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Topic: Books you missed as a child, but discovered while homeschooling.
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I really enjoy reading aloud to my children. Though I was an avid reader as a child, I somehow missed some really great books. What wonderful books have you discovered in your homeschooling journey? For me, Betsy and Tacy go up the Big Hill (This is part of a series, but I've only read this one so far.) Rackety-Packety House
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Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series The Rats of NIMH series Time Quartet series & other Madeleine L'Engle books Many Classic novels
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Jane Austen books (my teen daugher got me to read those) Jane Eyre The Phantom Tollbooth and tons of fabulous picture books! (Of course, most of the picture book discoveries were books that were published after I was a kid.) |
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Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr books Mr. Putter and Tabby books Hank The Cow Dog books (My teenagers still love me to read those to them outloud - but you gotta do the cowboy accent) Beatrix Potter books (We bought a big book that has the complete collection all in one with the great illustrations) Lad a Dog by Albert Payson Terhune, also some others by him
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Mr Popper's Penguins Swallows and Amazons series Homer Price The Littles series (not sure how old these are) |
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Johnny Tremain Carry On Mr. Bowditch The Terhune books, but more from internet contacts than homeschooling.... Trumpeter of Krakow Kate Seredy books Twenty-one Balloons. Most of these haven't been used with our curriculum, but I've heard about them from others also using literature based unit studies. |
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All-of-a-Kind Family Series Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Twenty-One Balloons Homer Price I'm glad my kids are reading this kind of stuff than the mindless mush I chose as a kid! |
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Snow Treasure - Mary McSwigan The Family Under the Bridge - Carlson The Cricket in Times Square - Selden Miracles on Maple Hill - Sorenson The Sign of the Beaver - Speare My Side of the Mountain - George Caddie Woodlawn - Brink A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle
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I agree we have just found Jean Craighead George and wow those are excellent books. |
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The list is so long! I'll just try to list a few favorites:
Bejamain West and His Cat Grimalkin
The Wheel on the School
Justin Morgan had a Horse
The Hole in the Wall Heidi (I know it's a classic, but I never read it, did you?) Others mentioned The Family Under the Bridge and Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Love those, too! |
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The Year of Miss Agnes The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Door in the Wall (and others by the same author) Killer Angels Chasing Vermeer I, Juan de Pareja Mary, bloody Mary King Lear Twelfth Night |
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Carry on, Mr. Bowditch was the first one I seriously wish I had read as a child. Although I read a lot as a child/teen I didn't read much literature. I have since discovered some great classics I wonder how I missed. Fahrenheit 451 (just finished this as a read-aloud) is now one of my favorite books ever. |
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