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The following chart matches Sonlight titles
with FIAR titles. Most of the Sonlight selections are from Cores K-4 with
a few from Core 5. I am not sure about some of the FIAR Volume IV
selections as I don't have that volume yet. If you see one that seems out
of place, please let me know. Also, if you have a suggestion for a
Sonlight/FIAR match-up that is not on this chart, please
submit it. I will be
updating this chart as I get to know some of the FIAR selections better.
How to use this chart? I plan to just choose one Sonlight read aloud
to go with each FIAR picture book. However, some of the Sonlight books are
picture books, so you may want to preview at your library before you decide to
choose just one book. Another way you could use this chart is to
assign your older students a chapter book that matches the unit your younger
ones are studying.
RA= recommended read aloud grade level for the Sonlight suggestions
I moved the HSS/Sonlight matches to their own chart --
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| FIAR book | FIAR Volume | Sonlight book | RA | Connection |
| A New Coat for Anna | Volume II | The Seventeenth Swap | 2-A | trading/swapping |
| A New Coat For Anna | Volume II | The Story of Eli Whitney | K-A | Cotton |
| A Pair of Red Clogs | Volume I | The Big Wave | 2nd-A | Japan |
| All Those Secrets of the World | Volume II | The Winged Watchman | 1-A | WWII |
| All Those Secrets of the World | Volume II | Twenty and Ten | K-A | WWII |
| Amber on the Mountain | Volume III | Heidi | K-4 | Mountain Life |
| Amber on the Mountain | Volume III | Little House on Rocky Ridge | 2-A | *not sure if this fits |
| Amber on the Mountain | Volume III | Viking Adventure | K-5 | Reading/Writing |
| Amber on the Mountain | Volume III | Thimble Summer | 1-A | Farm |
| Amber on the Mountain | Volume III | McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm | 3-A | |
| Andy and the Lion | Volume III | The School Story | 2-A | Books |
| Angelo | Volume IV | Michaelangelo (Stanley) | K-A | Michaelangelo |
| Another Celebrated Dancing Bear | Volume I | Peter the Great (Stanley) | K-A | Russian Czar |
| Another Celebrated Dancing Bear | Volume I | The Bears on Hemlock Mountain | K-4 | bears |
| Another Celebrated Dancing Bear | Volume I | The House on Walenska Street | K-4 | Russia |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Red Sails to Capri | 2-A | ships/islands |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Titanic: Lost and Found | K-4 | ship |
| Arabella | Volume IV | All Set Sail | 3-A | Ships |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Ships, Sailors, and the Sea | 3-A | Ships |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Eric the Red & Leif the Lucky | K-6 | Explorers |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Pedro's Journal | 3rd-8 | explorers |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Explorer's News | K-A | Explorers |
| Arabella | Volume IV | Carry On, Mr. Bowditch | 3-A | Seafaring Adventure |
| Climbing Kansas Mountain | Volume III | The Bears on Hemlock Mountain | K-A | Mountains |
| Clown of God | Volume I | Family Under the Bridge | K-A | Orphan/Hobo |
| Clown of God | Volume I | George Muller | 1-A | orphans |
| Clown of God | Volume I | The Apprentice | 2-A | Italy |
| Clown of God | Volume I | Kildee House | 2-A | Recluse |
| Cowboy Charlie | Volume IV | Caddie Woodlawn | 2-A | Wild West |
| Cowboy Charlie | Volume IV | Little Britches | 3-A | Ranching |
| Cranberry Thanksgiving | Volume I | The Great Turkey Walk | 1-A | Turkey |
| Cranberry Thanksgiving | Volume I | The Thanksgiving Story | P-6 | Thanksgiving |
| Daniel's Duck | Volume III | Charlotte's Web | 1-A | Fair |
| Daniel's Duck | Volume III | The Great Wheel | 2-A | Fair |
| Down, Down the Mountain | Volume II | Strawberry Girl | 3-A | Depression Era |
| Down, Down the Mountain | Volume II | A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt | K-A | Depression Era |
| Ferdinand | Volume II | Pedro's Journal | 3rd-8 | Spanish Explorer |
| Ferdinand | Volume II | White Stallion of Lipizza | 1-A | Spain |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd | Volume II | Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman | 1st-7 | Slavery/Freedom |
| Gramma's Walk | Volume II | Follow My Leader | 2-A | Handicap |
| Gramma's Walk | Volume II | In Grandma's Attic | K-A | Grandmothers |
| Gramma's Walk | Volume II | More Stories from Grandma's Attic | K-A | Grandmothers |
| Grandfather's Journey | Volume I | The Monitor and the Merrimac | K-6 | Ships |
