Story and Hearth

For many young emerging readers, the longer and more complicated classics are not the best starting point to develop the love of reading. The following books have been much-loved by my girls as they began moving away from the “Frog and Toad” easy readers to slightly more complex plots. Sophie…

THere are so many good adventure, fantasy good vs. evil plots for our children. These stories are best for 7+ as they have some stronger themes and potentially frightening scenes (battles scenes, scary adventures.) Redwall – Wilderking Series Wingfeather Saga Green Ember Mistmantle Series The Wizard of Oz Series The…

These are particularly lovely and often showcase larger families and many close sibling relationships. Many of these books make for great read alouds! All of a Kind Family – Sydney Taylor (7+) The Moffats – Eleanor Estes (4+) The Saturdays (and the Melendy Quartet) – Elizabeth Enright (6+) The Happy…

Alexander – Harold Littledale. We were tired of living in a house Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No good very bad day The Snowy Day

I remember walking to school with my mom; she walked so fast! I had to do a double step to keep up with her! And somewhere along the line of life, I kept this pace of walking too fast, and rushing everyone around me. In a recent podcast by Kim…