Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Baker's Dozen All-Time Favorite Read Alouds


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Today's topic is Top Ten All-Time Favorite Family Read Alouds! In no particular order, here's our baker's dozen version:


The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Swallows & Amazons by Arthur Ransome


The Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Nim's Island by Wendy Orr
 
Farmer Boy (and the entire Little House series of books) by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Hank the Cowdog- seriously...these books are hilarious by John Erickson


The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Charlotte's Web by EB White


Trumpet of the Swan by EB White

The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois

3 comments:

Dawn said...

I love this list. We have read most of those.
Blessings, Dawn

Heather said...

Thanks Dawn!

Rozy Lass said...

I haven't read all of those; our favorite series is the Little Britches series by Ralph Moody. Another book my boys loved was The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. There are so many excellent books available, and not enough time to read them all. Thanks for sharing.