2017-18 Read Alouds and Audiobooks

Just clearing the sidebar for the new year's reading and putting the past year's reading in a place I can find it again. :)

 Teen Read Alouds
MacBeth by William Shakespeare
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (abridged by Puffin Books)
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton Porter
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Elementary Read Alouds
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Treasury by Betty MacDonald
Eleven Kids, One Summer by Ann M. Martin
The Story of Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Anne MacDonald Canham and Betty MacDonald  *(blech!)
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin
Missouri School Days by Roger Lea McBride
And Then a Harvest Feast by George Dennison  *(this one was a waste of time and energy)
"B" is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
The Well-Wishers by Edward Eager
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes
The Light at Tern Rock by Julia L. Sauer
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis  *(kids hated it)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis  *(kids barely tolerated it)
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis  *(kids loved, loved, loved it and were convinced of Narnia's greatness!)
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Simple Gift by Nancy Ruth Patterson
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Fledgling by Jane Langton  *(one of our absolute favorites of the year!)
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
All Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop  *(another great favorite)

Audiobooks
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Little Duke by Charlotte M. Younge
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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