GRADE 8 BOOK LIST – middle grade & YA books I’m recommending my 8th grader read in our homeschool
Here’s a list of books I am recommending to my daughter, who is going into grade 8, to read.

We love a good read aloud in our family and today I am sharing thirteen (not twelve like I said in the video) books we want to read aloud (aka listen to) in the next school year. Now, when I say read alouds what I actually mean is listen tos because I am terrible at…
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…
Every year I like to create a list of independent reads for my daughter (and will do the same for my son once he is reading on his own). She never reads every book on the list but I enjoy making it nonetheless. My main goal of the independent reading list is to push her…
Did you know that books can not only be great to read but also gorgeous decor in a nursery? While I have no intentions of ever decorating a nursery ever again, I think these books would make cute gifts for any little girl’s room! 10 GORGEOUS BOOKS TO DECORATE A GIRLS ROOM We loved this…
I have been on a big World War II reading kick in my own life lately. History never interested me when I was younger but these days it seems like I can’t get enough! I’ve found that I really enjoy reading about history through historical fiction books (and some really good non-fiction ones too). While…
Today I wanted to kick off a new book list series: books about particular countries. I asked Raeca which country I should start with and she said South Africa right away. South Africa is a country that is very special to us because it is Ephraim’s birth country. We were fortunate to be able to…