One book I forgot to mention in my Book Sharing Monday post--another great title from Barefoot Books: Tales of Mystery and Magic 
(book and audio cd), retold and narrated by Hugh Lupton and illustrated by Agnese Baruzzi. We're listening to this one as I type.
(book and audio cd), retold and narrated by Hugh Lupton and illustrated by Agnese Baruzzi. We're listening to this one as I type.Classics for Kids October shows from years past (and this year, though this last podcast has another episode to be released before it is complete). Mussorgsky (2008), Grieg (2009), and Stravinsky (2010) are the featured composers.
Halloween Shrinky Dinks
: my younger two love these! This set comes with a halloween tree from which to hang the shrunken ornaments, once finished.
: my younger two love these! This set comes with a halloween tree from which to hang the shrunken ornaments, once finished. Spooky Doodles
: great for the artistically inhibited, or kids that just wanna have fun. The black pages require metallic gel pens
or other such drawing implements.
: great for the artistically inhibited, or kids that just wanna have fun. The black pages require metallic gel pens or other such drawing implements.Spooky Classics for Children
, as told by Jim Weiss, which includes abbreviated versions of Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost," Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and Kipling's "The Sending of Dana Da." We are big fans of this storyteller.
, as told by Jim Weiss, which includes abbreviated versions of Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost," Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and Kipling's "The Sending of Dana Da." We are big fans of this storyteller.I'm also tempted by this unabridged version
of "The Canterville Ghost," narrated by Rupert Degas, which is also available on iTunes.
of "The Canterville Ghost," narrated by Rupert Degas, which is also available on iTunes.And then there are also the movie versions of the tale! I grew up watching the 1944 version
starring Robert Young (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby) and Margaret O'Brien, but have also enjoyed both the 1986 movie featuring Sir John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano and the 1995 made-for-tv version with Patrick Stewart. Neither of these latter two versions appears to be available in DVD or streaming format, but there is a 1985 version
that is bargain priced at Amazon and might be worth checking out.
starring Robert Young (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby) and Margaret O'Brien, but have also enjoyed both the 1986 movie featuring Sir John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano and the 1995 made-for-tv version with Patrick Stewart. Neither of these latter two versions appears to be available in DVD or streaming format, but there is a 1985 version that is bargain priced at Amazon and might be worth checking out.Because I can't let go of homeschooling completely, even on a "sick" day, I put together a few pages of copywork (for this year and next) with a spooky theme. Charles Dickens predominates, but Conan Doyle and Poe make appearances, too, as does childhood favorite L.M. Montgomery.
by Jon J. Muth. The author of 
and 
has a charming Halloween story to share.
, written by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Rick Allen. While not strictly speaking a Halloween book, this title appealed to us because of another by Sidman that we've enjoyed--
--a great spring read!
, written by Ursula Moray Williams and illustrated by Paul Howard. This shortish chapter book was a read-aloud at the homeschooling co-op we used to attend a few years ago, but two of my three were not present to hear the story at the time, so we're giving it a go here at home this week.
by Ray Bradbury. Unbeknownst to me, this haunted space-time adventure has also been made into a movie, which doesn't appear to be available on DVD (though Amazon sells the 
for $12 or so), but it is available on 
.
, by Colin Thiele. Becky over at 
, which we'd already read.
, by James Vance Marshall and Francis Firebrace. Interesting artwork and a paragraph of corresponding information accompanies ten Aboriginal plant and animal tales.
, retold by Margaret Mayo and illustrated by Jane Ray. Other countries represented in this title include China, Russia, India, Peru, France, the Caribbean, Scotland, South Africa, Japan, and more.
, by Alison Lester. A picture book my younger two are enjoying, with a look at many different places around the smallest continent.
, by Witi Ihimaera. Jazz is having a bit of trouble "getting into" this book (its lyrical style is not his cup of tea), but I know we'll watch the movie (again) this week, anyway. He's also reading 
, by Clay Morgan, which he seems to be enjoying.
, retold and illustrated by Joanna Troughton. An amusing story about a bunch of animals that want to get to a land across the sea.
, retold by Neil Philip and illustrated by Nilesh Mistry. A DK book with tales from many of the countries we'll be studying this year.
, retold by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and illustrated by Michael Foreman.
, by Belinda Hollyer. JaneG. is following up Sonlight's reader, 
, with this story of a girl who lives with her Nana in a Maori village until her mother convinces her to move to the city for a time.
. I loved the story as a kid, and valiantly tried it as a read aloud last spring, but it proved beyond me and we gave up about a third of the way in. Pierce is amazing in his ability to give voice to the motley assortment of characters we meet on Milo's journey--if I didn't know better I would never have believed that only one person was narrating. All three children (the almost teenager, the nine-year-old, and the oh-so-picky almost-six-year-old) are loving listening to it and will be sad when it's finished. Suggestions for what to put in the car next are welcome!