| Grandfather's Journey | Volume I | The Big Wave | 2nd-A | Japan |
| Granfather's Journey | Volume I | All Set Sail | 3-A | Ships |
| Grass Sandals | Volume IV | Born in the Year of Courage | 2nd-A | Japan |
| Hanna's Cold Winter | Volume IV | Calico Bush | 3-A | Girl Facing Hard Winter |
| Hanna's Cold Winter | Volume IV | Sarah Whitcher's Story | 1-A | |
| Hanna's Cold Winter | Volume IV | The Courage of Sarah Noble | K-6 | |
| Henry the Castaway | Volume II | Eric the Red & Leif the Lucky | K-6 | Explorers |
| Henry the Castaway | Volume II | Island of the Blue Dolphins | 3-A | Island |
| Henry the Castaway | Volume II | My Father's Dragon | K-6 | Adventure |
| How to Make an Apple Pie... | Volume I | The Apple and the Arrow | K-6 | Apples |
| How to Make an Apple Pie... | Volume I | Johnny Appleseed (Holland) | P-A | Apples |
| Katy and the Big Snow | Volume I | Maps and Globes | 1st-4 | Maps |
| Lentil | Volume I | Homer Price | 1-A | Small Town Boy |
| Lentil | Volume I | Henry Huggins | K-A | Boy adventures |
| Little Nino's Pizzeria | Volume III | The Toothpaste Millionaire | K-A | Intro. To business |
| Little Nino's Pizzeria | Volume III | The Cricket in Times Square | 1-A | Family Business |
| Madeline | Volume I | Family Under the Bridge | K-A | Paris |
| Madeline | Volume I | What Makes You Ill (Usborne) | 1st-6 | Germs |
| Madeline | Volume I | What's Inside You (Usborne) | K-6 | Introduction to the Human Body |
| Mailing May | Volume IV | Riding the Pony Express | 2nd-4 | |
| Make Way For Ducklings | Volume II | All of a Kind Family | 1-A | New York City/Family |
| Mike Milligan and His Steam Shovel | Volume I | Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman | 2nd-6 | Steam |
| Mirette on the High Wire | Volume II | Things People Do | P-1 | Occupations |
| Mirette on the High Wire | Volume II | The Apprentice | 2-A | Discovering Gifts/Talents |
| Mirette on the High Wire | Volume II | The Journeyman | 2-A | Talent/Gift |
| Miss Rumphius | Volume II | Emily's Runaway Imagination | K-A | Changing Times |
| Miss Rumphius | Volume II | The Skippack School | 1st-6 | Changing Times |
| Miss Rumphius | Volume II | Sign of the Beaver | 3-A | Maine |
| Mrs. Katz and Tush | Volume II | The House on Walenska Street | K-A | Jews |
| Mrs. Katz and Tush | Volume II | The Last Little Cat | K-8 | Cats |
| Night of the Moon Jellies | Volume I | Dolphin Treasure | P-A | Ocean Life |
| Night of the Moon Jellies | Volume I | Dolphin Adventure | P-A | Ocean Life |
| Owl Moon | Volume II | The Courage of Sarah Noble | K-6 | Journey/Wilderness/Father |
| Papa Piccolo | Volume I | Marco Polo | 1st-7 | Marco Polo |
| Papa Piccolo | Volume I | The Boxcar Children | K-6 | Orphans |
| Papa Piccolo | Volume I | The Last Little Cat | K-8 | Cats |
| Papa Piccolo | Volume I | George Muller | 1-A | Orphans |
| Paul Revere's Ride | Volume III | And Then What Happened, Paul Revere | K-6 | Paul R. |
| Paul Revere's Ride | Volume III | Can't You Make Them Behave, King George | K-5 | American Revolution |
| Paul Revere's Ride | Volume III | Mr. Revere and I | K-A | Paul R. |
| Paul Revere's Ride | Volume III | The Winter at Valley Forge | K-6 | American Revolution |
| Paul Revere's Ride | Volume III | Johnny Tremain | 3-A | American Revolution |
| Pumpkin Runner | Volume IV | The Twenty One Balloons | 2-A | Hot Air Balloons |
| Snowflake Bentley | Volume IV | The Twenty One Balloons | 2-A | Scientist |
| Snowflake Bentley | Volume IV | George Washington Carver | 2nd-6 | Scientist |
| Storm in the Night | Volume I | Swift Rivers | 3-A | Grandfather |
| The Bee Tree | Volume III | The Secret Valley | K-4 | Gold |
| The Bee Tree | Volume III | By the Great Horn Spoon | 2-A | Goldrush |
| The Bee Tree | Volume III | The Sign of the Beaver | 3-A | Wilderness Survival |
| The Dutchess Bakes a Cake | Volume III | Castle Diary | 1-A | Castles |
| The Dutchess Bakes a Cake | Volume III | Tales of Robin Hood (Allan) | 3-A | Middle Ages |
| The Dutchess Bakes a Cake | Volume III | The Door in the Wall | 3-A | Middle Ages |
| The Finest Horse in Town | Volume III | King of the Wind | 2-A | Horses |
| The Giraffe That Walked to Paris | Volume II | Tut's Mummy Lost and Found | K-4 | Egypt |
| The Glorious Flight | Volume I | The Wright Brothers (Reynolds) | 2-A | Airplanes |
| The Gullywasher | Volume IV | The Bears on Hemlock Mountain | K-4 | Tall Tale |
| The Gullywasher | Volume IV | Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa | 3-A | Horses |
