Loving Your Child With A Book
About a year into homeschooling he started asking me to read short novels. It began with two Goosebumps books. That wasn't too terrible - I could finish them in three or four sittings, and Goosebumps weren't as bad as some people said. It didn't take long to see they all followed the same type of pattern - two siblings, a scary problem, and chapter endings that left you on the edge of your chair needing desperately to read more. Great formula for early readers!
My son was dyslexic and there was no way for him to experience great literature unless I read it to him. I knew eventually I'd have to start, but I was in no hurry. Then one day during a trip to the local library he picked up a children's novel showing a picture of two children next to a cave. He was intrigued and insisted I read it to him. This was longer than a Goosebumps book and took some effort on my part. The most difficult thing was making time for it.
After that we settled into a pattern of reading novels together as a family tradition, right before bedtime. I decided to use the Newbery Medal book list. At that time I hoped to read all those books to my children. That, I discovered, was too much of a challenge, but we got through quite a few of them.
My two youngest children who went through this reading adventure with me are now 18 and 19. I know that reading brought us closer together as a family and they'll remember the books I read them for the rest of their lives.
My Recommendations
...great children's books I've read and liked.
Great Children's Books:
For Young Children
Novels For The Very Young
...shorter, simpler children's novels.
If your child is older, you might still want to consider these. Older children enjoy a shorter read once in a while. I'm an adult and still loved reading these books.
Sarah Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
MacLachlan, author of Unclaimed Treasures, has written an affecting tale for children. In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children--Anna and Caleb--advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses greatly. The children fear that she will not stay, and when she goes off to town alone, young Caleb--whose mother died during childbirth--is stricken with the fear that she has gone for good. But she returns with colored pencils to illustrate for them the beauty of Maine, and to explain that, though she misses her home, "the truth of it is I would miss you more." The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love.
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard and Florence Atwater
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Amazon.com Review
More than 60 years have not dated this wonderfully absurd tale--it still makes kids (and parents) laugh out loud. Poor Mr. Popper isn't exactly unhappy; he just wishes he had seen something of the world before meeting Mrs. Popper and settling down. Most of all, he wishes he had seen the Poles, and spends his spare time between house-painting jobs reading all about polar explorations. Admiral Drake, in response to Mr. Popper's fan letter, sends him a penguin; life at 432 Proudfoot Avenue is never the same again. From one penguin living in the icebox, the Popper family grows to include 12 penguins, all of whom must be fed. Thus is born "Popper's Performing Penguins, First Time on Any Stage, Direct from the South Pole." Their adventures while on tour are hilarious, with numerous slapstick moments as the penguins disrupt other acts and invade hotels. Classic chapter-a-night fun. (Ages 5 to 10) --Richard Farr
The Cat Who Went To Heaven
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
In ancient Japan, a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed. But when the village's head priest commissions a painting of the Buddha for a healthy sum, the artist softens toward the animal he believes has brought him luck.
According to legend, the proud and haughty cat was denied the Buddha's blessing for refusing to accept his teachings and pay him homage. So when the artist, moved by compassion for his pet, includes the cat in his painting, the priest rejects the work and decrees that it must be destroyed. It seems the artist's life is ruined as well -- until he is rewarded for his act of love by a Buddhist miracle.
This timeless fable has been a classic since its first publication in 1930.
The Family Under The Bridge
by Natalie Savage Carlson
The Family Under the Bridge
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them.
But the children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realize that he had gotten himself ready-made family; one that he loved with all his heart, and one for whom he would have to find a better home than the bridge.
Armand and the children's adventures around Paris -- complete with gypsies and a Santa Claus -- make a story which children will treasure.
Along Came a Dog
by Meindert Dejong
Along Came a Dog (Harper Trophy Books)
Amazon Price: $5.95 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
The friendship of a little red hen and a homeless dog who appoints himself her protector 'is treated by the author with delicacy and strength in lovely and lucid prose'. (Quoting the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.)
From the Horn Book: "A moving story, full of suspense."
