{"id":505,"date":"2003-05-30T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2003-05-30T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=505"},"modified":"2003-05-30T08:30:26","modified_gmt":"2003-05-30T13:30:26","slug":"alicias-recomme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2003\/05\/alicias-recomme\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia’s recommendations Boy do I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alicia’s recommendations<\/b><\/p>\n

Boy do I have suggestions! Did I mention that my BA is in Literature? also, I do have 6 children….
\nThis is not in any particular order. I have read every book I list, some of them several times.
\nI own or have owned just about all of them.
\nAlso, if you can find a list, just about anything published in the 50s and 60s by the Weekly Reader Book Club. Try yard sales.
\nMy grandmother, a first grade teacher, subscribed me for years.
\nI am thinking about books that have good values, are readable, and might
\nhelp these children to expand their horizons a bit – fantasy is actually
\nquite helpful with troubled kids. Some of these may need to be read to the
\nchildren. Enjoy! alicia
\nI recommend the young adult novels by Madeline L’Engle (except for House
\nLike a Lotus – it is a good read but might be problematic for abused
\nchildren – read it first.It does have some sexual material that could be
\ntroubling.)
\nhere is a page with some info on her books
\nhttp:\/\/users.aol.com\/lengleweb\/lnovels.html<\/a>
\nthe ones I think would be good for this age group are
\nA Wrinkle in Time
\nA Wind in the Door
\nMany Waters
\nA Swiftly Tilting Planet
\nThe Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas
\nA Full House: An Austin Family Christmas
\nMeet the Austins
\nThe Anti-Muffins
\nThe Moon by Night
\nThe Arm of the Starfish
\nThe Young Unicorns
\nA Ring of Endless Light
\nTroubling a Star
\nDragons in the Waters
\nAn Acceptable Time
\nAnd Both Were Young
\nCamilla Dickenson
\nNot all of these are in print, alas.
\nI also recommend the books by George Mac Donald, especially
\n“The Princess
\nand the Goblin”<\/a> if you can find it. Also the sequels.
\nNarnia!!!!!
\nAny books by Edith Nesbit (The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Railway Children, The Enchanted Castle, The Book of Beasts,
\nThe Magic CIty, Five Children and It)
\nBud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
\nA wonderful little book I had as a child is “David and the Phoenix” by
\nEdward Ormondroyd, if you can find it!
\nThe Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron (and her
\nother Mushroom Planet stories)
\nTime Cat by Lloyd Alexander (I liked it better than the Prydain series, and
\nit is easier reading)
\nFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
\n(and her other books, too)
\nHarriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
\nDo they have the Anne of Green Gables set? Those are also very readable and
\nhave good values.
\nCharles Dickens? Oliver Twist is short and abused kids really relate!
\nLouisa May Alcott? (Eight Cousins is not as well known as Little Women but
\nis actually more readable for today’s audience – and Jack and Jill which is
\nabout a girl who was severely injured in a sled accident and has to face the
\nprospect that she may never walk again).
\nRudyard Kipling – Kim (another story of an orphaned child who does well in
\nan unusual fashion), The Jungle Book (the real one, not that Disney
\naberration!)
\nThe Andrew Lang Fairy stories (blue, yellow, etc)
\nMark Twain? The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s
\ncourt
\nHow about Sherlock Holmes stories?
\nAny of the Oz books by Baum
\nJules Verne?
\nThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
\nLegend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
\nHow about The Hobbit?
\nLife and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Martha Cannary Burk
\nLittle Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (and several of her other books)
\nHalf-Magic and the other books by Edward Eager (about a 4th grade reading
\nlevel)
\nSid Fleischman’s books (The Whipping Boy, By The Great Horn Spoon – I read my copy of this until it broke, my kids also enjoyed his books)
\nCaddie Woodlawn
\nThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alicia’s recommendations Boy do I have suggestions! Did I mention that my BA is in Literature? also, I do have 6 children…. This is not in any particular order. I have read every book I list, some of them several times. I own or have owned just about all of them. Also, if you can… Continue reading Alicia’s recommendations Boy do I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}