What We’ve Been Reading – November
Preschool – Second Grade Read Alouds
A Bargain For Frances by Russell Hoban
Bible Stories for Little Children under the approbation of Cardinal McCloskey (excerpt here)
Blaze Finds Forgotten Roads by C.W. Anderson
Cinderella illustrated by K.Y. Craft
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Ende Devlin
Miniature Stories of the Saints by Rev. Daniel A. Lord, SJ
Mousekin’s Thanksgiving by Edna Miller
Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Brinton Turkle
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina
Goody O’Grumpity by Carol Ryrie Brink
Fifth Grade
The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope
The Disappearing Staircase Mystery (Boxcar Children) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Galewood Crossing by Alta Halverson Seymour
Between the Forest and the Hills by Ann Lawrence
Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption by Katie J. Davis
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Holly Johnson
We have an older edition of this book.
Galewood Crossing by Alta Halverson Seymour
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (We read this play together.)
Modern Saints: Their Lives and Faces by Ann Ball
Around the Year Once upon a Time Saints by Ethel Pochocki
Patrick really enjoys Ethel Pochocki’s sense of humor.
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
Saint Dominic and the Rosary by Catherine Beebe
I checked these audiobooks out, so that I could listen to the stories. Please note, I do not feel that they are appropriate for young children.
The Innocence of Father Brown Vol. 2by G.K. Chesterton, read by David Timson
The Wisdom of Father Brownby G.K. Chesterton, read by Frederick Davidson