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Homeschool Book List from 2009 — Middle Ages

Homeschool Book List from 2009 — Middle Ages

Last updated on: June 15, 2011 at 8:33 am by Mary Alice

Homeschool Book List from 2009 — Middle Ages 2011-06-15T08:33:03-06:00 Mary Alice

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Family Read Aloud List

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong

All of A Kind Family

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

Gooney Bird Green by Lois Lowry

Mercy Watson Series by Kate DiCamillo

Charlotte’s Web by EB White

Meet Kirsten

Abe Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty McDonald
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink

My Hippo Has the Hiccups by Ken Nesbit

Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

Peter’s Read to Mom

The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (continued in to next year)

Holly’s Read to Mom

Because of Winn Dixie

Charlotte’s Web

A Year of Miss Agnes

Rebecca and Ana

Changes for Molly

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Independent Spiritual Reading (10 minutes daily)

Parables of Jesus by Tomie DePaola

Bible Stories by Tomie DePaola

Catholic Picture Bible

Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls by Caryll Houselander

Once Upon at Time Saints by Ethel Pochocki

Devotional Stories for Little Folks by Nancy Nicholson

More Stories for Little Folks by Nancy Nicholson

Bigger Stories for Little Folks by Nancy Nicholson

Yes! The Life of Josemaria Escriva for Young Readers by Michael Carceles and Elizabeth Torra

Catholic Encyclopedia for Children by Ann Ball

Catholic Treasure Box Books 1-10

Peter’s Independent (at least 30 mins daily)

The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton by Hillside Education

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall

The Battle for the Castle

Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg

The Time Warp Trio Series by John Scieszka

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield

Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfield

The Children of Green Knowe by LM Boston

World Series by John Tunis

Kid from Tomkinsville by John Tunis

Keystone Kid by John Tunis

Rookie of the Year by John Tunis

Holly’s Independent (at least 30 mins daily)

Big Susan by Elizabeth Orton Jones

Ivy and Bean Series

Beverly Cleary books

Little House in the Big Woods

Little House on the Prairie

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford

Various Geronimo Stilton books

Various Magic Tree House books

Clara Barton: Childhood of Famous Americans by Augusta Stevenson

Various American Girl books

Various A to Z Mysteries

Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Magic by Betty McDonald

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm by Betty McDonald

The Boxcar Children

Science Supplemental Reading

The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

DK First Animal Encyclopedia

Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Kit

Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Butterfly Life Cycle

Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Chick Life Cycle

Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Sunflower Life Cycle

Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Horse Life Cycle

Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Frog Life Cycle

Discovery Kids: Change and Grow from Chick to Hen

Discovery Kids: Change and Grow from Tadpole to Frog

Discovery Kids: Change and Grow from Caterpillar to Butterfly

Peterson’s First Guide to Trees
DK First Human Body Encyclopedia

History Reading and Activities

Text: Story of the World 2 by Susan Wise Bauer

The Great Courses DVD Lectures: World History Lessons 7-15

Kingfisher Histroy Encyclopedia

Usborne World History

Trip to Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illuminated Manuscript Craft and monks lunch: bread and lentil soup

Icon craft for the feast of St. Joseph

Feast Craft Party with Homeschool Families:

Stained Glass Windows, Brooches, Goblets, Shields

SOTW 2 Trivia Game, Pilgrimage with badges, joust with pool noodles, knighting

Stuffed dates, soft pretzels, chicken stew, grapes, cheese cubes, white grape juice, castle and cathedral honey cake

Late Antiquity

Roman News by Andrew Langley

The Very First Christians by Paul L. Maier

Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda

Brigid’s Cloak by Bryce Milligan

Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard

Color Your Own Book of Kells

The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica by Kathleen Norris Ill. By Tomie de Paola

Early Middle

Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz

Magic Tree House: Viking Ships at Sunrise by Mary Pope Osborne

Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland (Bethlehem Books)

Norse Myths by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire

Leif the Lucky by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire

Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard

High Middle

The Sword and the Circle by Rosemary Sutcliffe

Magic Treehouse: The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne

Magic Tree House Research Guides: Knights and Castles by Mary Pope Osborne

The Song of Francis by Tomie DePaola (1181)

St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges

The Barefoot Book of Knights by John Matthews

Design Your Own Coat of Arms by Rosemary A Chorzempa

Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt

Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne (great retellings of various)

Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley (1431)

Joan of Arc, The Lily Maid by Margaret Hodges

The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka (light)
DK Ulitmate Sticker Book: Castle and Knight

DK Eyewitness: Knight

DK Eyewitness: Castle

Marguerite Makes at Book by Bruce Robertson

Barron’s Life in a Medieval Castle (fun picture book)

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (wonderful family read aloud)

A Medieval Feast by Aliki (early elementary)

What if you met a knight by Jan Adkins (terrific debunking)

Good Masters, Sweet Ladies: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Audio)(PG!)

Early Modern

Pascual and the Kitchen Angels by Tomie DePaola (1540)

Later European (we didn’t actually get there, we sailed Columbus off to the New World and stayed there instead)

Bard of Avon: the Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley

The Children’s Shakespeare by E. Nesbit

Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England by Diane Stanley

Peter the Great by Diane Stanley

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