One of my favorite things about homeschooling is reading aloud with my kids. Let me just start by admitting that reading aloud doesn't always go smoothly around here, but I love reading aloud and think it is important, so we persevere.
This year, Jessica has been good enough to create book lists for us geared towards a few different age groups. There are so many great titles here. Doesn't it just make you want to get a cup of coffee and curl up on the couch?
Although the lists are grouped by approximate reading levels, I find my bigger kids still love flipping through the picture books, and my younger kids will listen to the longer books if I read them aloud.
Enjoy!
Kindergarten to 3rd graders:
The Holy Twins: Saint Benedict and Scholastica, by Kathleen Norris and Tomie DePaola
The Knight and the Dragon, by Tomie DePaola
Castle: How it Works, by David Macaulay
Clown of God, by Tomie DePaola
Brigid's Cloak, by Bryce Milligan
The Making of a Knight, by Patrick O'Brien
The Saint and His Bees, by Dessi Jackson
Caedmon's Song, by Ruth Ashby
Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe, by Antonia Barber
National Geographic Kids: Everything Castles
The Kitchen Knight, by Margaret Hodges
Fourth to Sixth graders:
Cathedral, by David Macaulay
Castle, by David Macaulay
The Big Book of Knights, Nobles, and Knaves
The Illustrated Book of Knights, by Jack Coggins
St. Benedict, Hero of the Hills, by Mary Fabyan Wyndeatt
Augustine Came to Kent, by Barbara Willard
Son of Charlemagne, by Barbara Willard
Otto of the Silver Hand, by Howard Pyle
St. Francis and St. Claire, by Helen Walker Homan
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, by Howard Pyle
If All the Swords in England, by Barbara Willard
The Raven and the Cross, by John Tully
St. Dominic and the Rosary, by Catherine Beebe
And for older kids, all of the above, plus:
The Restless Flame: A Novel About St. Augustine, by Louis de Wohl
Citadel of God: A Novel about St. Benedict, by Louis de Wohl
Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, by E.L. Konigsburg
Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray
