Friday, March 7, 2014

The Boys' Book Picks

We've had such a wonderful time this year reading some amazing books!  I asked the boys to give me their top five.  As we sat in the schoolroom and started pulling out books, that list quickly turned into a top ten each list and a list of books they like "together."  So cute.  Some of these have been favorites for a long time and some are new favorites this year.




Isaiah's Picks:

The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving by Eric Metaxas
Psalm 23 by Richard Jesse Watson
The Magic Tree House Books by Mary Pope Osborne
Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The Mystery at Pelican Cove by Milly Howard
Treasure at Pelican Cove by Milly Howard
The Prince's Poison Cup by R.C. Sproul
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss


Elijah's Picks:

Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Adventures of Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
Bread and Jam for Francis by Russell Hoban
The Otis Series by Loren Long
Mousteronaut by Mark Kelly
Mousteronaut Goes to Mars by Mark Kelly
The Whispering Rabbit by Margaret Wise Brown
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel


The boys "together" picks:

Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
The Little Bear Treasury by Else Holmelund Minarik
Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado
The True Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley
The Little House Series {we're on our 6th book and we can't get enough!}
Jotham's Journey by Arnold Ytreeide {So excited to read the rest in this series.  Just got Amon's Adventure to read leading up to Easter...YAY!}



Until next time, friends :)

Blessings!

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