Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery is the first book in the "Anne of Green Gables" series. Laugh and cry with Anne as you read about her mischevous escapades, and her dissapointments. There are some times in the book when you want to laugh and cry, such as when Anne let her friend, Diana, have three glasses of wine, thinking that it was rasberry cordial.

The Birds' Christmas Carol

by Kate Douglas Wiggins. This is by the author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. I read this heartwarming book every year around Christmas time.

The Mystery of the Emeralds

by Kathryn Kenny is probably the best Trixie Belden book I have read.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

They Loved to Laugh

by Kathryn Worth. This book is published by Bethlehem Books. I got through it in two days, and when I do that, it's a sign that the book is EXCELLENT!

Christmas With Anne, and other stories

by L. M. Montgomery. If you like the Anne of Green Gables Series, you'll certainly love this collection of sixteen heart-warming Christmas/New Year's stories by the same author.

At the Back of the North Wind

by George MacDonald. I read this book for the Literary Club which I go to, and I think that it is one of the best books that the club's leader has told us to read for the club.

Trixie Belden: Mystery on the Mississippi

by Kathryn Kenny. I think that this is one of the best Trixie Belden books I have read. The Bob-Whites have gone on a trip to Missourri with Mr. Wheeler, and as usual, Trixie can't help but find a mystery.

The Trumpeter of Krakow

by Eric P. Kelly. The Trumpeter of Krakow is a GREAT book which takes place in Poland during the 15th Century. If anyone out there is at all like me, you'll want to read this book over and over again.

The Texas Panhandle Series

by Loula Grace Erdman is an excellent series! Each book focuses mainly on one of the three Pierce girls during their 15th year of life.

The three books are:

1. The Wind Blows Free
2. The Wide Horizon
3. The Good Land

I really enjoy reading all of these books over, and over, and over again.

The Mystery of the Angry Idol

by Phyllis A. Whitney is a good book which takes plce in Mystic Connecticut. It's about a girl named Janice Pendelton who thinks that visiting her grandmother in a town by the sea will probably be very boring and dull. It CERTAINLY isn't!

Something for Joey

by Richard E. Peck is a really good book. I have read it quite a few times since I first read it and I never cease to enjoy it! It is a heartwarming story about the Cappelletti family in Pennsylvania from 1970 or 71, to 1973.

I, Juan de Pareja

by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino is a good book about a slave in Europe, who works for an painter, Diego Velazquez. The story is told through Juan's eyes. From when he was a boy to when he was a man, this is a GREAT book, both to read aloud, and to read to yourself.

As I said in a previous post about this book, I would recommend I, Juan de Pareja for grades 4 and up.

Men of Iron

by Howard Pyle. This is a very exciting book which takes place in France. You will enjoy reading about Myles Falworth as he strives to become a knight and avenge his father (the blind lord), an unjustly outlawed knight.

The Singing Tree

by Kate Seredy is the sequel to The Good Master. While I don't like it as much as The Good Master, it is still a good book. It takes place during WWI, and continues to follow Kate and Jancsi's life as they grow up together on the Hungarian plains.

That Girl of Pierre's

by Robert Davis is a great book for girls to read. I got it for my birthday, and have read it a few times since then. That Girl of Pierre's takes place in France, shortly after World War II, and is a book that you'll want to read over and over.

The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson is a GREAT book!

The main characters are:

Richard Shelton

Sir Daniel Brackley

Joanna Sedley

Sir Richard of Gloucester (Richard Crookback)

Sir Oliver Oates

Apparently, R.L. Stevenson had a good sense of humor; for while the book is rather violent in some places, it is very funny in others. At the end of the book Dick (and the reader,) have learned a few lessons.

It would make a REALLY GOOD read-aloud. My family and I listened to the seven (7) CD set in the car, and we all enjoyed every bit of it.