Summer Reading List – Episode 84

Let’s Talk About Summer Reading Lists Most schools public and private assign reading lists for upper elementary OR middle-high school years — but we, as homeschoolers were never known to be the norm. Right? Right! We beat to a different drummer and in this broadcast Felice shares her love of books, when that came about and how you can foster that love with your children during the summer months. Who says school has to end in May or June? Enjoy the lazy days of summer with some great reading choices and see your child’s imagination and love of learning soar!     Handouts Below Show Notes -  A. What are your goals in having your children read books during the summer? B. Do you want your children to learn to love reading? C. Do you want to get a head start on your school year by reading good books? You can find many of these books at the public library or purchase them for your  Good Reads  Abe Books Amazon  Thrift Books Alibris Better World Books Suggested Summer Reading List Younger Children—K-3   Children’s Bibles / Bible Read Aloud Stories Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmens Paddington by Michael Bond The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson Goodnight, Moon! By Margaret Wise Brown The Gingerbread Boy—Folk Tale (Grimm’s Fairy Tales) Stone Soup—Folk Tale A Crayon for Harold by Ruth Krauss The Children of the King—Max Lucado Blueberries for Sale by Robert McCloskey Little Bear by Minarik Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish Curious George by H.A. & Margaret Rey Nate the Great by Marjory Sharmat Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Billy and Blaze (series) by C.W. Anderson Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Little Bear by Else Homelund Minarik Elementary & Classics The Storykeepers (series) by Brian Brown and Andrew Melrose The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Matilda by Roald Dahl The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope Cul-de-Sac Kids (series) by Beverly Lewis An American Girl Series (Addy, Kirsten, Kaya, etc.) by Janet Shaw Charlotte’s Weby by E.B. White (Stuart Little) Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren   Upper Level Elementary & Middle School Cooper Kids Adventure Series by Frank Peretti Truth Seekers Mystery Series by Christina (Gerwitz) Moss & Felice Gerwitz Hardy Boys by Frank W. Dixon (read older books in the series) Nancy Drew by Caroline Keene The False Prince (Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. Nielsen The Sugar Creek Gang Mystery Series by Paul Hutchens Chronicles of Narnia—Series—The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Anne of Green Gables (series) by L.M. Montgomery The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo Hoot by Carl Hiasen National Velvet by Engid Bagnold Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (skip the “chant” Hans Brinker Silver Skates by Mary mapes Dodge My Side of the Mountain by Jean George Old Yeller by Fred Gipson Justin Morgan had a Horse by Marguerite Henry In the Heart of the Rockies by G.A. Henty A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski Come on Seabiscit by Ralph Moody Rascal by Sterling North Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Black Beauty by Anna Sewell The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare Mary Poppins by Pamela L. Travers Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr, and Ernestine Gilbreth Carney My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens