http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/non-fiction-for-an-8yo-boy Discussion of Charlotte Mason Method homeschool topics en-US Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:01:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.3 q http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/search.php http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/non-fiction-for-an-8yo-boy#post-16281 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:55:00 +0000 mfurnell 16281@http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ <p>Some of these may be too easy...or not <img src="/scmforum/my-plugins/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-wink.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> Let us know what he ends up enjoying!</p> <p>What about the biographies by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire?</p> <p>The Thornton Burgess books (animals)</p> <p>Biographies by David Adler</p> <p>"If You Lived..." series by Ann McGovern</p> <p>Jean Craighead George..."One Day In the Desert"...and other non-fiction books in that series? I have not read those...only had them recommended to me <img src="/scmforum/my-plugins/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/non-fiction-for-an-8yo-boy#post-16277 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:38:39 +0000 wearejenandkev 16277@http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ <p>Thank you ladies!&nbsp; I just got done making several requests from my library.&nbsp; Those all sound like they will be perfect!&nbsp; Thanks so much for the help!&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Jennifer</p> http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/non-fiction-for-an-8yo-boy#post-16251 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:21:04 +0000 mrsjamiesouth 16251@http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ <p>How about Matchlock Gun, Christian Liberty Nature Readers, A Weed is a Flower (biography on George Washington Carver), The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller, &nbsp;Let's Read and Find Out Science&nbsp;series (these have levels 1, 2, 3),&nbsp; Take-Along Guides (we have Tracks,&nbsp;Scats and Signs and Birds, Nests and Eggs), Dem Bones, The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola, Pompeii...buried Alive,&nbsp; Detectives in Togas, or Paddle to the SEa?</p> http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/non-fiction-for-an-8yo-boy#post-16248 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:36:10 +0000 pollysoup 16248@http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ <p>We had the same issue after those books too. &nbsp;I started with Heart of Dakota's list for 3rd grade. &nbsp;I didn't use Drawn into the Heart of Reading. &nbsp;We just used the books. &nbsp;There wasn't one book he didn't like (and he doesn't like to read). &nbsp;You can see the list here: <a href="http://www.heartofdakota.com/drawn-into-optional.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.heartofdakota.com/drawn-into-optional.php</a></p> http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/non-fiction-for-an-8yo-boy#post-16247 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:16:44 +0000 wearejenandkev 16247@http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/ <p>Hi!&nbsp; I am looking for independent reading books for my 8yo son.&nbsp; I posted awhile back that we just finished Dan Frontier and Billy and Blaze.&nbsp; He really liked both of those series, but we have flopped on any other series.&nbsp; We are back to him grumbling about reading again!&nbsp;&nbsp; I loved the book ideas that everyone gave me, but most of them were too long or had too many words on a page.&nbsp; He gets really hung up about the size of the print and how many words are on a page.&nbsp; His reading level is about high 3rd grade.&nbsp; But, he will ditch a book very quickly and say it is too hard if he thinks there are too many words on the page.&nbsp; Of course, I can make him read them, but I don't want to force him to read if I don't have to do it!&nbsp; He seems to be really interested in non-fiction books lately.&nbsp; I have found a few readers that he enjoyed that were pretty good.&nbsp; He likes science (mostly animals,&nbsp;extreme weather,&nbsp;and "cool" stuff) &nbsp;and biographies (explorers, inventors, and "cool" people).&nbsp;"Cool"&nbsp;is his new favorite word!&nbsp; &nbsp;But, those were rare finds and it took us a long time in the library to hunt them down!&nbsp;&nbsp;Does anyone know of a non-fiction series of readers that would still fall in the living book category?&nbsp;</p>