Marie' asked what my boys have been reading this winter. The most recent one was Louis Sachar's Holes, hence the digging of huge holes on our back garden terraces. Digging holes was a great activity for my boys keeping them busy, making them feel productive, and mixing up our soil. So far no treasures and I told them to stay clear of the rat grave.
Before this year the boys were so hung up on non-fiction but I am happy they are finally reading more than just facts. Here is a list of the other books they have enjoyed this winter:
-The Great Brain series by John Dennis Fitzgerald
-Harry Potter series (I finally thought James was old enough to finish it but William has only read 3)
-Caleb's Choice by G. Clifton Wisler
-Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
-True Stories of the Second World War Usborne books
-Freddy and the Perilous Adventure by Walter Brooks
-Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
-The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
-Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
-Stuart Little by E.B. White
-The Paddington Bear series
I'm always on the look out for great books for boys. Meg is always posting about great books for kids and I especially liked this list she posted from National Geographic. I will put them on my yard sale list and hope to come across a few. In the meantime though does anyone have any other recommendations?
The Little Britches series (below)by Ralph Moody is wonderful. We've enjoyed them as read alouds.
ReplyDelete**Little Britches
**Man of the Family
**The Home Ranch
**Mary Emma and Company
**The Fields of Home
**Shaking the Nickel Bush
**The Dry Divide
**Horse of a Different Color
I asked my son David and here's a few he gave me...
ReplyDeleteWhere the Red Fern Grows
Summer of the Monkeys
Robin Hood
Gentle Ben
Twenty One Balloons
Swiss Family Robinson
Robinson Crusoe (abridged...)
Fundorado Island (pirate story...)
Redwall series from Brian Jacques
Billy and Blaze series
Childhood of Famous Americans (biographies)
Carry On Mr. Bowditch
Tuckett's Travels
He also seconded the Ralph Moody's and the Great Brains. :)
Thank you for the book list. Jerome is excited to read some of those books. Jerome says he has two recommendation.
ReplyDeleteThe Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
anything by Andrew Clements
One more...
ReplyDeleteAll of the kind family series
Asha is almost ready to read them. You will love these books if you haven't read them.