tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11270616692919962342011-09-13T10:35:09.547-05:00Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. Kathleen NorrisKrista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-30535481127107295532011-03-05T14:38:00.004-06:002011-04-21T17:47:09.391-05:00<div>Matisse: &nbsp;The King of Color- Anholt<br /><br />Cezanne and the Apple Boy- Anholt<br /><br />Who Stole Mona Lisa?- Knapp<br /><br />Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder- Stone</div><br /><div>Vincent Van Gogh- Lucas<br /><br />Katie Meets the Impressionists- Mayhew<br /><br />Katie's Sunday Afternoon- Mayhew<br /><br />Katie and the Mona Lisa- Mayhew<br /><br />Degas and the Little Dancer- Anholt<br /><br />Van Gogh and the Sunflowers- Anholt<br /><br />Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail- Anholt<br /><br />What Makes a Degas a Degas, What Makes a Cassatt a Cassatt? (Rembrandt, Monet etc)- Muhlberger (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) &nbsp;This series is a step up from a child's picture book but have wonderful art in them and you can dig a little deeper if you feel so inclined!<br /><br />A Chid's Book of Lullabies- McKellar<br /><br />Can You Find it Inside?- Schulte&nbsp;(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)</div><div><br /></div><div>Can You Find It Outside- Schulte&nbsp;(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)</div><div><br /></div><div>More Than Meets the Eye- Raczka</div><div><br /></div><div>I Dreamed I was a Ballerina- Pavlova&nbsp;(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)</div><div><br /></div><div>Yellowstone Moran- Judge</div><div><br /></div><div>Through Georgia's Eyes- Rodriguez<br /><br />Claude Monet: &nbsp;The Painter Who Stopped the Trains- Maltbie</div><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-3053548112710729553?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-69220012373125226902009-06-30T16:46:00.017-05:002011-03-05T22:49:39.214-06:00<strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Favorite Children's Chapter Books (Fiction)........so far</span></strong><br /><br />The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane- DiCamillo<br />Anne of Green Gables- Montgomery<br />All of a Kind Family- Taylor ( I apologize for having had the title wrong for SO long.)<br />In Grandma's Attic- Richardson<br />Ginger Pye- Estes<br />The Cricket in Times Square- Selden<br />Sarah, Plain and Tall- MacLachlan<br />Skylark- MacLachlan<br />More Perfect Than the Moon- MacLachlan<br />A Bear Called Paddington- Bond<br />Stuart Little- White<br />The Matchlock Gun- Edmonds<br />Thee Hannah!- D'Angeli<br />Yonie Wondernose- D'Angeli<br />Skippack School- D'Angeli<br />The House at Pooh Corner- Milne<br />The Hundred Dresses- Estes<br />A Lion to Guard Us- Bulla<br />Yonie Wondernose- D'Angeli<br />A Little Princess- Burnett (adapted by Dubowski) We have not read the full version yet.<br />The Hundred Dresses- Estes<br />Stone Fox- Gardiner<br /><div>King of the Wind- Henry<br />The Doll People- Martin and Godwin</div><div>Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrim- Bulla</div><div>King of the Wind- Henry<br />Little House in the Big Woods- Wilder<br />Farmer Boy- Wilder</div><div>Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin- Henry<br />The Good Master- Seredy<br />Journey to America- Levitin<br />Lincoln and His Boys- Wells<br /><br />Anything by Thornton Burgess-- He has a ton of books about animals and nature. Some are very elementary and some are real chapter books designed to teach children about nature. Unfortunately, he refers to "Mother Nature" but we just insert "the Creator". These books are well worth the trouble!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-6922001237312522690?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-52868113561877024962009-06-30T16:38:00.026-05:002011-04-25T14:25:18.287-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mTNTKC5sTBE/SkqHiOVHkQI/AAAAAAAACSA/ROCv9_7-rSQ/s1600-h/Picture+or+Video+057.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353240129115230466" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mTNTKC5sTBE/SkqHiOVHkQI/AAAAAAAACSA/ROCv9_7-rSQ/s400/Picture+or+Video+057.