my 10-year-old's FAVORITE BOOKS - great book recommendations for boys

[@monkd1040]

i started reading in 4th grade and am now in highschool and havent looked back since, it is so awesome to see him reading at such a young age. Reading is so beneficial in school and helps a lot!!!

[@joeliaskywalker]

This is so cute! So nice to see kids enjoy reading :)

[@ladonnahoyden2078]

I have gotten so many great recommendations for my early readers after watching these videos. Thank you!

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Yay, I'm glad!

[@victoria9663]

Oh man, I am with him as far as Lightfall!! It's in my top 10 for this year - my kids are obsessed with it as well.

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

The books are so beautiful!

[@laurenlacorte5533]

I love how invested you are in your kids interests. Awesome job, mom. This list was really helpful to us! Thank you!

[@MrsPerdueArt]

Tell your son thank you for the recommendations!! My son is 9yo and I’ve tried a bunch of your son’s picks from last years video!! Question for you- did you make a video on how you structure the books you assign for him? My son reads a lot, but it’s either non-fiction or fiction on audio… which I know “all counts”, but I’m trying to get him reading more physical books too! We’re an unschooly family as well, so I’m trying to encourage it without assigning him books.

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

So for this school year I made two lists of books: "Priority Reads" that I really, really want him to read this school year and then "Free Reads" which are books that I think he'll enjoy but he's such a re-reader he doesn't pick up new books very often. On our "school days" I am going to go back to what I did last school year and have him read for 30 minutes on those days. He loves audio as well so I had the (potentially brilliant) idea this week that he can listen to the book during those thirty minutes ONLY IF he is following along with the physical book. Or he could just read the book during that time but no listening only. I'm hoping the combo of listening and following along will help his reading speed in the long run but it's a new idea, time will tell if it's a good one or not.

[@bethanysbookshelf]

Awww, Island of the Blue Dolphins is one of my favorites from childhood!

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

That's awesome! I only read it as an adult.

[@tine272]

i'm so going to use these great recs when i go christmas shopping for my little nephew!❤

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Oh fun! I hope he enjoys them!

[@kimbitner]

Great job, Ephraim! Thanks for the recommendations. A favourite among the boys in our family is Holes (I love it too).

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Oh yes, he's probably read that one 100 times!

[@PeachyKeeners]

This was very healing to my inner child :,)

[@Mkayreadsandvlogs]

Great books . Your son did a wonderful job 😊. Hi from Mississauga ON

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Aww, thank you!

[@ComfortingGrace]

Thanks for the suggestions! My son is 9.5 and we will be checking out some of these! He also loves Dogman and Captain Underpants.

[@AshleasBookshelf]

My 9-yr-old is enjoying A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans and its 2 sequels. One of his favorite series is Edge of Extinction (The Ark Plan is first).

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

The Ark Plan is on Ephraim's list for the year because of you! I'm off to check out A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans - it sounds hilarious.

[@AshleasBookshelf]

@@IntentionalHomeschooling I hope Ephraim will like The Ark Plan. The ausiobooks for A Dragon's Guide series are great.

[@karlyw.b.4125]

Quest- you soon reads all these? I have a soon to be 4th grader and can’t imagine him reading these… he loves me reading aloud and is reading frequently on his own but small books - like dr suess… how do you engage them to reading larger texts without being oberwhelmed?

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

My son reads a lot of his books via audiobook!

[@capturedbyannamarie]

We got light fall on your recommendation and my 8 year old has loved it

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Oh yay!

[@karlyw.b.4125]

I have a soon to be 4th grader and LOVED this!

[@3lla-R0seGacha]

Your son has great taste! I love most of the books that are mentioned it’s really good :D love the videp

[@phklearning4377]

My kids LOVED lightfall also

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

It's so beautiful!

[@Sabrina-jm4dc]

Can you share what you use to listen to audio books? Which gadget and which app?

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Yes, I have a big run down in this blog post: www.intentionalhomeschooling.com/all-the-apps-we-use-to-listen-to-audiobooks/ I hope that helps!

[@laurimuse1390]

Your son is adorable!!!! Soooo sweet I have 5 son and 6 grandsons!

[@babyalive3569]

We love Ephraim! From your penpal J and family. Ps, J loves all these same books too! But we haven’t gotten s.u.I.t. yet.

[@IntentionalHomeschooling]

Aww, we love you guys too!

[@laurimuse1390]

Mysterious Benedict Society

[@heatherogoussan7984]

It's ok if he wants to look at you or the books. We understand as moms.

[@faithstarbird2230]

Loving these recommendations by son is just getting into bigger chapter books like those recommended but I still wanted to share his favorites The train to impossible places, and cosentino the missing ace.

[@dhanya4596]

SUPER