Books I Read Alone
January
Genesis chapters 1-43
Job
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery
Betti on the High Wire by Lisa Railsback
Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
February
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Ava’s Man by Rick Bragg
March
Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell
The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
The Cure by Athol Dickson
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
April
Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
May
The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Jennifer Trafton
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
The Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
June
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall
July
The Story of Charlotte’s Web by Michael Sims
The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson
The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Deedy & Randall Wright
The Narnian by Alan Jacobs
August
The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma
A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
September
So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger
October
Thursday’s Child by Noel Streatfeild
Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan
November
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
December
The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean
Lucky for Good by Susan Patron
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck
Chapter book read-alouds I shared with my girls:
- The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
- Egyptian Diary: The Journal of Nakht by Richard Platt
- Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr (no review)
- Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
- Black Ships before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
- 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie DePaola
- Rascal by Sterling North
- Half Magic by Edward Eager
- Caddie Woodlawn’s Family by Carol Ryrie Brink
- Milly-Molly-Mandy Again by Joyce Lankester Brisley
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
- Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge
- Winona’s Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace
- The Book of Indians by Holling C. Holling
- The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich