What We've Been Reading - January 2016

"What We've Been Reading" is a series here at Children of the Church to both keep track of what we are reading and to share with others what we have been reading in our home.  Reading is such an important part of our daily lives and also our homeschooling journey.  Thank you for following along and please feel free to share what you have been reading as well so we can all learn together!

January 2016

Children's Book List (Our children are 6 years, 4 years, 2 years old, newborn):

• Chapter Books
  • The Boxcar Children Books 2 & 3
  • The Cricket in Time Square by George Selden
• Children's Stories
  • An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni
  • Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
  • Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
  • Frederick by Leo Lionni
  • Pete the Cat and the New Guy by Kimberly and James Dean
  • Strega Nona Does it Again by Tomie dePaola
  • Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
  • Captain Cat by Syd Hoff
  • Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
  • The Big Snow by Berta Hader
  • The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by Jan Brett
  • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
  • Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  • Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
  • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening illustrated by Susan Jeffers
  • Gregory's Shadow by Don Freeman
  • Walter the Baker by Eric Carle
  • Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Frogs and Toads All Sang by Arnold Lobel
  • Usborne Illustrated Stories for Boys
  • Usborne Illustrated Adventure Stories 
• Catholic Mosaic Books
  • Mary, Mother of Jesus by Mary Joslin
  • The Last Straw by Fredrick H. Thury
  • The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
  • Visiting the Visitors by Patrick Mader
• Explore the Continents Booklist + Extras (Australia)
  • Katy No Pocket by Emmy Payne
    Possum Magic by Mem Fox
    Koala Lou by Mem Fox
    The Old Woman Who Loved to Read by John Winch
    Introducing Australia by Anita Ganeri
• Homeschooling Books
• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle (Lesson Included!)
• What Can You Do...Catholic Reader (CHC)
• Bigger Stories for Bigger Folks (CHC)

My Book List:

• A Year with Mary: Daily Meditations on the Mother of God
• My Badass Book of Saints by Maria Morera Johnson
• The World's First Love; Mary Mother of God by Venerable Fulton Sheen
• Hail, Holy Queen; The Mother of God in the World by Scott Hahn
• Yell Less, Love More by Sheila McCraith
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr