mo2 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Ok, I don't know if this qualifies as a classic, but I'm just listening to the end of Cry the Beloved Country, the audiobook of the Alan Paton novel read by Michael York. It is phenomenal, and so filled with truth, beauty and wisdom it makes my heart want to burst. I'm trying to decide if it's a little too old for dd9? But I'm thinking it will be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 You know, it is hard to say. My barely verbal almost 5 year old and I had been enjoying Frances Hodgson Burnett's stories in the car (the 3 yo boy hadn't complained either) and dh joined us on one trip. He enjoyed them so much we were forbidden to listen to them any more when he wasn't there! :glare::lol: If a 36 year old man can wriggle with delight over Little Lord Fauntleroy, the Secret Garden and The Little Princess, who is to say who will and won't like what? Rosie Love that imagery. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Here's my question. I would like to read more classic lit to my kids as we have always done a read aloud before lunch time. They love this time of all being together reading a great book. But, we've mostly done historical fiction. So, I just wonder which classics would make good read alouds for 2 teen girls and one eleven year old boy. I read appropriate books to dd age 8 at a different time of the day even though she would be present at the before lunch reading too. I would like to start reading classics that would capture everyone's attention since this would be a new direction for us. (Not necessarily my 8 yr. old.) Swiss family Robinson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 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/ Thank you for links! I have been pondering which ones to purchase (I haven't read them in English before). I love that it also has french text. My poor children. If they only know what awaits them. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 These are my recent purchases (though I haven't received either one yet.......I'm waiting impatiently!) 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 bought this set a couple years ago at a used book sale for 1.00 a book. I love it! As a read aloud some of the language was tricky and we had to do quite a bit of discussion on the term "savages." OTOH, I have found it invaluable because of the prints and illustrations. I also really appreciated that it wasn't staunchly YE. I am finding this set to be a great Logic age version of SOTW. (Although, I would still love a logic age version of SOTW ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I bought this set a couple years ago at a used book sale for 1.00 a book. I love it! As a read aloud some of the language was tricky and we had to do quite a bit of discussion on the term "savages." OTOH, I have found it invaluable because of the prints and illustrations. I also really appreciated that it wasn't staunchly YE. I am finding this set to be a great Logic age version of SOTW. (Although, I would still love a logic age version of SOTW ;)) Mine arrived in this afternoon's mail. THey are in beautiful condition (these are the 1949 ed). I am so excited about finishing up school and getting to spend time reading them. My dds have already started going through them and love the artwork. Now if My Book House books would only arrive, I would be in book bliss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thanks. I'll try to track down a used copy or see if any of the libraries nearby have it. I know our library has quite a few of Godden's books. My kids love her work for children, but I've found them to be valuable for myself along with her work for adults. I just stumbled across Diddakoi on Audible. It's on sale right now. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I just stumbled across Diddakoi on Audible. It's on sale right now. ;) :hurray: Thanks! I just looked and there is another book by Godden on there, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Kern Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Can we add movies? Don't watch this with the kids, but the best modern version of the Odyssey is.... Dumb and Dumber. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I accidently won both sets of Book House sets I bid on at ebay! :tongue_smilie: So I'll have some on the FSOT soon. If you need a set of 6, keep an eye out. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The Little White Horse, by Elizabeth Goudge The Chestry Oak, by Kate Seredy Neither of these is available for Nook or Kindle; the Chestry Oak is out of print but worth searching local public libraries for (sometimes you can find copies on e-bay, but they are e.x.p.e.n.s.i.v.e!); you might be able to find a paperback of the Little White Horse. Ignore any reviews; they always get it wrong. Ask me. :-) Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield. Download it on your Kindle or Nook. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Little White Horse is in print. http://www.amazon.com/Little-White-Horse-Elizabeth-Goudge/dp/0142300276/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332809538&sr=8-1 I really liked Girl of the Limberlost as a girl, and Tom's Midnight Garden. I've got LM Montgomery's books including Jane of Lantern Hill, which is a pretty nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I've got LM Montgomery's books including Jane of Lantern Hill, which is a pretty nice one.Pardon me if I missed this upthread, but as much as dear as Anne is to me, it's The Story Girl (and The Golden Road) I'd take to the proverbial desert island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Can we add movies? Don't watch this with the kids, but the best modern version of the Odyssey is.... Dumb and Dumber. :bigear: Noooo....*runsscreamingfromroom* That movie and a room full of teenage boys. Stab my eye out with a fork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Can we add movies? Don't watch this with the kids, but the best modern version of the Odyssey is.... Dumb and Dumber. :bigear: My vote goes to O Brother, Where Art Thou? :001_smile: Edited March 27, 2012 by nmoira comma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 My vote goes to O, Brother Where Art Thou? :001_smile: Agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Can we add movies? Don't watch this with the kids, but the best modern version of the Odyssey is.... Dumb and Dumber. :bigear: :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo2 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Can we add movies? Don't watch this with the kids, but the best modern version of the Odyssey is.... Dumb and Dumber. :bigear: Confession: I love Dumb and Dumber. I have never thought to compare it to the Odyssey, though. Now I feel better about liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Kern Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Sure, It's a perfect inversion of the Odyssey: wise man = fool going home to rescue wife from suitors = leaving home to another man's wife all on the same framework of a long journey with it's many vicissitudes. Remember, there's even a Dante reference in it where they kill the cyclopes! Oh, Brother is too serious. