jpklehm Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I taught a literature co-op class this past year and it was a huge success! We all loved it. Here are the books we read: The Phantom Tollbooth Number the Stars The View From Saturday A Wrinkle in Time Island of the Blue Dolphins Tuck Everlasting Bridge to Terabithia The Incredible Journey I'm teaching the class again and need to come up with a new list of books. Here are some books I'm considering: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Where the Red Fern Grows My Side of the Mountain Julie of the Wolves Old Yeller Abel's Island (?) Carry On, Mr. Bowditch The Golden Goblet I received some great ideas from this forum last summer, and I'm hoping to glean a few more from you all again! My students will be in grades 5th - 7th, so books somewhere within those grades would be ideal. Thank you for any favorites you'd like to share!! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpklehm Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 I don't need a lengthy list from anyone (unless you want to...wink), just a favorite book or two that you read with your kids, or read yourself when you were that age. I'm trying to put together a balanced list of perhaps a couple Newberry books and a few books that are awesome but that have flown under the radar for some reason. Whatever you can suggest, I'd be grateful! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kfamily Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Here are a few books that you might like: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Robin Hood by Roger L. Green Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Young-Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpklehm Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Here are a few books that you might like: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Robin Hood by Roger L. Green Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Young-Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Thanks so much, Kfamily. Some of these I'm familiar with but others I'm not, so I really appreciate it! Since I'm teaching a class, the kids all come with having read different books (of course), so I try to find good, quality stories that aren't as well-known, to have a better chance of most of the stories being new to most of the students. :unsure: Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 WE read The One and Only Ivan this year. lol, Ds referred to someone in a cartoon as a "me ball". Wonder (asked for this one again from the library) Neither of these were particularly challenging, but great discussion material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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