Building Cathedrals
Family Read Aloud List
The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
All of A Kind Family
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
Gooney Bird Green by Lois Lowry
Mercy Watson Series by Kate DiCamillo
Charlotte’s Web by EB White
Meet Kirsten
Abe Lincoln by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty McDonald
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink
My Hippo Has the Hiccups by Ken Nesbit
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Peter’s Read to Mom
The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (continued in to next year)
Holly’s Read to Mom
Because of Winn Dixie
Charlotte’s Web
A Year of Miss Agnes
Rebecca and Ana
Changes for Molly
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Independent Spiritual Reading (10 minutes daily)
Parables of Jesus by Tomie DePaola
Bible Stories by Tomie DePaola
Catholic Picture Bible
Catholic Tales for Boys and Girls by Caryll Houselander
Once Upon at Time Saints by Ethel Pochocki
Devotional Stories for Little Folks by Nancy Nicholson
More Stories for Little Folks by Nancy Nicholson
Bigger Stories for Little Folks by Nancy Nicholson
Yes! The Life of Josemaria Escriva for Young Readers by Michael Carceles and Elizabeth Torra
Catholic Encyclopedia for Children by Ann Ball
Catholic Treasure Box Books 1-10
Peter’s Independent (at least 30 mins daily)
The Father Brown Reader: Stories from Chesterton by Hillside Education
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
The Battle for the Castle
Bully for You Teddy Roosevelt
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg
The Time Warp Trio Series by John Scieszka
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield
Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfield
The Children of Green Knowe by LM Boston
World Series by John Tunis
Kid from Tomkinsville by John Tunis
Keystone Kid by John Tunis
Rookie of the Year by John Tunis
Holly’s Independent (at least 30 mins daily)
Big Susan by Elizabeth Orton Jones
Ivy and Bean Series
Beverly Cleary books
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford
Various Geronimo Stilton books
Various Magic Tree House books
Clara Barton: Childhood of Famous Americans by Augusta Stevenson
Various American Girl books
Various A to Z Mysteries
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Magic by Betty McDonald
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm by Betty McDonald
The Boxcar Children
Science Supplemental Reading
The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs
The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth
DK First Animal Encyclopedia
Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Kit
Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Butterfly Life Cycle
Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Chick Life Cycle
Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Sunflower Life Cycle
Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Horse Life Cycle
Scholastic Science Vocabulary Builders: Frog Life Cycle
Discovery Kids: Change and Grow from Chick to Hen
Discovery Kids: Change and Grow from Tadpole to Frog
Discovery Kids: Change and Grow from Caterpillar to Butterfly
Peterson’s First Guide to Trees
DK First Human Body Encyclopedia
History Reading and Activities
Text: Story of the World 2 by Susan Wise Bauer
The Great Courses DVD Lectures: World History Lessons 7-15
Kingfisher Histroy Encyclopedia
Usborne World History
Trip to Metropolitan Museum of Art
Illuminated Manuscript Craft and monks lunch: bread and lentil soup
Icon craft for the feast of St. Joseph
Feast Craft Party with Homeschool Families:
Stained Glass Windows, Brooches, Goblets, Shields
SOTW 2 Trivia Game, Pilgrimage with badges, joust with pool noodles, knighting
Stuffed dates, soft pretzels, chicken stew, grapes, cheese cubes, white grape juice, castle and cathedral honey cake
Late Antiquity
Roman News by Andrew Langley
The Very First Christians by Paul L. Maier
Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
Brigid’s Cloak by Bryce Milligan
Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard
Color Your Own Book of Kells
The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica by Kathleen Norris Ill. By Tomie de Paola
Early Middle
Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz
Magic Tree House: Viking Ships at Sunrise by Mary Pope Osborne
Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland (Bethlehem Books)
Norse Myths by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire
Leif the Lucky by Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire
Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard
High Middle
The Sword and the Circle by Rosemary Sutcliffe
Magic Treehouse: The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House Research Guides: Knights and Castles by Mary Pope Osborne
The Song of Francis by Tomie DePaola (1181)
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
The Barefoot Book of Knights by John Matthews
Design Your Own Coat of Arms by Rosemary A Chorzempa
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess by Richard Platt
Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne (great retellings of various)
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley (1431)
Joan of Arc, The Lily Maid by Margaret Hodges
The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka (light)
DK Ulitmate Sticker Book: Castle and Knight
DK Eyewitness: Knight
DK Eyewitness: Castle
Marguerite Makes at Book by Bruce Robertson
Barron’s Life in a Medieval Castle (fun picture book)
Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (wonderful family read aloud)
A Medieval Feast by Aliki (early elementary)
What if you met a knight by Jan Adkins (terrific debunking)
Good Masters, Sweet Ladies: Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Audio)(PG!)
Early Modern
Pascual and the Kitchen Angels by Tomie DePaola (1540)
Later European (we didn’t actually get there, we sailed Columbus off to the New World and stayed there instead)
Bard of Avon: the Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley
The Children’s Shakespeare by E. Nesbit
Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England by Diane Stanley
Peter the Great by Diane Stanley
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