Titles: Various Authors & Illustrators: Various File Under: Children’s books, Picture books, Christmas giving Age Group: All! Behold, a post by my dear friend Amy Fahey, wife, mother, homeschooler, professor, writer, and keen observer of literary matters. I always love talking about books with her. So I thought you would as well, especially for gifts… Read More »
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“Books that every boy should hazard” in the Library Project
If you are a new-ish reader, you may be forgiven for not realizing that our little blog has what had been a regular feature — postings on books of interest to you and your children. We haven’t had a Monday Library Project post in so long… and now it’s Tuesday… le sigh. But, good… Read More »
My Side of the Mountain in the Library Project
Title: My Side of the Mountain* Author: Jean Craighead George** File Under: Adventure, Nature, Read-Aloud Age Group: Primarily middle-school age, but would be enjoyable for an older kid to read and littles would like to listen along, although some of it may go over their heads; enjoyable as light reading for the adult, especially the tense parent who… Read More »
My Family and Other Animals in the Library Project
Title: My Family and Other Animals Author: Gerald Durrell File Under: Humor, Family Life, Read Aloud, Homeschooling Age Group: Anyone able to sit still for a longer read-aloud, and who can be trusted not to repeat the word “bastard” indiscriminately. You think I’m not talking about homeschooling (or educating children in general) when I really am.… Read More »
Elizabeth Goudge in the Library Project
Titles: The Scent of Water, The Rosemary Tree, Gentian Hill, The Dean’s Watch (this is one of a trilogy), Green Dolphin Street, Island Magic, The Bird in the Tree (this is one of a trilogy) Author: Elizabeth Goudge File Under: Novels, Healing fiction Age Group: Young adult on up The comments in my {bits & pieces} post of Saturday reminded me to tell you… Read More »