off the BOOKshelf

2008 Family Read Alouds
January:

• Mara, Daughter of the Nile
• Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Lovelace
• Aesop and Company by
• Keeping A Nature Journal (browsed by everyone)
• The Bread Book by Carolyn Meyer

February:

• The Story of a Grain of Rice by Raphaelle Brice
• 100 Pounds of Popcorn by Hazel Krantz
• Penguin’s Progress by Jill Tomlinson
• A Thread of Gold compiled by Eleanor Graham
• Dear Mr Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
• Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick
• Classic Nursery Rhymes illustrated by Tracey Moroney
• James Herriot’s Treasury for Children by James Herriot
• Brother Dusty-Feet by Rosemary Sutcliff

March

• The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up by Jill Tomlinson
• Hero Tales Volume II by Dave and Neta Jackson
• not quite finished Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  (Easter Holiday sans read-alouds)

April:

• The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho
• Goodbye, Vietnam by Gloria Whelan
• The Diary of Ma Yan Edited by Pierre Haski
• Piles of SEAsia non-fiction

May:

• Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin
• Tangled Threads by

Mama’s Books Completed
January:

• How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler (first skim and half in-depth reading)
• The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
• Nature Diary by Janet Marsh
• Keeping A Nature Journal by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth
• even a Daughter is better than Nothing by Mykel Board (disappointingly not worth finishing)
• numerous travel guides!

• A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion by Oliver and Rachel DeMille and Diann Jeppson
• The Lonesome Gods by Louis L’Amour
• Knit Two Together by Tracey Ullman and Mel Clark
• 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders by Judith Durant
• even more travel guides

April:

• Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand by Don Horne (truly!)
• Retiring on the Web (why not?!)
• The Permaculture Home Garden by Linda Woodrow
• Hints on Child Training by H. C. Trumball
• every South East Asia Lonely Planet Guide

May:

• Rodzina
• NO MORE BOOKS FOR ME…..ORGANISING THE TRIP IS TAKING ALL MY SPARE TIME SO, WITH SOME SADNESS, I’M PUTTING MY OWN READING ASIDE FOR NOW

J13’s Books Completed
January:

• Our Empire Story by H. E. Marshall
• St. Bartholomew’s Eve by G. A. Henty
• The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle
• King Arthur and His Knights by Stuart Campbell
• On The Other Side of The Hill by Roger Lea MacBride
• All Katy Did by Susan Coolidge (What Katy Did, What Katy Did Next, What Katy Did at School)
• Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
• Coot Club by Arthur Ransome

February:

• Winning His Spurs by G. A. Henty
• Scotland’s Story by H. E. Marshall
• The Story of Oliver Twist Told in Pictures by Charles Dickens (kind of)
• How Nearly Everything Was Invented by Jilly MacLeod
• The World of Captain John Smith by Genevieve Foster
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
• The Mayflower Adventure by Colleen L. Reece
• The Boston Massacre by Susan Martins Miller
• Boston Revolts by Susan Martins Miller
• Plymouth Pioneers by Colleen L. Reece
• Dream Seekers by Loree Lough
• Fire by Night by Loree Lough
• Queen Anne’s War by JoAnn A. Grote
• Danger in the Harbour by JoAnn A. Grote
• Smallpox Strikes by Norma Jean Lutz
• Maggie’s Choice by Norma Jean Lutz
• Elsie’s Endless Wait by Martha Finley
• Kingdom’s Dawn by Chuck Black

March

• When London Burned by G. A. Henty
• White Boots by Noel Streatfield
• Thursday’s Children by Rumer Godden
• The World of Captain John Smith by Genevieve Foster
• What The Bible Is All About by Frances Blakenbaker
• Mary Emma and Company by Ralph Moody
• The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Great Pyramid Mystery by De Wolfe Morgan

April:

• What A Wonderful Tune by Wayne Nicholls
• Jo’s Boys by Louisa M. Alcott
• The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan
• A Parcel of Patterns by Jill P. Walsh
• Project Kite by Sian Lewis
• The Big Six by Arthur Ransome
• Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome
• Emily’s Quest by L. M. Montgomery
• Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
• The Dry Divide by Ralph Moody
• Wulf the Saxon by G. A. Henty
• Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise J. McGraw
• The Black Arrow by Robert L. Stevenson
• Anne of Ingelside by L. L. Montgomery
• Winnie Ille Pu translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard

