Favourite Read Alouds for the Homeschool Family

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 ...

Read Alouds - The Lord of the Rings 
Read Alouds - The Lord of the Rings

Well, I think most people know about "The Lord of the Rings" (or trilogy), and if not the book, then the movie....

Read Alouds - It Could Always Be Worse 
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale is a picture book with a great moral tale.

A poor farmer is distressed by his woes, mostly a crowded ...

Read Alouds - The Slant Book  




The Slant Book by Peter Newell is our favorite read aloud. It grabbed our attention first of all because of its obviously skewed shape(...

Read Alouds - Love You Forever  



Love You Forever by Robert Munsch was a book that I started out reading to our son on the day that we brought him home from the hospital. Even ...

Gilgamesh the Hero 



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  Not rated yet
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  Not rated yet
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  Not rated yet
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 ...

Winnie the Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner  Not rated yet


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  Not rated yet
Fantastic adventure set during the life of Jesus. Written by Elizabeth George Speare 1961

David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens  Not rated yet
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 ...

The Secret Garden  Not rated yet
The Secret Garden

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  Not rated yet
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  Not rated yet
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  Not rated yet
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,...

Full House: An Invitation to Fractions by Abby Carter and Dayle Ann Dodds  Not rated yet
Loved, loved, loved this book, which has repetition, delightful illustrations, and an easy, natural intro to fractions! It's about the Strawberry Inn and ...

Read Alouds - Little House on The Prairie Series  Not rated yet


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   Not rated yet
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 ...

Read Alouds - The Wizard of Oz  Not rated yet
The Wizard of Oz

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  Not rated yet
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 ...

Read Alouds - Red Sails to Capri  Not rated yet



Red Sails to Capri is special to me because it was the first read aloud we did as a homeschool family. It's also a wonderful book if you ...

Read Alouds - A Child's Garden of Verses  Not rated yet
A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson

We loved to sit and read this out aloud. We would take turns doing this. It sure inspired ...

Read Alouds - Never Talk To Strangers  Not rated yet
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  Not rated yet
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 ...

Read Alouds - The Voyage of Dr Dolittle   Not rated yet



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   Not rated yet
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 ...

Summer of the Monkeys  Not rated yet


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   Not rated yet
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 ...