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">Picture Books that passed the test at our house:<br /></span></strong></div><br /><div>Don't miss these great books just because you think your kids are "too old" for picture books!! A truly wonderful picture book will be enjoyed by ANY age. These books are in alphabetical order by author. &nbsp;Some are definitely better suited for girls and others for boys. I have put an asterisk beside the book titles that have a masculine figure as the main character. (May have missed a few) The books listed here are only ones we have read, enjoyed, and/or find them helpful for learning. Some we like just for the pictures. I have also included some non fiction and historical fiction picture books that you may find in my other lists.<br />BE SURE TO SEE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK LIST. &nbsp;IT CONTAINS MANY OF OUR ALL TIME FAVORITE PICTURE BOOKS!<br /><br /><br />The Snail House, The Baby in the Hat, The Treasure Hunt, The Little Cat Baby- Ahlberg<br />The Story of Johnny Appleseed- Aliki<br />Billy and Blaze* (all stories)- Anderson<br />The Nightingale*- Anderson retold by Mitchell (illus. by Ibatoulline)<br />Degas and the Little Dancer- Anholt<br />Otters Under Water, Turtle in the Sea, A Manatee Morning, Come Out, Muskrats, Beaver Pond Moose Pond, Rabbits and Raindrops, Every Autumn Comes the Bear, Raccoon on His Own, Raccoons and Ripe Corn- Jim Arnosky (His animal illustrations alone are worth checking these out. There are many, but I have listed only the ones we have read.)<br />A Seed is Sleepy, An Egg is Quiet- Aston, Long<br />The Dove's Letter- Baker<br />Summer Story, Winter Story (Brambly Hedge)- Barklem<br />Emily (Dickinson) - Michael Bedard<br />Madeline stories- Bemelmans<br />The Five Chinese Brothers- Bishop<br />Stone Soup*, Cinderella (my favorite version to read)- Brown<br />Grandpa- Borack<br />Flannel Kisses- Brennan<br />Fritz and the Beautiful Horses*- Brett<br />Rabbit Inn- Brewster<br />Rachel Carson- Preserving a Sense of Wonder- Bruchac and illus. Thomas Locker<br />The Quiltmaker's Gift, The Quiltmaker's Journey- Brumbeau</div><div>Dandelion Hill- Bulla<br />The Memory String (for older children-divorce/ stepmother addressed), The Wednesday Surprise, A Day's Work- Bunting<br />The Little House, Choo Choo*, Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel*, Katy and the Big Snow- Burton<br />Does God Know How to Tie Shoes?, Wishing Dawn in Summer- Carlstrom<br />The Princess and the Pea- Lauren Child<br />Molly's Pilgrim- Cohen<br />See the Ocean- Condra<br />Abbie in Stitches- Cotten<br />Miss Rumphius- Cooney<br />Giggle, Giggle, Quack- Cronin<br />The Two Cars*, Too Big*, Children of the Northlights- d'Aulaire (see Favorite Children’s Biographies)<br />Yonie Wondernose*- de Angeli<br />Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs*, Now One Foot, Now the Other*, The Clown of God- dePaola<br />Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken- DiCamillo<br />Petunia, Veronica, Donkey-Donkey-Duvoisin<br />Simeon's Gift*- Edwards<br />Nine Days to Christmas (A Story of Mexico)- Ets and Labastida<br />The Story About Ping, Angus and the Ducks- Flack<br />Muncha, Muncha, Muncha, Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide* A Big Cheese for the White House: A True Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar, Boxes for Katje- Fleming<br />Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge*- Fox<br />Will's Quill, Corduroy- Freeman<br />Leah's Pony- Friedrich<br />The Hatmaker's Sign- Fleming<br />The Animal Hedge*, Shadow Play, The Scarebird*, Weslandia*- Fleischman (some of these are by the Fleischman son)<br />The Happy Lion, The Happy Lion Roars- Fatio (illus. Duvoisin)<br />Tanya's Reunion- Flournoy<br />The Man Who Walked Between the Towers*- Gerstein<br />Little Toot*- Gramatky<br />My Mama Had a Dancing Heart- Gray<br />Mrs. Rose’s Garden- Greenstein<br />The Musicians of Bremen- Grimm (retold and illustrated by Puttapipat)<br />Bess and Bella- Haas<br />The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee-Hale<br />Ox-Cart Man*- Hall<br />Fancy That- Hershenhorn<br />When Jessie Came Across the Sea, The Dog Who Belonged to No One- Hest<br />Redcoats and Petticoats- Kirkpatrick/Himler<br />A Song for Lena- Hippely<br />The Kitchen Knight (A Tale of King Arthur) - retold by Hodges<br />Saving Strawberry Farm-Hopkinson<br />The Rumpoles and The Barleys Series*- Hunt<br />Yonder- Johnston<br />Reading with Dad- Jorgenson<br />The Hello Goodbye Window- Juster<br />The Snowy Day*, Whistle for Willie*- Keats<br />Emma- Kesselman<br />Let Me Hold You Longer*- Kingsbury<br />From Dawn Till Dusk, When Spring Comes- Kinsey-Warnock<br />Queen of the May- Kroll<br />The Raft*- LaMarche<br />This is [City or State- New York, Texas, San Francisco etc.] - Lasek<br />They Were Strong and Good*- Lawson<br />Papa Small*, Cowboy Farm, The Little Fire Engine, The Little Auto, The Little Farm, The Little Sailboat*, The