Books Read 2016

Read alouds

  1. Nehemiah-Neil Ross-January 2016
  2. Katie meets the Impressionists-James Mayhew-January 2016
  3. Katie in London-James Mayhew-January 2016
  4. Katie and the Bathers-James Mayhew-January 2016
  5. Katie and the British artists-James Mayhew-January 2016
  6. The Life and Work of Georges Seurat-Paul Flux-January 2016
  7. Katie and the Spanish Princess-James Mayhew-January 2016
  8. Medivael Feast-Aliki-January 2016
  9. Katie and the Waterlily Pond-James Mayhew-January 2016
  10. Gladys Aylward-R.O. Latham-January 2016
  11. Katie's Picture Show-James Mayhew-January 2016
  12. Katie and the Mona Lisa-James Mayhew-January 2016
  13. Katie and the sunflowers-James Mayhew-January 2016
  14. Katie and the starry night-James Mayhew-January 2016
  15. Baby Baboon-Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway-January 2016
  16. Lazy Lion-Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway-January 2016
  17. Sir Cumference and all the King's Tens-Cindy Neuschwander-January 2016
  18. Katie and the Dinosaurs-James Mayhew-January 2016
  19. Deadly Factbook: Minibeasts, Spiders and Insects-January 2016
  20. Chanticleer and the Fox-from Geoffrey Chaucer illustrated by Barbara Cooney
  21. The Penguin who wanted to find out-Jill Tomlinson-January 2016
  22. If you were me and lived in Kenya-Carol P Roman-January 2016
  23. Africa-Rebecca Hirsch-January 2016
  24. Mama Panya's Pancakes-Mary and Rich Chamberlin-January 2016
  25. Degas and the Little Dancer-Laurence Arnholt-February 2016
  26. Richard III: a Shakespeare Story-Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross-February 2016
  27. Joan of Arc-Diane Stanley-February 2016
  28. Jungle Doctor to the Rescue-Paul White-February 2016
  29. Tiddler-Julia Donaldson-February 2016
  30. Mary Slessor: What is it like?-Catherine MacKenzie-February 2016
  31. Running Rhino-Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway-February 2016
  32. Gideon-Carine MacKenzie-February 2016
  33. The boy who biked the world-Alastair Humphries-March 2016
  34. Paddington and the tutti frutti sundae-Michael Bond-March 2016
  35. The Emperor and the nightingale-based on Hans Christian Anderson-March 2016
  36. Pompeii: Buried alive!-Edith Kunhardt-March 2016
  37. Andy and the Lion-James Daugherty-March 2016
  38. If you were me and lived in Kenya-Carole Roman-March 2016
  39. Roxaboxen-Alice McLerran-March 2016
  40. How to make an apple pie and see the world-Marjorie Priceman-March 2016
  41. Bronze and Sunflower-Cao Wenxuan-March 2016
  42. Gideon-Carine MacKenzie-March 2016
  43. Growing Frogs-Vivian French-March 2016
  44. Wonderfully made: God's story of life from conceptrion to birth-Danika Cooley-March 2016
  45. Leonardo' Horse- Jean Fritz and Hudson Talbott-March 2016
  46. The River Nile-Allan Fowler-March 2016
  47. Why Elephant has a trunk-Claudia Lloyd-March 2016
  48. Alfie and the birthday surprise-Shirley Hughes-March 2016
  49. The Bible Smuggler-Louise Vernon-March 2016
  50. The Little House-Virginia Lee Burton-March 2016
  51. Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel-Virginia Lee Burton-March 2016
  52. The boy who biked the World: Riding the Americas-Alastair Humphreys-March 2016
  53. Mrs Katz and Tush-Patricia Polacco-March 2016
  54. Paul Revere's Ride-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow illustrated by Ted Rand-March 2016
  55. Africa-Rebecca Hirsch-March 2016
  56. The Child's Story Bible: Old Testament Volume 2-Catherine Vos-March 2016
  57. Two tiny mice explore-Alan Baker-March 2016
  58. The Gruffalo-Julia Donaldson-April 2016
  59. The tiny seed-Eric Carle-April 2016
  60. Antarctica-Rebecca Hirsch-April 2016
  61. The Emperor's Egg-Martin Jenkins-April 2016
  62. Carrie's War-Nina Bawden-April 2016
  63. Henry V-a Shakespeare Story-Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross-April 2016
  64. Peter: The Fisherman-Carine Mackenzie-April 2016
  65. Miss Rumphius-Barbara Cooney-April 2016
  66. 13 Buildings Children should know-Annette Roeder-April 2016
  67. Gideon - Carine Mckenzie - May 2016
  68. Madeline-Ludwig Bemelmans-May 2016
  69. The Tale of Tom Kitten-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  70. Lives of the Great Composers-Ian Woodward-May 2016
