All Star Books

I am often asked about book recommendations.  Here is a list that RileyAnn and I put together of some of the more memorable books I've read aloud for Preschool - 2nd grade.  They are all good, but I've highlighted our absolute favorites.  Many of these books are found on the Sonlight lists.

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
The Boxcar Children book 1 by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Apple and the Arrow by Mary & Conrad Buff
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Five True Dog Stories by Margaret Davidson
Granny Han's Breakfast by Sheila Groves
A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
Stories of Colonial Children by Mara Pratt

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Dr. Doo Little by Hugh Lofting
Grandma's Attic by Arleta  Richardson
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Twenty & Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop
The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
The Ghost of Windy Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla
Willa: The Story of Willa Cather Growing Up by Ruth Franchere
Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick Jones
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad by Thornton Burgess
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
Kildee House by Rutherford Montgomery
The Adventures of Chaterer the Red Squirrel by Thornton Burgess
Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories by Rosemary Wells
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest by Ann McGovern
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
The Thieves of Tyburn Square by Dave & Neta Jackson
Zorra by Vance Joseph Hoyt
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield
Trapped by the Mountain Storm by Aileen Fisher
The Bandit of Ashley Downs by Dave & Neta Jackson
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
The Spartan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy
Red Sails to Capri by Ann Weil
The Impatient Turtle by Janette Oke
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Archimedes Takes a Bath by Joan Lexau
A Triumph for Flavius Caroline Dale Snedeker
Facing the Lions by Joseph Lemasolai
The Beast of Lor by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Eskimo Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins