June Favorites
Theology of Home: Finding the Eternal in the Everyday by Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering
This looks like an interior decorating book, but it's not! I loved this look at the concept of home from the Catholic perspective, and now I want to read the others in this series.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
The writing in this was beautiful, and it was a great way to ring in the summer season.
Cole and Laila are Just Friends by Bethany Turner
I loved these characters, the New York City setting, and all the pop culture references.
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
I have seen mixed reviews of this book, which was a surprise to me. I loved the characters and the peek into the screenwriting life.
Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott
I don't agree with Anne Lamott on everything, but boy do I love her writing.
This is my new favorite book by this author - her best yet. I love that it's a friendship story that fuels two love stories.
Read-Aloud and Homeschool Books
- The Whale People by Roderick L. Haig-Brown (with all five kids) (4 stars)
- Barefoot Days by Anna Rose Wright (4 stars)
- Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the Universal Laws of Science by Paul Fleisher (with M.)(4 stars)
Sequels and Series Books
- Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising Book 5) by Susan Cooper (3 stars)
- Beany and the Beckoning Road (Beany Malone Book 4) by Lenore Mattingly Weber (3 stars)
Camp Bookstagram
My friend Kris hosted a great camp-themed reading challenge on Instagram in the middle of the month, and it was so much fun. I read seven books total!- Summer at Squee by Andrea Wang (4 stars)
- Camp Echo by Paul Theroux (3 stars)
- The Counselors by Jessica Goodman (3 stars)
- Baby-Sitters' Summer Vacation by Ann M. Martin (4 stars)
- Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddons (3 stars)
- The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey (3 stars)
- Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (2 stars)
Stand-Alone Books
- Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War by Peachy Keenan (5 stars)
- Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (4 stars)
- Funny Story by Emily Henry (4 stars)
- George by Agnes Sligh Turnbull (3 stars)
- Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles (3 stars)
- Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan (4 stars)
- The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. Franklin (4 stars)
Family Reading Lists
Audiobook in the Car
- When Marnie was There by Joan G. Robinson
M. (girl, 10 years, 7 months)
C. (girl, 8 years, 9 months)
- Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Irwin
- Florence Nightingale by Ruth Fox Hume
- Curious Missie by Virginia Sorensen
E. (girl, 6 years, 8 months)
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
- The Third Planet from Altair (Choose Your Own Adventure Book 7) by Edward Packard
- George by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- The Trouble with Jenny's Ear by Oliver Butterworth
R. (boy, 4 years, 3 months)
- The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
- Robert the Rose Horse by Joan Heilbroner
- Chester by Syd Hoff
- Thunderhoof by Syd Hoff
- Cowboys: What Do They Do? by Carla Green
- The Whales Go By by Fred Phleger
- Love is in the Air by Jonathan Fenske
- Father Bear Comes Home (first two stories) by Else Holmelund Minarik
- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
- Spectacular Spots by Susan Stockdale
- A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo
A. (girl, 4 years, 3 months)
Read-alouds:
- Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy
- When Grandma Came by Jill Paton Walsh
- One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel
- Richard Scarry
My husband
- The Whale People by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
- George by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- Curious Missie by Virginia Sorensen
- Runner for the King by Rowena Bastin Bennett
- Barefoot Days by Anna Rose Wright
- Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman
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