Book Lists 2008

Here is the list (not absolute by any means!) of books we read this year. Titles highlighted in red were exceptional standouts and I can't recommend them enough!

Family Read Alouds:
* Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann Wyss
* Uncle Tom's Cabin (Young Folks Edition), by Harriet Beecher Stowe
* Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
* Robert E. Lee (Sowers)
* The Story of Ulysses S. Grant (Signature)
* Two Little Confederates, by Thomas Nelson Page
* Iron Scouts of the Confederacy, by Lee McGiffin
* Noah Webster: Master of Words, by David Collins(Sowers)
* Amos Fortune: Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates
* We Were There at the Opening of the Erie Canal
* Santa Fe Trail (Landmark), by Samuel H. Adams
* Burgess Bird Book, by Thornton Burgess
* Birds Build Nest, by Yvonne Winer
* Heroes of the Western Outpost, by Edith McCall
* The Kingdom's Edge, by Chuck Black
* The Story of John J. Audubon, by Joan Howard
* The Story of Davy Crockett, by Enid LaMonte Meadowcroft
* Johnny Appleseed: John Chapman, God's Faithful Planter, by David R. Collins
* The Lamplighter, by Maria Cummins
* Away Goes Sally, by Elizabeth Coatsworth
* The Golden Thread by Norman MacLeod
* The Journey That Saved Curious George, by Louise Borden
* Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories, by Joyce Lankester Brisley
* Jessica's Mother, by Hesba Stretton
* Little Jonathan, by Miriam Mason
* Jessica's First Prayer, by Hesba Stretton


Books boy read on his own:
* Story of the Great Chicago Fire
* Story of Annie Oakley (Signature)
* Story of the Homestead Act (Cornerstones of Freedom)
* Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
* Story of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Signature)
* We Were There With the California 49er's
* By the Great Horn Spoon
* Gold Rush Adventures, by Edith McCall
* Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, by Cornelia Cornelissen
* We Were There With the Pony Express
* We Were There at the Alamo
* We Were There at the Opening of the Erie Canal
* Big Birthday Surprise: Jr. Discovers Giving, by Dave Ramsey
* Careless at the Carnival: Jr. Discovers Spending, by Dave Ramsey
* Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis
* Hunters Blaze the Trails, by Edith McCall
* Jeb Smith
* Hardy Boys and the Case of the Twisted Claw, by Franklin Dixon
* Kit Carson, Pathfinder of the West, by Nardi Reeder Campion (A Discovery Bio)
* Jim Beckwourth, Adv. of a Mountain Man, by Louis Sabin (Troll)
* Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (COFA), by Aileen Wells Park
* Johnny Appleseed, by Reeve Lindbergh
* The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure, by Hans Magnus Enzenberger
* Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, by Cindy Neushwander
* Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves, by Peter & Connie Roop
* The Lone Hunt, by Wm. O. Steele
* Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
* The Ox-Cart Man, by Donald Hall
* Adventures on the Waterways, by Edith McCall
* Pioneers, by the Gorslines
* Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles, by Donald Sobol
* If I Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln, by Ann McGovern


Books I read:
* My Father's Daughter, by Gene Stratton-Porter
* The Beckoning Road, by Caroline Dale Snedeker
* Michael O'Halloran, by Gene Stratton-Porter
* Seventh Day, by Bodie & Brock Thoene
* The Harvester, by Gene Stratton-Porter
* Hitty: Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field
* Lorna Doone (This was horrible & I couldn't finish it), by R.D. Blackmore
* Keeper of the Bees, by Gene Stratton-Porter
* Created to Be His Help Meet, by Debi Pearl
* Laddie, by Gene Stratton-Porter
* Mark's Story, by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
* The All New Square Foot Gardener, (a re-read) by Mel Bartholemew
* Edge of Darkness, by Tim LaHaye and Bob Phillips
* Song of Redemption, by Lynn Austin
* The Big Book of Breakfast, by Maryana Vollstedt
* King's Arrow, by Douglas Bond
* The Prophet, by Francine Rivers
* John's Story: The Last Eyewitness, by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
* Gods and Kings, by Lynne Austin
* Duncan's War, by Douglas Bond
* Healthy Foods, by Leanne Ely
* Busy Mom's Guide to Bible Study, by Lisa Whelchel
* Eulalia! by Brian Jacques