Homeschool Read Aloud Hits and Misses || Read Aloud Review 2023

[@Hopelb]

Oh no, I'm planning on reading Little Pear this upcoming school year with my kids! 😂 Another Mama on YT said they enjoyed the book so will see how it goes. I read Strange New World with my church last summer. What was eye opening for me was that what's happening in our culture did not happen over night. It's been decades in the making 😢

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

I also love that you're collaborating with Katie over at Life in the Mundane. It's such a fun way to work together and deliver some of the best books for us all! Really grateful! ☺

[@abibarker1869]

😉 such fun to have the run down of the exciting upcoming year for you! 😊

[@krystent2341]

We also loved James Herriot’s Treasury. I read the first Wingfeather Saga with my son and then he read through the rest of his series on his own.

[@LifeintheMundane]

I always love how every year in the collab someone’s favorite ends up on someone else’s least favorite lol 😂

[@PenniesAndSalt]

I know! 🤣

[@FamilyStyleLearning]

I think it's really true that sometimes it's the season your in and a book just doesn't hit. You all seem to like The Year of Miss Agnus and I could not get into that book.

[@MusingsofFamily]

​@Family Style Learning We couldn't even finish Year of Miss Agnes. Ugh.

[@Bookhoarder5]

Thank you for your video and my favorite part was hearing about what you are reading for yourself. I love, love, LOVE Israel Wayne. He’s a great author and speaker and as a person. My children and I are currently doing his high school Bible curriculum called Foundations in Faith and it is really great! Strange New World is sitting on my shelf waiting for me to finish what I’m currently reading. Two books I’ve recently read that are along similar lines (if you are interested) are Live Not By Lies by Ron Dreher and We Will Not Be Silenced by Erwin Lutzer (I also found this one very life changing).

[@momof3boys47]

Thanks for this video! One of our favorite read alouds was The Fort by Gordon Korman. Also we really liked The Captain's Dog. I'm not sure of the author. It was about Lewis and Clark expedition told through the viewpoint of the dog that traveled with them.

[@theculturedkidlanguages]

We LOVED The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek!!! I love all the other recommendations you shared and I can't wait to stock up on some new reasons! Where do you find all these epic recommendations?

[@ashleyacosta3149]

We just finished Edward Tulane this week. My girls and I absolutely loved it!

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Did you cry too!? 😭 lol

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

I totally cried during Edward Tulane. My daughter was looking at me like “really Mom”

[@angierobinson4899]

This was my favorite read loud this year! I cried😂

[@PlanPrepPray]

Audiobooks do a great job of bringing books to live

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Yes! Although, there have been some really terrible ones too 🤣

[@DaisyValdivia]

These are great picks! My boys would love these. Thanks for posting an Amazon list!! Makes it easier!

[@tori.homeschoolingmom]

We love both Little Pear and Kate DiCamillo books. 😆 And I M is for Mama was both encouraging and convicting! The Kitchen Front sounds great, will have to pick that up.

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

Loved hearing your heart on the books that you read for yourself!!! 🎉 I’m listening to Strange New World right now from your recommendation 👏🏻

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Oh yay! I hope you are enjoying it!

[@HomeschoolwithJen]

I always love your book review videos. We have The Door in the Wall on our list for next year. Now, I'm intrigued to see what we think of it.

[@krosario3322]

My girls are now high schoolers, but one book they asked me to not get rid of was Little Pear! Also keeping our almost complete series of Imagination Station and Little House on the Prairie series of course. I almost got rid of Edward Tulane yesterday, but now I think I will add it as a read aloud for my younger sons this year! Understood Betsy was one of my favorites to read aloud, years ago. My daughters also loved the Max and Liz series (Epic Order of the Seven), if you haven't seen them. ❤

[@TheHomeschoolConvert]

Added some of your mama reads to my TBR! I’d recommend Countercultural Parenting. I read it work a book club last year and really enjoyed it and learned a lot.

[@kellismith4111]

I just finished the Book Womans Daughter and it was great! I think I like the first one a little better though. Imagination Station and Wingfeather are favorites here too! I think Sir Lancelot will be our next one!

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

Edward Toulane is on my list!! ❤

[@LifeintheMundane]

Okay so maybe we need to try take of desperoux again.

[@heatherfetterly5296]

We were not fans of it either. I thought it was too dark.

[@homeschoolteenswithjenny]

Little Pear! I haven't thought about that book in YEARS! LOL! It's an odd one, but we loved it - HAHA!

[@tori.homeschoolingmom]

My sons and I loved it, too!

[@amandab.6815]

I loved The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek and The Bookwoman's Daughter! The audiobooks were wonderful with the accents and all. I think I liked the first one better, but both were great.

