Great Books!

The theme this week at The Homeschool Village is BOOKS! If we homeschoolers love anything, it's books right? Ask me what my favorite book is and I'll give you a list of about 100. And it's not just reading them, it's holding them, lining them on my bookshelf and the smell of the musty pages. Two of my favorite big people books are The Horse Whisperer and Cleopatra (I'll link when I find the correct one), but since this is a homeschool link up, let's chat kid's books.

THE STRONGBOW SAGA by Judson Roberts. My eldest read this series when he was about 12. He devoured these books, I've not seen him read anything with quite as much gusto before or since. This is a 3 book series, and we've been patiently waiting and hoping for a book 4. What's doubly cool about this series is the author has a site with lots of historical information so you can use this for school. Plus, the author is available for questions-I emailed him several times and always received timely responses.

THERE ARE ROCKS IN MY SOCKS by Mordicai Gerstein. This was my favorite book as a child. One of my brother's too, we used to fight over whose book it actually was. I won that argument when I took it with me upon moving out as an adult -tee hee. (Don't tell him I have it!!) A fox helps get a poor ox into unfortunate, uncomfortable situations, but gets it back in the end. It is pure rhyming fun and the illustrations are just dear. It really brings a child's imagination alive and helps foster a love of words.

ONCE UPON A TWICE by Denise Doyen Speaking of a love of words, have you seen this book yet? Brilliant!! If you love poetry, this will knock your socks off. It's fun and whimsical and I can't say enough about it. If you are looking for something new and interesting for recitation, look into this. They don't know it yet, but my big boys will be memorizing and reciting this for some at home public speaking practice this year. I will expect each of them to put their own spin on a presentation. I can hardly wait.