Little Train*, Policeman Small*, On a Summer Day, The Little Family - Lenski<br />Always Room for One More (Scottish nursery tale)- Leodhas<br />Floss, Friends- Lewis<br />Our Nest- Lindbergh<br />Applesauce Season*- Lipson<br />Crow Call- Lois Lowry<br />The Way Home, You Are Special*, You Are Mine*-Lucado<br />The Little Island- MacDonald<br />Three Names, What You Know First, Painting the Wind, All the Places to Love- MacLachlan (see also Favorite Chapter Books)<br />Julia Morgan Built a Castle- Mannis<br />Starlight Sailor*- Mayhew (illus. by Jackie Morris)<br />I’ll Always Be Your Friend- McBratney<br />Make Way for Ducklings, A Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, Blueberries for Sal- McCloskey<br />The Escape of Oney Judge (A Slave Finds Freedom)- McCulley<br />The Amazing Felix*, Mirette on the High Wire, Mirette and Bellini, Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagra Falls, The Bobbin Girl (appropriate for older children)- McCully<br />Ma Dear's Aprons- McKissack<br />Roxaboxen, The Year of the Ranch-McLerran<br />The Teddy Bear*, Boy on the Brink*, The Train*, Edward and the Pirates, The Party, Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby*- McPhail <br />Across the Alley*- Michelson</div><div>The Rag Coat- Lauren Mills<br />At Ellis Island, A History in Many Voices- Peacock</div><div>Pilgrim Cat- Peacock</div><div>The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen- Percy<br />A Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles- Petersham<br /><br />The Keeping Quilt, Just Plain Fancy, When Lightening Comes in a Jar, The Lemonade Club, Ginger and Petunia, Thundercake, Pink and Say, The Bee Tree, John Philip Duck, Something About Hensley's, Babushka's Doll, Thank You, Mr. Falker, Chicken Sunday, Mr. Lincoln's Way, The Junkyard Wonders- Polacco (I LOVE ALL of these books, but a couple of them are definitely older subject matter so read the summary to see if it is appropriate for your kids.)<br /><br />Song of the Swallows- Politi </div><div>The Glorious Flight- Provenson<br />Sailing Home: &nbsp;A Story of a Childhood at Sea- Rand<br />The Secret Seder- Rappaport</div><div>My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World- Reyher<br />ish- Reynolds<br />Testing the Ice- A True Story About Jackie Robinson- Robinson</div><div>When Marian Sang- Ryan<br />When I Was Young in the Mountains, The Relatives Came, Bunny Bungalow, The Old Woman Who Names Things, Let's Go Home, Long Night Moon- Rylant<br />Grandfather's Journey*, The Bicycle Man*, Tea with Milk and Sugar (older subject matter)- Say Can You Hear it Inside ?, Can You Hear it Outside?- Schulte (wonderful introductions to fine art paintings published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art)<br />The Blizzard's Robe- Sabuda (similar to the D'Aulaire classic Children of the Northlights) &nbsp;a bit mystical but intriguing<br />May I Bring a Friend- Schenk De Regniers<br />Duck on a Bike- Shannon<br />How I Learned Geography- Shulevitz<br />When I Wore My Sailor Suit- Shulevitz<br />Caps for Sale*- Slobodkina</div><div>Daddy Played Music for the Cows- Sorenson<br />Polar- The Titanic Bear- Spedden<br />The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night- Spier<br />Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Yellow and Pink*- Steig<br />The Gardener, The Friend, The Journey, The Library, The Money Tree- Stewart<br />The House in the Night- Swanson<br />The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Gray Bridge*- Swift, Ward<br />Many Moons- Thurber<br />The Treasure Tree*- Trent, Smalley (beginner chapter book with LOTS of pictures)<br />Around the Year- Tudor<br />Rachel and Obadiah- Turkle<br />A Tree is Nice- Udry<br />Probuditi!, Two Bad Ants- Van Alsburg<br />The Circus Ship- Van Dusen<br />The Biggest Bear-Ward<br />Champions on the Bench*- Weatherford<br />Waiting for the Evening Star*, Night Sounds Morning Colors*, The Gulps*- Wells<br />Goat’s Trail, Circus- Wildsmith (illustrations alone make these worth it) </div><div>Full Moon-Wilcox and David</div><div>Remember Me- Wild<br />Leonardo and the Terrible Monster*, Knuffle Bunny, Knuffle Bunny Too- Mo Willems<br />Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon- Williams<br />A Chair for My Mother- Vera B. Williams<br />Abe Lincoln- The Boy Who Loved Books*- Winters</div><div>Scrabble Creek- Wittman<br />The Napping House*- Wood </div><div>Every Friday*- Yacccarino<br />Umbrella- Yashima<br />Daisy's Taxi- Young<br />Rapunzel- Zenlinsky </div><div>Sarah's Questions, A Coat for Anna- Ziefert<br />The Seashore Book, This Quiet Lady, A Father Like That- Zolotow</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-5286811356187702496?