. Golyavkin V. “My good dad”, “Harp and boxing”, “How I sat under the desk”, Stories
13. Gor Gennady "The Boy"
14. Grabovsky Jan "The Fly with Whims"
15. Grigorovich "Gutta-Percha Boy"
16. Gubarev V. "Three on the Island", "In Far Far Away", "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors"
17. Davydychev L. "The Life of Ivan Semenov"
18. Danko E. "The Defeated Karabas"
19. Demykina G. "House on a Pine Tree"
20. Dragunsky V. "Deniska's Stories", "20 Years Under the Bed", "Dog Thieves"
21. Durov V. "My animals"
22. Ermolaev Y. "House of brave cowards"
23. Ershov P. "Humpbacked Horse"
24. Zhuravleva Z. "Take off the Shell"
25. Zabolotsky "The Tale of the Crooked Man", "Knock-knock-knock"
26. Ivanov S. "Former Bulka and his daughter"
27. Ilyin M. “One Hundred Thousand Whys”
28. Kaverin V. “Hourglass”
29. Kataev V. “Flower-Semitsvetik”, “Pipe, Jug”, “Magic Horn of Oberon”
30. Kokovin E. “Din-Dag”
31. Konstantinovsky M. "KOAPP"
32. Korzhikov V. "Solnyshkin's Merry Sailing"
33. Krylov I. Fables
34. Kumma A., Runge, S. "The Second Secret of the Golden Key"
35. Kuprin "Elephant"
36. Lagin Lazar "Old Man Hottabych", "The Blue Man", "Patent AB"
37. Larry Yan "The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Valya"
38. Lermontov "The Air Ship"
39. Magalif Yuri "Zhakonya", "Cat Kotkin"
40. Mamin-Sibiryak D. "The Gray Neck", "Alyonushka's Tales"
41. Marshak S. "Twelve Months ”, “Smart things”
42. Medvedev V. “Barankin, be a man!” nine0030
43. Mikhalkov S. "The Feast of Disobedience"
44. Naumov E. "Coral City", "Magic Whirlwind"
45. Nekrasov A. "The Adventures of Captain Vrungel"
46. Nekrasov N. "Grandfather Mazai and Hares"
47. Nestaiko V. One with deception”, “Five with a tail”, “Mysterious voice behind your back”, “Toreadors from Vasyukovka”, “Kidnappers looking for the victim”
48. Nosov N. “Adventures of Dunno and his friends”, “Vitya Maleev”, “Dreamers”
49. Odoevsky V. "Town in a snuffbox"
50. Olesha Y. "Three fat men"
51. Oseeva V. "Dinka", "Vasek Trubachev and his comrades"
52. Oster G. "38 parrots"
53. Panteleev L. "Honest word", "Squirrel and Tamarochka", "Merry Tram"
54. Permyak E. Fairy tales
55. Perova O. "Children and animals"
56. Pivovarova "What my head is thinking about", "Once Katya with Manechka"
57. Pogodin R. "Brick islands"
58. Pogorelsky A. "Black Hen, or Underground Inhabitants"
59. Pocheptsov G. "School Tales", "Country of Cities", "Bureau of Good Offices"
60. Prishvin M. “The Pantry of the Sun”, “Kashcheev's Chain”
61. Pushkin A. “The Song of the Prophetic Oleg”
62. Raskin A. “How Little Dad Was”
63. Rozanov S. “The Adventures of Grass”
64. Rubinshtein Lev “ Grandfather of the Russian Navy”, “In the Gardens of the Lyceum”
65. Rutkovsky V. “Guests on a Broom”, “Friends from a Quiet Backwater”
66. Rybakov A. “Dagger”, “Bronze Bird”, “Shot”
67. Salomatov A. “ Our extraordinary Gosh”
68. Salie M. “Tales of 1000 and one night”
69. Sotnik Y. "How I was independent"
70. Tikhomirov O. "Green Window"
71. Tokmakova I. "Alya, Klyaksich and the letter A"
72. Tolstoy A. etc.”
73. Tomin Yu. "Merry-go-rounds over the city", "A, B, C, D, E, etc.", "A magician was walking through the city"
74. Tolstoy L. "Jump", "Lion and dog", stories and fairy tales
75. Mustached G. plays-fairy tales
76. Chaplin V. "Pets of the Zoo", "My pupils"
77. Chepovetsky E. "Fidget, Mukish and Netak"
78. Cherny A. Fox Mickey's Diary
79. Chekhov A.P. "Kashtanka"
80. Sharov A. "The Boy Dandelion and the Three Keys", "The Adventures of Ezhinka and the Painted Men", "The Star Shepherd and Ninochka", "Magicians Come to People", "Children and Adults", "Pirrow Island", " A Tale of Ten Mistakes, Okoem
81. Schwartz E. Cinderella, The Snow Queen, Ordinary Miracle, Two Maples
82. Emden Esfir House with Magic Windows, Adventures of a Little Actor
83. Jagdfeld and Gernet N. "Katya and the Crocodile"

