Must-read books for primary school students in nine-year compulsory education

Required reading list for primary school students of the Ministry of Education.

First grade

1. "Selected Idiom Stories" (phonetic version) China Children's Publishing House

2. "Andersen's Fairy Tales"/Denmark/written by Andersen/translated by Ren Rongrong, Zhejiang Children's Publishing House

3. "Selected Chinese Fairy Tales" Peking University Press

Second Grade

1. "The Collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales" written by the Brothers Grimm* translated by Yang Wuneng* edited by Ji Xianlin* China Book Publishing House

2. "Ye Shengtao's Fairy Tales" written by Ye Shengtao People's Literature Publishing House

3. "The Complete Works of Children's Literature by Zhang Tianyi" by Zhang Tianyi, China Children's Publishing House

4. "Pippi Longstocking" written by Lindgren and translated by Li Zhiyi from China Children's Publishing House

Third grade

1. "Aesop's Fables" (Ancient Greece) Aesop's China Book Publishing House

2. "Selected Chinese Fables" compiled by Cao Wenxuan, Peking University Press

3. "Arabian Nights" translated by Wang Ruiqin, People's Literature Publishing House

4. "I Want to Be a Good Boy" by Huang Beijia, Jiangsu Juvenile Publishing House

5. "Selected Chinese Historical Stories" Peking University Press

6. "Stories of Science Knowledge in Primary Schools" (Middle Grade) edited by Cao Wenxuan and Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House

7. "Pinocchio" written by Collodi and translated by Ren Rongrong

Fourth grade

1. "Selected Stories of Chinese Virtues" Peking University Press

2. "For Young Readers" by Bing Xin, Hubei Children's Publishing House

3. "Niels Riding a Goose" (Sweden) written by Lagerl?f and translated by Gao Ziying and Li Zhiyi People's Literature Publishing House

4. "Krylov's Fables" (Russia) written by Krylov and translated by Pei Jiale and Lin Publishing House

5. "The Education of Love" written by Amicis, translated by Lu Jian and Mengrong, Tianjin Education Press

6. "Five Thousand Years Up and Down" written by Cao Yuzhang, Gansu Culture Publishing House

7. "Journey to the West" by Wu Chengen, Times Literature and Art Publishing House

Fifth grade

1. "Water Margin" by Shi Naian

2. "Insects" (France) written by Fabre and translated by Wang Guang Writers Publishing House

3. "Robinson Crusoe" (English) by Defoe People's Literature Publishing House

4. "Chinese Rabbit German Grass" written by Zhou Rui and Zhou Shuangning, Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House

5. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll

Translated by Guan Numa Chun

6. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Verne, translated by Guan Jiaqi, Beijing Publishing House

7. "Thatched House" by Cao Wenxuan, Jiangsu Children's Publishing House

8. "Stories of Science Knowledge in Primary Schools" (Senior Grade) compiled by Cao Wenxuan and Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House

Sixth Grade

1. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guanzhong

2. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain and translated by Zhang Yousong, Fujian Children's Publishing House

3. "How Steel Was Tempered" (Russia) Translated by Ostrovsky Meiyi People's Literature Publishing House

4. "Childhood" by Gorky

5. "The Biography of Hulan River" by Xiao Hong, Fudan University Press

6. "The Little Prince" by Saint-Exupery, translated by Eco, Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House

7. "The Good Soldier Szejk" (Czech Republic) written by J. Ha?ek and translated by Xiao Qian and Lin Publishing House

8. "Red Umbrella·Red Clogs" by Peng Yi, Jilin Publishing House

9. "The Complete Works of Bing Xin's Children's Literature" by Bing Xin, China Children's Publishing House

Literary Works

1. "Ancient Chinese Fables" written by Bei Dazhong

2. "Chinese and Foreign Myths and Legends" Selected by Tian Xinli

3. "Bible Myth Stories" Selected by Chen Jing

4. "The Wanderings of Sanmao" written by Zhang Leping

5. "Selected Fairy Tales by Yan Wenjing" by Yan Wenjing

6. "Scarecrow" by Ye Shengtao

7. "The Secret of the Treasure Gourd" by Zhang Tianyi

8. "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" by Xu Guangyao

9. "Three Letters to Little Readers" by Bing Xin

10. "The Biography of Pipilu"

Written by Zheng Yuanjie

11. "The Stopper in the Belly" by Zhou Rui

12. "This Year You Are Seven" by Liu Jianping

13. "Wonderful Traces in the Desert" written by Yan Zhen

14. "The Adventures of Wududi" by Jin Bo

15. "I Want to Be a Good Boy" by Huang Beijia

16. "Thatched House" by Cao Wenxuan

17. "The Third Army" by Zhang Zhizhi

18. "The Wreck of the Wizard" by Ban Ma

19. "The Confused Big-Headed Ghost" by Guan Jiaqi

20. "Pretty Teacher and Bad Boy" by Yang Hongying

21. "Fantasy City" by Guo Jingming

22. "Aesop's Fables"

(Greek) Aesop's

23. "The Complete Works of Krylov's Fables"

(Russia) Written by Krylov and translated by Pei Jiaqin

24. "The Fables of La Fontaine"

(France) La Fontaine, translated by Ni Haishu

25. "The Complete Collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales" (Germany) written by William Grimm and translated by Yang Wuneng and Yang Yue

26. "Selected Fairy Tales of Andersen" (Denmark) by Andersen, translated by Ye Junjian

27. "Pushkin's Fairy Tales"

(Russian) Pushkin, translated by Kang Fu and Zhengcheng

28. "Wilde's Fairy Tales"

(English) Oscar Wilde, translated by Tang Sanhui

29. "Fairy Tales by Kenji Miyazawa" (Japan) written by Kenji Miyazawa

30. "The Story of Lena Fox"

(Fama Ashi Zino)

31. "Arabian Nights" translated by Zhi Taohao and others

32. "Robinson Crusoe"

(English) Defoe, translated by Wang Quangen

33. "The Magician's Hat"

(Fen) Yang Song, translated by Ren Rongrong

34. "Treasure Island"

(English) Written by Stevenson and translated by Shan Beilei

35. "The Jungle Legend"

(English) Kipling's work translated by Xu Pu

36. "The Travels of the Bragging King"

(Germany) Translated by E. Rasper and Liu Hao

37. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (English) written by Lewis Carroll and translated by Chen Bochui

38. "Travel on a Goose" (Sweden) written by S. Lagl?f and translated by Wang Quangen

39. "Pinocchio"

(Italian) written by Carlo Collodi and translated by Yang Jianmin

40. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

(USA) Mark Twain, edited by Zhong Lei

41. "Gulliver's Travels"

(English) written by Jonathan Swift and translated by Yang Wucheng

42. "Emil the Naughty Bag" (Sweden) written by A. Lindgren and translated by Gao Feng and Shi Hong

43. "The Diary of a Troublemaker"

(Italian) Translated by Wanba and Si Min

44. "The Little Prince" (France) written by Saint-Exupéry and translated by Ma Zhenpin

45. "Childhood" (Russia) by Gorky

46. "The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes" (English) Translated by Conan Dowlding and Jinhua

47. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (UK) joko Rowling

48. "The Naughty Troublemaker" (Germany) William Bush

49. "Selected Chinese Contemporary Children's Poems"

Zhang Jilou, Peng Siyuan

50. "Selected Poems for Foreign Children" edited by Wen Chengying and Li Rong

Science Fiction

51. "100 Scientist Stories" Ye Yonglie

52. "Selected Chinese and Foreign Adventure Stories" Selected by Yi Ming

53. "Selected Chinese and Foreign Animal Stories" Selected by Yi Ming

54. "Chinese and Foreign Classic Popular Science Stories" edited by Wu Pu

55. "Chinese and Foreign Internet Stories" compiled by Wu Pu

56. "One Hundred Thousand Whys" edited by Lu Jiaxi

57. "Stories in the Kingdom of Science" edited by Wang Hui and others

58. "The Code of Life" by Tan Jiazhen

59. "Colorful Spectrum of Light" by Wang Daheng

60. "The Kingdom of Spirituality" by Zhang Xiangtong

61. "The Long Years" by Jia Lanpo

62. "Magical Symbols" by Su Buqing

63. "Flying with the Birds" Zheng Zuo's new work

64. "Endless Questioning" by Wang Ganchang

65. "100 Moments When Science Changed Human Life" Editor-in-Chief Lu Yongxiang

66. "The Discovery of Science" Guo Zhengyi et al

67. "130 Scientific Games"

(Germany) written by Hans Press and compiled by Wu Hengkang

68. "Insects"

(French) Fabre, translated by Xiaoshan

69. "My Wild Animal Friends"

(French) Translated by Tippi Degre Huang Tianyuan

70. "Gao Shiqi's Popular Science Fairy Tales" Gao Shiqi

71. "The Story of the Elements"

Translated by (Su) Yi Nicha Yevten Tiping

72. "Science in Poetry" Tang Lufeng et al

73. "Amphibious Man" (Soviet Union) Alexander Belyaev Meng Qingshu, translated by Shancheng

74. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"

(France) Jules Verne

75. "Collection of Ancient Chinese Science Fiction Stories" compiled by Yang Peng and Liu Daoyuan

Cultural Education

76. "Stories of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" adapted by Guo Ping and Chen Yongchao

77. "Chinese Folktales" Selected by Xuan Ren

78. "Idiom Story 365" Sail Girl Ashue and others

79. "The Story of Chinese and Foreign Wars" Zhang Honghai et al

80. "Stories of Chinese and Foreign Artists" compiled by Jiang Yaohan

81. "The Story of Chinese Characters" by Mei Zihan

82. "The Story of Afanti" compiled by Zhao Shijie

83. "Five Thousand Years Up and Down" by Lin Handa and Cao Yuzhang

84. "Five Thousand Years of the World" edited by Duan Wanhan, Gu Hansong, and Chen Bixiang

