Halcyon Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) I have many classics on my kindle but I'm sure I'm missing more than a few. I have Lang's books, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, some Dickens, Greek myths, Famous Men of...., Anne of Green Gables..... What other resources, kindle or not, have inspired truth and beauty in your homeschooler? Edited March 23, 2012 by Halcyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Edward Lear's Nonsense Books: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=3ziaAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA204.w.0.0.0.1 Aesops Fables, Swiss Family Robinson, Helen Keller, Chronicles of Narnia, George McDonald's books. I particularly like the illustrations in this Aesop, my children have read some of the stories dozens of times. Books that are interesting to read from both an adult and child's perspective are The Great Brain and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, there are things in those books I noticed as an adult that I did not as a child. They are a level down from the others, but good solid books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Halcyon Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Edward Lear's Nonsense Books: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=3ziaAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA204.w.0.0.0.1 Aesops Fables, Swiss Family Robinson, Helen Keller, Chronicles of Narnia, George McDonald's books. I particularly like the illustrations in this Aesop, my children have read some of the stories dozens of times. Books that are interesting to read from both an adult and child's perspective are The Great Brain and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, there are things in those books I noticed as an adult that I did not as a child. They are a level down from the others, but good solid books. Thank you for that link! We own Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Aesop's Fables and thank you for the reminder of George McDonald... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) These are my recent purchases (though I haven't received either one yet.......I'm waiting impatiently!) http://www.amazon.com/My-Book-House-Volumes-1-12/dp/9990409455/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332505584&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Picturesque-Tale-Progress-Volumes/dp/B0016FV4T4/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332505656&sr=1-1-spell (ETA: I already own this set and the stories are fabulous. I found mine at a used book store yrs ago for a fraction of the price listed here. http://www.amazon.com/Colliers-Junior-Classics-Books-VOLUME/dp/B000KLUESM/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332505808&sr=1-8) Edited March 23, 2012 by 8FillTheHeart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Some of these inspired me, both as a child and an adult, my DD hasn't been exposed to all of them yet: E. Nesbit's books, the Five Little Peppers series, Water Babies, C.S. Lewis, Hans Christian Andersen, Lange, Howard Pyle, J.R.R. Tolkien, Heidi, Black Beauty, George MacDonald, Jean Henri Fabre, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgeson Burnett, E.B. White...I'm sure there are more, but I'm out of time ATM. I have The White Company, Treasure Island, and Kon-Tiki in my Amazon cart, waiting for payday. Edited March 23, 2012 by Aurelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SewLittleTime Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Taking notes.:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethben Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I particularly like the illustrations in this Aesop, my children have read some of the stories dozens of times. For you Kindle lovers - that Aesop version is free on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Aesop-Children-pictures-Winter-ebook/dp/B004UJDJ2I/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I posted this on the other Thread, but I'll repost here. I think you could just work your way through this list and it would be great. Many of these are suggested other places and we already have a few, but it's a great list to work from. http://www.greatbooksacademy.org/curriculum/good-books-list/ I'm interested in those book sets previous posters have mentioned. We already have so many books--poetry, fairy tales, stories, myths, etc. that I'm wondering what those book sets offer that might be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 The first book that comes to mind is Bambi. I don't see it mentioned too much, but my kids and I loved it. It greatly impacted my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We have the 1902 edition of the Young Folks' Library. There are 20 volumes that have to be picked up one by one but are pretty readily available and reasonably priced on Amazon. They are also free on google books. They cover just about every topic and story someone in the 19th century would or should be familiar with and are written from a, I don't know, "virtue" perspective - how will these stories and such affect your character - not just a common knowledge list. Most of the other books we have are on all the book lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 For you Kindle lovers - that Aesop version is free on Kindle:http://www.amazon.com/Aesop-Children-pictures-Winter-ebook/dp/B004UJDJ2I/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp Beth But no pictures, the pictures are what I like about that edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I love La Fontaine fables. Lots of memories. I am surprised I never see it mentioned here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I'm wishing for the rest of the Lang Fairy books. (I have Blue and Brown.) Ambleside year 3, especially the "extra" reading, are on my list. http://www.amazon.com/Picturesque-Tale-Progress-Volumes/dp/B0016FV4T4/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332505656&sr=1-1-spell I found My Book House for *free* years ago (Volumes 3-12). (I've been looking back through them lately.:tongue_smilie:) I have never heard of the set linked above! Me wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I have many classics on my kindle but I'm sure I'm missing more than a few. I have Lang's books, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island, some Dickens, Greek myths, Famous Men of...., Anne of Green Gables..... What other resources, kindle or not, have inspired truth and beauty in your homeschooler? Do your dc own a beautiful Bible, Halcyon? The Lang collection is free on Lit2Go. We listen to them year after year. My girls could recite the collection. :) I bought this Grimm's from Costco. Dd8 takes it with her everywhere. I have shelves and shelves of classics. Don't we all? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Thank you, Beth, for mentioning that Lang audio website! I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 You all are very bad for my checking account! I have many of these already, but I feel compelled to collect more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 You all are very bad for my checking account! I have many of these already, but I feel compelled to collect more... :iagree: I have some of the volumes of My Book House, but now the Picturesque Tale of Progress is looking really good for history next year... :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I'm waiting on these to ship: (one of these days I'll cave on Amazon Prime... :glare:) Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales Aesop for Children Favorite Poems Old & New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingHope Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) We purchased the Yesterday's Classics epub/kindle collection and have used it everyday since. These include legends, myths, biographies, narrative history stories, and nature tales all beautifully formatted. It goes on sale for $99 sale often. http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com/ This is similar to Yesterday's Classics: http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage-store.php?pid=ebook We love our vintage My Book House, Young Folks', Our Wonder World, and Book of Knowledge collections. I purchased these from friends of the library sales...diamonds in the rough. Edited March 23, 2012 by LivingHope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Queen Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) nature guides help us appreciate nature how-to-draw books get us really studying the beautiful things around us first person slave narratives - sometimes the truth hurts a hymnal I have recently been inspired by The Pilgrim's Progress No Cross No Crown, by William Penn Treasure Island glorifies piracy. Why does that make your truth, beauty and wisdom list? Edited March 23, 2012 by Caribbean Queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We are currently re-re-re-reading the various books by Thornton Burgess. We are going through them very quickly since they have been read so many times in the past. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Burgess http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/b#a717 I have very recently discovered that Arthur Scott Bailey wrote similar books and we might read them next. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search.html/?default_prefix=author_id&sort_order=downloads&query=1842 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) This is my adapted literature list for 1st - 6th grade: First Grade Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Second Grade Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder The BFG by Roald Dahl Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Heidi by Johanna Spyri Third Grade The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Charlotte's Webb by E.B. White The Moffats by Eleanor Estes Trumpet of the Swan by Fred Marcellino Homer Price by Robert McCloskey Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Lost World by Sir Arthur Doyle The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald The Princess and the Curdie by George MacDonald Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb Fourth Grade Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott The Borrowers by Mary Norton Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Kidnapped by Robert Lois Stevenson The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Dubois King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Call of the Wild by Jack London White Fang by Jack London Fifth Grade An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott 20,000 leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics by Charles Ludwig Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Old Yeller by Fred Gibson The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (Illus.) by C. S. Lewis w/ IEW Following Narnia Sixth Grade Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew and John Sherrill Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Fehrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein Yearling by Majorie Kinnan Edited March 23, 2012 by Bloggermom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 nature guides help us appreciate naturehow-to-draw books get us really studying the beautiful things around us first person slave narratives - sometimes the truth hurts a hymnal I have recently been inspired by The Pilgrim's Progress No Cross No Crown, by William Penn Treasure Island glorifies piracy. Why does that make your truth, beauty and wisdom list? Because I think it's beautifully written and expresses truths about human nature, human struggle, and not judging a book by its cover. My dc don't think it glorifies pirates anyway; they were rightly horrified when long john silver mutinied and killed his shipmates on the island while young Jim looked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Second Grade Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder The BFG by Roald Dahl Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Heidi by Johanna Spyri Third Grade Charlotte's Webb by E.B. White The Moffats by Eleanor Estes Trumpet of the Swan by Fred Marcellino Homer Price by Robert McCloskey Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Lost World by Sir Arthur Doyle The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald The Princess and the Curdie by George MacDonald Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb Fourth Grade Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott The Borrowers by Mary Norton Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Kidnapped by Robert Lois Stevenson The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Dubois King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Call of the Wild by Jack London White Fang by Jack London Fifth Grade An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott 20,000 leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics by Charles Ludwig Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Old Yeller by Fred Gibson The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (Illus.) by C. S. Lewis w/ IEW Following Narnia Sixth Grade Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew and John Sherrill Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Fehrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein Yearling by Majorie Kinnan What a superb list! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 :bigear: Subscribing to read this thread later. Have to go to a meeting in 5 mintues but I am going to be making lists of books as soon as I am home to add to my wish list :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) Here are some of our literature lists: Poetry, Short Stories, and Books 4th-5th grade readers Read Alouds for 2nd grade Read Alouds for 1st grade (lots of picture books here - many of them are fairy tales) These ones stand out as great examples of truth, wisdom, and beauty to me: Anna Karenina Uncle Tom's Cabin Animal Farm Pollyanna Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Anne of Green Gables Edited March 24, 2012 by Wehomeschool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 The first book that comes to mind is Bambi. I don't see it mentioned too much, but my kids and I loved it. It greatly impacted my children. That is next for my kids. We're sort of working through the original work that the Disney films were loosely based on. We did start that before THE thread. I don't think you can have too many myths. We've got Egyptian, Greek, Norse, Indian....you get the idea. All mine have enjoyed Aesop also and Brer Rabbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Second Grade Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder The BFG by Roald Dahl Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Heidi by Johanna Spyri Third Grade The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Charlotte's Webb by E.B. White The Moffats by Eleanor Estes Trumpet of the Swan by Fred Marcellino Homer Price by Robert McCloskey Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Lost World by Sir Arthur Doyle The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald The Princess and the Curdie by George MacDonald Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb Fourth Grade Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott The Borrowers by Mary Norton Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Kidnapped by Robert Lois Stevenson The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Dubois King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Call of the Wild by Jack London White Fang by Jack London Fifth Grade An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott 20,000 leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics by Charles Ludwig Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Old Yeller by Fred Gibson The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (Illus.) by C. S. Lewis w/ IEW Following Narnia Sixth Grade Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by Esther Hautzig The Winged Watchman by Hilda Van Stockum Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen The Von Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew and John Sherrill Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Fehrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein Yearling by Majorie Kinnan I have a good many of those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsrae Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Understood Betsy The Courage of Sarah Noble Anne of Green Gables Greek myths The Hundred Dresses Can you tell I have girls ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Understood BetsyThe Courage of Sarah Noble Anne of Green Gables Greek myths The Hundred Dresses Can you tell I have girls ? :) I have loved The Hundred Dresses since I was a little girl. Courage of Sarah Noble is good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) This is what I have for the first three years: Year 1: Poetry: Poetry for Young People: Animal Poems edited by John Hollander Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne Independent Reader: Seasons: A Book of Poems by Charlotte Zolotow Fables: Aesop for Children by Milo Winter Fairy Tales: Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Mythology: Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne Literature: House At Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne The True Story of Peter Rabbit: How a Letter from Beatrix Potter Became a Children's Classic by Jane Johnson Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends by Beatrix Potter The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Charlotte's Web by E.B White or The Trumpet of the Swan Year 2: Poetry: The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning Poetry for Young People: The Seasons edited by John N. Serio Favorite Poems of Childhood edited by Phillip Smith Fairy Tales: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm Tales: Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin 30 More Stories Retold by James Baldwin Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome Literature: Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Chaunticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer and Barbara Cooney St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges The Reluctant Dragon (Grahame) Year 3: Poetry: A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear edited by Edward Mendelson Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (illustrated by Ted Rand) Tales: American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg Mythology: Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Parin D'Aulaire Favorite Norse Myths by Mary Pope Osborne Shakespeare: William Shakespeare's The Tempest or Twelfth Night by Bruce Coville Literature: Heidi by Joanna Spyri The Jungle Book by Kipling The Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit or The Railway Children The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien The Heroes by Charles Kingsley The Moffats by Eleanor Estes Ordinary Princess by Mary Margaret Kaye Edited March 24, 2012 by Kfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have loved The Hundred Dresses since I was a little girl. Courage of Sarah Noble is good too. My boys both loved that book. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Susan Coolidge's "Katy" series. That's one suggestion I've never seen on these lists. I enjoyed those most at around age 10 and up. Some have been out of print for ages, and now they're free for Kindle! I might faint... :D Any children's books by Rumer Godden. The Diddakoi, the doll house stories, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Jataka Tales by Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan. The Mahabharata and The Ramayana versions by William Buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 As for "truth," it depends on worldview. As Christians, we chose not to use A Picturesque Tale of Progress, because the way the Gospel stories were told just seemed... off. I found out later that Olive Beaupre Miller was a Christian Scientist, so the subtle messages I'd noticed did indeed represent her belief system. That was a disappointment, as the series was lavish and not inexpensive. Now we're inclined to be more cautious, especially with anything related to religion or history. Even if a book is old, has lovely pictures, and is recommended by other homeschoolers (even of our own faith), that doesn't guarantee that the contents will convey the messages we want to teach to our children. Fortunately, there are still probably more "good books" than we could ever read. