aggieamy Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 DD and I love doing read alouds but have fallen out of the habit. We're still reading together a lot but mostly picture books and I really want to get back to doing a longish read aloud. Something wonderful where she'll be begging me to read until I'm hoarse and I'll go along with it because I can't wait to see how the book ends myself. We try to go through the Sonlight read alouds every year but none of the third grade books look interesting to me. Maybe there's a gem there that I've overlooked? Maybe you are reading something fantastic and think I should go to the library right now and pick it up and stop DD from playing and start reading to her immediately? Give me those suggestions! Books we've done in the past and loved are: The Boxcar Children James Herriot's Treasury For Children Wonderful Wizard of Oz Gooney Bird Greene Homer Price Henry Huggins Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Understood Betsy (wow. An all time favorite for both of us!) The Wheel on the School (Ditto. Amazing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 My 8 year old loved All-of-a-Kind Family and The Penderwicks. I have read aloud lists broken down by grade on my blog under the Reading List tab at the bottom. Lots more ideas there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 The Borrowers (series) The Rescuers (NOT Disney; out of print but great fun if you can find them) 101 Dalmations (NOT Disney) Time at the Top and its sequel, All in Good Time Rabbit Hill Hurry Home, Candy (warning: it has a wondrously happy ending, which may cause you to cry. I weep like a faucet.) The Little White Horse (the first chapter might be challenging to get through, but it's worth sticking with it. TLW is right up there with Understood Betsy.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Little House series The Secret Garden A little princess Betsy/Tacy books Mysterious Benedict Society These are all great books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 My dd loved the Narnia books at that age and at 9 she is wanting a nice set so she can read them again on her own (we borrowed from the library). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-M- Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Some I haven't seen mentioned yet: The Wind Boy (Ethel Cook Eliot) Wolf Story (William McCleery) Twig and Big Susan (Elizabeth Orton Jones) The Moorchild (Eloise McGraw) The Folk Keeper (Frannie Billingsley) The Catwings series (Ursula LeGuin) Although somewhat "young," the Jenny-Linsky (Esther Averill) stories really filled them with delight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 DH reads to the girls. They just finished and LOVED A Wrinkle in Time. They're on The Borrowers now. I also have Pollyanna, Thimble Summer, and The Railway Children on tap. There's also always Little House and Ramona books. Betsy books (by Carolyn Haywood) and Betsy, Tacy, Tib books (Maud Hart Lovelace) are also excellent. All of a Kind Family books too! So many great books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misidawnrn Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Anne of Green Gables James and the Giant Peach The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 My girls have loved: Little Britches, The One Hundred Dresses, and The Family Under the Bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Some fav books of my dds' at that age: Matilda (anything Dahl, really) All of my kids loved anything by him. The Witches is especially fun to read aloud. The Water Horse Babe, The Gallant Pig Mary Poppins Five Children and It Charlotte's Web Little House in the Big Woods King of the Shadows (also really nice for boys) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Nurse Matilda (Nannie McPhee) Ballet Shoes Pippi Longstocking Ronia The Robber's Daughter The Children of Noisy Village (aka The Children of Bullerby (sp?) ) The Book of Dragons Edited August 21, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles was a fav here with my 8 and 5 yos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinchick Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) A couple not listed by others that DD7 has enjoyed this summer: Tumtum and Nutmeg (she loooooved this; huge hit) Trumpet of the Swan Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little (short and silly; not a classic; still a hit) Pocahontas and the Strangers ETA: I just read her Phoebe the Spy last week, and she has since read it to DH and to my mom. She really liked this one as well. It's a true story that reads like a novel. Edited August 21, 2012 by trinchick Adding Phoebe the Spy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Lots of good ones mentioned already, but I'll add a few my dd liked: Heidi The Story of Doctor Dolittle/Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures/The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Several books by Rumer Godden: The Doll's House; Miss Happiness and Miss Flower; Little Plum Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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