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Posted: Sept 11 2009 at 7:25am | IP Logged Quote Bookswithtea
All of my kids love Andrew Clements.

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We listened to Lunch Money on a long drive as a family and even dh and I were engaged. Funny. He has a real knaack for teaching kids without them knowing it. The School Story teaches about publishing, Frindle is about how words get into the dictionary, and Lunch Money is all about running a business. That makes it sound very boring, but honestly, its got the magic that Arthur and Magic Schoolbus have of kids in those middle to late elem. ages. Hysterical.

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My bigger kids are really enjoying the Swallows and Amazons series.

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the Soup stories by robert newton peck-hilarious!
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Posted: Sept 11 2009 at 8:37am | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
Mary G wrote:
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For some great ideas, Mary, you might check out Yesterdays Classics.
Oh no.... I went here and want just about one of everything! ... boy is dh not going to be happy with you!


Oh dear! Sorry!

The good news is that many of them are available online for free...here they are sorted by title and by author and here is their home page. You can at least preview before you buy. I can say that their quality is wonderful, print size is good, font is easy to read. If you do purchase some of the books, know that at least they're worthwhile purchases.

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I'm always trying to spread the Ralph Moody love. Dad read Little Britches and its sequels, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed them.

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Posted: Sept 11 2009 at 1:48pm | IP Logged Quote SusanJ
I wrote a reply to this thread yesterday recommending the Swallows and Amazons series as well--wonder where it went . . .

Anyway, great adventure stories about two families (kids only) and their sailing/camping adventures.

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Posted: Sept 11 2009 at 2:32pm | IP Logged Quote Erin
Mackfam wrote:
Mary G wrote:
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For some great ideas, Mary, you might check out Yesterdays Classics.
Oh no.... I went here and want just about one of everything! ... boy is dh not going to be happy with you!


Oh dear! Sorry!

The good news is that many of them are available online for free...here they are sorted by title and by author and here is their home page. You can at least preview before you buy. I can say that their quality is wonderful, print size is good, font is easy to read. If you do purchase some of the books, know that at least they're worthwhile purchases.


And if your voice needs a break, type in the titles to librivox and see if they have them for downloading.   There is a number of yesterday's classic titles there, and of course its free!

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Tale of Desperaux and Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo.

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Our fav is "By the Great Horn Spoon."



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Mary G wrote:
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For some great ideas, Mary, you might check out Yesterdays Classics.
Oh no.... I went here and want just about one of everything! ... boy is dh not going to be happy with you!


The Little Duke and Children of the New Forest are published by Yesterday's Classics!!!
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Posted: Sept 12 2009 at 7:41am | IP Logged Quote lilac hill
We enjoyed,Swallows and Amazons too, particularly We Didn't mean to Go to Sea and Peter Duck.
Also The Wheel on the School byDejong.
And one of our first was The Door in the Wall.

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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 5:28pm | IP Logged Quote donnalynn
We are just about to finish Swallows and Amazons (book 1) - we love it!! Great book for boys and girls. Also great for multiple ages.

I'm also a big fan of Yesterdays Classics - the Dillingham books are wonderful - we've read four so far.

So many books so little time.... .



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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 7:09pm | IP Logged Quote ladybugs
WE LOVED Redwall, Surviving the Applewhites, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Inkheart...

I'll have to ask the kids for others....

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Oh...the Spiderwick Chronicles read by Mark Hamill was fantastic!

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