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-2980130545629256622009-06-30T16:00:00.004-05:002010-04-13T21:25:38.807-05:00Owl at Home- Lobel<br />Wagon Wheels- Brenner<br />Amelia Bedelia- Parish<br />Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express- Coerr<br />Prairie School- Avi<br />First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and The Wright Brothers- Shea<br />Christian Liberty Nature Reader: Book 1 (only one we have read) – Wright<br />The Long Way to a New Land- Sandlin<br />The Long Way Westward- Sandlin<br />Sam the Minuteman- Benchley<br />George the Drummer Boy-Benchley<br />The Boston Coffee Party- Rappaport<br />The Josefina Story Quilt- Coerr<br />Indian Summer- Monjo<br />Daniel’ s Duck- Bulla<br />Clara and the Bookwagon- Smiler<br />Snowshoe Thompson- Smiler<br />Dust for Dinner- Turner<br />The Big Balloon Race- Coerr<br />The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto- Standiford<br />The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad- Monjo<br />Buttons for General Washington-Roop<div>Helen Keller- Adler<br /><br />With Chapters:<br />The Little House Chapter Books (Adapted from the Rose Years Books)- MacBride<br />The Lighthouse Family Series- Rylant<br />Brighton LOVES the Elephant and Piggie Books by Mo Willems…….and I do too!!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-298013054562925662?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-81173190946008443392009-06-30T12:43:00.018-05:002011-04-25T14:26:58.018-05:00I started my lists with books we had seen on Kathy Keller's list from her booklet "Turning Back the Pages of Time: An American History Library List". These are the books I have read from her lists and also ones we have found on our own. Everything is American history with only a couple of exceptions included.<br /><br />Early Explorers- 900-1600's<br /><br />Columbus, Leif the Lucky- D'Aulaire<br />The Cruise of Christopher Columbus-<br />The Log of Christopher Columbus-Columbus (selections by Lowe)<br />Viking Adventure- Bulla (Historical Fiction)<br />America Begins - Dalgliesh<br />And There was America- Duvoisin<br />Ferdinand Magellan- Groh<br />Amerigo Vespucci- Knoop<br /><br />Early Indians and Pilgrims 1600-1650<br /><br />The First Thanksgiving- Hayward (A reader)<br />Pocahontas and the Strangers- Bulla<br />The Pilgrims of Plimoth- Sewall<br />Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims Man- Bulla<br />Squanto and the First Thanksgiving- Kessel<br />Three Young Pilgrims- Harness<br />The Thanksgiving Story- Dalgliesh<br />The Story of Priscilla Mullins – Leininger<br /><div>Pilgrim Cat-Peacock<br />If You Sailed on the Mayflower- McGovern<br />Anne Hutchinson's Way-Atkins<br />Pocahontas- D'Aulaire<br />Across the Wide Dark Sea- The Mayflower Journey- Leeuwen<br />On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice and a Passenger Girl- Waters<br />Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl-Waters<br />Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy- Waters/Kendall<br />Pilgrim Children on the Mayflower- DeLage<br />Pilgrim Courage: From a Firsthand Accout of William Bradford- Smith, Meredith<br /><br />Colonial America 1650-1700<br /><br />Adventures in Colonial America Series- James Knight<br />Boys and Girls of the Colonial Days<br />Rachel and Obadiah - Turkle<br />The Courage of Sarah Noble- Dalgliesh<br />Benjamin Franklin- D'Aulaire<br />The Ox Cart Man- Hall<br />If You Lived in Colonial Times- McGovern<br />The Long Way to a New Land, The Long Way Westward- Sandin<br />The Matchlock Gun- Edmonds<br />Boys and Girls of Colonial Days- Bailey<br /><br />American Revolution 1700-1800<br /><br />The Fourth of July Story- Dalgliesh<br />George Washington- D'Aulaire<br />George the Drummer Boy, Sam the Minuteman-Benchley<br />Ghost Ship- Clark<br />Paul Revere's Ride- Longfellow<br />Dangerous Crossing-Krensky<br />When Washington Crossed the Delaware- Cheney<br />The Boston Coffee Party- Rappaport<br />Phyllis Wheatley- A Voice of Her Own<br />The Star Spangled Banner-Spier<br />Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys- Gauch<br />Buttons for General Washington- Roop<br />Pheobe the Spy- Griffin<br />Patience Wright: America's First Sculptor and Revolutionary Spy- Shea<br />American Girl Doll Felicity Series- Tripp<br /><br />Westward Expansion 1780-1860<br /><br />Adventures in Frontier America Series- Chambers<br />Sailing Home- A Story of a Childhood at Sea- Rand<br />Daniel Boone- Averill<br />Dandelions, Train to Somewhere- Bunting<br />Adventures in Frontier America Series- Chambers<br />Close to the Wind- Malone<br />The Josefina Quilt Story- Coerr<br />The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter- Olson<br />Dakota Dugout- Himler<br />Sarah, Plain and Tall- MacLachlan<br />Fancy That- Hershenhorn<br />If You Lived with the Sioux Indians- McGovern<br />My Heart Glow- McCulley<br />Buffalo Bill- D'Aulaire<br />The Erie Canal- Spier<br />Trouble for Lucy- Stevens<br />The Cabin Faced West- Fritz<br />Little House Series- Wilder<br />American Girl Doll Kirsten Series-Shaw</div><div>Dear Benjamin Banneker- Pinkney<br /><br />Civil War Era 1860-1870<br /><br />Lincoln and His Boys- Wells<br />Wagon Wheels- Brenner<br />Abe Lincoln- The Boy Who Loved Books-Winters<br />Abraham Lincoln- D'Aulaire<br />Moses- Weatherford</div><div>A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver- Krensky<br />If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad-Levine<br />Friend on Freedom River- Whelan<br />The Drinking Gourd-Monjo<br />Runaway Slave: The Story of Harriet Tubman- McGovern<br />Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie-Roop</div><div>River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain- Anderson<br />Henry’s Freedom Box- Levine<br />Minty: The Story of Young Harriet Tubman- Schroder<br />Thee, Hannah!- de Angeli<br />Cassie’s Journey: Going West in the 1860’s- Harvey<br />Apple to Oregon- Hopkinson and Carpenter<br />A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth- Adler<br />The Blue and the Gray- Bunting<br /><br />Progressive Era 1870’s- Early 1900’s<br /><br />The Princess and the Peacock- Merrill and Ridley<br />Sailing Home: &nbsp;A Story of a Childhood at Sea- Rand<br />Julia Morgan Built a Castle- Mannis<br />The Real McCoy - Towle<br />The Town that Moved-Finsand<br />The Heroine of the Titanic- Blos<br />The Pig on the Titanic- Crew<br />At Ellis Island- Peacock<br />Journey to Ellis Island: How my father came to America- Bierman<br />Helen Keller- Davidson</div><div>Helen Keller- Adler (a reader)</div><div>Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart-Cline-Ransom</div><div>Click, A Story of George Eastman- Mitchell<br />The Story of Nan Harper- Leininger<br />One Bad Thing About Father- Monjo<br />Naming Liberty- Yolen<br />Shoes for Everyone (Jan Matzeliger)- Mitchell<br />The Story of the Statue of Liberty-Maestro<br />Lady Liberty: A Biography- Rappaport<br />We'll Race You, Henry- Mitchell<br />All Stations Distress! : April 15, 1912, The Day the Titanic Sank - Brown<br />The Wright Brothers<br />Nobody Owns the Sky: The story of "Brave Bessie" Coleman- Lindbergh<br />Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express- Wetterer<br />Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder- Anderson<br />Laura's Album- Anderson<br />House in the Mail- Wells<br />What To Do About Alice?- Kerley<br />Ride on the Wind (Charles Lindberg)- Dalgliesh<br />The Wizard of Sound: Thomas Edison- Mitchell<br />The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot- Provenson<br />Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy-Pinkney<br />American Girl Doll Samantha Series- Tripp<br />Books by Louisa May Alcott<br />All of Kind Family Series - Sydney Taylor<br />Grandma's Attic Series- Arleta Richardson</div><div>Marvelous Mattie- McCulley</div><div>The Memory Coat- Woodruff<br />(There are boo-koodles of wonderful books in this time period!!! I only list the ones we have read so I hope this list gets MUCH longer in the next couple of years!)<br /><br />Depression:<br />When Jessie Came Across the Sea- Hest<br />The Gardener- Stewart<br />Leah’s Pony- Friedrich<br />Pictures for Miss Josie- Belton<br />Saving Strawberry Farm- Hopkinson<br /><br />World War II- 1939-1945<br /><br />Butterfly- Polacco<br />Secret Seder- Rappaport<br />The Story of Anne Frank - Lewis (a DK Reader)<br />The Bicycle Man- Say<br />One Thousand Tracings- Judge<br />A New Coat for Anna- Ziefert<br />Grandfather’s Journey- Say<br />Across the Blue Pacific- Borden<br />My Daddy was a Soldier- Ray<br />American Girl Doll Molly Series<br />Eleanor- Cooney<br />Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride- Munoz Ryan<br />One Thousand Tracings: &nbsp;Healing the Wounds of World War II- Judge<br /><br />Other issues during this time and beyond:<br />The Hallelujah Flight- Bildner<br />Satchel Paige: Don' t Look Back- Adler</div><div>When Marian Sang- Ryan<br />A Bus of Our Own- Evans<br />Champions on the Bench- Weatherford<br />Across the Alley- Michelson<br />The School is Not White- Rappaport<br />Testing the Ice- A True Story About Jackie Robinson- Robinson<br />Rachel Carson- Preserving a Sense of Wonder- Bruchac- illustrated by Thomas Locker<br />Jack’s Path of Courage: &nbsp;The Life of John F. Kennedy- Rappaport</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-8117319094600844339?