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Here’s what we’re reading (for obvious reasons this is probably not an exhaustive list…but I try to come pretty close):

September 2007 (books read aloud and to selves and some of both)

• Lady Lollipop
• Tales of Despereaux
• A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia
• Lucille Lost
• Atlantis
• Croco’nile
• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
• The Littles (various–the real deals and some easy readers)
• Three Tales from The Arabian Nights
• The Golden Sandals
• Do Pigs Flush?

I’m Reading:

• Nurtured by Love
• Say Goodbye to Illness
• Twilight
• New Moon
• These Is My Words

October 2007

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (on CD)
• Little Pear
• Ruthie and the Fire Engine
• Little Fox Goes to the End of the World
• Mirabelle
• A Voyage from Ireland in 1849 (Journey to America series)

I’m Reading:

• Eclipse
• Austenland
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
• Of Light and Shadows

January 2008

• The Castle in the Attic (bedtime RA)
• Charlotte’s Web (bedtime RA)
• All The Places to Love
• Babar
• Kaya series (herself)
• King Bidgood’s In The Bathtub (John LOVES this)

I’m Reading

• Water for Elephants
• Mayflower
• The Awakening (for my bookgroup)

February 2008

Read Alouds:

• The Wind in the Willows

Wendy is Reading:

• The Secrets of Droon
• Good Luck, Ivy
• Felicity Takes a Dare

I’m Reading:

• The Sparrow
• Charlotte Mason’s Original Series
• A Charlotte Mason Companion
• The Jane Austen Bookclub

May 2008

Read Alouds:

• Little House in the Highlands(Melissa Wiley)
• The Far Side of The Loch (Melissa Wiley)
• There’s a Wocket in My Pocket (every night!)
• Curious George Rides A Bike

Wendy’s Reading:

• Primrose Day (Carolyn Haywood)
• More Secrets of Droon

I’m Reading:

• Peter and the Starcatchers
• Love in a Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia-Marquez)–book club
• The Magus

October 2008

Read Alouds:

• The Martha Books by Melissa Wiley (we read the first two this summer and have read the last two this month) -Bedtime RA
• Little House by Boston Bay-Bedtime RA
• I Spy Christmas (they are all obsessed with this one)

Wendy is Reading:

• The Book of Mormon
• The Jewel Kingdom books
• Treasure Island (an abridged copy she bought herself at the thrift store)
• Robin Hood (ditto)
• Small Wolf
• Hitty

I am Reading:

• Everyday Sacred by Sue Bender–bookclub Oct.
• And There Was Light by Jacques Lusseyran (wow!)–bookclub Nov.
• Wild Days by Karen Rackliffe (HS)
• Breaking Dawn

January 2009

Read Alouds:

With Wendy:

• Finished the Charlotte Books (Melissa Wiley)
• James and the Giant Peach

Others:

• Rollercoaster
• The Seven Silly Eaters
• The Witches Supermarket

Wendy’s Reading:

• Finishing The Secrets of Droon series
• Princess Academy
• Misty of Chincoteague

I’m Reading:

• Harry Potter books 6 and 7
• Inside the Kingdom (for book group)

February 2009

Read Alouds:

With Wendy:

• The Time Cat
• Understood Betsy

Others:

 

Wendy’s Reading:

• The Story of Dr. Doolittle

I’m Reading:

• A Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason
• Nourishing Traditions (for bookgroup)
• Learning All The Time by John Holt

March 2009

Wendy’s Reading:

• The Littles (about one per day)

I’m Reading:

• The Power of Positive Parenting
• The Little Duke (AO reading ahead)

Read-Alouds We’re All Enjoying:

• Matthew’s Dragon