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Expect to Cry When You Read This Book
Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant Hoo aboot sich a yarn that’ll bring the tares to the eyes o’ e’en the sternest mon. Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant (copyright 1898) is about: Bob, a bonnie...
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Nobody’s Boy and Nobody’s Girl
Two of my favorite read-alouds — you can get them from the Gundersons at Grace and Truth Books. Nobody’s Boy by Hector Malot Nobody’s Girl by Hector Malot
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Penrod — One of My Favorite Books
Penrod by Booth Tarkington (published 1914) Penrod Schofield is twelve and has been volunteered by his mother for “The Pageant of the Table Round” in which he is to play the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake....
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You Should Try John Buchan
One big problem with reading this book. You will be driven to find all of John Buchan’s works, and most are out of print.
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I am just getting started homeschooling, and have found your book and website to be a tremendous help. My oldest is five and learning to read using TATRAS, and my husband and I are so pleased with her...
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Special Offer from Yesterday’s Classics and Homeschool Freebie of the Day
From Jim Erskine at Homeschool Freebie of the Day: Our friends at Yesterday’s Classics have put together an amazing package of 225 classic living books for your kindle, nook, or other e-reader device...
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Do you have any recommendations for Brian?
My son and I would like to thank you for recommending The Matchlock Gun. I checked it out of the library and he would not let me put it down. He was fascinated with both the gun and the Indians. I...
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Allen French and The Colonials
I want to tell you about a book I read to my children many years ago. Allen French is the author, and I consider it one of my very favorites, as are most all of the works by French. It’s called The...
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Free Download from Downpour
Free download this month from Downpour. Treasure Island read by Frederick Davidson — our favorite reader. Promo code is “freeisland.”
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Free Ebooks
B&R Samizdat Express — Ebook editions of classics. Free books offered each week. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins this week. Discount code e12.
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I’m looking for read-aloud suggestions for Daniel. Lucas thought you’d be a good resource. He loved the Winnie the Pooh books, but I’ve struggled to find something else that’s got periodic pictures, an...
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Stand By, Boys!
Stand By, Boys! by K. Norel published 1955 The true story of when the waves of the North Sea broke through the dikes and flooded much of Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands) on February 1, 1953,...
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I have found my all-time favorite children’s picturebook
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward Pictures which appeal to children and adults and a text that will literally make you sob. Here’s the Little Red...
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Favorite Reader?
Who’s your favorite reader of books-on-tape? Here’s mine. This is one of his best.
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I am just getting started homeschooling, and have found your book and website to be a tremendous help. My oldest is five and learning to read using TATRAS, and my husband and I are so pleased with her...
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Special Offer from Yesterday’s Classics and Homeschool Freebie of the Day
From Jim Erskine at Homeschool Freebie of the Day: Our friends at Yesterday’s Classics have put together an amazing package of 225 classic living books for your kindle, nook, or other e-reader device...
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My Top 10 Favorite Read-Alouds and You’ll Have Difficulty Finding Them
Penrod by Booth Tarkington Penrod Schofield is twelve and has been volunteered by his mother for “The Pageant of the Table Round” in which he is to play the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake. He gets himself...
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Our Favorite Books On Tape
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, read by Cherry Jones Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, read by Edward Herrmann Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, read by Peter Dennis The Trumpet of...
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Do you have any recommendations for Brian?
My son and I would like to thank you for recommending The Matchlock Gun. I checked it out of the library and he would not let me put it down. He was fascinated with both the gun and the Indians. I...
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Allen French and The Colonials
I want to tell you about a book I read to my children many years ago. Allen French is the author, and I consider it one of my very favorites, as are most all of the works by French. It’s called The...
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