Summertime Reading

We are well on our way to enjoying a wonderful summer, full of good books, time in the sun and relaxing (although we do still have some school work to accomplish, as well)! So I thought I'd share some of our reading lists (so far). These are in no particular order . . .

Our current read aloud books:
Oliver Twist (Kindle edition) - Emma is reading this one to us at lunch.
Detectives in Togas - I am reading this one at lunch.
A Wrinkle In Time - Emma is also reading this one.
Little House on the Prairie (The Little House 9 book set) - I'm reading this to my little girls.
The Chronicles of Narnia - We've been listening to this in the car. These books never get old, no matter how many times we read them.

Maya's list:
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
Lili At Ballet
Cross Country Cat
Put Me In The Zoo
In The Forest
A Hole Is To Dig
Rain, Rain Rivers
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Always Room For One More
On Mother's Lap

Ava's list: 
Andy and the Lion 
The Big Snow
The Empty Pot
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Anna and the King of Siam
Fire Cat
Owl At Home
The Bravest Dog Ever
Granny and the Desperadoes
Leo The Late Bloomer
Lucky and Squash

Audiobooks for the little girls:
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (We all love this series so much!)
The Hundred Dresses

Ben's list:
The Redwall Series (He's on the third to the last in this 22 books series!)
Whittington
Rome Antics
The Time Machine
The White Company
The Wolves of Willowby Chase
The Librarian Who Measured The Earth
The Big Wave

Austin's list:
Watership Down
The Shakespeare Stealer
The Chosen
Onion John
The Old Man and the Sea
Profiles in Courage
Do Hard Things
The Robe
The Silver Chalice
The Virginian 
The Yearling
Ben Hur
Two Years Before The Mast

Emma's list:
Beauty
The Shakespeare Stealer
The Old Man and the Sea
One of Ours
Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son
The Trumpeter of Krakow 
The Grapes of Wrath
My Antonia
Father Brown: The Essential Tales
Nineteen Eighty-Four 
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Chosen

My list:
Bringing Up Bébé (I'm listening to this fascinating audio book as I taxi people around town and I am loving it!)
The Circle Maker
American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile that Saved American Independence (written by my friend and historian, Jane Hampton Cook)
Spirit Wars
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, A Small Town and The Secret of a Good Life


We'll see how far these stacks get us and will probably add to them in the next month or two. Do you have any good books you're planning to read this summer? I would love to know any good titles you can recommend. Thanks! xo

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