Children's Book List

I copied this list from http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Pammy/69639/ blog...

Good Books for Children

For ages 2-4

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by N.W. Carlstrom
Yellow Ball by Molly Bang
My Blue Boat by Chris L. Demarest
The Little Rabbit by Judy Dunn
Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The ABC Bunny by Wanda Gag
If Jesus Came to My House by Joan Gale Thomas
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Quiet Way Home by Bonny Becker
Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field
I Am an Artist by Pat L. Collins
Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack
Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne
We're Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
The Red Carpet by Rex Parkin
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Jenny's Surprise Summer by Eugenie
Catch Me and Kiss Me and Say It Again by Clyde and Wendy Watson
Each Peach Pear Plum Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Amie and Anika by Terry Stafford
On Market Street by Arnold Lobel
I'm Listening, God, Psalm 19 for Children by Elspeth Campbell Murphy
Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack
The King with Six Friends by Jay Williams
Miss Suzy by Miriam Young
Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Read Aloud Bible Stories by Ella K. Lindvall Volumes 1-4
Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
All the Places To Love by Patricia MacLachlan
On Mother's Lap by Ann Herbert Scott
The Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown
The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown
My First Bible in Pictures by Kenneth Taylor

Ages 4-6


The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Lentil by Robert McCloskey
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Gladys Scheffrin-Falk
Papa Piccolo by Carol Talley
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews
The Clown of God by Tomie DePaola
Storm in the Night by Mary Stoltz
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (with illustrations by Susan Jeffers)
The Giraffe That Walked to Paris by Nancy Milton
Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
They Were Strong and Good by Alice and Robert Lawson
Babar, To Duet or Not to Duet based on characters by DeBrunhoff
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Down, Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Tale of Peter Rabbit written and ill. by Beatrix Potter
Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car by John Burningham
All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The Little Red LIghthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Gramma's Walk by Anna Grossnickle Hines
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
Andy and the Circus by Ellis Credle
The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ill. by Ted Rand
Henry the Castaway by Mark Taylor
The Finest Horse in Town by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Truman's Aunt Farm by Jama Kim Rattigan
The Duchess Bakes a Cake by Virginia Kahl
Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
Warm as Wool by Scott Russell Sanders
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
Climbing Kansas Mountains by George Shannon
Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
The Raft by Jim LaMarche
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Gullywasher by Joyce Rossi
Arabella by Wendy Orr
Higgins Bend Song and Dance by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Cowboy Charlie by Jeanette Winter
Grass Sandals by Dawnine Spivak
Albert by Donna Jo Napoli
The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rose Fraustino
Hanna's Cold Winter by Trish Marx
The Hatmaker's Sign Retold by Candace Fleming
The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold
Angelo by David Macaulay
Winnie the Pooh series by AA Milne and Ernest H. Shepard
(Winnie-The-Pooh, the House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six)
Beatrix Potter series
The Little House by Virginia Burton
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
The Story of Little Babaji by by Helen Bannerman
Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Hiawatha by Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers
The Tale of Three Trees illustrated by Angela Elwell Hunt
Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Plain Princess by Phyllis McGinley
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
Yellow and Pink by William Steig (a good argument for creationism)
I Love You the Purplest by by Barbara M. Joosse
With You All the Way by Max Lucado
Billy and Blaze books by C.W. Anderson (boys love)

Wisdom and the Millers

Storytime with the Millers

Ages 6-10

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Thomas Edison, Young Inventer by Sue Guthridge
Betsy Ross, Designer of Our Flag by Ann Weil
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
The Story of George Washington Carver by Eva Moore
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden, Illustrated by Garth Williams
The Saturdays written and illustrated by Elizabeth Enright
Neil Armstrong -- Young Flyer by Montrew Dunham, Illustrated by Meryl Henderson
Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium by Ann E. Steinke, Illustrated by Roger Xavier
Benjamin Franklin by Ingri D'Aulaire
George Washington by Ingri D'Aulaire
Buffalo Bill by Ingri D'Aulaire
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling
Seabird by Holling C. Holling
James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot
Any books by Thornton Burgess
The Burgess Bird Book
The Burgess Animal book
The Burgess Seashore book
and many others
Oxford Book of Children's Verse Iona and Peter Opie
Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pocahontas by Ingri D'Aulaire
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Pagoo by Holling C Holling
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Heidi by Joanna Spyri
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
At The Back of the North Wood by George MacDonald
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Misty by Marguerite Henry
Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Kavik the Wolf Dog and Gentle Ben both by Walt Morey
Rascal by Sterling North
The Blind Colt by Glen Rounds
Bambi by Felix Salten
Calico Captive and The Sign of the Beaver both by Elizabeth George Speare
Creation Story by Norman Messenger
True Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley & Bill Looney
The Tower of Babel by Gloria Clanin & Lloyd R. Hight
Life In The Great Ice Age by Michael & Beverly Oard
Joseph by Brian Wildsmith
Exodus by Brian Wildsmith
Esther's Story by Diane Wolkstein
The Light and Glory for Children by Peter Marshall
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Ride Like An Indian by Henry V. Larom
Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany by Mildred Allen Butler
Dear Dr. Bell...Your Friend Helen Keller by Judith St. George
Angel of Appalachia: Martha Berry by Elisabeth P. Myers
Carry on Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille by Russell Freedman
The Young Brontes by Phyllis Bentley
The Story of George Washington Carver by Arna Bontemps
Wyatt Earp, Gunfighting Marshal by E. Ned Johnson (boys love)
The Story of Benjamin Franklin by Enid LaMonte
Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani by Adrienne Stone
Abe Lincoln Grows Up by by Carl Sandburg
The Lady With The Lamp: The Story of Florence Nightingale by Lee Wyndham
Annie Oakley by Shannon Garst
Nothing Is Impossible: the Story of Beatrix Potter by Dorothy Aldis
Summer of the Lost Limb by Janis Good
Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert
Have You Seen Tom Thumb? by Mabel Leigh Hunt
Queen Victoria by Noel Streatfeild

Praying for my children...

Into thy hands I offer the mind, body, and spirit of Julianna and Rachel, asking that you raise them in the way you have created them to go. Guide my children away from all things and people that are not aligned with your will. Protect them from things and people that may harm them or lead them away from you.

Remove from my children's mind all shadows of fear, doubt, anger, resentment that could cloud their mind or harden their hearts. Open my children's eyes to see and know danger and give them strength to walk away from and courage to resist all temptations. I pray that they will honor their body as your divine temple, cherish the power of the mind you have given them, use their gifts and talents wisely, soften their heart with kindness and compassion, know your love, feel and express your love at all times under all circumstances. I pray that they draw close to you. Drive away from them patterns of thought and behavior not productive, honorable, healthy, or loving. Bless them with your grace and light. Teach them your ways and guide them to make your ways their priority. Teach me to speak and to honor their spirit and to encourage them to do good at all times. Help me not to take them for granted. Bless them with your bond of love, joy, harmony, respect, and kindness that cannot be broken.

minds-May you clear all shadows of doubt; give them courage and strength to do your will.
hearts-Thank you for loving them more than I can; Help me to love them when they feel hurt, fear, or not strong enough to love themselves.
dreams-May they be aligned to your will and fulfilled by your grace. I pray that you sustain them in difficult experiences and purify their every desire.
I pray that you bless them with health and strength, lift them from harm, and steer them away from danger.

In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Dance Recital

Julianna and Rachel had their dance recital last month (these videos are from the dress rehearsal. I'm glad Rachel didn't cry...she cried in the rehearsal prior to this and would not dance!