| The Gullywasher | Volume III | Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West | 1-A | Horses |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin | K-6 | Ben Franklin |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia | 1-A | Ben Franklin |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | American Adventures I | K-A | Americans (1770-1870) |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution | K-6 | American Documents |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | Meet Thomas Jefferson | 1st-6 | Thomas Jefferson |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | Can't You Make Them Behave, King George | K-5 | American Revolution |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | The Winter at Valley Forge | K-6 | American Revolution |
| The Hatmaker's Sign | Volume IV | Johnny Tremain | 3-A | American Revolution |
| The Hickory Chair | Volume IV | Hellen Keller (Davidson) | 1-A | Blindness |
| The Hickory Chair | Volume IV | Louis Braille | 2-A | Blindness |
| The Hickory Chair | Volume IV | Follow My Leader | 2-A | Blindness |
| The Little Red Lighthouse | Volume II | The Cricket in Times Square | 1-A | New York |
| The Little Red Lighthouse | Volume II | All of a Kind Family | 1-A | New York City |
| The Little Red Lighthouse… | Volume II | The Light at Tern Rock | K-A | Lighthouses |
| The Pumpkin Runner | Volume IV | Faces: Australia Through Time | 3-A | Australia |
| The Pumpkin Runner | Volume IV | Red Sand, Blue Sky | 3-A | Australia |
| The Raft | Volume IV | Dr. Doolittle | K-7 | Animals/Adventures on Water |
| The Rag Coat | Volume I | The Hundred Dresses | K-A | |
| The Salamander Room | Volume III | The Cricket in Times Square | 1-A | |
| The Salamander Room | Volume III | Listening to Crickets | 1st-4 | Insects |
| The Story About Ping | Volume I | Granny Han's Breakfast | K-2 | China |
| The Story About Ping | Volume I | The Great Wall of China | 1-A | China |
| The Story About Ping | Volume I | Little Pear | 1st-5 | China |
| The Story About Ping | Volume I | Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime | 1-A | China |
| The Story of Ping | Volume I | A Grain of Rice | K-A | China |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Volume II | The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit | P-2 | Peter Rabbit |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Volume II | Good Queen Bess | 5-A | England |
| The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar | Volume III | Island of the Blue Dolphins | 3-A | Isolated Island Life |
| The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar | Volume III | Misty of Chincoteague | 1-A | Wild Horses |
| They Were Strong and Good | Volume II | Across Five Aprils | 3-A | Civil War |
| They Were Strong and Good | Volume II | Behind Rebel Lines | 2-A | Civil War |
| They Were Strong and Good | Volume II | Lincoln: A Photobiography | 4-A | Civil War |
| They Were Strong and Good | Volume II | The Perilous Road | 1-A | Civil War |
| They Were Strong and Good | Volume II | Shades of Gray | 2-A | Civil War |
| They Were Strong and Good | Volume II | The Monitor and the Merrimac | K-6 | Civil War |
| Three Names | Volume II | Old Yeller | 3-A | Dogs |
| Three Names | Volume II | Along Came a Dog | K-A | Dogs |
| Three Names | Volume II | Five True Dog Stories | K-5 | Dogs |
| Three Names | Volume II | Ginger Pye | 3-A | Dogs |
| Three Names | Volume II | Henry and Risby | 1-A | Dogs |
| Truman's Aunt Farm | Volume III | Understood Betsy | 2-A | Aunts |
| Very Last First Time | Volume I | Tikta'liktak | K-A | Inuit culture |
| Very Last First Time | Volume I | Mr. Popper's Penguins | 1-A | Antartic |
| Very Last First Time | Volume I | Stone Fox | 2-A | Dogsled/Antartic Life |
| Very Last First Time | Volume I | Paddle-to-the-Sea | 1st-8 | Canada |
| Warm as Wool | Volume III | Mountain Born | 2-A | Sheep |
| Warm as Wool | Volume III | The Cabin Faced West | 1-A | Pioneer Life |
| When I Was Young in the Mountains | Volume II | Mary on Horseback | K-A | Applalachian Mtns. |
| When I Was Young in the Mountains | Volume II | Mountain Born | 2-A | Mountain Life |
| When I Was Young in the Mountains | Volume II | Why Do People Eat | K-6 | |
| Who Owns the Sun | Volume I | Wagon Wheels | K-4 | Slavery/Freedom |
| Who Owns the Sun | Volume I | The School Story | 2-A | Young Author |
| Who Owns the Sun | Volume I | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | 3-A | Slavery/Freedom |
| Who Owns the Sun | Volume I | Phoebe the Spy | K-A | African Americans |
| Who Owns the Sun | Volume I | Lincoln: A Photobiography | 4-A | Civil War |