Picture Biographies by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire These books for elementary readers also make great read-alouds for younger children. They are children’s classics, written 70 years ago and are still in print! Husband and wife both worked on the words and pictures, a perfect team. Full color lithographs contain so much detail that young eyes… Read More Top Picks: Biography Series
Living Books are written by authors passionate about their subjects. Have you ever had the experience of looking forward to reading a book on a subject you were eager to learn more about, only to find yourself yawning or your mind wandering off, not long after you turned the first few pages? Perhaps you have… Read More what is a LIVING BOOK? part three
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Gentian Hill by Elizabeth Goudge reviewed by Martha, homeschooling mother It took me a while to get “into” Gentian Hill but after getting into it good, I love it. The beginning of it was actually a struggle for me and I had to re-read much of it. I think I had gotten to be a… Read More Gentian Hill
The Winged Watchman, Hilda Van Stockum When this book appeared on our Top 10 Family Read-Alouds I wrote that if you only read one book about WW2, this should be it, so it is appropriately heading up the list here. Great for younger students as well, everyone in the family will be on the edge of… Read More Top Picks: World War Two Historical Fiction
“Wait until you hear this story,“ someone says, and we’re all interest. On long family trips, in the days before cars had seat-belts, I used to crawl into my grandmother’s lap and beg her to tell me a story. “Once upon a time,“ she opened, followed by Jack and the Beanstalk, Androcles and the Lion,… Read More what is a LIVING BOOK? part two
The Dan Frontier Series by William Hurley This series of books is graduated–each book advances in difficulty, slowly becoming longer with smaller type, but the characters remain the same, encouraging young readers to progress in their reading ability. Dan Frontier is a fictional character, based on Daniel Boone. Many of the incidents in the stories are… Read More Top Picks: For Reluctant Readers
My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara reviewed by Natalie, age 13 This book is about a boy named Ken living on a ranch in Wyoming with his older brother, mother and father. Ken loves horses but it seems he can’t do anything right. He loses saddle blankets, breaks reins…And then comes the… Read More My Friend Flicka
His Enemy, His Friend by John R. Tunis His Enemy, His Friend reviewed by Howard, age 15 This book is about a young Sergeant in the German army who is stationed in a small village where later he is made to kill six of his friends: an old farmer, the school teacher, the village priest,… Read More His Enemy, His Friend
“Which book do you first remember reading as a child that pulled you into its world, where you became completely engrossed in its characters and events?” A friend asked recently. With barely a pause I could tell her. Without much effort I could be there all over again, on the Alm with wind buffeting me… Read More what is a LIVING BOOK? part one