2014:
-finish finkleton
mystery house at thunderbolt
series of unfortunate events
time at the top
westing game
whangdoodles
holes
-The Magic Kitten #1-Summer Spell by Sue Bentley
-The Cats in Kransinski Square by Karen Hesse
-The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
2013:
-Runt the Hunted by Daniel Schwabauer
-The Cabin and the Ice Palace by Ruth Beechick
-Runt the Brave by Daniel SchwabauerBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
-Frindle by Andrew Clements
-Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
-The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
-Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
2012:
-Christmas read alouds here
-The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
-Thanksgiving Day by Gail
Gibbons (for under 6 years-ish)
-The Turkeys' Side of It by Janice Lee
Smith
-Thanksgiving Is- by Gail Gibbons
-Oh, What a Thankgiving by
Steven Kroll
-The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
-Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
-All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (audiobook)
-Pyramid by David Macaulay
-James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (audiobook)
-Little Britches by Ralph Moody
-The Bridge to Never Land by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
-Peter & the Sword of Mercy by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
-Peter & the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry& Ridley Pearson
-Peter & the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearon
-Peter & the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
-The Doll People by Ann M Martin
-The Smallest Snowflake by Bernadette Watts
-The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
-The Childrens Homer-The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum
-Discovering Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
-Discovering Nature's Laws by Laura Purdie Salas
-CLICK!
-Betsy Tacy
- Germ Hunter-A Story About Louis Pasteur by Elaine Marie Alphin
-The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy
- FINE PRINT-A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch
- George Washington by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire.
- Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- Benjamin Franklin by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
We read Land Animals of The Sixth Day by Fulbright/Apologia at lunch and we continue to read The Story of the Ancient History by H. A. Guerber at breakfast.
2011:
-Kingdom's Hope by Chuck Black
-Kingdom's Dawn by Chuck Black
-Magic Treehouse #5 "Night of the Ninjas" by Mary Pope Osborne
-Rascal by Sterling North
-Mollie Whuppie and the Giant retold by Robin Muller
-A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me by Wallace Tripp
-The Day Hans Got His Way retold by David Lewis Atwell (Norwegian Folktale)
-The Toy Campaign by John Bibee
-Beacons of Light Lighthouses by Gail Gibbons
-Light at Tern Rock by Julia L. Sauer
-The Magic Bicycle by John Bibee
-The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
-Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
-Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk (10+!, 11 and 8 year old LOVED it and me, too!)
-WALL-E A Robot's Tale
-Macbeth by Bruce Coville
-Twelfth Night by Bruce Coville
-Midsummer Night's Dream by Bruce Coville (Shakespeare)
-The Tempest by Bruce Coville (Shakespeare)
-Romeo & Juliet (John read after dinner/evening, fantastic rendering and expressive illustrations, highly recommended as Shakespeare intro for any age, rated them all a 9)
-3 Minute Stories/Fairy Tales by Publications International (reading this at breakfast since finished The Lion Storyteller, contains classic fairy tales)
-Mrs Piggle Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald (narrated by Karen White) audiobook
-The Lion Storyteller Book of Animal Tales by Bob Hartman (read this at breakfast, one or two stories per day, would make a great gift, I rate an 8)
-Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (audiobook narrated by Edward Herrmann) wonderful!
-Sector 7 by David Weisner (inspirational, excellent for any age, 10+ one of my favorite books!)
-Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick Jones (read aloud after lunch, 10+ we LOVED it!)
-Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (audio book read by the author, very special to hear the author read it to us)
-Mrs Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald (narrated by Karen White) 10+ simply wonderful story about Mrs Piggle Wiggle's upside down house! Excellent choice for audiobook, narrator is outstanding!
-A Dolphin Named Bob we all adored this book!
-Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark excellent! We learned a lot about marine life!
-Pilgrim's Progress for Kids by Helen Taylor (10+++++, wonderfully simple to follow!)
-The Phantom Tollbooth on CD (we'll listen to this again! excellent narration by David Hyde , 10+)
-Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
I decided to keep track of the books we read aloud together. We've read SO many this past year of homeschooling so I'm not going to try to go back and collect them all. So it is July 2011 and I'm going to start with today.
