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Great read aloud literature for home-school families…
With school upon us I thought a list of read-aloud books would help families increase their reading family time.
We have read just about every one of these books as a family. To me, this is one of the greatest perks as home-schoolers, to be able to read to our children books that will inspire them to greatness. Some of our greatest memories as a homeschooling family came from reading these books.
A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth J. Gray
Aesop’s Fables
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (The entire series)
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Beatrix Potter
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Bright of the Grand Canyon by Walter Farley
Born to Trot by Marguerite Henry
Charlotte's Web E.B. White
Christy by Catherine Marshall
Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Heidi by Johanna Spryri
Hind’s Feet on High Places by Hanna Hurnard
Horse of a Different Color
Man of the Family
Little Britches, Father and I were Ranchers by Ralph Moody (The entire series is amazing)
I am David by Anne Holm
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Joni by Joni Ericson Tada
Kidnapped by R. L. Stevenson
Little House Books by Laura Ingalls
Little Men and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
Pink and Say by Patricia Palacco
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Incredible Journey by Shelia Bunford
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
The Rescuers by Margery Sharp
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Velveteen Rabbit by Williams
The Yearling by Marjorie K. Rawlings
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Twenty Thousands Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
This is by no means an extensive list, but for anyone starting out or needing a change I hope these books will give you and your children great delight.To the right I have made a list where you can visit your child's favorite author.
List compiled with the help of Books Children Love and Cindy Rushton's books.
Do you have any other books or authors you would like to add?
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