What We Are Reading

“Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

School Read Aloud

We just finished an excellent Dear America book called Like the Willow Tree. Now we are on school break until December 26th.

Family Read Aloud

We’ve read our current Family Read Aloud many, many times – but we still love it. One of my favorite things about Farmer Boy is that it supports the lifestyle we’ve chosen for our family. It is a rare book for kids these days that encourages an agricultural life, family loyalty, and hard work.

Our Current Audiobook

While we’ve watched the movie many times, Anne of Green Gables is not a book we’ve made it through before. Thanks to Hoopla’s audio books, we hope to this time!

What We’ve Read Since September

On Our “To Read” List

Call of the Wild, Jack London
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Indian Captive, Lois Lenski
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
Blue Willow, Doris Gates (Dust Bowl)
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, Mildred Taylor (post Civil War)
Stella by Starlight, Sharon M. Draper
A Night Divided, Jennifer A. Nielsen (Berlin Wall)
Chronicle in Stone, Ismail Kadare (WWII – Albania)
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery
Tom’s Midnight Garden, Phillipa Pearce
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Stalin work camp)
Father Arseny, Vera Bouteneff (Christian in Soviet prison camp)
Come On, Seabiscuit, Ralph Moody
War Horse, Michael Morpurgo (WWII)
Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson
Leah’s Pony, Elizabeth Friedrich (Dust Bowl)
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
The Once and Future King, T.H. White
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee