Jessica Kelly

my son is 4 1/2, and we read for about 1 hour every night. we started
reading chapter books about 1 1/2 years ago (winnie the pooh, as well as
catwings, my father's dragon, etc, with a bit of editing). i've been
watching the book recommendations fly by on other homeschooling lists,
but i thought i'd put out a request here. i'm looking for good, gentle
read-aloud chapter books that are nonsexist, nonreligious, and
nonviolent. i'm also looking for simple, interesting historical or
scientific fiction. any suggestions would be much appreciated. thx.

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Jessica Kelly
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We really liked the Mother Westwind stories by Thornton W. Burgess. "Old
Mother West Wind" "The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk" etc. I think
they're still available at Dover.

Deb L



On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:38:02 -0800 Jessica Kelly <wordup@...>
writes:
> my son is 4 1/2, and we read for about 1 hour every night. we
> started
> reading chapter books about 1 1/2 years ago (winnie the pooh, as
> well as
> catwings, my father's dragon, etc, with a bit of editing). i've
> been
> watching the book recommendations fly by on other homeschooling
> lists,
> but i thought i'd put out a request here. i'm looking for good,
> gentle
> read-aloud chapter books that are nonsexist, nonreligious, and
> nonviolent. i'm also looking for simple, interesting historical or
> scientific fiction. any suggestions would be much appreciated. thx.
>
> --
> Jessica Kelly

zenmomma *

>>i'm looking for good, gentle
>read-aloud chapter books that are nonsexist, nonreligious, and
>nonviolent. i'm also looking for simple, interesting historical or
>scientific fiction. any suggestions would be much appreciated. thx.<<

Here's a list of some of our favorites, in no particular order. Of course,
you'll have to decide for yourself if any of these are sexist, religious or
violent.

Charlotte's Web by E.B, White
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
The Henry Huggins books by Beverly Cleary
The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary
The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown
Bunnicula by ? Howe
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Happy reading.
~Mary




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My kids liked a book called Backyard Dragon.

It wasn't the highest level of eternal literature, but it was fun.

Harry Potter, if you haven't done that one.

They enjoyed Baby Island. Perhaps it's sexist in that it's a fantasy about
taking care of babies after a shipwreck (and girls save the day). But it's
fun. If he's not interested, it doesn't mean he's sexist, just that that's
not one of his fantasies. All my kids listened through it, though, boys and
girl all.

Sandra

lmkenney888

You could try Peter Pan and The Water Babies by J.M. Barrie; The
Cricket in Times Square by George Selden; Dr. Doolittle; Charlotte's
Web and Stuart Little by E.B. White; James and the Giant Peach and
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl; the Little House on
the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder; The Moffats by ?Estelle
Estes. We (my 5.5yodd and I) also like books by Marcia Williams -
The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Iliad and the Odyssey, Tales from
Shakespeare, and the Asterix and Obelix series by Goscinny and
Uderzo, all in comic book format and some more historical than
others, although not always gentle.

Lauren

--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., ddzimlew@j... wrote:
> We really liked the Mother Westwind stories by Thornton W.
Burgess. "Old
> Mother West Wind" "The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk" etc. I think
> they're still available at Dover.
>
> Deb L
>
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:38:02 -0800 Jessica Kelly <wordup@m...>
> writes:
> > my son is 4 1/2, and we read for about 1 hour every night. we
> > started
> > reading chapter books about 1 1/2 years ago (winnie the pooh, as
> > well as
> > catwings, my father's dragon, etc, with a bit of editing). i've
> > been
> > watching the book recommendations fly by on other homeschooling
> > lists,
> > but i thought i'd put out a request here. i'm looking for good,
> > gentle
> > read-aloud chapter books that are nonsexist, nonreligious, and
> > nonviolent. i'm also looking for simple, interesting historical
or
> > scientific fiction. any suggestions would be much appreciated.
thx.
> >
> > --
> > Jessica Kelly

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In a message dated 12/18/2001 11:44:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
wordup@... writes:


> i'm also looking for simple, interesting historical or
> scientific fiction.

You might find "The New Read-Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease useful.

--pam


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