mamawaabangi Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 My dd is 4 almost 5... in the past year we have read aloud the following... Little House in the BW-Plum Creek Kirsten American Girl Series A Child's Garden of Verses And several other shorter books What's next? I am wanting to wait to go farther with Little House. What would be appropriate and interesting for her age? Needing ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Winnie-the-Pooh all the Beatrix Potter books Peter Pan Pinocchio Lang's Fairy books James Herriot's Treasury for Children D'Aulaire biographies Check Ambleside Online's site for their year 0 and year 1 lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Have you looked at the Five in a row booklist? My kids are not developmentally ready for K, so these may be a little easier than you are looking for, but this is the list we are currently going through. I compiled the list from a bunch of different sources and then took the ones that were recommended on more than one list. The bold ones are FIAR books. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey The Complete Poems of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Madeline series* by Bemelmans, Ludwig Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney Stone Soup and other folk tale retellings by Marcia Brown The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese The Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafA New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert A Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes Anderson’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson Curious George series* by Rey, H.A.Harry the Dirty Dog* by Zion, Gene How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman Just So Stories for Little Children* by Kipling, Rudyard Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully My Father’s Dragon (series) by Ruth S. Gannett Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (with illustrations by Susan Jeffers) The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit (all 23 little books) by Beatrix Potter The House at Pooh Corner* by Milne, A.A. The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper The Little House by Virginia Burton The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting The Tale of Peter Rabbit written and ill. by Beatrix Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I like this book list.... http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000-primary.html#picture1-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbpaulie Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 We like using suggestions from Sonlight and Veritas Press http://www.sonlight.com/ http://www.veritaspress.com/ KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Charlotte's Web The Boxcar Children The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Thanksgiving Story My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, The Dragons of Blueland Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm, Happy Birthday Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, etc. Mr. Popper's Penguins The Grandma's Attic books, by Arleta Richardson Ramona books, by Beverly Cleary Betsy-Tacy books B is for Betsy and sequels, by Carolyn Haywood The Whipping Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Charlotte's Web! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I've read a lot of the ones on MeganW list, and I think these are really good ones to be familiar with. I've found most of the stories in the Lang Fairy books to be a bit too advanced (thematically and linguistically) for my kids, but check it out to see for yourself. My kids (boy and girl) have liked Mike Mulligan and the other books by Virginia Lee Burton. They like almost anything by Ezra Jack Keats (Snowy Day, etc). If you can find Milly-Molly-Mandy books, they're very sweet too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I really recommend The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. It has book lists divided into picture books, short and long novels and gives age recommendations. Here is the website: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/ Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Many of these are repeats, but these are some of the favorites that I've read to a 4 and 6 year old in the past year or so: Milly-Molly-Mandy Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, Trumpet of the Swan Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic (the kids LOVED these) Old Mother West Wind (specifically this version, which we found at our library, and has beautiful illustrations) Beatrix Potter collection Matilda Poems by Shel Silverstein Mr. Popper's Penguins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 At that age my dd loved the Jenny and the Cat Club books by Esther Averill, the Catwings series by Ursula LeGuin, and the first few Oz books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) My dd is 4 almost 5... in the past year we have read aloud the following... Little House in the BW-Plum Creek Kirsten American Girl Series A Child's Garden of Verses And several other shorter books What's next? I am wanting to wait to go farther with Little House. What would be appropriate and interesting for her age? Needing ideas... I would go to Sonlight and check out the resders in P 4/5, K and even 1st levels if you are reading Little House already, I love their literature options. Also Ambleside online, http://tanglewoodeducation.com also has great suggestions, www.oldfashionededucation.com has tons of online fairy taile readers you can download. Edited February 15, 2010 by alatexan68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 If your dc loves animals there is a great book called "The Tarantula in My Purse." It is true stories from the authors life......she and her family rescued wild animals....birds mostly. The stories are really cute and heartwarming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Gooseberry Park Socks Ginger Pye and Pinky Pie Brambly Hedge series Paddington books** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollie010 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 We've read many of the ones listed and they are wonderful. One that I don't find on many booklists that turned out to be our favorite was the Raggady Ann and Raggady Andy books. They fell in love with this one. We also enjoyed Millie Mollie Mandy. Enjoy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Some of our favorites so far: The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook The Catwings series The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Raggedy Ann Stories The Grannyman James Herriot's Treasury for Children Betsy-Tacy No Flying in the House Picture books illustrated by K.Y. Craft and Paul O. Zelinsky have also been a hit. This treasury of children's lit has been very good. It took me forever to find a book with classic stories (Hansel & Gretel, Thumbelina, Little Red Riding Hood, etc) that had both well-written stories and beautiful illustrations. This one fits the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Mr. Popper's Penguins The Trumpet of the Swan, Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary The Betsy books by Carolyn Haywood The Moffats series by Eleanor Estes Pippi Longstocking Rabbit Hill The Cricket in Times Square Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monalisa Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Mary Poppins Magic Tree House (my dd is addicted to these, and she can read them herself so maybe not the best for read aloud if you want to use them for Indep. Reading later) Another vote for the Sonlight lists, as well as Veritas Press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I couldn't get past the fakey Chinese accent in Cricket in Times Square. It was just too obnoxious for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Kirsten~ Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 My girls are 5 and 3, and our biggest hits for both girls this year have been by E. B. White (Charlotte's Web and Trumpet of the Swan) as well as the Paddington and the Raggedy Ann stories and Mr. Popper's Penguins. I know those have been mentioned, though. The surprise hit was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My 5-year-old also loved James and the Giant Peach, though my 3-year-old didn't stick around much for that one. We just started The Wizard of Oz, and I think both are enjoying it. HTH! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I couldn't get past the fakey Chinese accent in Cricket in Times Square. It was just too obnoxious for me. I just read it normally. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Go here and scroll down for a list of the chapter books I read aloud to my children last year. They were 3-4 y.o. and 4-5 y.o. when we read these. Most of the titles on this list are also linked to my thoughts/reviews/reactions to the books, if you're interested. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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