J12’s Books Completed
January:

• Secret Water by Arthur Ransome
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
• All Katy Did by Susan Coolidge (What Katy Did, What Katy Did Next, What Katy Did at School)

February:

• Great Pyramid Mystery by De Wolfe Morgan
• The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden
• In Freedom’s Cause by G. A. Henty
• Through the Sikh War by G. A. Henty
• By Pike and Dyke by G. A. Henty
• Kingdom’s Dawn by Chuck Black
• Winning His Spurs by G. A. Henty

March:

• Changing of the Guard by H. E. Todd
• God’s Chosen People by Accent Publications
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
• 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
• Blueback by Tim Winton
• Mrs Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
• Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry

April

• Project Kite by Sian Lewis
• The Secret Passage by Nina Bawden
• Diving Adventure by Willard Price
• The Westing Game by Raskin
• Blueback by Tim Winton
• The sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare
• Wult the Saxon by G. A. Henty

May:

• The Mayflower Secret by Dave and Neta Jackson
• A Knight of the White Cross by G. A. Henty
• Trina by Patricia Miles Martin
• How Cool Stuff Works
• The Thieves of Tyburn Square by Dave and Neta Jackson
• The Tale of Despereaux by TImothy B. Ering

K10’s Books Completed (not including towering piles of picture books)
January:

• The Magic Globe by Heather Maisner
• The Crab with the Golden Claws by Herge
• The Blue Lotus by Herge

February:

• Captain Cat by Syd Hoff
• The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward and Aingelda Ardizzone
• The True Story of Pocahontas by Lucille Recht Pemer
• The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford
• Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
• Professor Branestawm’s Pocket Motor Car by Norman Hunter

March:

• The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
• Chang’s Paper Pony by Eleanor Coerr
• Captain Cat by Syd Hoff
• Oliver Pig at School by Jean van Leeuwen

April:

• We Are Neighbours
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Oliver Pig at School by Jean van Leeuwen
• Oliver, Amanda and Grandmother Pig by Jean van Leeuwen
• Tintin Destination Moon by Herge
• TIntin Explores the Moon by Herge

K9’s Books Completed (not including quite a few picture books)
January:

• A Lion To Guard Us
• Albert
• Favourite Games Around the World by Julie Hamston
• The Magic Globe by Heather Maisner
• New Zealand A History in Pictures

February:

• More Tales of Amanda Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen
• The Boston Coffee Party by Doreen Rappaport
• Daniel’s Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Long Way Westward by Joan Sandin
• The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward and Aingelda Ardizzone
• Oliver Pig at School by Jean Van Leeuwen
• Captain Cat by Syd Hoff
• The True Story of Pocahontas by Lucille Recht Pemer
• The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford

March:

• Amanda Pig on Her Own by Jean van Leeuwen
• Amanda Pig, School Girl by Jean van Leeuwen
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
• “and I’ve read lots of picture books though, but you said they don’t count.” “Well dear, it’s not a matter of not counting, it’s just that I’m only writing up chapter books - and those ones you told me only just qualify!!”

April:

• The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin
• The Long Way Westward by Joan Sandin
• Daniel’s Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Boston Coffee Party by Doreen Rappaport
• Albert by Alison Jezard
• We Are Neighbours
• The Josphina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr
• The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
• The Little Girl and The Tiny Doll
• Katie Morag by Mairi Hedderwick
• Oliver, Amanda and Grandmother Pig by Jean van Leeuwen

L7’s Books Completed (excluding the daily dose of picture books and looked-at-for-fun-but-not-read-TinTins)
January:

• Fantastic Mr Fox
• Oliver Pig at School

February:

• More Tales of Amanda Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen
• The Long Way Westward by Joan Sandin
• Oliver Pig at School by Jean Van Leeuwen
• lots and lots and lots of picture books

March:

• The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
• Oliver Pig at School by Jean Van Leeuwen
• Captain Cat by Syd Hoff
• Amanda Pig, School Girl by Jean van Leeuwen
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• Amanda Pig on Her Own by Jean van Leeuwen

April:

• Tales of Oliver Pig by Jean van Leeuwen
• Amanda Pig on Her Own by Jean van Leeuwen
• More Tales of Amanda Pig by Jean van Leeuwen
• The Cow Who Fell In The Canal by Phyllis Krasilovsky
• The Tale of the Three Trees by Tim Jonke