Foreign Literature

1. Andersen G. Tales and Stories
2. Babich I. "My Familiar Animals"
3. Barnford S. "The Incredible Journey"
4. Barry J. "Peter Pan and Wendy" "Land of Oz"
5. Brzehwa Jan "Academy of Pan Blobs"
6. Bisset D. "Forgotten Birthday", "Krokokot", Fairy Tales
7. Blyton Enid "The Famous Duckling Tim", "Noddy's Adventure"
8. The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Vangeli S. "The Adventures of Gugutse", "The Blue Hut", "Chubo from the village of Turturik"
9. Verne Jules Travels Around the World in 80 Days (Children's Edition)
10. Westley A-K. “Dad, mom, 8 children and a truck”, “Aurora from building “C”.
11. Gauf V. Tales
12. Hoffman E.T. The Nutcracker, Beautiful Child, The Orange Princess
13. Graham Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
14. Darell J. The Zoo in My Luggage, The Land of Rustles, The Talking Bundle, The Hounds of Bafut
15. d'Hervilly E. The Adventures of a Prehistoric Boy
16. Salten F. Bambi
17. Kern Ludwig Jerzy "Ferdinand the Magnificent"
18. Kipling R. "Mowgli", "Little Stories"
19. Collodi C. "Pinocchio"
20. Crews J. me”, “Wizard in the Inkpot”
21. Lagerlöf Selma “The Wonderful Journey of Niels”
22. Lindgren Astrid “Brothers Lionheart”, “Pappy Longstocking”
23. Lobatu Monteiro “Order of the Yellow Woodpecker”
24. Lobe Mira; Ferra-Mikura "Grandma on the apple tree"
25. Lofting Hugh "The Adventures of John Dolittle", "John Dolittle Circus"
26. Lewis Clive "The Chronicles of Narnia"
27. Maar Paul "Subbastic", "7 Saturdays in the Week"
28. Malo Hector "Without a family", "In the family", " Romain Calbri"
29. Maeterlinck M. "The Blue Bird", "Ariana and Bluebeard"
30. Nesbit E. "Five Children and a Beast", "Phoenix and Carpet", "The Talisman"
31. Pelin Yelin "Jan Bibian"
32. Preusler O. "Little Baba Yaga, ghost, water"
33. Raud Eno "Clutch, Half Shoes and Moss Beard", "Sipsik"
34. Gianni Rodari "The Adventures of Cipollino", "Cake in the Sky", "Journey of the Blue Arrow", "Jelsamino in the Land of Liars"
35. Saya Kazis "Hey, hide!"
36. Swift J. Gulliver's Travels
37. Saint-Exupery A. The Little Prince
38. Seton-Thompson E. Animal Tales
39. Stevenson R. Heather Honey
40. Mark Twain "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn"
41. Travers Pamela "Mary Poppins"
42. Fekete Istvan "Little Fox Vuk"
43. Frans Anatole "The Bee"
44. Harris Joel "The Tales of Uncle Remus", "Brother Rabbit and Friends"
45. Hodgston Burnett "The Little Princess", "Little Lord", "The Secret Garden"
46. Hopp Sinken "The Adventures of Yun and Sophus" »
47. Egner Thorbjorn "People and robbers from Cardamom"
48. Ekholm Jan "Tutta Karlsson the First and only, Ludwig the Fourteenth and others"
49. Ende Michael "Endless Book", "Jack Button", "Momo"

