I’m pretty proud of myself! I am doing another of these posts only 3 months after the last one! That is a huge accomplishment! I love these kinds of posts, but I seem to easily forget to do them. So, yay for me!
Without further ado, here is the list of books our family is reading in August…
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The first book on my list is one you might have noticed in this photo from my last Day in the Life post:
At the top of the pile is a book I’ve had for several years and never got around to reading – Queen of the Home. It is now out of print, but you can pick up a copy from Amazon. I’m enjoying the notion of being Queen of my Domain! I don’t think I’ve ever seen my role as such, and it’s given me much to gnaw on. The book itself is a compilation of essays and poems and blog posts on the topic. I read short snippets when I am sitting in my nursing chair. It’s been a good remedy for the feeling that what I am doing is mundane and drudgery.
I am on a Charlotte Mason kick right now. I am revisiting Charlotte Mason Homeschooling in 18 Easy Step-by-Step Lessons…
I’m digging in deep with the Charlotte Mason Companion:
And I’m reading Pocketful of Pinecones aloud to the children (which they are loving and so am I!):
A little Charlotte Mason immersion, anyone? 😉
My 17 year old is reading David Copperfield – the novel Dickens considers his favorite.
You can get David Copperfield on Kindle for only a $1.00!
He and my 14 year old are both reading from The Gift of Music as part of their assignments with Tapestry of Grace (you can read about how we do Tapestry of Grace HERE):
This book is also recommended as a companion to How Shall We Then Live.
My 14 year old daughter is reading The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (she picked this up on her own). You can get this book for only $.99 on Kindle!
She is also continuing to brush up on her ASL via The American Sign Language Handshape Starter:
This is a book her ASL teacher recommended. Megan also uses Lifeprint to study ASL in every day scenarios and work on her receptive skills for reading signs and fingerspelling.
Our 10 year old is reading Moccasin Trail.
My 9 year old is reading a biography of Samuel Morse and a book on WWII.
My 6 year old is continuing to become more and more proficient at reading, and I believe my soon-to-be 5 year old will be following in his footsteps rather quickly! Learning to read comes with the privilege of owning your own library card – big incentive for little guys!
So, what are you reading?
Rachel Le says
I have never been one to read more than one book at once, but look at me now! I’m listening to the audio book of James Dobson’s “Bringing up Boys,” reading “It Starts With Food” (about the Whole30 program, and slowly nibbling my way through the “Charlotte Mason Companion.” So much nonfiction! Ack!
Rachel Le says
Sad missing parentheses….
Amy says
Almost everything I read these days is nonfiction. Still inspiring. 😉
Andrea says
Big Smiles. Charlotte Mason Companion and Cindy West’s Charlotte Mason Homeschooling are always right next to my chair! And I recently purchased Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study. I love her style of writing. Pocket Full of Pinecones is on my wish list and my husband seems to think I am obsessed with Charlotte Mason. I can’t figure out why… And I am reading Dickens’ Pickwick Papers. That might take me a year.
17 year old is finishing up Where the Red Fern Grows, 13 year old is starting on a WWII book, 9 year old is finishing up a book on the Johnstown Flood, 7 year old just read Lou Gehrig The Luckiest Man and 5 year old is on reading lessons. We are reading T Model Tommy as a read aloud during the day and my husband is reading The Brave Heart by G.A. Henty before bed. Our WWII study is getting ready to start, so I am reserving books from the library now.
April Ann Wofford says
Oh Amy! How I long to sit and share a cup of coffee with you! I’m sure we’d pick up like old friends. I so appreciate your honesty and words of wisdoms. I have gain much from reading your thoughts and pondering your words. Thank you. Let me know when you’d like to have coffee!
Amy says
🙂 Any time!
Jessica moore says
Thanks for the list! I love getting ideas from you!
I’d also love to know the names of the books your 9yo is reading. Especially the WWII book. My 9yo son is currently reading everything he can get his hands on about WWII, and we’re out of books right now (having exhausted the library’s children’s non-fiction supply on the subject too!)
He likes biographies of important historical people too, so I bet he’d like the one about Samuel Morse.
Amy says
I was writing this late at night and couldn’t find the books he was reading to get them exactly right. The Samuel Morse is an old, old book about famous people when they were young. We have several of these books. The WWII book is a manual on a B29 we found among my father’s things. We have a lot of WWII books, so perhaps I should write a whole post on some of our son’s favorites from that era. 🙂
Jessica moore says
Thanks for the reply! Old books like that are sometimes the best treasures!! And yes! A 9yo boy’s favorite book list on war/military history would be so exciting for us!
Diana says
I love these posts! Thank you for sharing! I ordered “Moccasin Trail” from our library to check it out.
What I’m reading right now:
The Monogram Murders (an Agatha Christie write-alike)
Banana
Humanae Vitae
The Education of George Washington
What the Bible Says About Child Training
The Christian Parenting Handbook
I look forward to these posts! 🙂
Diana
Amy says
I will warn you – Melia felt like Moccasin Trail took a long time to get into. She likes it now, but she wasn’t too keen on it for a while. 😉
Jenika says
My 11 yo and I just finished listening to The Westing Game on audiobook. Both of us loved it! I am reading The Trumpeter Swan to my littles. It’s the second time around for us…always a good one! As for me, I am in he middle of your Large Family Homeschooling!
Amy says
Oooo! Fun! Thanks for sharing!
Rebecca says
My high schooler and I are reading Dr. Ben Carson’s book You Have a Brain and we are also reading From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth Tucker that is an interesting history of missions. My little one and I are reading Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as Mrs. Chippy’s Last Expedition (both of these books are old). For my personal reading, the Bible, Twelve Ordinary Men (about Jesus’ disciples and I am enjoying it very much) and The Harsh Truth About Public Schools by Bruce Shortt (not enjoying this, it’s actually depressing and I am slogging through it because I’m determined to finish it and I’ve already invested so much time in it). My book list goes on and on and on! Just placed a good-sized order from Amazon and half.com for our reading this school year and I can’t wait to read them all with the kids!
Rebecca says
Oh and my little was recently given about 6 of the Mandie books, I’ve not read them but they are Christian mysteries, I guess along the lines of Nancy Drew. So she is going to be starting those. I am kind of struggling finding something for her because she really does not like reading but I think it’s because we haven’t exactly found what she loves yet. She does LOVE being read to so we do that and I require her to read everyday. Once we find what she really loves to read, we will be off and running.
Amy says
I own From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, but have not read it yet. Need to do that!
Marion says
I just reread your post. If a post lists book ideas I leave them open and return to jot them down. As an adult I enjoy reading young adult books as well as my likes. The Mandie series are a great read for children,
Thank You for the list.
Marion