Annual Book List 2025-26 (Family Read Aloud)

 

As we say good-bye to June and hello to summertime studies, we present our Annual Book List: Family Read-Alouds. 

Besides art and outdoors, read-alouds are by far my favourite part of the day. All the kids grab something to do with their hands as they laugh or cry or beg for another chapter. We tend to take author marathons occasionally. We took a trip down memory lane with Judy Blume. Though she is nowhere near the top of my lit list, the kids laughed-out-loud at the antics of little Fudge, so we went on a Blume Marathon. I read the Chronicles of Narnia to the big kids when they were wee, so we're starting over with the Littles, but the older listen in and recall good memories of playing their favourite characters with friends.

If there is any part of homeschooling that I hope the kids carry with them, it would be endless hours outdoors and loving good lit.

Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byers

Socks by Beverly Clearly

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume

Frecklejuice by Judy Blume

Superfudge by Judy Blume

Double Fudge by Judy Blume

The Ogress and the Orphan by Kelly Barnhill

The Poets Dog by Patricia MacLaughlin

Esperanza Rising

Where the Red Fern Grows

Ordinary Princess by MM Kaye

Dory: Center of the Universe by Abby Hanlon

The Gate, The Girl & The Dragon by Grace Lin

Amos Fortune by Elizabeth Yeats

The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbit

Ember Rising by JD Smith

Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

The Magicians Nephew by CS Lewis

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne

The Horse and his Boy by CS Lewis

The Lions Run by Sara Pennypacker

Abels Island by William Steig