Our summer school theme this year is British Children’s Literature (OK, British and U.K. lit) and British history. I realize that my definition of literature and the true definition of literature may be different, but I want to make sure we have a good sampling of the well-known British authors. Here’s a list of books we’ll be reading, either as book basket selections, or read-alouds:
- Peter Pan
- The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
- The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
- A Bear Called Paddington
- Mary Poppins (the collection)
- The Story of Dr. Dolittle
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Borrowers
- The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book
- The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
- Just So Stories
- The Jungle Book
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- Treasure Island
- Wind in the Willows
- King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
- A Little Princess
- The Secret Garden
- The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
- James and the Giant Peach
- A Child’s Garden of Verses
- The Roman Britain Trilogy
- Chronicles of Narnia Box Set
- Harry Potter Box Set
- The Hogwart’s Library
- J.R.R. Tolkien Box Set–(The Hobbit and the complete The Lord of the Rings)
We’ll also be using one book for our British history survey: Our Island Story. We’re going to have a lot of reading to do this summer…I can’t wait!
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