Book lists...

I needed to actually sit down, think, and prepare book lists for my children's assigned reading time.  Thus far we have been winging it, choosing books that I vaguely remember being on a list somewhere...
Here's what I've come up with so far for 2015.

My children are free to choose what they like to read, but for at least 30 minutes each day they must read from their current assigned book (and they must complete at least 1 chapter - within reason depending on the book - this stops the slack readers who might dawdle for 20 minutes on two paragraphs!)  They can choose any book from their list, but they must finish it before starting another one!

These lists are by no means exhaustive of their reading habits.  Both frequently read for an hour or more every evening before lights out.  They choose from a variety of free reading books, both fiction and non.  We try to follow the library borrowing idea set out in The Well-Trained Mind* so they are never short of reading material

WR

Little Women
Flora and Ulysses
The Prince and the Pauper
The Story of My Life - Helen Keller
Igraine the Brave
The Girl who circumnavigated fairyland in a boat of her own making
Tuck Everlasting
The Hundred Dresses
Pippi Longstocking
Where the Mountain meets the Moon
The Phantom Tollbooth


WS

Men of Iron
Otto of the Silver Hand
The 21 Balloons
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen
A Wonder Book
Tanglewood Tales
The Story of Dr. Dolittle
What Katy Did
The Bears of Hemlock Mountain
Little House in the Big Woods
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tolane



Family Read Alouds

Carry on Mr. Bowditch
Fortunately the Milk
5 Children and It (we may do a few Nesbits'...)
The Door in the Wall
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Little Prince
A Christmas Carol

We still have 5 of the Narnia books to get through too, so we'll probably do Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader next.


*for those interested, here is Jessie Wise's library list:

• One science book
• One history book
• One art or music appreciation book
• One practical book (a craft, hobby or “how-to”)
• One biography or autobiography
• One classic novel
• One imaginative storybook
• One poetry book
• Anything else they please!