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!

 

 

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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

 

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* Children’s Bibles / Bible Read Aloud Stories

* Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmens

* Paddington by Michael Bond

* The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson

* Goodnight, Moon! By Margaret Wise Brown

* The Gingerbread Boy—Folk Tale (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)

* Stone Soup—Folk Tale

* A Crayon for Harold by Ruth Krauss

* The Children of the King—Max Lucado

* Blueberries for Sale by Robert McCloskey

* Little Bear by Minarik

* Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish

* Curious George by H.A. & Margaret Rey

* Nate the Great by Marjory Sharmat

* Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

* Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier

* A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

* The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

* Billy and Blaze (series) by C.W. Anderson

* Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

* Little Bear by Else Homelund Minarik

* Elementary & Classics

* The Storykeepers (series) by Brian Brown and Andrew Melrose

* The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

* Matilda by Roald Dahl

* The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

* Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire

* Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope

* Cul-de-Sac Kids (series) by Beverly Lewis

* An American Girl Series (Addy, Kirsten, Kaya, etc.) by Janet Shaw

* Charlotte’s Weby by E.B. White (Stuart Little)

* Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

 

Upper Level Elementary & Middle School

* Cooper Kids Adventure Series by Frank Peretti

* Truth Seekers Mystery Series by Christina (Gerwitz) Moss & Felice Gerwitz

* Hardy Boys by Frank W. Dixon (read older books in the series)

* Nancy Drew by Caroline Keene

* The False Prince (Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. Nielsen

* The Sugar Creek Gang Mystery Series by Paul Hutchens

* Chronicles of Narnia—Series—The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

* Anne of Green Gables (series) by L.M. Montgomery

* The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw