JadeOrchidSong Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Merlin, 12 volumes, by T. B. Barron My boys read them again and again. Sorry, I just realized Thisbe didn't read them aloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Do people who aren't me still read Albert Payson Terhune's dog stories? The anti-German sentiment of post WWI America is inappropriate for littles but he was prolific enough that we can be selective. He's free on Project Gutenburg. We loved Lad: A Dog, so you are not alone, but I am pretty sure we read a sanitized version. When we finished it, my dc (SPOILER ALERT) asked if we could go to Lad's grave. Sniff, sniff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Another vote for baby island, ballet shoes and Edith Nesbit . I also love a little princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I am going to try Storm Boy and Sun on The Stubble by Colin Thiele when my kids are a little older for some Australian books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We've read Lad too (and a sequel). So emotional!! EVERYONE should read Owls in the Family, LOL funny! Red Sails to Capri was also LOL funny for my girls when I really got into it. Mr. Popper's Penguins is read almost yearly here, and we discovered the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang this year - it's great! Also, Homer Price is fun. Now, one I haven't seen mentioned is The American Twins of the Revolutuion. Vintage, funny accents, my kids have made me read it 3 times now (and we are Canadians!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We just finished The Moorchild. That was a big hit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduemeche Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 With Pipe, Paddle and Song - a great tale of the Voyageurs....ours loved it as a companion to their 1700's studies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We are currently reading Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls. The cover had me convinced it was going to be cheesy. Boy, was I wrong. We all love it and even my sixteen-year-old listens in and is upset if we read a chapter without her. It's a laugh-out-loud story with endearing characters. Elise in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chava_Raizel Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Several of our favorites have already been mentioned, but here's my list: The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo Anything by Roald Dahl, but especially Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and James and the Giant Peach Redwall - Brian Jacques The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman The Night Journey - Kathryn Lasky Angel on the Square - Gloria Whelan From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg (really anything by this author is good) The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart Watership Down - Richard Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams The Trojan War - Olivia Coolidge Girl in a Cage - Jane Yolen The Poppy series - Avi The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate - Jacqueline Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Tumtum and Nutmeg The Melendy Quartet Paddington books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Do people who aren't me still read Albert Payson Terhune's dog stories? The anti-German sentiment of post WWI America is inappropriate for littles but he was prolific enough that we can be selective. He's free on Project Gutenburg. I read all of them. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 We enjoyed Time at the Top and its sequel, All in Good Time. Imagine my pleasant surprise to find them on the 1000 Good Books List. :-) We enjoyed the Miss Bianca books. Most of our other favorite read-alouds are well known. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Almost anything by Dickens with some help explaining it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I will list authors as well because pretty much anything by these authors is pretty good. Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton Master of the Grove - Victor Kellerher Playing Beatie Bow - Ruth Park Ash Wednesday - Colin Thiele Tomorrow when the War Began - John Marsden Uncanny/Unbearable/Unbeleivable and many other Un.... Books - Peter Jennings (these are short stories with a twist) The Belgariad - David Eddings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Oooh. I wonder if I can get them in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme824 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 We are currently reading Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls. The cover had me convinced it was going to be cheesy. Boy, was I wrong. We all love it and even my sixteen-year-old listens in and is upset if we read a chapter without her. It's a laugh-out-loud story with endearing characters. Elise in NC LOVED this one! Highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme824 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 We are currently reading and really enjoying Nick of Time. Also, The Expeditioners was a fun read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I wouldn't dare suggest that anything I read is "not well known" on this board, but my kids and I have read so many stories about children (minus parents) who are on some island, it's ridiculous. After reading Swallows and Amazons and missing all the Treasure Island references, I decided to read Treasure Island to them (the original). Then we watched as many T-I themed movies as we could. (My youngest got into the spirit and started saying, "Sugar my timbers!") But this has made me rethink my approach to children's literature, in that I really want to be sure they have a foundation of reference material to get books like Mistress Masham's Repose (next on the list) -- so I am going to read Gulliver's Travels first. We (or at least I) enjoyed The Family From One End Street by Eve Garnett (the even harder-to-find sequels, not so much, although I have them), and I think Eleanor Estes's Moffat books are enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Dominic by William Steig The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye--all my boys LOVE this one, surprisingly. All the Paddington Bear stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'll add one more: The Chestry Oak, by Kate Seredy. For some reason I cannot fathom, people seem to like her other works better. They pale in comparison to the Chestry Oak. It is the model for sacrifice, integrity, honor, true love. I cannot read it without weeping uncontrollably, BTW. I read it to each child, with a huge cloth napkin in my lap, and I'd warn each child that Mommy would be crying in this chapter, or sometimes Mommy would be weeping uncontrollably in this chapter. Even the satisfying ending makes me weep. Best.book.ever. Another one is Hurry Home, Candy, by Meinert De Jong (sp? too lazy to go look it up, lol). It also makes me cry...the ugly cry, you know, with hiccupping and lots of nose-blowing. Worth.every.soggy.tissue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Oh! I realized I did a blog post on off-beat book recommendations a while back. I haven't read any of these aloud to an actual kid, but I think they would all work well as read-alouds just the same. http://postapocalyptichomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/07/slightly-off-beat-book-recommendations.html * A Lemon and a Star by EC Spykman * Dune Boy by Edwin Way Teale * Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I realized I did a blog post on off-beat book recommendations a while back. I haven't read any of these aloud to an actual kid, but I think they would all work well as read-alouds just the same. http://postapocalyptichomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/07/slightly-off-beat-book-recommendations.html I had fun browsing your blog ... thank you! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I had fun browsing your blog ... thank you! Regards, Kareni I keep stumbling across it, and I'm always happy when I do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I read this aloud to Doodle some time ago and liked it a lot. Junket by Anne White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGHEALTHYMOM Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The only one we've done that no one has mentioned is Treasures of the Snnow by Patricia St. John. We love all of Patricia St. John's books so far! This was our first and we also watched the movie... of course the book is better... and the movie is very old. The Tanglewood's Secret is great too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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