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100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

2 Feb 20235 Feb 2023
Evenings at Home is a collection of children's stories by John Aikin and his sister and number 51 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover.…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Edgeworth

26 Jan 20235 Feb 2023
The Parent's Assistant is a collection of children's stories by Maria Edgeworth and number 50 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover. The book contains…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Yonge

19 Jan 20235 Feb 2023
In keeping with the history theme, the next 6 books on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are histories by Charlotte Marie Yonge. Charlotte Yonge…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Dickens

12 Jan 20235 Feb 2023
The next book on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover is another history. A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens was originally written as…
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Now We Are Six ~ Free eBook

9 Jan 202310 Jan 2023
January 2023 brings another A.A. Milne work into the public domain in the U.S. Now we Are Six is a book of 35 poems. Many deal with Christopher Robin, and…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Abbott’s Histories

5 Jan 20235 Feb 2023
A series of histories by Jacob Abbott is next on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover. Jacob Abbott was an extremely prolific writer of children's…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Scott

15 Dec 20225 Feb 2023
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe is number 12 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover. Sir Walter Scott came from a large family in Scotland. When…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Lanier

8 Dec 20225 Feb 2023
Numbers 10 and 11 on Baldwin's The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are children's versions of King Arthur and Percy by Sidney Lanier. While Sidney…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Kingsley

1 Dec 20225 Feb 2023
Numbers 7, 8, and 9 on Baldwin's The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are classics by author Charles Kingsley: The Heroes, The Water-Babies, and Madame…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Hawthorne

17 Nov 20225 Feb 2023
Number five and six on Baldwin's The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are classic retellings of the Greek myths by Nathaniel Hawthorne. A Wonder Book…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Wyss

10 Nov 20225 Feb 2023
Continuing our adventure theme, number four on Baldwin's The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover is The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss. The Swiss Family…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Defoe

3 Nov 20225 Feb 2023
Number three on Baldwin's The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Carroll

27 Oct 20225 Feb 2023
Our next addition to The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover by James Baldwin is Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice's Adventures…
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How to Tell Stories to Children ~ Free eBook

24 Oct 202225 Oct 2022
Sara Cone Bryant wrote children's books in the 1900s, but among her best-known works are those that encourage storytelling. We covered her Stories to Tell to Children; this time we'll…
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Stories to Tell to Children ~ Free eBook

17 Oct 202218 Oct 2022
Sara Cone Bryant wrote children's books in the 1900s, but among her best-known works are those that encourage storytelling. Stories to Tell to Children not only includes a list of…
Online Poetry Anthology

“To a Waterfowl” by Bryant

13 Oct 202211 Oct 2022
Whither, 'midst falling dew,While glow the heavens with the last steps of dayFar, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursueThy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eyeMight mark thy distant flight…
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Andersen

6 Oct 20225 Feb 2023
Up first on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover by James Baldwin is Andersen's fairy tales. Andersen's Fairy Stories Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish…
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The Hundred Best Books for Children ~ Introduction

22 Sep 202221 Sep 2022
Back in 1884, The Book-Lover by James Baldwin was published. Baldwin was a teacher, author, and Editor-in-Chief for American Book Company (a large textbook publishing company in the late 1800s).…
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Mother Carey’s Chickens ~ Free eBook

22 Aug 202222 Aug 2022
Looking for a great read-aloud? Here it is: Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin is a family favorite. It was Captain Carey's favorite Admiral who was responsible for the…
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4 Ways to Incorporate Poetry ~ Resources

21 Apr 202210 Nov 2022
Poetry? Depending on the age of the student, the word might draw a blank look, an unhappy expression, or a dark scowl! If we do this right, from the beginning,…
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Preparing for Easter ~ Review

11 Apr 202211 May 2022
Fans of C. S. Lewis may be interested in these 50 devotional readings leading up to Easter. Preparing for Easter is a 7-week (plus one day) devotional taken from the…
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The Children’s Own Longfellow ~ Free eBook

28 Mar 20227 Jul 2022
Longfellow has long been a favorite of homeschool moms. Because of the concrete storytelling element, his poems make an easy introduction to poetry. The Children's Own Longfellow is an illustrated…
Activities

Activity: Describe ~ Free Form

23 Mar 20229 Nov 2022
One of the marks of a good writer is the ability to paint a picture in the reader's mind of what is happening. Instead of simply telling what happened, by…
Online Poetry Anthology

“The Cloud” by Shelley

17 Mar 20227 Jul 2022
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,From the seas and the streams;I bear light shade for the leaves when laidIn their noon-day dreams.From my wings are shaken the dews…
Activities

Activity: Storytelling Prompts

9 Mar 20229 Nov 2022
Storytelling is a great way to dip a toe into creative writing. It borrows from narrating, and redirects the process from retelling the story of someone else to telling your…
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Black Beauty Young Folks Edition ~ Free eBook

21 Feb 202216 Jul 2022
Black Beauty has long been a favorite read of horse lovers. If you have a younger reader, you might appreciate this free abridged version in the public domain. Written in…

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Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans contains biographies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Free.

6 Feb 202331 Jan 2023
100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

Number 51 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are stories from Evenings at Home by Aikin.

2 Feb 20235 Feb 2023
Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

We have updated our Presidents Day Holiday Helps page, a free unit study, for 2023.

1 Feb 202328 Jan 2023
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