GRADE 5 BOOK LIST – middle grade books I’m recommending my 5th grader read in our homeschool
Here’s a list of books I am recommending to my son who is going into grade 5 to read this next year!

I don’t know what the weather is like where you are but fall came early here this year, we started having fall-like weather in the last two weeks of August! I know thatย autumn means different things depending where you live, those in more southern regions don’t truly experience fall until the dead of winter while…
Many people have been asking me and I’m happy to announce that the weekly picture book lists are back! I decided to take a break from writing them for the summer and meant to get this one up last week but then Ephraim came down with tonsillitis and had a fever for a few days…
When sharing about our homeschool rhythm a few weeks ago I mentioned that I wanted to write a post about how I plan our year without a curriculum and I got a few online and in-person questions and comments on how I do it so here it is! When people find out that we homeschool…
Today I am collaborating with Abby from Bear Hill Family to share some early reader chapter books with you! My second child is in/just getting out of the early reader chapter book stage so I wanted to share some books that have been favorites of my kids over the years. If you have some great…
I recently hosted a readathon and my kids wanted to get in on the fun by hosting their own month long readathon. Oh, and of course we’re doing a giveaway as well. Watch the video for the details and then read on below for how to join! Here’s how to join the…
When kids are just beginning to read it can be tricky to find them good books to read. You know the only way for them to get better is to practice their skills, but which early readers should you be supplying them with? Hopefully this post will help give you some good ideas. When kids…