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Special Replay: Summer Reading List

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Let’s Talk About Summer Reading Lists

Most schools public and private assign reading lists for upper elementary OR middle-high school years — but we, as homeschoolers were never known to be the norm. Right? Right! We beat to a different drummer and in this broadcast Felice shares her love of books, when that came about and how you can foster that love with your children during the summer months. Who says school has to end in May or June? Enjoy the lazy days of summer with some great reading choices and see your child’s imagination and love of learning soar!

 

 

Handouts Below

Show Notes – 

A. What are your goals in having your children read books during the summer?

B. Do you want your children to learn to love reading?

C. Do you want to get a head start on your school year by reading good books?

You can find many of these books at the public library or purchase them for your 

  • Good Reads 
  • Abe Books
  • Amazon 
  • Thrift Books
  • Alibris
  • Better World Books

    • Suggested Summer Reading List

    Younger Children—K-3

     

      1. Children’s Bibles / Bible Read Aloud Stories
      2. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmens
      3. Paddington by Michael Bond
      4. The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson
      5. Goodnight, Moon! By Margaret Wise Brown
      6. The Gingerbread Boy—Folk Tale (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
      7. Stone Soup—Folk Tale
      8. A Crayon for Harold by Ruth Krauss
      9. The Children of the King—Max Lucado
      10. Blueberries for Sale by Robert McCloskey
      11. Little Bear by Minarik
      12. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish
      13. Curious George by H.A. & Margaret Rey
      14. Nate the Great by Marjory Sharmat
      15. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
      16. Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier
      17. A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
      18. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
      19. Billy and Blaze (series) by C.W. Anderson
      20. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
      21. Little Bear by Else Homelund Minarik
      22. Elementary & Classics
      23. The Storykeepers (series) by Brian Brown and Andrew Melrose
      24. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
      25. Matilda by Roald Dahl
      26. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
      27. Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire
      28. Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope
      29. Cul-de-Sac Kids (series) by Beverly Lewis
      30. An American Girl Series (Addy, Kirsten, Kaya, etc.) by Janet Shaw
      31. Charlotte’s Weby by E.B. White (Stuart Little)
      32. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

        33.  

        Upper Level Elementary & Middle School

        1. Cooper Kids Adventure Series by Frank Peretti
        2. Truth Seekers Mystery Series by Christina (Gerwitz) Moss & Felice Gerwitz
        3. Hardy Boys by Frank W. Dixon (read older books in the series)
        4. Nancy Drew by Caroline Keene
        5. The False Prince (Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. Nielsen
        6. The Sugar Creek Gang Mystery Series by Paul Hutchens
        7. Chronicles of Narnia—Series—The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
        8. Anne of Green Gables (series) by L.M. Montgomery
        9. The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
        10. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
        11. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
        12. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
        13. Hoot by Carl Hiasen
        14. National Velvet by Engid Bagnold
        15. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
        16. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (skip the “chant”
        17. Hans Brinker Silver Skates by Mary mapes Dodge
        18. My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
        19. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
        20. Justin Morgan had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
        21. In the Heart of the Rockies by G.A. Henty
        22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
        23. Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
        24. Come on Seabiscit by Ralph Moody
        25. Rascal by Sterling North
        26. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
        27. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
        28. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
        29. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
        30. Mary Poppins by Pamela L. Travers
        31. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
        32. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
        33. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr, and Ernestine Gilbreth Carney
        34. My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
        35. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
        36. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
        37. White Fang by Jack London
        38. The Yearling by Majorie Rawlings
        39. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevnson
        40. The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain
        41. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
        42. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
        43. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

          44. High School

          1. The Complete Father Brown Series by G.K Chesterton
          2. Ann of Green Gables
          3. The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
          4. Death of the Nile by Agatha Christie
          5. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
          6. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
          7. The Adventures of Sherlock Homes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
          8. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
          9. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
          10. Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
          11. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
          12. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
          13. The Screwtape Letters (Mere Christianity) by C.S. Lewis
          14. This Present Darkness (Three books in the series) by Frank Perreti
          15. The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
          16. Emma / Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin
          17. Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte
          18. The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
          19. Deer Slayer by James Finmore Cooper
          20. Divine Comedy by Dante
          21. Great Expectation by Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)
          22. The County of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
          23. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway
          24. Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
          25. Animal Farm by George Orwell
          26. Last Days of Socrates by Plato
          27. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
          28. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
          29. Time Machine by H.G. Wells
          30. City of God by St. Augustine
          31. Everlasting Man by GK Chesterton
          32. Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis
            • Handout of all the books with an easy check off list to keep track of your books – Reading List – Felice Gerwitz
            • Reading List Record Keeping. Reading-List-Record-Keeping

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