[@SevenInAll]

Sir Lancelot the Great sounds fun!

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

Do you think I could start The Book Woman’s Daughter before the first one? Or would I need to read the first to understand the sequel??

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Definitely read the first 😉

[@MommaonMission]

I have mixed feelings on Tale of Despereaux but Edward Tulane was SO GOOD!!!

[@mandigibson30]

My absolute favorite read - probably now my favorite book of all time was Relentless by John Bevere. Christian book about being Relentless for God. So so so good. Spiritually life changing for me personally. Can’t recommend it enough ❤️

[@jenniferyounkin8920]

I had the same experience with Tale of Despereux! I tried a few years ago to read it to the kids and it was dark and creepy to me, but we listened to it last year on audio and it was great! They even have a movie that is well done. I will have to check into your personal picks! They all sound great. I never read the 4 hour school day, but it seems to be targeted toward a brand new homeschooler and that’s not me.

[@FamilyStyleLearning]

Added Sir Lancelot the Great to our list. Thank you.

[@PenniesAndSalt]

It’s a fun one ☺️

[@abbybrewer882]

What audio version did you listen to for tale of desperouix ? Would love to hear more audio book favorites too in future!! 😊 You mentioned a book bingo? Is this something y’all do for something you made?

[@Jolene03]

Aw man, The Door in the Wall is on our list for next year! It looked so good - we will see 😊 My son's favorite this year was probably Detectives in Togas (historical fiction -Ancient Rome) it was funny, educational and a bit mysterious! We're actually reading a book right now called Understood Betsy, and I thought we weren't going to be that into it, but it's great! Funny, charming, and even makes me cry at times, haha. My boys like it too. I read Bleak House by Dickens this year and LOVED IT, as I usually do with Dickens. Thanks so much for sharing your read alouds! I have a few added to my list!

[@krosario3322]

Ahhhh! Understood Betsy was one of my all-time favorites that I read aloud during my girls' elementary years. ❤

[@LifeintheMundane]

We love imagination station

[@PenniesAndSalt]

They’re great!

[@SevenInAll]

I've heard very mixed reviews on The Door in the Wall...haha...our curriculum has it scheduled for a read-aloud in 1st grade but I may swap it out...

[@Creative2xmom]

We didn't care for a Door in the Wall either. It didn't have a lot of rising or falling action. Just sort of one note. So sad. Love hearing your picks.

[@MommaonMission]

Sir Lancelot is so funny to me lol

[@laurapinkham3488]

The door in the wall is on our list next year - maybe I'll pre- read it. I'll have to pick up the Lancelot book.

[@PenniesAndSalt]

I’m sure it will be good! A lot of people like it!

[@nathanbiffel4551]

Do you know what bible version is used in strange new world? Would it be appropriate for my husband to use as a bible study with my 13 an 17 year old sons?

[@heatherkroeger1746]

What was the name of the instagram book you mentioned that suggests a book each month for moms?

[@bridgetbetler5356]

Thanks for sharing! ☺ The Book Woman and The Book Woman’ s Daughter were very good. I can’t remember which I liked best as it’s been a while since I’ve read them. Is your GoodReads just under your name (I’ve also had an account on there and a reading challenge for myself for a few years)?

[@PenniesAndSalt]

See if this works… Check out my profile on Goodreads!

[@PenniesAndSalt]

www.goodreads.com/user/show/145071987

[@bridgetbetler5356]

@@PenniesAndSalt I was able to request friend!

[@JoyfulNoiseLearning]

Song for a Whale sounds good 😮

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Your daughter would probably really enjoy it!

[@maggiesaylor3578]

I am only a little over 100 pages in on The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek, and while it is definitely a very compelling and well written read, I think it needs to be said that it deals with sexual violence and the threat of sexual violence. I read many reviews before checking it out from the library and none of them mentioned anything about this aspect of the book. I cannot speak to the rest of the book, but certainly the first 100 pages dealt with this.

[@PenniesAndSalt]

Yes! That part was pretty triggering for me, I definitely should have mentioned it as a disclaimer!

[@PlanPrepPray]

My daughter is devouring the imagination station

[@PenniesAndSalt]

They’re great!

[@callsign.Noctra]

Would you say Imagination Station is a step up from The Magic Treehouse? While I love TMT series and grew up reading them, I'm realizing as my kiddo reads through them that they aren't as great as I remember vocabulary wise.

[@ashleymarble8459]

Yes...neither are fantastic literature, but imagination station is a step up. I don't use it as reading time for school, but it helps my child have interest in reading outside of school.

[@amberdunigan7550]

What’s your shirt say?

[@MommaonMission]

Door in the Wall and Little Pear were soooo boring to me! 😬

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

I couldn’t even finish Door in the Wall. 😂