Books for children from 9up to 12 years

Russian Literature

1. Abramov S. "Above the Rainbow"
2. Adamov G. "The Secret of Two Oceans"
3. Akimushkin I. "The World of Animals", "Mammals or Beasts" and other books
4. Aleksin A. "The Secret of the Old Cottage", "My Brother Plays the Clarinet", "In the meantime, somewhere"
5. Alekseev M. "Karyukha"
6. Almazov "The most beautiful horse"
7. Amatuni P. "CHAO - the winner of magicians"
8. Arseniev V. "Across the Ussuri Territory", "Dersu Uzala"
9. Astakhov E. "Treads of Captain Stormstil"
10. Bulycheva A. "Trumpeters from Solnechnaya Street"
11. Vasilenko I. "Artemka", "Asterisk"
12. Vlasov A. "Wagtail Army"
13. "Girl from Voronkova" cities”, “The Village of Gorodishche”, “Altai Story”, “Elder Sister”, “Personal Happiness”
14. Vronsky Yu. “The Extraordinary Adventures of Kuksha from Domovichi”
15. Gabbe T. Mystery”, “The Fate of a Drummer”
16. Gasenko G. “Terentich and Fedya”, “Stepa's Neighbors”
17. Gershenzon M. "Robin Hood"
18. Gogol N.V. "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka", "Mirgorod"
19. Guryan O. "Ivashka runs after a horse", "Witnesses"
20. Davydychev L. "Hands up, or Enemy N 1"
21. Dombrovsky K. "Island of inexperienced physicists"
22. Zheleznikov V. "Scarecrow", "Password "Dragonfly""
23. Zhitinsky A. "The Old Man from Bolshaya Pushkarskaya", "Courtesy Visit", "Cheops and Nefertiti"
24. Zorich A. "The Secret of the Golden Anemones"
25. Ilyina E. "The fourth height", "This is my school"
26. Kaverin V. "Two Captains", "Open Book", "Nemukhin's Tales", fairy tales
27. Chernolussky M. "Phaeton"
28. Kassil L. "Be Prepared, Your Highness", "The Great Confrontation", "Street of the Younger son”, “My Dear Boys”, “Konduit and Shvambrania”
29. Kataev V. “The Son of the Regiment”, Tetralogy “Waves of the Black Sea”: “A lonely sail turns white”, “A farm in the steppe”, “Winter wind”, “For power of the Soviets!
30. Katerli Nina "Collection of Dr. Emil", "The Beast", "Potion", "Nagornaya, 10", "Window"
31. Knorre F. “Captain Crocus”, “Olya”
32. Koval Yu. “Nedopesok”, “The lightest boat in the world”, “Vasya Kurolesov”, “Five kidnapped monks”
33. Korinets Yu. “Song of Gizi”
34. Kostetsky A. “Knock on my window”, “I want to fly!”, “Superglue XT”, “Minimax”
35. Krapivin V. Rosa Station”, “Tide”, “Dovecote”, “Great Crystal”, “Flying Tales”, “Portfolio cap. Rumba "Crane and lightning", "Lullaby for a brother"
36. Kulikov G. "The Secret Messenger"
37. Levshin V. "Dwarf and Al-Jebra"
38. Likstanov I. "The Adventures of the cabin boy", "Baby"
39. Medvedev V. "Flute for the Champion", "Sovri-Head"
40. Mikhalkov S. "Sombrero", "Red Tie"
41. Molitvin P. "At the beginning of summer holidays"
42. Moshkovsky A. "Five in a starship", "Seven days of miracles"
43. Naumov E. "Morning is wiser than evening"
44. Novash N. "In the Kingdom of Kirpirlain"
45. Panteleev L. "Republic of Shkid", "Clock", "Package"
46. Pogodin R. "Dubravka", "Tales of Good People and Fair Weather", "Soup with Dumplings", "Tournament in the Kingdom of Fiofigas"
47. Poletaev S. "The Story of Two Fugitives", "Captain's Magic Pipe"
48. Popov V. “The Adventures of Two Unfortunates”
49. Potapova Alla “The Fearless Zuar”
50. Pocheptsov G. “In Search of a Magic Sword”, “Golden Ball”
51. Prishvin M. “In the Land of Fearless Birds”
52. Sadovnikov G. “Savior of the Ocean” »
53. Svirsky A. «Ryzhik. The Adventures of a Little Tramp
54. Sergienko K. "Kees - Admiral Tyulpanov", "White Rondel", "Goodbye, ravine", "Xenia", "Days of late autumn"
55. Sladkov N. "Zakhar Zagadkin", "Into the forest in a riddle"
56. Sotnik Y. "The Elixir of Kuprum Esa", "Clairvoyant"
57. Stanyukovich K. "Around the World on the "Kite"
58. Sukhanova N. "In the Caves of Murosaurus"
59. Tolstoy A. "Nikita's Childhood"
60. Task S. " The Secret of the Red Cat”
61. Troepolsky G. “White Bim Black Ear”
62. Trublaini N. “Schooner Columbus”, “Rose Gull Wings”
63. Fedorov V. “Flying to the North”, “Journey Up”
    Chukovsky N. “Frigate Drivers”
64. Shefner V. “A Name for a Bird”, “A Million in the Sweat of Your Face”, “A Man with Five Nos”, “ A Round Secret
65. Yacheikin Y. My and Others' Secrets, Pavlik Khvalimon

