booklist

  • What Nino Read March 2016

    The Missing Chums Geronimo Stilton and the Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye The Bungalow Mystery Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion Cam Jansen and the Scary Snake Mystery Chess for Kids Popular Mechanics: The Boy Mechanic A to Z… Continue reading

  • What Nino Read, February 2016

    Zita the Spacegirl Legends of Zita the Spacegirl The Return of Zita the Spacegirl Little Catechism on the Eucharist Hurricane and Tornado Childcraft World and Space The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook Saint Martin de Porres Star Wars The Yoda Chronicles… Continue reading

  • What Nino Read, January 2016

    Religion/History/Geography The Time Traveller Book of Rome and Romans Fun with Hieroglyphs Davy Crockett (COFA) Time/Life Millennium St. Augustine and his Search for Faith Martha Washington (COFA) George Washington (COFA) Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections: Castle The Reader’s Digest Children’s Atlas of… Continue reading

  • What Nino Read (November 2015 Update)

    Religion, History, Geography: The Reader’s Digest Children’s Atlas of the World On the Mayflower If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Favorite Norse Myths Thomas A. Edison (COFA) Abner Doubleday (COFA) If You Lived at the Time… Continue reading

  • What the 6-year-old is Reading Now

    A friend with little ones asked me about reading recommendations for her 6-7 year olds, so I thought I’d give her a list of what our 6.5-year-old is reading right now. Hope this helps, J! Life of Fred Decimals and… Continue reading

  • What Nino Read, August 2014

    5 Stars: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Ill. Mary Azarian The Children’s Book of Heroes, Ed. William J. Bennett, Ill. Michael Hague Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator by Augusta Stevenson, Ill. Jerry Robinson St. Francis by Brian Wildsmith The… Continue reading

  • Nino’s Kindergarten Curriculum, 2013-2014

    WHAT WE DID AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO At the beginning of the year, I thought of putting together a Kindergarten curriculum for Nino (4 1/2)…. I had bought a really neat book using 26 letters, but… Continue reading

  • Nino’s Reading List, 2013-2014

    Will be updating this regularly. Nino is 4 1/2. (no idea why this post is coming up empty. sigh. will fix later.) Continue reading