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-18752709546888458692009-06-30T10:56:00.005-05:002011-03-05T14:29:05.340-06:00A Lion to Guard Us- Bulla<br />The Cabin Faced West- Fritz<br />The Courage of Sarah Noble- Dalgliesh<br />The Apple and the Arrow- Buff<br />The Sword and the Tree- Bulla<br />Viking Adventure- Bulla<br />The Little House in the Big Woods- Wilder<br />Farmer Boy- Wilder<br />Trouble for Lucy- Stevens/Himler<br />Skippack School, Yonie Wondernose, Thee, Hannah!- de Angeli<br /><div>King of the Wind- Henry<br />The Good Master- Kate Seredy</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-1875270954688845869?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-8600717818543939762009-06-30T10:41:00.010-05:002011-04-25T14:27:52.504-05:00Some of these are picture books and some are chapter books.<br /><br />Fanny Crosby, Queen of Gospel Songs- Davis<br />Joseph Haydn “The Merry Little Peasant”- Wheeler, Deucher<br />Sebastian Bach "The Boy from Thuringia"- Wheeler, Deucher<br />Helen Keller- Davidson<br /><div>Helen Keller- Adler (reader)</div><div>Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart-Cline-Ransom</div><div>A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver- Krensky<br />Jack’s Path of Courage: &nbsp;The Life of John F. Kennedy- Rappaport</div><div>River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain- Anderson<br />Leif the Lucky, Columbus, Pocahontas, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo Bill- D'Aulaire<br />Daniel Boone- Averill<br />Ferdinand Magellan- Groh<br />Squanto, Friend of the White Men, Pocahontas and the Strangers- Bulla<br />Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Poet- Niven, Sandburg, Nadel<br />Satchel Paige: Don't Look Back- Adler<br />Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder- Anderson<br />Laura's Album- Anderson<br />What to Do About Alice? (Theodore Roosevelt's daughter)- Kerley</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-860071781854393976?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127061669291996234.post-73004244817653531382009-06-30T08:00:00.000-05:002009-07-01T11:09:09.649-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mTNTKC5sTBE/SkqTPUcPcII/AAAAAAAACSU/k7sb-onq5Oo/s1600-h/Picture+059edit.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353252998477738114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mTNTKC5sTBE/SkqTPUcPcII/AAAAAAAACSU/k7sb-onq5Oo/s400/Picture+059edit.jpg" /></a> A couple of days ago I started making up a story using children’s book titles and found myself addicted. For two days scattered in my path were pieces of paper with sentences and titles of books I wanted to use and once I was able to sit down and type, it all came together. When I read it to Jeff and the kids last night, I had them make tally marks for all the book titles—something I had not done yet. If you don’t read it for any other reason, read it for the 147 book titles included- each one worth reading. (Only a couple may be out of print or re-named.) It includes everything from a few simple toddler books, to picture books, to “readers” and children’s chapter books. In true Krista from, it is long and could have easily been longer. I had to make myself stop. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it!<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">A Story Full of Books</span></strong></div><br />Many Moons ago When I Was Young in the Mountains, I lived in The Cabin That Faced West, as my Daddy liked to call it. I loved The Little House in which my brother, Simeon, and I grew up. It reminded me of a little Bunny Bungalow Mama would describe to us from a book When We Were Very Young. For a "cabin", it was Just Plain Fancy with a stone chimney that I always thought looked Too Big for the house. In and around that home, my childhood was a Time of Wonder so here’s The Memory String that winds it way around my heart.