In our family, the best part of homeschooling is the wonderful read alouds we have enjoyed year after year. What a treasured memory we can give them, of snuggling up with a parent, who reads and reads yet another wonderful book!
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Some of my favourites for younger children are:
Winnie the Pooh
Frog and Toad are Friends and others by Arnold Lobel (I love these!)
Aesop's Fables
Mouse on the Motorcycle and Others by Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins and other Henry stories by Beverly Cleary
Mr Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
The Wheel on the School by Meindert de Jong
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.Nesbit
Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and others by Beatrix Potter
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Read Alouds - Bambi
We all know the story of Bambi from watching the Disney movie, but the evocative language in the original story by Felix Salton is some of the best I have ...
Read Alouds - The Secret Garden
We loved reading The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, earlier this year. I was initially concerned that this would seem too "girly" for my 7 ...
Gilgamesh By Geraldine McCaughrean / Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. This is one of the oldest stories in the world, and it's about ...
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
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Carry On, Mr Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham is an excellent story of a boy who has to "sail by ash breeze." This phrase is introduced and explained as ...
The Chronicles of Narnia
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I have boys who are self-proclaimed book-a-phobes...but with The Chronicles of Narnia, they always ask me to keep reading!
Now, these must be good ...
A Grain of Rice
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We read, "A Grain of Rice", this past year as a part of Sonlight Curriculum's Kindergarten read alouds.
My oldest daughter took the book after we read ...
Some of the best books we have read can be enjoyed on different levels. The original Winnie the Pooh books fall into this category. More than ...
The Bronze Bow
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Fantastic adventure set during the life of Jesus. Written by Elizabeth George Speare 1961
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
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It took a long time to read 'David Copperfield' , but it was really worth it. We talked so much about that book; the characters, the plot and the life ...
My daughter and I enjoyed snuggling together on the sofa while reading this delightful story.
The Secret Garden awakened Hannah'...
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
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This is a great book about a boy (the author) living on a ranch in Colorado. The young boy is hard-working and family-oriented. He learns great life ...
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
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The kids and I started reading this book and couldn't put it down! There are 3 books in the trilogy (2-Dandelion Fire, 3- The Chestnut King). If you ...
The Golden Goblet
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This is a story set in Ancient Egypt. It is the story of Ranofer, a young apprentice. We follow Ranofer through his adventures of wanting to be a goldsmith,...
There are 9 books in this series, a story about the Ingalls family and their travels out west , the courage of their father and mother traveling ...
Read Alouds - The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Kit Tyler is the main character. Raised by her Grandfather who lives in the Carribean she becomes orphaned with his passing. She heads off to the bleak ...
My children, ages 4 and 5, love the original Wizard of Oz. We have been reading the series since my oldest was 3 and they love ...
The Lord Is My Shepherd
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This may seem like a strange choice as the text of the book is simply Psalm 23 from the KJV, however, the copy we have is a beautifully presented hardback ...
We loved to sit and read this out aloud. We would take turns doing this. It sure inspired ...
Read Alouds - Never Talk To Strangers
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This is an out-of-print book that I grew up with as a child. Turns out that this book had a great lesson to learn.
"While mailing a letter to your ...
Jonah from Alice in Bibleland
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With this rhyming Bible Story book, my children take an adventure into that time. Easy and fun to read and I now have it memorized by heart. Great to recite ...
The Story of Dr. Dolittle, Unabridged Audiobook on CD with eBook By Hugh Lofting / Tantor Media Inc.
We live on ...
Read Alouds - The Terrestria Series
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The Terrestria Series by Ed Dunlop which has seven books, is an allegory of the Bible. It is the best tool, outside of the Bible that has such spiritual ...
We laughed so much reading "Summer of the Monkeys" together!!! "Where the Red Fern Grows", also by Wilson Rawls is another of our very favorite ...
Read Alouds - The Big Goose and the Little White Duck
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The Big Goose and the Little White Duck , by Meindert de Jong is one of our all time favourite books and all of Meindert de Jong's books are wonderful ...
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