  71. Fine Print: A story about Johann Gutenberg-May 2016
  72. Mrs Tiggywinkle-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  73. Duckat-Gaelyn Gordon-May 2016
  74. Kiwi-Annemarie Florian-May 2016
  75. Jemima Puddle Duck-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  76. The Little House-Virginia Lee Burton-May 2016
  77. Lazy Lion-Mwenye Hadithi-May 2016
  78. I love crocodiles-Steve Parker-May 2016
  79. Miriam-Carine McKenzie-May 2016
  80. The tale of Benjamin Bunny-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  81. The tale of Peter Rabbit-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  82. The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  83. The tale of the Flopsy Bunnies-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  84. One tiny turtle-Nicola Davies-May 2016
  85. The Snail and the Whale-Julia Donaldson-May 2016
  86. The tale of Squirrel Nutkin-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  87. I love Bears-Steve Parker-May 2016
  88. The tailor of Gloucester-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  89. The tale of Tommy Tiptoes-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  90. The boy who biked the world: riding home through Asia-Alastair Humphreys-May 2016
  91. The tale of two naughty mice-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  92. The tale of Pigling Bland-Beatrix Potter-May 2016
  93. If you were me and lived in Australia-Carole P. Roman-May 2016
  94. Sebastian lives in a hat-Thelma Catterwell-May 2016
  95. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge-Hildegarde Swift and Lynd Ward-May 2016
  96. The Salamander Room-Anne Mazer-May 2016
  97. How much is a million?-David Schwartz-June 2016
  98. The King's Book-Louise Vernon-June 2016
  99. Divide and ride-Stuart J. Murphy-June 2016
  100. Less than zero-Stuart J. Murphy-June 2016
  101. The Trojan Horse-Emily Little-June 2016
  102. Swallows and Amazons-Arthur Ransome-June 2016
  103. 13 Bridges Children should know-Brad Finger-June 2016
  104. Lives of the Great Composers-book 1-Ian Woodward-June 2016
  105. Magic School bus out of this world: a book about space rocks-Joanna Cole-June 2016
  106. Still more stories from Grandma's Attic-Arleta Richardson-July 2016
  107. Pumpkin Runner-Marsha Diane Arnold-July 2016
  108. Bilby's Burrow-Rebecca Johnson-July 2016
  109. Harold and the Purple Crayon-Crockett Johnson-July 2016
  110. Night of the Moonjellies-Mark Shasha-July 2016
  111. Little Nino's Pizzeria-Karen Barbour-July 2016
  112. Pirates of Pompeii-Caroline Lawrence-August 2016
  113. Mousehole Cat-Antonia Barber-August 2016
  114. Assassins of Rome-Caroline Lawrence-August 2016
  115. Boxes for Katje-Candace Fleming-August 2016
  116. Escape from Rome-Caroline Lawrence-August 2016
  117. The book on the window sill and other stories-Damaris-September 2016
  118. Number the stars-Lois Lowry-September 2016
  119. Dolphins of Laurentum-Caroline Lawrence-September 2016
  120. Amazing Machines-David Maculay-September 2016
  121. The Piano Girl-Sherri Murray-September 2016
  122. How to make an apple pie and see the world-Marjorie Priceman-October 2016
  123. Andy and the Lion-Jame Daugherty-October 2016
  124. Very First Last Time-Jan Andrews-October 2016
  125. Colossus of Rhodes-Caroline Lawrence-October 2016
  126. The Archers of Isca-Caroline Lawrence-October 2016
  127. The Story of Ann Griffiths-Ann Gruffydd Rhys-October 2016
  128. Fugitive from Corinth-Caroline Lawrence-October 2016
  129. 13 Artists every child should know-Angela Wenzel-November 2016
  130. Sirens of Surrentum-Caroline Lawrence-November 2016
  131. Where the poppies now grow-Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey-November 2016
  132. Treasures of the Snow-Patricia St John-November 2016
  133. The Child's Story Bible: New Testament-Catherine Vos-November 2016
  134. Charioteer of Delphi-Caroline Lawrence-November 2016
  135. Slave girl from Jerusalem-Caroline Lawrence-November 2016
  136. The Good Master-Kate Seredy-December 2016
  137. The Sewer Demon-Caroline Lawrence-December 2016
  138. If He had not come-Nan Weeks-December 2016
  139. The poisoned honeycake-Caroline Lawrence-December 2016
  140. Night Preacher-Louise Vernon-December 2016
  141. Listen to the Moon-Michael Morpurgo-December 2016


