Sharon37127 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I was given a copy of The Junior Classics 10 volume set. I feel like I just hit a gold mind. My question is- how in the world am I going to "cross reference" these before I go looking for books elsewhere? There is so much literature and it would be a great way to preview something and see if we want to read the whole thing, but there is no way I will remember what is in them. I'm hoping someone has maybe aligned them with the 4 year chronological order? Here's to hoping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemommy Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Me three!!! I'm a sucker for old book anthologies. I am up to my fourth collection of children's anthologies. :001_huh:I'm just not sure how I wanna go about using them, and I hate that they are not in use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyK Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 ' date=' a set of The American Heritage Book of Presidents and Famous Americans, and then I have quite a few sets that are not so old... like Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia, several sets from Southwestern, a few of the sets that came from the grocery store. [/quote'] I love all these things too. How are the ones referenced above? I see them available on PBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I'm not going to try to cross-reference, I'm looking at them as literature and basic cultural awareness. I'll be reading vol. 1 to my youngest son. (Almost all the books are around 370 pages, so easy division to make them fit into a school year.) #6 is stories related to various holidays, so I'll just pencil it into the calendar, and read it to everyone. (I was so excited by that - I've been inspired to try seasonal themes by Dawn's blog and this will be perfect to start with.) I saw someone post a goal of reading the whole set by 8th grade (can't remember who). The books #2-5 are for "slightly older" children (1st to 4th grades?), #7-10 are for more mature children (5th to 8th?). So I looked at the contents of those books, and decided to cover #3 with my 8yo, and #9 with my 10yo. If it gets to be too much to have a time with each child, I'll probably make in a group thing and read through them outloud. But I'm hoping to be able to have some time with each boy, just 10-15 min a day (or every-other-day). I think it will be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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