85. "Being a Person and Doing Things" Lu Qin

86. "The Dream of One Hundred Chinese Children" Dong Hongyou

87. "Our Mother is Called China" Su Shuyang

88. "Ma Yan's Diary: A Modern Fairy Tale that Touched the World" (France) Han Shi

89. "Recitation of Chinese Classics" Selected by Xu Hanzhi

90. "Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, Thousand Family Poems" is edited by Xinxia

91. "Around China in 30 Days" Zheng Pingping

92. "International Questions and Answers" compiled by China Children's Publishing House

93. "Nobel Prize Winners Dialogue with Children"

94. "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" written by Helen Keller and translated by Li Hanzhao

95. "The Education of Love"

(Italian) Written by Amicis, translated by Ma Mo

96. "Flowers in a Prosperous Age" edited by Xu Dexia

97. "Be a Happy Young Man" translated by Deng Bixia

98. "Father and Son"

(Germany) Edited by E. O. Braunhorn Page

99. "Goodbye, Kelu" (Japan) Akimoto Ryohei

100. "The Great Writer Snoopy" (USA) Monte Schultz

There is also a list of books below:

Classical Chinese Literature

"The Book of Songs" and "Chu" "Ci", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Water Margin", "The Romance of the Yang Family", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "The Scholars", "Flowers in the Mirror", "Guanzhi", "Three Hundred Tang Poems", "Song Ci" "Selection", "Selected Songs of the Yuan Dynasty", "The Injustice of Dou E", "The Romance of the West Chamber", "The Peony Pavilion", "The Peach Blossom Fan"

Masterpieces of Modern Chinese Literature

"New Stories", "The Goddess" "Camel Xiangzi" "Midnight" "Besieged City" "Home" "Qu Yuan" "Selected Poems of Mao Zedong" "Thunderstorm" "Four Generations Under One Roof" "Red Rock" "Who is the Loveliest Person" "Song of Youth" "Long Live Youth" "For Young Readers", "Fu Lei's Family Letter" and "The Ordinary World"

Foreign literary masterpieces

"One Thousand and One Nights", "Shakespeare's Four Comedies", "Paradise Lost", "Robinson Crusoe", "The Sorrows of Young Werther", "Confessions", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Jane Eyre" "La Traviata", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Doctor Zhivago", "War and Peace", "Education of Love", "Sherlock Holmes", "Childhood", "Gone with the Wind", "Quiet on the Don" and "The Bible" "How Steel Was Tempered" and "Young Guards"

Masterpieces of Chinese Children's Literature

"Miss Alice", "San Mao's Wanderings", "Hanging Bird" and " "Wild Grapes", "Ma Liang's Magic Pen", "Scarecrow", "The Secret of the Treasure Gourd", "Ma Lanhua", "Children from Foreign Countries", "Boys in Troubled Times", "Songs of Small Streams", "Boy Jia Li", "Jin Bo's Selected Poems for Children", "China" "Mythical Stories" "The Crane Who Loves Fairy Tales" "Booker's Adventures" "The Adventures of the Fox Couple" "Our Soil Mother"

Masterpieces of Foreign Children's Literature

"Pinocchio" "The Happy Prince" "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" "The Sorcerer's Hat" "Little Thinkers in Action" "The Adventures of Bibi Young" "White Bim with Black Ears" "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" "Alice in Wonderland" ” “A Tree that Grows Upside Down”, “Mianmao”, “New York Boys”, “Greek Myths and Legends”, “The Claw King”, “The Haunted Space Suit”, “Adventures in the Land of Lies”, “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”, “Selected Fairy Tales by Andersen” "Aesop's Fables"

"The Story of Pippi Longstocking", "The Story of the Fisherman and the Goldfish", "The Adventures of Little Bear", "The Story of Mother Goose", "The Adventures of The Onion" and "Travel on the Goose" "The Wizard of Green", "Snake Gem", "Little Badger and Child"

Art Appreciation Readings

"Introduction to Art Appreciation", "Student Art Encyclopedia Dictionary", "Singing Art Talk" " National Student Music Appreciation Library Guide" "Music Masters and World Masterpieces" "Appreciation of Foreign Art and Masterpieces" "Andante Cantabile - Appreciation of Classical Art" "The Art of Space - Appreciation of Chinese and Foreign Architectural Boutiques"

"Chinese Calligraphy Art and Techniques" "Western Photography Schools and Master Works"

Historical Knowledge Readings

"Five Thousand Years of China", "Five Thousand Years of the World", "Five Thousand Years of Science and Technology" "Millennium" "Modern History of China" "From the Opium War to the "May 4th Movement"" "New China National History Education Student Readings"