<br /><br /><br /><br />One year, Nine Days to Christmas, The Big Snow came. It covered the mountains like The Keeping Quilt that covered Simeon’s big bed. It was The Quiltmaker’s Gift to Mama when he was born. Officer Buckle and Gloria, who once was The Dog That Belonged to No one, had braved their way up the mountain to check on Miss Hitty, The Old Woman who Named Things. Everything. She even named her rocking chair Emily. The officer and his faithful canine companion became our house guests for the evening when The Snowy Day turned into One Wintry Night with hidden danger underneath the massive quilt of white.That was the same Christmas in the Country Daddy made A Chair for My Mother. On Christmas Eve, he carried it in as proud as the Drummer Hoff. The carvings were exquisite and the cushion just had to be as soft as The Velveteen Rabbit. It was fit for A Little Princess which is precisely what my Mama was. On the bottom, Daddy had carefully carved the words, You are Special and You Are Mine. Through tears she said, like I'd heard her say many times, "You know how to make My Heart Glow." For the rest of the evening, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart. That night I fell asleep to the sounds of Verdi and pictures of my Mama in her Dancing Shoes being twirled around the tree by Daddy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I had a friend, Leah, who lived a mile or so east of The Bee Tree right behind The Animal Hedge, as we liked to call it. To my delight, she would come to visit Around the Year. Once On a Summer Day, we took a ride on Leah’s Pony. We passed Two Cars on a dirt road and then rode right by our teacher from the Skippack School, Miss Rumphius, who was planting lupines on the shallow mountainside by her home. She looked like the Queen of May in one of The Hundred Dresses that must have hung in her wardrobe. On that particular day she invited us in for a piece of her famous Thundercake. Simply Delicious!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Simeon and I never dreaded the words, “Time for Bed”! Before Daddy prayed with us, he read us stories from God’s Word that made it hard to become a Sleepyhead. He read from other books as well, but Daddy was always quick to tell us that only one book, the Bible, had the power to truly change our lives and change us, it did. My brother and I would lie awake thinking of the incredible stories from the Bible and the God who wrote them. We would close our eyes rehashing the bravery of David, the shepherd boy and Esther, the Queen of Persia, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the unfathomable trip in Henry’s Freedom Box, the mysteries of The Secret Garden, the ingenuity of Robinson Crusoe, the details of Christ’s birth, the drama of The Little Women, the antics of Anne of Green Gables and the bravery of The Heroine on the Titanic. When sleep finally did come, Dreams took over as we found ourselves helping The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, or riding in Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon, or watching Degas and the Little Dancer create a masterpiece, or sailing on Noah’s Ark, or walking with Mirette on the High Wire, or getting to see for ourselves that Julia Morgan Built a Castle, or helping with The Escape of Oney Judge. Books invaded our lives and took our imaginations to thrilling far away places, but the stories we knew to be true were the ones that impacted us the most.We had a tree house that Daddy let us paint Yellow and Pink and every Saturday The Lemonade Club met at 2:00 sharp. We served Stone Soup and creek water to all sorts of dolls and stuffed animals with names like Betsy-Tacy, Little Toot, Knuffle Bunny, and Ginger Pye. We always served the leftovers to the citizens of our imaginary town, Roxaboxen which was full of families like The Rumpoles and The Barleys and places like Rabbit Inn, The Snail House, the office of Dr. DeSoto, and The Treasure Tree.<br /><br />While Daddy tended to business in town, Mama, The Gardener, worked from Dawn till Dusk filling the land around us with beauty. She would always tell us, A Seed is Sleepy but When Spring Comes, it wakes up in a glorious mood. She was always right. Mama never saw a Petunia or a Chrysanthemum that she didn’t think was “the most lovely flower ever”. For Mama, when it came to flowers, there was Always Room for One More.<br /><br />Speaking of room for more, when The Relatives Came, life only got better. My Great Aunt Arizona reminded me of the character Sarah, Plain and Tall except there wasn’t anything “plain” about her. She was known as The Lady Who Put Salt in her Coffee but always made Tea with Milk and Sugar. She had hair like Rapunzel, her laugh was more like a Giggle, Giggle, Quack, and one of her favorite expressions was “Fancy That”! Secretly, she was by far my most adored aunt and only to myself did I call her Pollyanna. Just sitting with her and listening to her stories made for a perfect Night in the Country. Her children, Rachel and Obadiah, were our only cousins. They were twins and Rachel had always been content to let Obadiah do all the talking. However, I remember one visit when as soon as they jumped out of the car Rachel announced, “Now We are Six”! After only an hour into the visit, it was official. She had A Voice of Her Own asking me questions like, “Does God Know How to Tie His Shoes?” and “Why is it that An Egg is Quiet?”