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BENNETT'S BOOKS
From: The Washington Post
Date: 19880906
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What should children read in elementary school? Education Secretary William J. Bennett provided his suggested reading list last week in his report on a model elementary-school curriculum. Here are some of his choices:
Kindergarten through grade 3:
"Behind the Back of the Mountain: Black Folktales from Southern Africa," Verna Aardema.
"Aesop for Children."
"Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales."
"Wiley and the Hairy Man," Molly Bang.
"Once in Puerto Rico," Pura Belpre.
Madeline books, Ludwig Bemelmans.
"The Three Billy Goats Gruff," Susan Blair.
"The Pied Piper of Hamelin," Robert ...
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