Foreign Literature

1. Azimov A. The Adventures of the Robot Norby
2. Arthur., Cary M. and others Alfred Hitchcock and three detectives”
3. Bayard Georges “Michel the detective”
4. Burroughs E.R. "Lord of Mars", "Tarzan", "Pellucidar", "The Timeless Earth", "Venus"
5. Blyton Enid "The Magnificent Five", "The Secret Seven", "Five Finders and a Dog"
6. Demostene Botez, Yonel Pop "Encounters with Nature"
7. Broszkiewicz Jerzy "One is more interesting than the other", "Three with a Ten Thousand"
8. Boussinard Louis "Captain Blow Your Head"
9. Verne Jules "The Mysterious Island", "15 Year Old Captain", "20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Captain Grant's Children", "2 Years of Vacation"
10. Voynich E. "The Gadfly"
11. Garner A. "The Magic Stone of Breezingamen"
12. Henry O. "Redskin Chief"
13. Greenwood J. "Little Rag"
14. Gallico Paul "Thomasina", "Jenny", "Snow Goose"
15. Dixon F. "The Hardy Brothers"
16. Doyle A.K. "Professor Challenger", "Sherlock Holmes"
17. Žilinskaitė V. "Journey to Tandadrika"
18. Carlier Lieber "The Secret of Altamare"
19. Erich Kestner "Emil and the Detectives", "Button and Anton", "The Matchbox Boy" »
20. Keene Caroline "Nancy Dru"
21. Coyne Irmgard "The Girl You Were Not Allowed to Hang With"
22. Korczak Janusz "King Matt the First"
23. Kotzwinkl William "E.T. (The Alien and his Adventures on Earth)"
24. Crawford C.P. "Running on Three Legs"
25. Cooper Fenimore "The Pathfinder" and other books about Natty Bumpo, "Sorceress of the Sea"
26. Astrid Lindgren "Emil of Lenneberg", Rogue Rasmus
27. London Jack "Hearts of Three", "White Fang", stories
28. McCallay Johnston "The Sign of Zorro"
29. Nestlinger C. "Conrad, the Tin Can Child", "Down with the Cucumber King"
30. Nemtsova B. "Grandmother", Golden Book of Fairy Tales, Silver Book of Fairy Tales
    Aldridge J. "The Amazing Mongol", "The Last Inch", "The Boy from the Forest Bank"
31. Petkyavich V. "The Great Hunter Mikas Pupkus"
32. Porter E. "Pollyanna"
33. Prokop G. "Detective Pinky"
34. Przymanowski Janusz "The Tricks of Jonathan Koot"
35. Raud Eno "Stainless Saber"
36. Reed, T. Mine "Headless Horseman", "Sea Wolf", " Young hunters”, “Children of the forests”
37. Roni Joseph Fight for Fire, Cave Lion
38. Simak K. Ring Around the Sun
39. Gray Owl Sajo and Her Beavers
40. Stevenson R. Treasure Island, Black Arrow , Kidnapped, Catriona
41. Twain Mark The Prince and the Pauper, The Frog of Calaveras
42. Tolkien J.R.R. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, The Blacksmith from Big Wootton
43. Tutuola Amos Journey to the City of the Dead
44. Wilde Oscar The Canterville Ghost, The Star Boy, The Happy Prince
45. Hans Fallada "Fridolin the cheeky badger"
46. Forester S. "The Saga of Captain Hornblower"
47. Francis Burnett "The Secret Garden", "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "The Little Princess"
48. Khaitov N. "Dragon"
Chopic Branko "Feet in the field, head in the wild"
49. Shklarsky Alfred "Journeys of Tomek"
50. Ergle Zenta "It began in the house of flowers"