. Obadiah seemed the most proud of “finally” being six even though The Teddy Bear was still clinched under his arm.<br /><br />That was the same visit that Rachel took The Best Loved Doll from my collection for a picnic By the Shores of Silver Lake. She was special for she had been Simeon’s Gift to me on my fourth birthday. On The Way Home, Rachel dropped my doll without knowing. That afternoon, looking for Dahlia was like trying to find The Cricket in Times Square. As the day wore on, I felt like the last Shrinking Violet in the April sunshine. Once I found my doll, darkness seemed to come quickly and I found myself feeling like I was Where the Wild Things Are. I quickly began wishing for The Courage of Sarah Noble or the steel nerves of Brave Irene. With each step I would tell myself, “Now One Foot, Now the Other”. Every shadow I saw looked like The Biggest Bear I had ever imagined. It never occurred to me that one of those shadows could have been one that was kind like The Bear Who Heard Crying. How relieved I was when I saw a familiar sight just beyond The Blue Hill Meadows. When I could see A Light in the Attic window I knew I was almost home.<br /><br />When my cousins visited, I remember waking up with the chickens lying there Wishing Dawn at Summer. How it seemed to tarry! On our way out in the mornings, we would always stop on the porch to see the intricate work The Very Busy Spider had woven Under the Quilt of Night. As we crossed the path to the pond, many mornings we had to Make Way for Ducklings headed to get their breakfast or go for their morning swim. Once At the Smiling Pool, as my brother had named it, we loved to watch the Otters Under Water. Before lunchtime, we would lie in the grass to listen to The Wind in the Willows and to watch clouds roll over forming curious shapes like a Duck on a Bike, a Fox in Socks, an Umbrella or a Turtle in the Sea of blue.<br /><br />On Indian Summer nights, we would put on a Shadow Play by the Long Night Moon for our parents. Afterwards we would try to show our cousins When Lightening Comes in a Jar because they didn’t have "flashing bugs" like we did. However, the highlight of our long Summer Story was to hear The Nightingale sing. Her sound was more beautiful than all The Musicians of Bremen.<br /><br />After one of my Grandfather’s Journeys, he brought Simeon and me a gift-- our very first puppy. We gave him the distinct name of Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge but called him “Willie” for short. Originally, the puppy had been "The Wednesday Surprise" for my Nana (and that's a whole other story), but Grandfather said all Willie did was chase Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs! Once settled in with us, he strutted around these parts like The King of Capri. We had A Whistle for Willie so however far he chose to roam in the mountains, all we had to do was blow the whistle and home he came. Thanks to his ferocious bark, Willie made us feel quite comfortable at night as though we had A Lion to Guard Us.<br /><br />Living in the mountains far away from the sea always left my imagination to wonder what One Morning in Maine would be like. I always wished for a day on The Little Sailboat our friends from the east described to us in their letters. What was it like to See the Ocean to or to watch a Seabird fly over the water and secure its breakfast? On the other hand, my brother had secret wishes of being The Paperboy in a suburb somewhere wondering what it would feel like being the Boy on the Brink of morning delivering the news that no one had heard quite yet and actually riding his bike to Where the Sidewalk Ends.<br /><br />The Seasons Sewn by our family in and around our Little House in the Big Woods were purely magical. One wall of our home saw more sweet moments than some people see in a lifetime. We loved each other and for this I will forever be grateful. Ever so often, we took short trips away from home, but No Matter What we did or where we traveled, the sweetest words I ever heard were, “Let’s Go Home!”<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1127061669291996234-7300424481765353138?l=krista-booksbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Krista Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13213297629628526140noreply@blogger.com0