Fantasy
Fantasy Novels For Children
...take a trip to another world.
A Wrinkle In Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
A Wrinkle in Time
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."
A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Still I often read rave-reviews from people of all ages. I even read one by a second grade teacher who said she read it out loud to her class; she said they loved it. Still, my opinion is that this is fine for teens but not for younger children. Your mileage may vary.
The Giver
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.
Amazon Review
In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price.
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pene du Bois
The Twenty-One Balloons
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Book Description
Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions. Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pene du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell a story that has no age limit." -- The Horn Book
The Gammage Cup
by Carol Kendall
The Gammage Cup: A Novel of the Minnipins
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 11/27/2009)
This is a witty, epic tale about a race of people called the Minnipins - tiny folk who become epic heroes. The novel contains a map of the hidden valley the Minnipins live in, and plenty about their history and current living conditions.
A reviewer at the New York Times Book Review said this novel is "Highly imaginative, amusing and thought-provoking."
The Perilous Gard
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
The Perilous Gard
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folk-whose customs are even older than the Druids' and include human sacrifice.
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction for Children
...a great way to learn about historical events.
The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare
Though we loved the book I later learned that a lot of Native Americans objected to aspects of it. This book is probably on their banned book lists. One thing they don't like is that the Native American boy, Attean, spoke in broken English. They also feel relationships involving Native Americans were portrayed in an unrealistic manner.
The Sign of the Beaver
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
When his father returns East to collect the rest of the family, 13-year-old Matt is left alone to guard his family's newly built homestead. One day, Matt is brutally stung when he robs a bee tree for honey. He returns to consciousness to discover that his many stings have been treated by an old Native American and his grandson. Matt offers his only book as thanks, but the old man instead asks Matt to teach his grandson Attean to read. Both boys are suspicious, but Attean comes each day for his lesson. In the mornings, Matt tries to entice Attean with tales from Robinson Crusoe, while in the afternoons, Attean teaches Matt about wilderness survival and Native American culture. The boys become friends in spite of themselves, and their inevitable parting is a moving tribute to the ability of shared experience to overcome prejudice. The Sign of the Beaver was a Newbery Honor Book; author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow. (Ages 12 and older) --Richard Farr
Catherine, Called Birdy
by Karen Cushman
Catherine, Called Birdy (Newbery Honor Book)
Amazon Price: $12.48 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man--any rich man, no matter how awful.
But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call--by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.
Unfortunately, he is also the richest.
Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, pig-like lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father?
Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!
The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox
The Slave Dancer
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
"Take up the pipe, Claudius," a voice growled near Jessie's bound head. "He's worth nothing without his pipe!"
Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, thirteen-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he must play his fife so that captured slaves will "dance," to keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable for their owners' use.
Jessie is sickened as he witnesses the horrible practices of the slave trade. But even those horrors can't compare to the one final event awaiting Jessie's witness. Can the cruelty to his fellow human beings be stopped? And will it be too late when it finally does stop?
This is the searing truth about a period of American history we would otherwise most likely wish to forget.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
From the Publisher
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind.
This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.
About the Author
Scott O'Dell was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 23, 1898. He attended Occidental College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stanford University, and University of Rome. He worked as a technical director for Paramount, a cameraman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a book editor of a Los Angeles newspaper before serving in the United States Air Force during World War II. The recipient of numerous book awards, he established the Scott O'Dell award for historical fiction in 1981. He died on October 15, 1989.
Johnny Tremain
by Esther Forbes
Johnny Tremain
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
This story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad. Winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1944, Esther Forbes's story has lasted these 50-plus years by including adventure, loss, courage, and history in a wonderfully written, very dramatic package. It's probably not great for little guys but mature 11-year-olds or older will find it a great adventure.
Contemporary
Contemporary Novels
...children in the modern world.
Holes
by Louis Sachar
May I repeat? Well worth reading.
Holes
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Amazon.com Review
"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.
