Dear Laurie, I am in the process of getting rid of many of my children’s books. As we read through them my son was either upset about these horrid stories or I was skipping over stories. However, I need something else to read to my son. Can you recommend an anthology and some picture books [...]

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 great one for boys. Now, in [...]

Update on William Clark Russell (1844-1911) from John Addy (December 2010) — (See Part I here) 1.       Deal Maritime Museum – Judith Dore, secretary of the museum, asked me for information on CR’s connections with the town of Deal in Kent. I sent several extracts from poems, articles, stories and novels where CR mentions Deal, [...]

Recently I purchased a copy of George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster. The recommended reading level begins at 4th grade, yet is seems like excellent read-aloud material. Is there a compelling reason why I should wait until my knowledge-level children are older before using this as the backbone for a history timeline? Pamela, Chicago I [...]

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 program. In fact, my husband is a first grade [...]

Letter from one of our readers in response to Kelly: I thought I might post this to give you some encouragement. My oldest son, now a 21 year old college student, sounds just like your son. We homeschooled him all the way through high school and, even at his graduation, I felt that I had [...]

We recently ran a contest in our Homeschooling with the Trivium e-letter asking for favorite read alouds. Here are the results: Lynn Reif — Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman Debbie Speedy — Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos Cindy Landreth — Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. Peggy Brooks — [...]

Books on tape from Blackstone Audiobooks Men of Iron — Pyle The Bronze Bow — Speare Jo’s Boys — Alcott Sufferings in Africa — Captain James Riley The Captivity of the Oatman Girls — Lorenzo Oatman The Shining Company — Sutcliff The Elusive Pimpernel — Orczy The Poison Belt — Doyl The Histories — Herodotus [...]

Here’s mine. My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. — A. A. Milne

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 our surprise and [...]