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... books I hadn't read or thought about since I was a little girl- titles like Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates and The Swiss Family Robinson. The Prince Tree-Hugger
The Prince Pine Tree
The William Evergreen
The English Pine
Teehee! Funny touchstones! ... Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by SELMA LAGERLÖF
Bulfinch's Mythology
Pippi Longstocking
The Swiss Family Robinson - When I was little, I used to play the Swiss Family Robinson while I was sitting in my favorite tree.
The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese F ... ... rules, we all get the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare automatically.
Hmm. Thinks...
Robinson Crusoe
The Swiss family Robinson
Foe
The Tempest
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
Lord of the flies
The Coral Island
The blue lagoon
...no, I don't think so, ... ... the Dozen
An Ordinary Princess
An Old Fashioned Girl
Watership Down
Dragon's Milk
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Swiss Family Robinson (does that count?)
Finally, I would take a book that I'd never heard of (preferably historical fiction) to keep with me and read when I got off ... ... of course Hook with Robin Williams, Peter Pan and the 1960s Disney version of Black Beard's Ghost to mention a few. Swiss Family Robinson had to deal with Pirates too. I was just thinking it might be fun to start a movie collection all about Pirates. I guess you can even include Six Days ... ... the Black Stallion, Indian Paint - yes, there is a theme there). But I have a strong memory of Heidi and The Swiss Family Robinson - perhaps those were remnants of my Swiss grandfather - as well as Jules Verne.
Swiss Family Robinson also has lots of educational passages in it. If I remember right, the author intentionally wrote it to teach about the skills used by the Robinsons in a way that boys would find interesting. How about Bridge to Terabithia? My teacher read that aloud in sixth grade. Any classics would do. Swiss Family Robinson is a wonderful story and read aloud. Farmer Boy, Cricket in Times Square, and Wind in the Willows. Oh, and what about James and the Giant Peach? ... there are soo many out there!! Some of my favorites are Cold Mountain, The Thirteenth Tale, Pride and Prejudice and Swiss Family Robinson. I'd have to say those were the top runners. I went absolutely crazy in the last two days. All from second hand shops or thrift stores:
Swiss Family Robinson Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde Travels with my Aunt The New York Trilogy A Bend in the River The Talented Mr. Ripley Nightwood The Sea The Shadow of the Wind English Music ... ... Stop Cafe
9) Jane Eyre
10) A Light in the Attic
Runners-up:
Macbeth
Outlander
The Red Tent
The Stand
The Swiss Family Robinson
Harry Potter series
edited to finish adding touchstones and then to add Harry Potter (since someone mentioned series are allowed) :o) ... Hidden Hand, and my three older children have been rivited throughout the book. When we finish that we will move on to The Swiss Family Robinson. My youngest child loved Pinnochio the most. He has asked me to read it to him a second time, so I am reading that to him alone. Tarzan of the apes
Swiss Family
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Cork Boat
Bloody Jack ... by Jane Austen (reading Pride and Prejudice right now)
The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss ... Crownover
The Judas Goat by Robert Parker
The Cheese Course by Jane Kessel Fletcher and Kitty Morse
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Elizabeth and Mary: cousins, rivals, queens by Jane Dunn
Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
When I was a kid, I'd start every summer vacation by rereading The Swiss Family Robinson and The Black Stallion, followed by all seven Chronicles of Narnia books. I've lost count how many times that came out to.
As an adult, I've read Dean Koontz's Strangers and Phantoms countless ... ... going to go to the library tomorrow and try to find some--probably going to have to request them though. Now I'm reading Swiss Family Robinson online.
#14 As to my reason for wanting the books, the other day I was listening to Dive by Sarah Brightman (which is a water themed album) and it ... ... Fisher on trans-tasman ocean voyage to NZ. Definitely strong female. No shipwreck though.
And of course the classic Swiss Family Robinson, is one of the first 'shipwrecked ont a desert island'. No strong female though... ... general rule is to try to read above their own reading level, however not to far above it. I tried reading the originial Swiss Family Robinson to my son when he was six. He was lost. I however, loved it and finished it on my own. I highly recommend it to all to read. Its fabulous. ... them, just saying, don't give up hope, children might even appreciate them better later in their lives.
Our family read Swiss Family Robinson and many others, but they preferred Jules Verne, Little House on the Prairie, Ralph Moodyetc. We did as many activities as we could around ... ...
We have quit a few. Although I too believe that reading above their level is important, reading something as difficult as Swiss Family Robinson is too hard. The enjoyment would be lost on the kids if the language is too hard or descriptive, as in most of the classics. The books have text on ... ... Charlotte Mason, which spurred this on to begin with!
Charlotte Mason says to read unabridged versions of classics like Swiss Family Robinson to a 6 year old. That would not fly here! Lol.
The Well-Trained Mind has similar recommendations as does Teaching the Trivium by the Bluedorns, ... ... the books out loud for his siblings' edification, but soon they were favorites we read for ourselves.
We also liked The Swiss Family Robinson and of course Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and Kidnapped. In fact, anything about adventures at sea fascinated us: Call It Co ... My memory is torn as to which came first between Swiss Family Robinson and Melville's Typee. One spurred a long-term interest, the other fed it. ... House on the Prairie series
Peter Pan
Mary Poppins
Tom Sawyer
A Little Princess
Alice in Wonderland
Swiss Family Robinson
Robin Hood
Kidnapped
Treasure Island
A little more recent (20th century), but still classics:
Matilda (and many other Roald Dahl ... Around that age I was reading:
The Swiss Family Robinson
David Eddings Belgariad series
Laura Ingalls Wilder just about everything
J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
...
(Heresy, I know. ;) )
As to the books: I also own them all, and the only thing I don't recall reading is The Swiss Family Robinson. Mine may even be abridged (oh horrors).
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