It's a strange story, but strangely compelling and lovely too. Louis Sachar uses poker-faced understatement to create a bizarre but believable landscape--a place where Major Major Major Major of Catch-22 would feel right at home. But while there is humor and absurdity here, there is also a deep understanding of friendship and a searing compassion for society's underdogs. As Stanley unknowingly begins to fulfill his destiny--the dual plots coming together to reveal that fate has big plans in store--we can't help but cheer for the good guys, and all the Yelnats everywhere. (Ages 10 and older) --Brangien Davis
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Book Description
When an eccentric millionaire dies mysteriously, sixteen very unlikely people are gathered together for the reading of the will . . . and what a will it is!
A Booklist reviewer wrote: "A supersharp mystery . . . Confoundingly clever, and very funny."
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that made headlines!
Amazon.com Review
After reading this book, I guarantee that you will never visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or any wonderful, old cavern of a museum) without sneaking into the bathrooms to look for Claudia and her brother Jamie. They're standing on the toilets, still, hiding until the museum closes and their adventure begins. Such is the impact of timeless novels . . . they never leave us. E. L. Konigsburg won the 1967 Newbery Medal for this tale of how Claudia and her brother run away to the museum in order to teach their parents a lesson. Little do they know that mystery awaits!
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Amazon.com Review
Maniac Magee is a folk story about a boy, a very excitable boy. One that can outrun dogs, hit a home run off the best pitcher in the neighborhood, tie a knot no one can undo. "Kid's gotta be a maniac," is what the folks in Two Mills say.
It's also the story of how this boy, Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, confronts racism in a small town, tries to find a home where there is none, and attempts to soothe tensions between rival factions on the tough side of town.
Presented as a folk tale, it's the stuff of storytelling. "The history of a kid," says Jerry Spinelli, "is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball." And for this kid, four parts of fun.
Maniac Magee won the 1991 Newbery Medal.
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
Walk Two Moons
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Amazon.com Review
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle's mother has disappeared. While tracing her steps on a car trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents, Salamanca tells a story to pass the time about a friend named Phoebe Winterbottom whose mother vanished and who received secret messages after her disappearance. One of them read, "Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins." Despite her father's warning that she is "fishing in the air," Salamanca hopes to bring her home. By drawing strength from her Native American ancestry, she is able to face the truth about her mother. Walk Two Moons won the 1995 Newbery Medal.
Multi-Cultural
Multi-Cultural Novels
...children around the world.
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
The Julie Trilogy (Julie of the Wolves)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/27/2009)
Amazon.com Review
When 13-year-old Julie Edwards Miyax Kapugen runs away from an arranged marriage at home, she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra. Desperate to survive, she slowly befriends a pack of wolves, thus beginning a saga that is to continue over the course of several years, hundreds of miles, and three books.
Following the gut-wrenching Newbery-winning classic Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George created that rarest of beasts--the stellar sequel. Picking up where Julie of the Wolves left off, Julie follows the remarkable Eskimo girl's journey between two cultures: the traditional Eskimo way, living in harmony with nature, and the modern "Minnesota rules," relying on industry and cattle. It is only when Julie sets out to save her beloved wolf pack from her father that she learns how to reconcile the old ways with the new.
With Julie's Wolf Pack, George continues the gripping Arctic adventures, now entirely from the wolves' perspective. Life on the Alaskan tundra is full of drama for the wolves: feast, famine, disease, puppies, challenges from rivals, and threat from humans. Without slipping into anthropomorphism, this book gives readers an extraordinary insight into the world of the wolf.
All three of these wholly spellbinding novels have been collected in this special boxed set of paperbacks--good thing, too, as you won't want to pause for a breath between any of them! (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong
Sounder
Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Amazon.com Review
Sounder is no beauty. But as a coon dog, this loyal mongrel with his cavernous bark is unmatched. When the African American sharecropper who has raised Sounder from a pup is hauled off to jail for stealing a hog, his family must suffer their humiliation and crushing loss with no recourse. To make matters worse, in the fracas, Sounder is shot and disappears. The eventual return of a tattered and emaciated Sounder doesn't change the fact that the sharecropper's oldest son is forced to take on man's work to help support the family. His transition to adulthood is paved by the rocks and taunts hurled at him by convicts and guards as he searches for his father. But along this rough road he ultimately finds salvation as well.
William H. Armstrong's Newbery Award-winning novel quickly became a classic as a moving portrayal of resilience and hope in the face of profound human tragedy. Decades later, the bittersweet story still rings true, as strong-spirited individuals continue to battle the evil of prejudice. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
The House of Sixty Fathers
by Meindert Dejong
The House of Sixty Fathers
Amazon Price: $5.95 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
Tien Pao is all alone in enemy territoy. Only a few days before, his family had escaped from the Japanese army, fleeing downriver by boat. Then came the terrible rainstorm. Tien Pao was fast asleep in the little sampan when the boat broke loose from its moorings and drifted right back to the Japanese soldiers. With only his lucky pig for company, Tien Pao must begin a long and dangerous journey in search of his home and family.
A New York Times reviewer wrote: "Not only a tense adventure story but also a moving picture of one small boy's tenacious courage."
The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
This was the third book I'd read by Elizabeth George Speare. I appreciated reading about a time and place in history not found in very many children's books.
The Bronze Bow
Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 11/27/2009)
Product Description
In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins an outlaw band and leads a dangerous life of spying, plotting, and impatiently waiting to seek revenge. Headstrong Daniel is devoid of tenderness and forgiveness, heading down a destructive path toward disaster until he hears the lessons taught by Jesus of Nazareth.
About the Author
"I was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1908. I have lived all my life in New England, and though I love to travel I can't imagine ever calling any other place on earth home. Since I can't remember a time when I didn't intend to write, it is hard to explain why I took so long getting around to it in earnest. But the years seemed to go by very quickly. In 1936 I married Alden Speare and came to Connecticut. Not till both children were in junior high did I find time at last to sit down quietly with a pencil and paper. I turned naturally to the things which had filled my days and thoughts and began to write magazine articles about family living. Then one day I stumbled on a true story from New England history with a character who seemed to me an ideal heroine. Though I had my first historical novel almost by accident it soon proved to be an absorbing hobby." Elizabeth George Speare (1908-1994) won the 1959 Newbery Medal for THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND, and the 1962 Newbery Medal for THE BRONZE BOW. She also received a Newbery Honor Award in 1983, and in 1989 she was presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her substantial and enduring contribution to children's literature.
Daughter of the Mountains
by Louise S. Rankin
Daughter of the Mountains (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 11/27/2009)
Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta, in search of her stolen dog, Pempa.
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- Winning the Newbery Medal is the greatest thrill and honor for an author of middle grade or young adult literature. It means that the chosen book has been read and enjoyed by experts in the field of children's literature, and that the book has lasting value.
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- kschoch kschoch Nov 7, 2009 @ 8:56 am
- Great lens! You've got some of my personal favorites here! And I totally agree on teh importance of reading aloud as children get older. I just did a workshop for teachers in Atlantic City on using multicultural books in the classroom. If you have the chance, come by and check out my new lens Around the World in 80 Books.
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- Flynn_the_Cat Flynn_the_Cat Nov 4, 2009 @ 12:40 am
- Heh, we were read the Hobbit every night from about 6 onwards. I remember reading Duncton Wood at 8....
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Oct 2, 2009 @ 7:15 pm
- So many favorites here! Lensrolled to The Reader's Shop: T-shirts, Book Bags, Gifts for Book Lovers.
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- GonnaFly GonnaFly Jul 23, 2009 @ 11:19 pm
- I homeschool my children too and although they are now 15 and 17, I still read to them. We have just recently read Tom Sawyer and we laughed and laughed. It was so well written. I highly recommend reading to your children no matter how young or how old! 5*
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- ChristineSheridan ChristineSheridan Jun 3, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
- My daughter is a little too young yet, but I hope to read every one of these books to her. Thanks for taking time to make this list! I enjoyed reading it.
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