MotherOfBoys Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I am trying to find a nice brand of books for my son to read the ELTL level 2 (and beyond) reading selections from for next year. He will be done with Pathway Readers grade 3 this year. He read some of the ELTL level 1 books this year. Beatrix potter, Jungle Book, and Pinocchio. The last two were Treasury of Illustrated Classics by Modern Publishing. He likes these better than the Classic Starts by Sterling that he has read for history. (Greek Myths and The Odyssey). We did Libervox for Five Children and It while he followed along. The lady that reads it is much better that I. I want him to enjoy the readings but count it as his improving reading as well. Is there any other brand of books for elementary grade readers to read the classics? Next years selections are: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Blue Fairy Book Peter Pan The Wind in the Willows Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys I know there are not as many chapters in the Classic Starts as the originals. We made it work this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I alway look at Amazon for a whispersync set. If I "buy" the free ebook, I'm usually offered a professional audiobook for 99 cents. The ELTL public domain text whispersync sets are cheaper than the newer books used in most curricula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Wizard of Oz http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Wizard-Oz-Book-ebook/dp/B0083ZRAJS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1420905577&sr=1-1&keywords=oz Blue Fairy Book http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Fairy-Book-Andrew-Lang-ebook/dp/B0084AMS9O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1420905630&sr=1-1&keywords=blue+fairy+book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Peter Pan http://www.amazon.com/Peter-Wendy-James-Matthew-Barrie-ebook/dp/B0082PYC04/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1420905732&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=barrie Unfortunately it looks like Wind in the Willows is under review http://www.amazon.com/Wind-Willows-Kenneth-Grahame-ebook/dp/B0083Z9D7U/ref=sr_1_cc_9?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1420905839&sr=1-9-catcorr&keywords=wind+in+the+willows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I couldn't find a 99 cent set for either of the Louis Carroll books or Wonder Book, but there must be some affordble sets, under $4.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherOfBoys Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 We have done some Kindle books but his face gets red if he reads on it too long. Do you think the originals are ok to have a elementary student read directly from? To be honest I have not read the original versions of any of these level 2s. I found an Aladdin series on Rainbow Resource. I also found out that Classic Starts by Sterling makes a separate Sterling series that is the same price. It has more words per page with smaller type. Does anyone like these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Some people "buy" the free Kindle book, just to be offered the reduced rate professionally read audio book and have the child just listen, or real along in a hardcopy book. My adult remedial students do a lot of reading along to audio or just listening to audio while doing handcrafts of coloring. For ME, I don't always consider literature to be "reading". I often assign literature above the student's reading level and read it to them, or have them listen. For reading practice, I use things like Alpha-Phonics and McGuffey's Readers taught in explicit mini lessons, supplemented by lots of independent reading of fluff below their reading level. I'm sorry that I don't know much about abridged classics. I don't really use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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