Children's Books
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Pinocchio
It seems like we’ve been reading Pinocchio aloud forever, but this week we finished it. The story is hailed as a classic, and it’s a very different animal than the Disney movie —…
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Abel’s Island
We’ve started our schoolyear with William Steig’s Abel’s Island as our first “for fun” read-aloud. Both daughters (7th and 4th grade) liked it and were very responsive. I think Older Daughter appreciated it…
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Imitation Lion
“Well,” said the black dwarf (whose name was Griffle), “I don’t know how all you chaps feel, but I’ve heard about as much about Aslan as I want to for the rest of…
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The High King
It’s happened: we’ve finished them. All five Prydain chronicles. I could cry. Oh, wait — I did. Several times. And it’s not just because my daughters and I reached the end of this…
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Taran Wanderer
With Llonio, each day he visited the nets, the baskets, and the weir, sometimes returning empty-handed and sometimes laden with whatever strange assortment the wind or current brought. In the beginning he had…
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The Castle of Llyr
We’re continuing to enjoy Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain, and we finished the third book, The Castle of Llyr, this morning after a few marathon read-aloud sessions. This tale included the further adventures…
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The Black Cauldron (Aloud)
I reviewed this book a few years ago, and looking back, I find that I still appreciate the same things after reading it aloud to my daughters over the last week (on the…
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Read-Aloud Thursday: Parrots, Hamsters, Goblins, and American History
I’ve wanted to participate in Read Aloud Thursday for awhile now. It’s an opportunity to share the books your family is experiencing together. I have an 11-year-old and a 9-year-old, and as usual…
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Poetry Friday: Animal Poems
I picked up this book of animal poems from the new books shelf at the library. Flipping through it as my two daughters buckled up in the back seat, I came upon a…
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Reading, Teaching, and Wondering
My 6th grader has been following this reading list from The Well-Trained Mind. It corresponds to her history study this year — early moderns. A few of these have been abridgements or have…
