Readers are leaders!
This phrase is something I’ve been saying a lot lately to Mellie. Why? We have a generation of non-readers being raised up and I want her to recognize the importance and joy we can have in opening a book. So, how do I interest a child of this 21st century era we now live in. Technology has made so many great advances but I want her to love to sit down with a book. They are simple, easy to use and never lose their batteries. (That being said, I DO love my kindle app on my phone at night when I want to read in bed and my husband is sleeping)
If we can keep our children off technology for as many hours a day as possible, I believe their imaginations have more of an opportunity to soar. Mellie loves to be outside with the lizards and frogs. She will spend time walking among the trees and I “helping” the plants.
Today I wanted to share with you some books for your children. These are books that are all based on true stories but are so well told, the children will love them.
Snow Treasure
This is our current read. I read to her while she works on her journal or finishes up her Penmanship (cursive) in school. A true story that takes place during WWII in Norway, this has had her on the edge of her seat. It is a fairly quick read and when we finish this book, we plan to watch the movie that came out in 1968. This is a story of a group of children in Norway who helped to save millions of dollars in gold bullion from the Germans.
The Children Who Stayed Alone
We read this one and I played up the fact that children her age and younger were responsible enough to be left alone! She was duly impressed. The family lives out in the middle of the prairies. A neighbor needs help and the mother goes to help. She leaves the children with instructions and the children do well to keep the house up. A blizzard, though, kicks up and the mother cannot get home. The children must figure out how to handle the situation especially when someone shows up at their door.
Little House In The Big Woods
I would venture to guess that everyone has heard of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her series. A few years ago we started this series but we have gotten away from it and she wants to go back to it. I find at this age, shorter books that aren’t part of a series, easier to read to her but we will have to finish it. This is the first book and Laura allowed us to look into the life of her family as they set up house in the deep woods. This is just the first book of a multi-book series. I highly recommend this series for your children.
In Grandma’s Attic
This is a series I haven’t read to Mellie yet but it is on our TBR (to be read) list. I loved these as a young girl. Oh the troubles Grandma had as a girl in the old days. I really could relate to all the scrapes she got into. The series follows her from a young girl right through her adulthood, marriage and beyond. This book is based on the author’s grandma’s life in the late 1800’s. I think Mellie is going to enjoy the adventures that we will read in this book.
One more honorable mention here. Check out this story that I read personally and loved!
Whether you read to them or they read on their own, encourage them with your words and actions when they read books. Make them feel important when you have book reviews together and they will learn to love to read, too.
(Just a note: I linked the books to Amazon but you can usually find them on Thriftbooks, too, which is an app I use often!)