Ambleside Online — Year 3: Assigned Reading

Ambleside Online is a free, Charlotte Mason–style homeschool curriculum built around "living books." Below is the assigned literature for Year 3 (Grade 3 (ages 8–9)) — the novels, tales, and poetry children read this year. (History spines, science, nature study, and artist/composer study are part of the full curriculum but listed separately on Ambleside Online.)

6 books · Grade 3 (ages 8–9).

1. 
   1The Princess and the Goblin

   by George MacDonald

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2. 
   2The Jungle Book

   by Rudyard Kipling

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3. 
   3The Heroes

   by Charles Kingsley

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4. 
   4The Children of the New Forest

   by Frederick Marryat

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5. 
   5American Tall Tales

   by Adrien Stoutenburg

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6. 
   6The Pilgrim's Progress

   by John Bunyan

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Assigned literature from the Ambleside Online Year 3 booklist (amblesideonline.org). View the official Ambleside Online booklist. Last verified 2026-06-29.