This year my son is in grade two, so I wanted to create a list of books for him to read this year. He is at the point where he is just starting to read easy chapter books but I know at this rate he’ll really increase his reading ability this next year. So, I wanted to create a list of books for grade two that would have some diversity. There are definitely some easy to read books on here as well as some that are a bit harder. Oh, and because I know my son I’ve also included some funny books, because those are his favorite. 12…
12 Books on Our List for Family Read Alouds This Year
With a new school year approaching I wanted to compile a list of books for family read alouds. For us the term family read aloud mostly means family audiobooks since we still mostly just listen to a book together as a family at meal times. But, I think some of the books on my list for this year don’t have audiobooks, so maybe this will be the year that I finally learn how to read chapter books aloud (if you have tips, let me know! I think my biggest problem is that I am reading ahead in my head way further than where my voice is). We’ve actually gotten a head start…
20 of the Best Classic Read Aloud Novels for Elementary Kids
Three years ago I created a list of 40 classic read aloud novels for kids. I did a lot of research before making that list and compiled what I thought were 40 great books. The only thing was, I hadn’t read all of the books myself. For a number of them I was going off of suggestions from a number of different people. And it turns out my taste is a little different than others. For this list I have include twenty classic novels I have read (most of these I have read aloud to my kids or we have listened to them on audio) and these are books we…
Chapter Books for Girls – Novels Girls (& Boys!) Will Love!
I recently shared a book list that included 18 great chapter books for boys and today I wanted to come and share some good chapter books for girls! Honestly, I think both genders would like all the books on both lists but I mostly tried to keep the books on the girls list to have female main characters and the books on the boys list mostly have male main characters. The books on this list are great from preschool up to grade four, I’ve tried to list them so the books at the beginning of the list are for the younger kids and then as the list goes on they…
12 of the Best Chapter Books for Grade One
I recently shared my daughter’s favorite chapter books from her year in grade four and today I wanted to share my son’s favorite chapter books from his year in grade one! Grade one is kind of a tricky year for chapter books. Kids are learning to read but generally not ready to read chapter books on their own. The books on this list are either ones we read together or (and mostly) books he listened to on audio on his own. I love audiobooks for many reasons, but one of which is how it helps kids who are not quite ready to read difficult books but they are ready to listen to…
12 of the Best Chapter Books for Grade Four
Back in my short lived school teaching career I always thought grade four was the best age. Kids are still young enough where they liked school but old enough they caught on to sarcasm. It was like the sweet spot as far as ages go. Well, now my oldest is officially done grade four and I have to say, it was a great year! Since we added fostering into the mix this year things looked a lot different than I imagined they would, but one thing stayed the same: she read (and listened to) a lot of books. I asked her to share her favorite books from the year and…
