2006 Reading

2006 Reading

Read Alouds - General

Heidi - J. Spyri
Ten P's in a Pod - Arnold Pent III
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - E. Nesbit
Sarah Plain and Tall - Patricia Maclachlan
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates - M M Dodge
The Chronicles of Narnia
Duncan's War - Douglas Bond (to James only)
Challenger: America's Favorite Eagle - Margot Theis Raven
Caleb's Story - Patricia Maclachlan
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
The Lampfish of Twill - Janet Taylor Lisle
King's Arrow (James only)
The Diamond in the Window - Jane Langton
Swallowdale - Arthur Ransome
Winter Holiday - Arthur Ransome
Coot Club - Arthur Ransome
Pigeon Post - Arthur Ransome
Stars, Mosquitos and Crocodiles (partial) - Millicent E. Selsam
We Didn't Mean to go to Sea - A Ransome


Read Alouds - History

The Monk Who Shook The World - C. Davey
Fine Print - J Johansen Burch
Michelangelo - M. Venezia
Nicolaus Copernicus: The Earth is a Planet - D. B. Fradin
Along Came Galileo - Jeanne Bendick
Leonardo Da Vinci - Diane Stanley
Good Queen Bess - Diane Stanley
Roanoke: The Lost Colony - Bob Italia
Michelangelo - Diane Stanley
Michelangelo's Surprise - Tony Parillo
Sir Francis Drake - His Daring Deeds - Roy Gerrard
The Search for a Northern Route - Peter Chrisp
Champlain - Christopher Moore (Tundra Books, 2004 Toronto Canada)
Despite all Obstacles: La Salle and the Conquest of the Mississippi – Joan Elizabth Goodman
2001 Mikaya Press, NY
Beyond the Sea of Ice: The Voyages of Henry Hudson – “ 1999 “
La Salle: Down the Mississippi – Harold Faber (Great Exploration Series) 2002 Benchmark Books NY
Pocahontas - D'Aulaire
Jamestown Colony - Brendan January
The World of Captain John Smith (partial) - Genevieve Foster
Story of the World Vol 2 and 3 (partial)





Read Alouds - Science

The Periodic Table - A True Book
Oxygen - A True Book
Hydrogen and the Noble Gases - A True Book
Nitrogen - A True Book
Calcium - A True Book
Carbon - A True Book
Iron - A True Book
Mercury - A True Book
Zinc - A True Book
Chlorine - A True Book
Tin - A True Book
Archimedes: Ancient Greek Mathematician - Susan Keating (J only)
Archimedes and the Door to Science - Jeanne Bendick
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine - Jeanne Bendick
Fine Print - J. Johansen Burch
Leonardo the Beautiful Dreamer


J (incomplete)

The Canterville Ghost - Usborne Adaptation of O. Wilde
Little Wolf's Book of Badness - I. Whybrow
Little Wolf's Diary of Daring Deeds
Little Wolf, Forest Detective
Mice of the Herring Bone - T. Davis
The Adventures of Robin Hood - Classic Starts adaptation of H. Pyle
The Three Musketeers - Stepping Stones adaptation of A. Dumas
Da Vinci - M. Venezia
The Case of the Puzzling Possum - C. Ryland
The Case of the Troublesome Turtle - C. Rylant
A Brave Monk - R. C. Sproul Jr.
The Sword in the Tree - C. R. Bulla
The Minstrel in the Tower - G. Skurzynski
Mercury - S. Tocci (A True Book)
Spies - Richard Platt
Leif the Lucky - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (Beautiful Feet Books, 1941)
The Wild Year: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary (My America series) - Patricia Hermes
Knights of the Kitchen Table - Jon Scieszka
Charlotte's Web - E B White
Weslandia - Paul Fleischman
Robinson Crusoe Reader - Christian Liberty Press
Mr Popper's Penguins - Atwater
The Real Thief - Wm. Steig
Great Illustrated Classics: Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
GIC: The Jungle Book - R. Kipling
GIC: Tom Sawyer - M Twain
The Flying Tigers - John Toland (Landmark)
Tintin - lots
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims - Clyde Robert Bulla
Wackiest White House Pets - Gibbs Davis

E (Incomplete)

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas - C. Ryland
Mr. Putter and Tabby - C. Rylant
Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears - C. Rylant
Julian, Dream Doctor - A. Cameron
The Courage of Sarah Noble - A. Dalgleish
Ruth and Naomi - Jean Marzollo
Sleeping Bobby - Will and Mary Pope Osborne
Tacky The Penguin - Helen Lester
Pixie Tricks: Sprite's Secret - Tracey West
Daniel in the Lion's Den - Jean Marzollo
Poodlena - E. B. McHenry
The Sword in the Tree - R C Bulla
The Diamond Princess Saves the Day - J. V. Malcolm
Double Trouble Dwarves - Tracey West
The Wicked Wizard - Tracey West
Charlotte's Web - E B White
Mr Popper's Penguins - Atwater
Various American Girl books
Various Jewel Kingdom books
Various Animal Ark books
Magical Animals - Carol Watson
A Light Kindled (about Priscilla Mullins) - Tracy Lenninger
Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims - Clyde Robert Bulla
Orp
Cindy Ellen (A Wild Western Cinderella) - Susan Lowell
Miranda the Great - Eleanor Estes



Mom's Reading (this is pitiful)

The Daughter of Time - J. Tey
The Beekeeper's Pupil - S. George
A Little History of the World - E. H. Gombrich
Sweetness and Light - Hattie Ellis (don't remember finishing this)
Bible (daily reading)
The True Woman - Susan Hunt
By Design - Susan Hunt
Teaching the Trivium - Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn
Shepherding a Child's Heart - Tedd Tripp
Ex Libris - Ross King
Virgin Earth - Philippa Gregory
A Girl of the Limberlost - Gene Stratton-Porter
part of Marriage to a Difficult Man (Susanna Edwards)