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What We're Reading: Sept/Oct

Also Known As... "What We Are Checking Out at the Library"

Picture Books for History:
  • Sitting Bull Remembers by Ann Turner
  • Totem Pole by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
  • How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet by Gerald Hausman
  • Baby Rattlesnake by Te Ata
  • Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Chief Seattle
  • When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor (perfect companion to making our clay bowls, but does have some magic stuff in it)
  • The Discovery of Longitude by Joan Galat
  • Encounter by Jane Yolen
  • Follow the Dream by Peter Sis
  • A Picture Book About Christopher Columbus by David A. Alder

Picture Books for Music Study:
  • Peter and the Wolf by Peter Malone
  • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Anita Ganeri
  • Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes
  • Out and About at the Orchestra by Barbara J. Turner
  • I, Vivaldi by Schefelman
  • Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Anna Harwell Celenza
  • Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery (book on CD) - Classical Kids
  • Vivaldi and the Invisible Orchestra - Stephen Costanza

Picture Books for Science:

  • Why do the Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro
  • A Tree is a Plant by Clyde Robert Bulla


N's Independent Reading
  • Indian Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla
  • Eagle Feather by Clyde Robert Bulla
  • Christopher Columbus: The Merchant Adventurer by Saguchi
  • Stanley, Flat Again by Jeff Brown
  • Flat Stanley: The US Capital Commotion
  • Flat Stanley: The Flying Chinese Wonders
  • Flat Stanley: The Amazing Mexican Secret
  • Flat Stanley: The African Safari Discovery
  • Invisible Stanley
  • Flat Stanley: The Japanese Ninja Surprise
  • Flat Stanley: Lost in Space
  • Flat Stanley: Boomerang
  • Magic Tree House #1 by Mary Pope Osborne
  • Magic Tree House #2 by Mary Pope Osborne
  • Magic Tree House #3
  • The Littles Take a Trip by John Peterson
  • The Littles Go to School by John Peterson
  • The First Thanksgiving by Andrea P. Smith (comic history book)
  • The Mystery of Roanoke by Andrea P. Smith (comic history book)

What Momma's Reading:
  • Desperate by Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson
  • Project-Based Homeschooling by Lori Pickert
  • The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy (one of my newest favorite books)
  • The Good Master by Kate Seredy
  • The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
  • The Tenement Tree by Kate Seredy
  • Grace-Based Parenting by Tim Kimmel


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