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Quote: Originally Posted by Eleanor 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.) I happened to see the book The Dragon of Og at a book sale a couple of months ago and picked it up b/c I had heard her adult book In This House of Brede recommended by a couple of people. We just started The Dragon this morning, because of the long thread yesterday, and it is so well-written! I love it. I had no idea she had written more children's books....off to look them up!! As soon as you mentioned truth, beauty and wisdom, I thought of Girl of The Limberlost. It's an old-fashioned book, for sure, but the main character is just so inspiring. She has a very difficult mom who is transformed in the course of the story, thanks to her dd's character and behavior--it really impacted me. Made me love nature study, too! That was my most favorite book growing up. I've never read her other ones but I've heard they are good. Edited March 27, 2012 by abreakfromlife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Quote: Originally Posted by Eleanor Any children's books by Rumer Godden. The Diddakoi, the doll house stories, etc. I happened to see the book The Dragon of Og at a book sale a couple of months ago and picked it up b/c I had heard her adult book In This House of Brede recommended by a couple of people. We just started The Dragon this morning, because of the long thread yesterday, and it is so well-written! I love it. I had no idea she had written more children's books....off to look them up!! That was my most favorite book growing up. I've never read her other ones but I've heard they are good. This is complete OT, but the opening quote from In This House of Brede is my favorite quote ever for parenthood and homeschooling! “The motto was ‘Pax’: but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Pax: peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result; subject to constant interruptions, unexpected demands, short sleep at nights, little comfort, sometimes scant food; beset with disappointments and usually misunderstood; yet peace all the same, undeviating, filled with joy and gratitude and love. ‘It is my own peace I give unto you.’ Not, notice, the world’s peace.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 This is complete OT, but the opening quote from In This House of Brede is my favorite quote ever for parenthood and homeschooling! Wow that's great. Apparently I should take that book off the shelf and actually read it :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesmere Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Wow that's great. Apparently I should take that book off the shelf and actually read it :tongue_smilie: Sorry to keep going on about Rumer Godden, but I love In This House of Brede. We have The Story of Holly and Ivy (beautifully illustrated by Barbara Cooney) and we just checked out The Mousewife from the library again. The first book of hers that I read was The Doll's House with my oldest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Here's my question. I would like to read more classic lit to my kids as we have always done a read aloud before lunch time. They love this time of all being together reading a great book. But, we've mostly done historical fiction. So, I just wonder which classics would make good read alouds for 2 teen girls and one eleven year old boy. I read appropriate books to dd age 8 at a different time of the day even though she would be present at the before lunch reading too. I would like to start reading classics that would capture everyone's attention since this would be a new direction for us. (Not necessarily my 8 yr. old.) My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell! No one doesn't think it's hilarious and as a memoir it's sort of a nice transition from your historical fiction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abreakfromlife Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 My ILL order came thru tonight and I just finished Diddakoi, by Rumer Godden. And cried. What a good and heart-wrenching story. Now I want to read everything she's written. I can't wait for dd to read it so we can discuss it. Thanks to whomever recommended it. That's going on my to-buy list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 My ILL order came thru tonight and I just finished Diddakoi, by Rumer Godden. And cried. What a good and heart-wrenching story. Now I want to read everything she's written. I can't wait for dd to read it so we can discuss it. Thanks to whomever recommended it. That's going on my to-buy list. This is going on my list! My library doesn't have it so I'll have to find it elsewhere. We are reading What Katy Did and it's lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Out of curiosity, what is the truth/beauty/wisdom in books like Robinson Crusoe? Is it the rugged self-sufficiency of the main character? The syle if the writing itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 We are reading What Katy Did and it's lovely. oh yay. That came in tonight too and I gave that to dd to take to bed. I'm going to read that tomorrow. And I flipped through Little Duke and that looked so good, so ds took that to bed....I would be so lost without ILL. Every couple of years they threaten to cut funding to it and I freak out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podoba01 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I am going to have to go through this thread and create a reading list! Thanks everyone for the ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRTGSw2K Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I just scored a set of the My Book House books (except book 2) for $40 at the used book store! So excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 I just scored a set of the My Book House books (except book 2) for $40 at the used book store! So excited! Cool!!! We received Lamb's Shakespeare in the mail and love it. I also got some Coville books out of the library and they are wonderful introductions to Shakespeare as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleWonders Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Yesterday I received The Golden Book of Fairy Tales. I am looking forward to reading it this next week. I also received a beautify edition of Longfellow's The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell! No one doesn't think it's hilarious and as a memoir it's sort of a nice transition from your historical fiction! Thanks! We like funny. I'll try to find this title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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