Reading


The kiddo and I share an overpowering love for books. Yeah, like you haven't guessed that already LOL. Here are some of our all-time favorites. Whenever possible, I will link to the exact ISBN we used.

Watership Down: A Novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Sterling Classics)  The Adventures of Robin Hood (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) Alice in Wonderland: And Through the Looking Glass (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) A Rat's Tale My Family and Other Animals Birds, Beasts, and Relatives A Zoo in My Luggage  The Whispering Land Menagerie Manor George's Marvelous Medicine The BFG (My Roald Dahl)  Hercule Poirot's Casebook The Complete Wreck (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-13) Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face: And Other Poems: Some of the Best of Jack Prelutsky Ogden Nash's Zoo The Dangerous Book for Boys The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain Book 1)  The Lightning Thief   [LIGHTNING THIEF] [Paperback] The Time Thief (The Gideon Trilogy) The Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientist Club) Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective 

Booklists

Booklists from FunSchooling:
Cuddle up with some funny, summer reading.
Fun poetry for younger ages.
Classics For Me
CM/ WTM/ Asian Lit
Fiction, Fantasy and Sci-Fi

College Board Lit info:
101 Great Books for College-Bound Readers
AP English Lit and Composition Page

Others:
Amazon Listmania lists for advanced readers - thanks so much to Laura in China of the Well Trained Mind boards for compiling this!
Ambleside Online booklists
Ideas from Paula's Archives
Armadillo Soft booklists, sorted by age recommendations
Best Free Books on Kindle - Amazon's free eBooks (you don't need a Kindle to read them, download a free Kindle app here)
Book A Day Almanac - daily children's book recommendations
Classical House of Learning - literature/ history guides and schedules
Fantasy Fiction List - a nice variety of YA fantasy novels from Subadra's Library of Books, Links and More blog
Great Books List - helps you explore titles by era
Great Books Academy's Good Books List (PreK - 8th Grade)
Great Books Academy's Curriculum List (PreK - High School)
Great Books Tutorial
Milestones Academy - book lists by grade level (not secular)
Luminarium - an anthology of English Lit (organized by period)
Robinson Curriculum booklist
Signet Teacher's Guides (free) with discussion questions for various classics and Shakespeare plays
Tanglewood booklists
Don't Miss! WannaLearn's Classic Lit list - thanks to Christine K for cluing me in to this wonderful resource. Great lists for young 'uns, teens and adults alike!
Yesterday's Classics - Classic books for children (also where to find historical lit that was once out of print)

Bookmarks

Books Should Be Free - free audiobooks from the public domain
Chop Bard - In Your Ear Shakespeare (podcasts that discuss Shakespeare plays - thanks to Kit Finn for the heads up)
Free Narration Cube - helps kids (and their grown-ups) enjoy narrating!
GreatIdeas.org - if you're interested to research Paideia, Great Books Academy, etc.
Learning In Depth - geography-themed reading
Learn Out Loud - catalog of educational audiobooks
Librivox - more free audiobooks from the public domain
Lit and Philosophy - have philosophical discussions using books they love
Lit2Go - more free audiobooks and poetry
Literary Lessons from the Lord of the Rings and The Tolkien Professor - I have hopes of trying this curriculum some day.
Movies as Literature (high school level) and Teach with Movies (K-12) - using movies to analyze and appreciate good stories
My Audio School - educational audiobooks (by subscription)
Teach With Picture Books - I think picture books are age-less and Keith does a great job compiling wonderful ones for parents and teachers.

Shakespeare

A Comprehensive Guide to the Study of Shakespeare
No Fear Shakespeare - for help interpreting the playwright's poetic prose
Shakespeare Amongst The Maples - Kerri's Shakespeare Glog

Curricula List

Secular Curricula List on WTM Boards

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