by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 16, 2012 | Reading Aloud
Hello Laurie, In the book Hand That Rocks the Cradle, the book Rascal by Sterling North was a recommendation. When I saw Rascal on audio book at my local library I checked it out. We have listened to the whole thing and really enjoyed the story — it’s a...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 11, 2012 | Children's Books, Reading Aloud
I am just getting started homeschooling, and have found your book and website to be a tremendous help. My oldest is five and learning to read using TATRAS, and my husband and I are so pleased with her progress. We definitely appreciate your recommendation of that...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Nov 28, 2012 | Children's Books, Literature, Reading Aloud
One big problem with reading this book. You will be driven to find all of John Buchan’s works, and most are out of print.
by Laurie Bluedorn | Nov 12, 2012 | Reading Aloud
Thank you so much for encouraging us to read above the level you think your child will understand. Recently we began to read Charlotte’s Web with our 5yo son because the play is coming to our area and we needed to know the story since we didn’t read it as children. To...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 7, 2012 | Art, Children's Books, Reading Aloud
Penrod by Booth Tarkington (published 1914) Penrod Schofield is twelve and has been volunteered by his mother for “The Pageant of the Table Round” in which he is to play the Child Sir Lancelot du Lake. He gets himself into a mountain of trouble when he...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 1, 2012 | Children's Books, Reading Aloud
Two of my favorite read-alouds — you can get them from the Gundersons at Grace and Truth Books. Nobody’s Boy by Hector Malot Nobody’s Girl by Hector Malot