Personal Reading
  1. The Boy who Biked the World. Part One: on the Road to Africa. Alastair Humphries-January 2016
  2. Partnership Writing-Julie (Bogart) Sweeney-January 2016
  3. Gifted Mind: The Dr Raymond Damadian Story: Inventor of the MRI-Jeff Kinley with Dr Raymond Damadian-January 2016
  4. Green Dolphin Street-Elizabeth Goudge-February 2016
  5. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 1-J.C.Ryle-February 2016
  6. Bleak House-Charles Dickens-February 2016
  7. Seven Little Australians-Edith Turner-March 2016
  8. The Silver Brumby-Elyne Mitchell-March 2016
  9. How to get your child off the refrigerator and onto learning: Homeschooling highly distractable, ADHD or just plain fidgety kids-Carol Barnier-March 2016
  10. Huntingtower-John Buchan-March 2016
  11. A fortunate life-A.B. Facey-March 2016
  12. Under the Mountain-Maurice Gee-March 2016
  13. South Sea Island Rescue: John G Paton-Kay Walsh-March 2016
  14. Names of God-Nathan Stone-March 2016
  15. The murder of Roger Ackroyd-Agatha Christie-March 2016
  16. The Good Master-Kate Seredy-April 2016
  17. Pitchin' a fit-Israel and Brook Wayne-April 2016
  18. Stone Fox-John Reynolds Gardiner-April 2016
  19. Pied Piper-Nevil Shute-April 2016
  20. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke volume 2-J.C. Ryle-April 2016
  21. How to teach Shakespeare to your children-Ken Ludwig-April 2016
  22. The Upstairs Room- Johanna Reiss-April 2016
  23. The Wheel on the School - Meindert DeJong-May 2016
  24. The Lie: Evolution-Ken Ham-May 2016
  25. Emil and the Detectives-Erich Kastner-May 2016
  26. Deconstructing Penguins:Parents, Kids and the Bond of Reading-Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone-May 2016
  27. Moonfleet-J. Meade Falkner-May 2016
  28. His love endures for ever-Garry Williams-May 2016
  29. Five Little Peppers and how they grew-Margaret Sidney-May 2016
  30. From the mixed up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler-E.L. Konigsburg-June 2016
  31. Still more stories from Grandma's attic-Arieta Richardson-June 2016
  32. Special Education at home-Shauna Wingert-June 2016
  33. The triumph of Truth-Merle d'Aubinge-June 2016
  34. Understanding ADHD: a parent's guide to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Christopher Green and Kit Chee-July 2016
  35. War in the Wasteland-Douglas Bond-July 2016
  36. Home Education-Charlotte Mason-July 2016
  37. Number the stars-Lois Lowry-July 2016
  38. Duncan's War-Douglas Bond-July 2016
  39. The year of Miss Agnes-Kirkpatrick Hill-July 2016
  40. A country Child-Alison Uttley-July 2016
  41. Rebecca Stubbs: Vicar's Daughter-Hannah Buckland-August 2016
  42. The Chocolate Money Mystery-Alexander McCall Smith-August 2016
  43. The Family with two Front Doors-Anna Ciddor-August 2016
  44. Marie Durand-Simonetta Carr-August 2016
  45. Elin's Air-Emily Standford-August 2016
  46. Mathematical Mindsets-Jo Boaler-August 2016
  47. Guns of Thunder-Douglas Bond-August 2016
  48. Carry on Mr Bowditch-Jean Lee Latham-September 2016
  49. The trumpet of the swan-E.B. White-September 2016
  50. Persuasion-Jane Austen-September 2016
  51. Holiness-JC Ryle-October 2016
  52. The Mysterious Benedict Society-Trenton Lee Stewart-October 2016
  53. The Revolt-Douglas Bond-October 2016
  54. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: a Flavia de Luce Mystery-October 2016
  55. Overcoming Dyslexia-Sally Shaywitz-October 2016
  56. Faith, doubts, trials, assurance-Peter Masters-November 2016
  57. Legions of the Eagle-Henry Treece-November 2016
  58. Teaching from Rest-Sarah Mackenzie-November 2016
  59. JC Ryle: Prepared to stand alone-Iain Murray-November 2016
  60. The Star of Bethlehem-Stuart Burgess-November 2016
  61. Jotham's Journey-Arnold Ytreeide-December 2016
  62. The Long Winter-Laura Ingalls Wilder-December 2016
  63. Give your child the world-Jamie Martin-December 2016
  64. Rudin-Ivan Turgenev-December 2016
  65. Still Alice-Lisa Genova-December 2016
  66. The King's Service: A story of the Thirty Years' War-Deborah Alcock-December 2016
  67. Speed up! A kinaesthetic programme to develop fluent handwriting-Lois Addy-December 2016
  68. A long walk to Water-Linda Sue Park-December 2016
Back to the Classics
.  A 19th Century Classic-Persuasion
2.  A 20th Century Classic Green Dolphin Street
3.  A classic by a woman author. The Long Winter

