I urge you to pay particular attention to what books you give your child for English classes. The current fad in public schools is to put heavy emphasis on "skills" and have the children "analyze" simple, modern poems and stories (always called "texts") nearly to death. It's a waste of time. It's like a weightlifting class that gives you 5 lb weights and teaches you to hold them in various yoga poses.

They'll spend a great deal of time on one poem (always some politically correct poem) anguishing endlessly over how the poet uses alliteration. By the time the year is done, they've covered a handful of poems and short stories, usually presented in no particular order (but with a similar "theme".) Much of their learning is scattered and ahistorical, and the kids never remember a single poem or story they read.

You are better off finding books written before 1920 and having your children read as many of them as possible. Until they are 13 or so, I would concentrate on them reading the stories, understanding the stories, being able to simply describe and summarize the stories, and talk about the characters. How did they feel, why did they do this or that... but old stories from our shared cultural history. I'd give a list of recommended reading to anyone who wants one.

I taught mostly 7th-10th grade, but I remember the books I grew up reading (my mom was a librarian for a while, and my grandma a teacher, so we were bookish.) I just wanted to put that out there.