tammyw Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 We recently read My Side of the Mountain, On the Far Side of the Mountain, and currently reading Frightful's Mountain (we bought the trilogy): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525462694/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Love, love, love, love, love it! Seriously, love! I found the first book especially amazing. I didn't ever want it to end! Any other favorites that I might love as much as this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 We love my side of the mountain here too. I just got fruitful's mountain for my dd last week so she just read that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hmmm. . . how about something like Gary Paulsen's survivor stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hmmm. . . how about something like Gary Paulsen's survivor stories? I've thought about those before, but then I read reviews where people literally HATED his stuff. I ended up thinking it wouldn't be for us. Hmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You are bringing back some wonderful memories. Thanks... BTW - don't watch the movie. It was awful. Such a disappointment. Of course, it does make a good compare and contrast discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 HUGE favorite with DSs here too! :) At about that same age, these were VERY much enjoyed: Realistic - The Great Wheel (Lawson) - Sign of the Beaver (Speare) - Kildee House (Montgomery) - Chucuro, Wild Pony of the Pampa - Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Aiken) - In the Year of The Boar and Jackie Robinson (Lord) - Toothpaste Millionaire (Merrill) - Island of the Blue Dolphins (O'Dell) -- more serious/mature than My Side of the Mountain Non-Realistic - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (O'Brien) - The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, The Turret, Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines, Miss Bianca in the Orient (Sharp) - Half Magic; Magic by the Lake; Knight's Castle; Time Garden; Seven Day Magic (Eager) - Five Children and It (Nesbit) - Book of Dragons (Nesbit) - Ben and Me (Lawson) - The Twenty One Balloons (du Bois) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Fleming) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 DS read those and loved it and books he also loves are the dark is rising series, and the Enders' game. he loves the "hatchet" but not the books after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Maybe Marguerite Henry's horse stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Her nature books are wonderful, too. Definitely not stories, but she really engages the reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I've thought about those before, but then I read reviews where people literally HATED his stuff. I ended up thinking it wouldn't be for us. Hmmmm. Paulsen's survivor story books are excellent. The only one we didn't like was The Rifle - it was actually good - until the stupid ending. If you were going to skip any Paulsen books, skip that one, but the rest are really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Hatchet Julie of the Wolves Sign of the Beaver The Long Winter Incident at Hawk's Hill Island of the Blue Dolphins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Her nature books are wonderful, too. Definitely not stories, but she really engages the reader. Do you have any you'd recommend? I'm not sure which ones you are referring to. Thank you so much! It sounds like they are non-fiction? (which we love also!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Paulsen's survivor story books are excellent. The only one we didn't like was The Rifle - it was actually good - until the stupid ending. If you were going to skip any Paulsen books, skip that one, but the rest are really good. Thank you! Which one would you start with? Hatchet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Do you have any you'd recommend? I'm not sure which ones you are referring to. Thank you so much! It sounds like they are non-fiction? (which we love also!) We own the 13 moon series, but her list is long. http://www.jeancraigheadgeorge.com/works.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 We loved them too. In fact, I bought this and my ds was over the moon excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My son loved that took too. He will occasionally bring up "If I ever move to the woods..." in conversation. If you do listen to Hatchet, I don't recommend the audio book version of it. My kids and I hated the narrator's delivery of it. Very good book though. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Two that weren't mentioned that come to mind are A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements and Gone Away Lake and its sequels by Elizabeth Enright. The Gone Away Lake books are also real naturalist books, full of tons of nature details. They will make you long for a lush summer if you read them now, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thank you! Which one would you start with? Hatchet? Yes, Hatchet was the first one we read and then the "sequels" to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer N. Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 My 4th grade son fell in love with Sam's adventures last summer. He is using the K12 curriculum through a virtual academy this year and has since been introduced to adaptations of Robinson Crusoe and now Swiss Family Robinson (whose author wrote the book because his sons loved RC a couple hundred years ago). He LOVES these books. I guess Robinson Crusoe is the classic survival story. Missed that in my education (or don't remember it). Also, Jean C. George wrote a nature study guide with her daughter Twig and my son loves this book too. My son just read the SFR book this week for school and couldn't put the book down. He came down glowing and raving, I love this book. Jim Weiss has recorded Swiss Family Robinson and we checked the cd out from the library this week. About 12 hours of material? Maybe that one is unabridged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I just put this book on my son's shelf in his reading nook, I will have to give it a recommendation this morning :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer N. Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Warning: If your child reads Swiss Family Robinson, be prepared for lots of hunting games in the house. My son has been stalking prey with his little brother all week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Warning: If your child reads Swiss Family Robinson, be prepared for lots of hunting games in the house. They definitely were believers in, shoot first, look later. Yikes. My kids were a bit freaked out by that book, and we read an abridged version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer N. Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Yes, I wasn't sure if my son would like SFR based on the Amazon reviews I'd read; wasn't sure if it'd be too different from My Side. Some reviews stressed all the hunting and killing in the book and then they complained about abridged versions too and which events were left out. In fact, I posted about a week ago to see what versions of SFR other people recommended. Our K12 unit uses a Dover edition of the book which I have since found out is an unabridged version of an English translation of the original. So my son wasn't even reading an abridged version last week. I'm surprised he hung with that vocabulary. I have only read 30 pages of it so far but I think I am starting to see why he loves this book. This family is discovering a new creature or creating inventions for survival not just every chapter. Not just every page, but almost every paragraph! If the rest of the book is like this, I can see how the author (who was a preacher) crafted this story for his four sons all those years ago based on their love for Robinson Crusoe. There's lots of moralizing too by the father in the story. But it seems to me, the original version's intended audience was young people. So maybe that is why my son enjoyed the unabridged Dover edition. I checked out all the different editions at our public library plus the Jim Weiss cd. The Jim Weiss cd is a big hit. My son says there's even more detail on the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fetzer_mark Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Some of our favorite books,...... Shiloh, Shiloh season & Saving Shiloh.---- About a boy & "his" dog Little Britches, Father & I were Ranchers.....That is the first one There are a bunch. (By Ralph Moody) About the Authors Chilhood on a ranchout west.(think male version of little house on the Prairie .....LOVE This series Banner in the Sky--Climbing the impossible mountain Where the Red Fern grows--A boy & his dogs Nathen T Riggens Serries By Stephen Bly --A boy & his adventures in the old west. (There are 6 books With interesting names #1 The Dog that Wouldn't Smile) Bud & Me By Alta Abernathy --About Bud & Temple Abrnathy's Horseback adventuresin 1909 (True story about a 6 &9 year old boy) North to Freedom Escape From Wausau Snow Treasure ---Last # relate to war era in some way Books by Lois Walfrid Johnson She has a few different series we like. We love to read =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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