Top Thirty Book Recommendations

Over at Musings about Life, I put up my list of 100 books I think every adult should read at least once. Here is my top thirty book recommendations for kids (in no particular order).

30 Books for children:

Any age-appropriate version of the Odyssey, the Iliad, or the Aeneid
Aesop’s Fables
Any books by Lloyd Alexander
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
The Anne of Avonlea Books – LM Montgomery
Any stories by Hans Christian Anderson
Any Arthurian Legends
Big Red – Jim Kiejelgaard
Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
The Black Stallion
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
At least a few of the Nancy Drew books – Carol Keene
Fairytales by the Brothers Grimm
The Great Brain books
At least a few of the Hardy Boys books – Frank Davis
The Harry Potter books – J.K. Rowling
The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling
The Little House books – Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Matilda – Roald Dahl
The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
National Velvet – Enid Bagnold
Peter Pan – JM Barrie
The Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
Robin Hood – Howard Pyle
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Stuart Little – E.B. White
Trumpet of the Swan – E.B. White
Winnie the Pooh – A.A. Milne


Please enjoy, and if you know of any I forgot, please feel free to add them into the comments.

Good News for Homeschoolers

A friend of mine sent me a link to a wonderful article on homeschooling that I'd like to share:

College application policies easing for homeschoolers

Little by little we're winning the fight to teach our own children and be accepted by the general populous. Hurray!