I thought I’d share some of the things our family has read so far this summer, or is currently reading, or will read soon, either on our own, or together.
- American Girl Books–Bunny has read through Felicity’s, Josefina’s, Kirsten’s, Kit’s, Molly’s, and Samantha’s stories, including the friend stories where applicable, but none of the mysteries, yet–all in less than a week, too. Not a week each–a week total. She scares me sometimes.
- Anything by Beverly Cleary (Especially Ramona and Henry Huggins, although they’ve enjoyed most of the single titles as well)–These are favorites of the whole family, and either Turkey or Bunny always seems to be reading something by her, in addition the family read-alouds we’ve done.
- Childhood of Famous Americans Series–Turkey and Bunny also both love these. Turkey’s favorites are the biographies of baseball players; Bunny likes any story that focuses on a girl.
- The Boxcar Children Series
- The Wayside School Series
- Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (and the sequels)
- The Year of Miss Agnes
- James and the Giant Peach
- The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
- Greek Myths for Young Children
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle
- Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon
- All of Paul Maier’s Children’s Books
- Liberty Porter, First Daughter
- The Real Thief
- Charlotte’s Web
Ryan and I have some books we’ve been working on, too:
- The Constantine Codex
- Gone With the Wind
- The History of the Ancient World
- The American Patriot’s Almanac
- Are We Winning
- As They See ‘Em
- Stan Musial: An American Life
- 100 Things Cardinal Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die
- Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
- John Adams
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Royal Britain–I picked this one up on the clearance rack at Barnes and Noble right after the royal wedding, and I’m so glad I did. It’s a great overview of the British Monarchy, plus a great look into all of the historic royal properties.
- Eyewitness Travel–Washington D.C.
As you can see, our interests are very diverse. In short, there’s just not much we don’t read!
Thanks for posting this. I’m one of Ryan’s coworkers, and we were discussing children’s reading this week (I have a seven-year-old daughter). I was thrilled to see the Greek Myths book on your list; we have that one, and I think it’s really fantastic. My daughter also loves the American Girl series, has recently been reading some of the Boxcar books, and has enjoyed Dr. Doolittle too. She loves Beverly Cleary as well. There are several things on the list I’m not familiar with and will have to check out. A series my daughter has really loved over the past year has been the Sisters Grimm books (Michael Buckley). They’re not what I’d call great kid’s literature, but they’re a fun set of stories incorporating lots of old fairy tales into a sort of adventure/detective story. It doesn’t hurt that one of the girls in the story is just my daughter’s age. I’ve just downloaded some Anne of Green Gables books to the Kindle (free from gutenberg.org). She’s also enjoyed a series called “A-Z Mysteries,” but they’re pretty light-weight, so I’m trying to steer her toward things she’ll find more challenging (hence the Grimm books, which are within her reach but a bit more of a challenge). Oh, and then there’re always the Bobbsey Twins! Sorry, I’m running on and on now because I’m really enthusiastic about my kid’s reading. 🙂 Anyway, thanks for publishing the list.
Thanks for reminding me about Anne of Green Gables–that’s been on my list for awhile, but it kept getting put on the back burner.
Wait until you see our list for the new school year–it’s so long, it took me two nights to type the whole thing up!
We love reading, too–can you tell? 😉