4.  A classic in translation-Rudin  
5.  A classic by a non-white author.  
6.  An adventure classic Huntingtower

7.  A fantasy, science fiction, or dystopian classic

8.  A classic detective novel. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

9.  A classic which includes the name of a place in the title.  Bleak House
10. A classic which has been banned or censored.
11. Re-read a classic you read in school (high school or college). Moonfleet

12. A volume of classic short stories. 


Christian Booklist

  1. Holiness by J.C. Ryle.-October 2016
  2. The Holy War  John Bunyan.
  3. The Lie: Evolution Ken Ham-May 2016
  4. From Forgiven to Forgiving Jay Adams
  5. Names of God Nathan Stone-March 2016
  6. The triumph of Truth-A life of Martin Luther Merle D'Aubigne
  7. Life and Diary of David Brainerd Jonathan Edwards.
  8. Inspiration and Authority of Scripture Pache
  9. The Work of the Holy Spirit Octavius Winslow
  10. Faith, doubts, assurance and trials Peter Masters-November 2016
  11. The Bible on the Life Hereafter William Hendrikson
  12.  To the Golden Shore -Courtney Anderson      

2 comments:

  1. So many favourite reads of ours listed here ♥ and some titles I've not encountered. Thanks for sharing your, very, long list SarahElisabeth. (love book lists :-) )

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  2. Thank you, Chelle, I've loved your book lists too.

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