Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick is the best new book I’ve read in this genre. Here’s a list of books in this genre that we’ve really enjoyed reading together as part of our homeschooling adventures.ġ. It’s always delightful to read well-illustrated, factually accurate books about real people and real events. My favorite read-alouds for this upper elementary age are historical picture books that bring the past to life. I really don’t know what I will do with myself if she ever does outgrow such a ritual because I have a serious weakness for picture books.

To my great delight, though, this dear bookworm has not yet outgrown the ritual of curling up on the couch with me to enjoy a lovely picture book from the library. One book I frequently try not to sit on is The Racketty-Packetty House, which she is in the process of converting into a script for a play she hopes to direct this summer. That seems like such a grown-up endeavor! She reads all sorts of books - classics, biographies, historical fiction, children’s fantasy, devotions and poetry - and usually has several in progress at once. I suppose this is a symptom of her book obsession. She really loves being a bookworm, but she has yet to learn the purpose of a bookmark. Nearly every time I try to sit on our living room couch, I can’t actually sit. That’s because of the trail of two or three wide-open chapter books left on the cushions by my 11-year-old.

Papa Is a Poet by Natalie S. Bober