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have never heard of the set linked above! Me wants it. I found it!!!:party: I went to a used book store today, and I look up and see...(cue music like the heavens opening)...a beautiful hardback 4 book set of the Picturesque Tales by Olive Beaupre Miller. Mine for $20.:coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Susan Coolidge's "Katy" series. That's one suggestion I've never seen on these lists. I enjoyed those most at around age 10 and up. Some have been out of print for ages, and now they're free for Kindle! I might faint... :D Any children's books by Rumer Godden. The Diddakoi, the doll house stories, etc. I got those for my kindle too. I actually found What Katy did next at Goodwill last week! by Rachel Field: Hitty - Her first hundred years Calico Bush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I don't have much to add that hasn't been mentioned for our 6 y.o. For the younger ages, we do have some books by Demi, Barbara Cooney, Ruth Sanderson, Uri Shulevitz, Tomie dePaola, Laura Amy Schlitz, and Leo Lionni on our list that I didn't see mentioned yet. We have a lot of poetry books, too. Susan Coolidge's "Katy" series. That's one suggestion I've never seen on these lists. I enjoyed those most at around age 10 and up. Some have been out of print for ages, and now they're free for Kindle! I might faint... :D Any children's books by Rumer Godden. The Diddakoi, the doll house stories, etc. Thank you for the Katy recommendation. I wish The Diddakoi was available. It looks like it is out of print. I love Rumer Godden. My librarian introduced me to The Doll's House and the Story of Holly & Ivy. I love the illustrations by Tasha Tudor in the first and Barbara Cooney in the second, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thank you for the Katy recommendation. I wish The Diddakoi was available. It looks like it is out of print. It was also published as Gypsy Girl. You might try that title. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Besides the coville books, which look wonderful particularly for my younger, are there any other kid friendly approaches to Shakespeare that people recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfside Academy Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Besides the coville books, which look wonderful particularly for my younger, are there any other kid friendly approaches to Shakespeare that people recommend? Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. I believe there's 1 book for the comedies and 1 for the tragedies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 There's also Nesbit's. And, btw, an animated series on DVD, but that may not be what you had in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I love La Fontaine fables. Lots of memories. I am surprised I never see it mentioned here.The Shapiro translations are in verse, and are not to be missed IMHO. http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Fables-La-Fontaine-Jean/dp/0252066499/ http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-More-Fables-La-Fontaine/dp/0252066502/ http://www.amazon.com/Once-Again-La-Fontaine-Wesleyan/dp/0819564583/ Or http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Fables-Jean-Fontaine/dp/0252073819/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) Besides the coville books, which look wonderful particularly for my younger, are there any other kid friendly approaches to Shakespeare that people recommend? Nesbit has Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, and there is Tales from Shakespeare by the Lambs. BBC has a series called Animated Shakespeare Tales on YouTube that uses the language from the plays. We've enjoyed listening to Tales from Shakespeare on Librivox. It's read by Karen Savage. Edited March 24, 2012 by Aurelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (ETA: I already own this set and the stories are fabulous. I found mine at a used book store yrs ago for a fraction of the price listed here. http://www.amazon.com/Colliers-Junior-Classics-Books-VOLUME/dp/B000KLUESM/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332505808&sr=1-8) I have this set! It used to be my dad's when he was growing up and he passed it on to me. 1 book got ruined in the fire a couple years back but I managed to find it last year for 25cents at a garage sale, so I have the whole set again. It is a fabulous one and if someone can find them I recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Queen Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Because I think it's beautifully written and expresses truths about human nature, human struggle, and not judging a book by its cover. My dc don't think it glorifies pirates anyway; they were rightly horrified when long john silver mutinied and killed his shipmates on the island while young Jim looked on. I see what you're saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) Because I think it's beautifully written and expresses truths about human nature, human struggle, and not judging a book by its cover. My dc don't think it glorifies pirates anyway; they were rightly horrified when long john silver mutinied and killed his shipmates on the island while young Jim looked on.For a completely different take on piracy (philosophical, political, and far less romanticised) held together by a fictional narrative (part history, part present-day story), take a look at Pirate's Passage by Gilkerson. I think it's best to go in already steeped in conventional pirate lore. Edited March 24, 2012 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 For a completely different take on piracy (philosophical, political, and far less romanticised) held together by a fictional narrative (part history, part present-day story, take a look at Pirate's Passage by Gilkerson. I think it's best to go in already steeped in conventional pirate lore. Off to look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Any children's books by Rumer Godden. The Diddakoi, the doll house stories, etc. Oh, I read The Diddakoi in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books version when I was a young girl. I had no idea it was written by Rumer Godden. :001_smile: (FWIW, it's about a gypsy girl and the problems she has as an outcast in the place where she lives. It's very poignant.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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