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On Levi's Book Shelf
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
- The Quest of the Fair Unknown by Gerald Morris
- The Lioness and Her Knight by Gerald Morris
- The Ballad of Sir Dinadan by Gerald Morris
- The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
- Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris
- The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf by Gerald Morris
- The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady by Gerald Morris
- The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight by Gerald Morris
- The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
- The Magic Umbrella by David Cory
- The Kellyhorns by Barbara Cooney
- Don Quixote (Cervantes, retold by Jenkins) (1/2 read independently)
- The Good Day Mice by Carol Beach York
- Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander
- Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
- Homer Price (McCloskey)
- The Cats of Roxville Station (by J. Craighead George)
- Eddie and the Fire Engine (Haywood)
- Gertrude Chandler Warner and the Boxcar Children (Ellsworth)
- The Boxcar Children: The Haunted Cabin Mystery (Warner)
- Chester Cricket's New Home (Selden)
- Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
- The Phantom Tollbooth (Juster)
- Summer Fun (Haywood)
- Harry Cat's Pet Puppy (Selden)
- The Old Meadow (Selden)
- The Best Halloween Ever (Robinson)
- Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight (retold by Paterson)
- Socks (Cleary)
- The Last Battle (Lewis)
- The Horse and His Boy (Lewis)
- The Silver Chair (Lewis)
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Selznick)
- Tucker's Countryside (Selden)
- The Cricket in Times Square (Selden)
- The Light Princess (MacDonald)
- The Boxcar Children: The Candy Factory Mystery (S#18) (Warner)
- The Well-Wishers (Eager)
- The Golden Key (Macdonald)
- The Mad Scientists' Club (Brinley)
- The Jungle Books Vol 2 (Kipling)
- The Lemon Meringue Dog (Morey)
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (Sobol)
- Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (Brooks)
- Freddy the Pilot (Brooks)
- The Secret of the Indian (Banks)
- The Mystery of the Cupboard (Banks)
- Mary Poppins Comes Back (Travers)
- The Borrowers (Norton)
- Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars (Brooks)
- The Time Warp Trio: Me Oh Maya, Sam Samurai, The Good the Bad the Goofy, It's All Greek to Me, Viking It and Liking It, and The Not-So-Jolly Roger (Scieszka)
- The Return of the Indian (Banks)
- The Indian in the Cupboard (Banks)
- Call It Courage (Sperry)
- Li Lun: Lad of Courage (Treffinger)
- Henry Reed's Babysitting Service (Robertson)
- Stone Fox (Gardiner)
- Matilda (Dahl)
- Harriet's Hare, Ace: The Very Important Pig, The Twin Giants, Clever Duck, The Mouse Family Robinson, Dinosaur Trouble, Lady Lollipop (King-Smith)
- The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (Blyton)
- The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles (Edwards)
- The Little Prince (Saint-Exupery)
- Doctor Dolittle (Lofting)
- Magic School Bus: The Truth About Bats, Voyage to the Volcano
- The Lost World (Doyle)
- The Enchanted Castle (Nesbit)
- Odin's Family: Myths of the Vikings (Philip)
- Favorite Norse Myths (Osborne)
- One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (McCaughrean)
- The Magic City (Nesbit)
- Rabbit Hill (Lawson)
- The Moffats (Estes)
- The Famous Five on Finniston Farm (Blyton)
- Henry Reed, Inc (Robertson)
- Book List Jan-June 2009
Read-Alouds In Progress
- The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
- The Story of the World: The Middle Ages by Susan Wise Bauer (all year long)
On Heidi's Book Stack
- Going Solo by Roald Dahl
- The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
- Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald
- The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
- The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady by Gerald Morris
- The Ambassadors by Henry James (via DailyLit)
- A Year With C. S. Lewis
- The Intellectual Devotional by Kidder & Oppenheim
- The Victor Journey through the Bible by Beers
- The Bible (two year reading plan)
Books Read in 2009
- 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
- Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald (with Levi)
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
- Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle
- Bidding for Love by Katie Fforde
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin (audio CD with Levi)
- Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
- The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Triangular Road: A Memoir by Paule Marshall
- A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
- The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner
- Highland Fling by Katie Fforde
- The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
- The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
- The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore M. Jewett (with Levi)
- The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
- Nature's Serial Story by E.P. Roe
- Chewing the Cud by Dick King-Smith
- Kildee House by Montgomery (with Levi)
- Eight Cousins by Louisa M. Alcott (with Levi)
- Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland (with Levi)
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- April 1865 by Jay Winik
- Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard (with Levi)
- Teaching Montessori in the Home by Hainstock
- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Stewart
- The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle
- Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson/Relin
- Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (with Levi)
- I Am David by Anne Holm
- The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum
- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
- Augustine: The Farmer's Boy of Tagaste by P. de Zeeuw (with Levi)
- Messenger by Lois Lowry
- Hard Questions, Real Answers by William Lane Craig
- Philippa by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- Beowulf: The Warrior retold by Ian Serraillier (with Levi)
- The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (with Levi)
Books to Read
Books Read
Week 28 ~ 4th Place!
Week 32 ~ 6th Place!
Week 35 ~ 5th Place!
4 comments:
totally wonderful promise...
[and you totally beat me to the punch ... I've had a sheep scripture photo in mind for months, but have yet to find any sheep ;-)]
Blessings to you and your family this Sunday...
Well, you have dibs on the lifeguard towers and stunning beaches. Let me have a couple sheep. ;-P
What a lovely thought to find on a Sunday evening. Thank you.
I thought you would like to know that the Classical HS Carnival #3 is up and your article is included.
Heidi, I'm a shameless lurker from PA, a fellow home school mom of 5, a pastor's wife, and sometimes blogger. I adore your photos. I love your book and movie recommendations. And today's post made be sigh a big sigh. It was so comforting on this Monday. blessings! May your heart be shepherded today! c.
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