Special Replay: Summer Reading List

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Let’s Talk About Summer Reading Lists

Most schools public and private assign reading lists for upper elementary OR middle-high school years — but we, as homeschoolers were never known to be the norm. Right? Right! We beat to a different drummer and in this broadcast Felice shares her love of books, when that came about and how you can foster that love with your children during the summer months. Who says school has to end in May or June? Enjoy the lazy days of summer with some great reading choices and see your child’s imagination and love of learning soar!

Handouts Below

Show Notes –

A. What are your goals in having your children read books during the summer?

B. Do you want your children to learn to love reading?

C. Do you want to get a head start on your school year by reading good books?

You can find many of these books at the public library or purchase them for your

• Good Reads
• Abe Books
• Amazon
• Thrift Books
• Alibris
• Better World Books

Suggested Summer Reading List

Younger Children—K-3

• 1. Children’s Bibles / Bible Read Aloud Stories
  2. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmens
  3. Paddington by Michael Bond
  4. The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson
  5. Goodnight, Moon! By Margaret Wise Brown
  6. The Gingerbread Boy—Folk Tale (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
  7. Stone Soup—Folk Tale
  8. A Crayon for Harold by Ruth Krauss
  9. The Children of the King—Max Lucado
  10. Blueberries for Sale by Robert McCloskey
  11. Little Bear by Minarik
  12. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish
  13. Curious George by H.A. & Margaret Rey
  14. Nate the Great by Marjory Sharmat
  15. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
  16. Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier
  17. A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
  18. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
  19. Billy and Blaze (series) by C.W. Anderson
  20. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
  21. Little Bear by Else Homelund Minarik
  22. Elementary & Classics
  23. The Storykeepers (series) by Brian Brown and Andrew Melrose
  24. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
  25. Matilda by Roald Dahl
  26. The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
  27. Pocahontas by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire
  28. Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope
  29. Cul-de-Sac Kids (series) by Beverly Lewis
  30. An American Girl Series (Addy, Kirsten, Kaya, etc.) by Janet Shaw
  31. Charlotte’s Weby by E.B. White (Stuart Little)
  32. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

  Upper Level Elementary & Middle School

  1. Cooper Kids Adventure Series by Frank Peretti
  2. Truth Seekers Mystery Series by Christina (Gerwitz) Moss & Felice Gerwitz
  3. Hardy Boys by Frank W. Dixon (read older books in the series)
  4. Nancy Drew by Caroline Keene
  5. The False Prince (Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A. Nielsen
  6. The Sugar Creek Gang Mystery Series by Paul Hutchens
  7. Chronicles of Narnia—Series—The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  8. Anne of Green Gables (series) by L.M. Montgomery
  9. The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  10. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  11. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
  12. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
  13. Hoot by Carl Hiasen
  14. National Velvet by Engid Bagnold
  15. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
  16. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (skip the “chant”
  17. Hans Brinker Silver Skates by Mary mapes Dodge
  18. My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
  19. Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
  20. Justin Morgan had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
  21. In the Heart of the Rockies by G.A. Henty
  22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  23. Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
  24. Come on Seabiscit by Ralph Moody
  25. Rascal by Sterling North
  26. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
  27. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
  28. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  29. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
  30. Mary Poppins by Pamela L. Travers
  31. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  32. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
  33. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr, and Ernestine Gilbreth Carney
  34. My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
  35. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  36. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  37. White Fang by Jack London
  38. The Yearling by Majorie Rawlings
  39. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevnson
  40. The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain
  41. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
  42. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  43. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

High School

1. The Complete Father Brown Series by G.K Chesterton
2. Ann of Green Gables
3. The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Death of the Nile by Agatha Christie
5. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
6. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
7. The Adventures of Sherlock Homes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
8. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
9. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
10. Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
11. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
12. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
13. The Screwtape Letters (Mere Christianity) by C.S. Lewis
14. This Present Darkness (Three books in the series) by Frank Perreti
15. The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
16. Emma / Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin
17. Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte
18. The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
19. Deer Slayer by James Finmore Cooper
20. Divine Comedy by Dante
21. Great Expectation by Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities)
22. The County of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
23. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway
24. Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
25. Animal Farm by George Orwell
26. Last Days of Socrates by Plato
27. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
28. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
29. Time Machine by H.G. Wells
30. City of God by St. Augustine
31. Everlasting Man by GK Chesterton
32. Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

• Handout of all the books with an easy check off list to keep track of your books – Reading List – Felice Gerwitz
• Reading List Record Keeping. Reading-List-Record-Keeping

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