2010-2011 Read-Alouds

One of my favorite parts of homeschooling is being able to read aloud to my children in such volume. I've always enjoyed reading aloud, and I love the shared experience of discovering new people and places with my children through books.  The following list is a compilation of books that we read last year. The impetus to read them came from a variety of sources: Emily Anne's interests, favorite books from my childhood, books with rich language and vocabulary, and selections in Writing with Ease which piqued our interest and made us want to read the book in its entirety. Those books marked History were books recommended in The Story of the World or that went along with the time period we were studying.

• Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag, Ann Weil
• Raiders of the North: Discover the Dramatic World of the Celts and Vikings, Fiona MacDonald (History)
• Favorite Medieval Tales, Mary Pope Osborne (History)
• Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland, Tomie DePaolo (History)
• Finn M’Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill, Tomie DePaolo (History)
• The Road to Oz, L. Frank Baum
• Castle, David MacAulay (History)
Augustine Came to Kent, Barbara Willard (History)
• Ginger Pye, Eleanor Estes
• Genghis Khan, Demi (History)
• Ten Kings and the World They Ruled, Milton Meltzer (History)
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis
• The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks

• The Return of the Indian, Lynne Reid Banks
• Beorn the Proud, Madeleine Pollard (History)
• Alfred the Great, Mary Fitt (History)
• The Patchwork Girl of Oz, L. Frank Baum
• The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum
• The Canterbury Tales, Barbara Cohen (History)
• Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis

• The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History, John S. Major (History)
• Who Was Marco Polo? Joan Holub (History)
• Marco Polo, Demi (History)
• Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone, J. K. Rowling
• The Black Death, Diane Zahler (History)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling
• Joan of Arc, Josephine Poole (History)
• Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Janet Gray (History)
• Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, Kathryn Lasky (History)
• Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery

• Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit (History)
     o Twelfth Night
     o Romeo and Juliet
     o A Midsummer Night’s Dream