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If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. ~ Adlai Stevenson

Book Lists


“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ~ Albert Einstein

First, links to sites that have fabulous lists to work from, and then the rest are simply some of the book lists I have worked on over the years.


PLACES TO FIND GOOD LITERATURE RECOMMENDATIONS
1000 Good Books
Tanglewood Education
A Picture Perfect Childhood
The Waldorf Student Reading Lists
Ambleside Online 
Top 100 Children's Novels (pdf)
The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads for Kids 9-14


LINKS FOR LIVING MATH BOOK LISTS
Building a Children's Math Library 
Living Math Book Lists
Living Math Books & Mathematical Classics
Math Reader Lists


LINKS FOR LIVING SCIENCE BOOK LISTS
Paula's Archives
Readable Science: An Incomplete Book List
Living Book List for Science
Living Learning Books Elementary Science
Outstanding Science Trade Books K-12


LINKS FOR LIVING HISTORY BOOKS & HISTORICAL FICTION

Valerie's Living Books
Paula's Archives
A Book in Time
Classical House of Learning
Living Books Curriculum: American History
Living Books Curriculum: World History
Sonlight and Beautiful Feet both have great book lists as well
A Charlotte Mason Approach to History
Ambleside Online
Tanglewood Education: History


MY BOOK LISTS
Intriguing/Unusual History Books
Books for 2014-2015
Books to Consider for 2013-2014
Bookish Thoughts (individualized book lists)
Books for British History
Narnia Lit Study - Original
Narnia Lit Study - Revised
Mythology Studies
Around the World Cultural Studies
California History Lit Study
Ancient Times: Fairy Tales & Myths
Prehistorical Explorations
Music & Art Books (K-3rd-ish)
Nature Studies (K-2nd or 3rd-ish)
Seasonal Books for the Young