Books for children from 12 to 14

Russian literature

1. Aksenov V. “A chest in which something knocks”, “My grandfather is a monument”
2. Aleksin A. “A late child”, “Home advice”, “A very scary story”
3. Altaev Al. Historical novels
4. Astafiev V. "A horse with a pink mane"
5. Bakhrevsky V. "The ataman's treasure", "Kiprey-Polykhan"
6. Belyaev A. "Island of lost ships", "Ariel", "The last man from Atlantis", Amphibian Man, Air Seller
7. Belyaev V. Old Fortress
8. Bromley H. "The Adventures of a Boy with a Dog"
9. Brunstein A. "The Road Goes Far"
10. Vigdorova Frida "Chernigovka" other two parts of the trilogy
11. Vladko V. "Argonauts of the Universe", "Descendants of the Scythians"
12. Voskresenskaya Zoya " A Girl in a Stormy Sea
13. Govorov S. Alkamen the Theater Boy, The Last Carolingians
14. Grin A. nowhere", "Jesse and Morgiana", stories
15. Dymov F. "Where you are needed"
16. Efremov I. "The Andromeda Nebula", "The Bull's Hour", "The Razor's Edge", "On the Edge of the Ecumene"
17. Kazantsev A. "The Burning Island", "Stronger than Time"
18. Kamalov F. "Hello, Artem!"
19. Kiselyov V. "The Girl and the Bird"
20. Kovtun A. "The Baranova Balka"
21. Kozlov V. "The President of Kamenny Island"
22. Levinson G. "Farewell to Deberville"
23. Lukyanenko S. "The Boy and the Darkness", "Today, Mom!", "Knights of the Forty Islands"
24. Matveev G. "Green chains", "Tarantula"
25. Moskvin I. "Forward - in defense!"
26. Perumov N. "Ring of Darkness" (Elven Blade, Black Spear, Henna's Adamant).
27. Radiy Pogodin "Step from the Roof", "What Senka Had", "Turn on the Northern Lights", "Tunnel-Bar"
28. Polevoy B. "A Tale of a Real Man"
29. Polikarpova T. "Leaves of Future Summer"
30. Popov V. "Dark Room", "Too Strong"
31. Romanovsky S. "Blue Lightning", "Vyatka Lace"
32. Rybakov A. "The Adventures of Krosh", "Vacation of Krosh"
33. Ryazantseva E. "Fight, fight like that!"
34. Sadovnikov G. "Adventure Seller"
35. Sisnev V. "Notes of the Wickwick Club"
36. Solovyov L. "The Tale of Hodge Nassredin"
37. Strugatsky A. and B. "The Tale of Friendship and Enmity", "The Far Rainbow" , "Country of Crimson Clouds"
38. Sukhinov S. "War of Fairy Tales"
39. Sysoev V. "Golden Rigma", "The Last Leopard"
40. Tobolkin Zot "Sad Jester"
41. A. Tolstoy "Peter the Great", "Aelita", "Engineer Garin's Hyperboloid"
42. Trunkatov Tour "The Adventures of Hook"
43. G. Uspensky "Through the Reserved Wilds", "Askania-Nova", "Vaska the Traveler"
44. Ustinov L. “Gypsy Tale”, “Old Fashioned Miracles”
45. Filatov L. “About Fedot the Dared Young Archer”
46. Fingaret S. “Great Benin”, “Feng Sign on Bamboo”
47. Fraerman R. “ Dingo Wild Dog
48. Shefner W. Lucky Loser, Girl on the Cliff, Purple Ball, Debtor's Shack, Yellow Veranda Tea Party
49. Shtilmark R. "Heir from Calcutta"
50. Shurlygin V. "Cosmonaut Sergeev"
51. Shchegolev A. "Cage for the violent"
52. Yakhnina E. the wanderings of Captain Nebrekha

Foreign Literature

1. Azimov A. Lucky Star - Space Ranger
2. Balzac O. Shagreen Skin
3. Archie Binz "Buster, come to me!"
4. Bischoff David "Unchildren's Games"
5. Louis Boussinard "Ten Million Red Possum", "Ten Thousand Years in the Ice"
6. Alan Garner "Elidor", "Owls on Plates"
7. de Coster Charles "The Legend of Thiel Eulenspiegel"
8. Defoe Daniel "Robinson Crusoe"
9. Jellico Paul "Jenny", "Thomasina"
10. Dickens C. "Great Expectations", "Oliver Twist"
11. Dilov Luben "The Star Adventures of Numi and Nicky" "Captain Sharkey", "Brigadier Gerard"
12. Druon M. "Cursed Kings"
13. Dumas A. The Count of Monte Cristo, Ascanio, The Black Tulip, The Two Dianas
14. Kuttner G. The Professor Covered himself
15. Kerwood James The Tramps of the North, In the Wilds of the North
16. Clark A. Dolphin Island
17. Le Guin Ursula The Wizard of Earthsea
18. Lee Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
19. May Carl Vinnetou
20. Nenatsky Zbigniew The Adventures of Pan Samohodik
21. Nortonia Nortonia The Magic of Wool
22. Olssen Lars Henrik Erik the Son of Man
23. Preusler Otfried "Krabat: Legends of the Old Mill"
24. Przymanowski J. "Four Tankers and a Dog"
25. Rollings Marjorie K. "Peers"
26. Sabatini R. "The Adventures of Captain Blood", "Black Swan", "Knight of the Tavern" »
27. Saito Ryusuke "The Fire Horse"
28. Sat Ok (White Feather) "The Land of Salty Rocks", "Listen to the song of feathers"
29. Selinger J. "The Catcher in the Rye" Wilderness and Wilderness
30. Scott W. Ivanhoe, Quentin Dorward, Rob Roy
31. Triz Jeffrey The Violet Crown, The Hills of Varna
32. G. Wells The Door in the Wall, novels to choose from From the Earth
33. Hauser Turin Thurstad Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
34. Sheckley R. Gregory and Arnold
35. Robert Young At the Beginning of Time

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    The children of each country have their own special words and their own ways of communicating with adults and among themselves. The English language is not as rich in diminutive suffixes as Russian, but even in it some words can be made more “childish”.

    The suffix -y / -ie is often used for this. For example: birdie - bird, horsie - horse, kitty - kitten, kitty. If you have to communicate with English-speaking children, the following words and expressions may come in handy:

    nine1168 go to bed, "bainki"

    bagsie	Chur! (in expressions like "I bagsie the front seat in the car!" - "Chur, I'll go in the front seat!")
    binky	plush toy (usually with which the baby sleeps)
    boo-boo	cut, sore, wawa
    bow-wow	bow-woof (indicates both the dog and the sound it makes)
    bunny	rabbit, bunny
    choo-choo	train, "choo-choo"
    daddy	daddy, daddy
    do a poo	do "ah"
    do a wee-wee	do "wee-wee"
    freidy-cat, scaredy-cat	coward
    give a piggyback ride	roll on your back, carry on backs
    go beddy-byes
    goody	is used as a joyful exclamation: "great!"
    itsy-bitsy	very small, tiny
    meanie, meany	bad, evil; vermin
    mommy (AmE), mummy (BrE)	mother, mother
    nana, nanny	grandmother
    naughty	naughty, ill-mannered
    neener-neener	teaser, be-be-be
    roly-poly	somersault
    patty	handle, foot
    piggy	pig, pig
    potty	chamber pot
    sweetie	candy, sweetness (also used as an affectionate term for an adult to a child)
    tag	chasing game
    tattle	snitch, complain about someone
    teeny-weeny, tiny-winy	tiny toy
    teeter-totter	board swing
    tootsies	toes, feet
    tum, tummy	belly
    upsy-daisy, whoops-a-daisy	interjection, used when a child falls or drops something
    uppy	on handles ("I want uppy" - "I want on handles")
    yippee	"hooray!" (exclamation of joy, delight)
    yummy, yum-yum	delicious

    And here are two more important words from the children's vocabulary: try to translate the dialogue from everyone's favorite TV series "The Big Bang Theory" yourself and guess what the funny wee-wee and boom-boom mean:

    Raj: It's a potty, what do you call it?
    Howard: A toilet.

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