Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Creating a Great Home School Library


Creating a Complete Home School Library. 

The Royal Society of Literature Top 100 Books Every Child Should Read.

"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you."Mortimer J. Adler


The complete home school library will be up to readers personal interest. This is the best collection of classic and modern literature for children and teachers that I have found. Building a classroom library with this concise list is a good place to begin. I would also consider adding the greatest collection of Fairy Tales and Fables from around the world Compiled by Andrew Lang. If we would like our students to be well read we must set an example with great literature.

1 Blue Fairy Book (1889)
2 Red Fairy Book (1890)
3 Green Fairy Book (1892)
4 Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
5 Pink Fairy Book (1897)
6 Grey Fairy Book (1900)
7 Violet Fairy Book (1901)
8 Crimson Fairy Book (1903)
9 Brown Fairy Book (1904)
10 Orange Fairy Book (1906)
11 Olive Fairy Book (1907)
12 Lilac Fairy Book (1910)

Free Andrew Lang E-Books from Feedbooks

The Blue Fairy Book

The Blue Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition,...
The Red Fairy Book

The Red Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition,...
The Grey Fairy Book

The Grey Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries—Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world.
The Violet Fairy Book

The Violet Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

This is a new collection of Fairy stories in continuation of the series which "The Blue Fairy Book" was the initial volume.
The Crimson Fairy Book

The Crimson Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

A collection of fairy tales.
The Yellow Fairy Book

The Yellow Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

The Editor thinks that children will readily forgive him for publishing another Fairy Book. We have had the Blue, the Red, the Green, and here is the Yellow. If children are pleased, and they are so kind as...

Complete List of 100 Must Read Books! 
The Top Ten Books!
1. The Twits, by Roald Dahl
Mr and Mrs Twit pass the time playing nasty tricks on one another. They're both horrid. In his hairy beard, Mr Twit "was always able to find a tasty
morsel to nibble on".





2. Burglar Bill, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

"I'll 'ave that," is the catchphrase of the rogue who stars in this engaging and beautifully illustrated tale. When Bill accidentally burglarises a baby, it turns out
to be a blessing in a stolen basket. "Runfrit, Boglaboll!"



3. The Tiger Who Came To Tea, by Judith Kerr

A tiger that eats its hosts out of house and home.







4. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
When Max engages in mischief, he is sent to bed without his supper. That's just the start. Sendak's paintings sing, and the text is a joy.






5. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, by Beatrix Potter

Tom Kitten learnt nothing from his parents about the consequences of curiosity. Abducted by a psychotic rat, he comes within a whisker of being turned into a
pudding. Nightmares guaranteed.





6. Yertle the Turtle, by Dr Seuss

Yertle, king of the pond, commands all the turtles to stack themselves up so he can be top of the heap. Someone's riding for a fall.






7. Fungus the Bogeyman, by Raymond Briggs

What boy won't thrill to the world of the Bogeymen, all snot, armpits and boils? This gave Raymond Briggs's green crayon the workout of its life.






8. The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None Of His Businessby Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch

Someone's dropping lands on poor mole's head. Who's the culprit? A farmyard investigation is conducted with Germanic seriousness. Mole's revenge is sweet.
Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson Punchier than The Gruffalo, this has children chanting along as a witch and her animal friends see off a dragon in search of "witch and chips".




9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

"In the light of the moon, a little egg lay on a leaf…" so begins this classic board book, its pages drilled with holes as the caterpillar eats his way through the week.




10. The Cat in the Hat, by Dr Seuss

"Look at me! Look at me! Look at me now!" The cat's a big show-off, but he knows how to have fun, and his chaotic antics delight.

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