For those who are interested, the following are lists of books Kelly and Christian read as part of their Sonlight homeschool program last year. These books were combined with library, internet, and encyclopedia research to cover history and literature. Of course, this does not include their RealScience-4-Kids chemistry program, Easy Grammar program, Singapore Math program, Spelling Power program, and Writing Apprentice program. In addition, they both took a year of piano and swimming lessons with a few gymnastics and alpine skiing lessons and some field trips thrown in for good measure. They take their nationally standardized tests on Tuesday, so we will soon know how they stack up against their peers.

The books Christian read
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Secret of the Andes
The Sign of the Beaver
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Johnny Tremain
Toliver’s Secret
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Walk the World’s Rim
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Calico Bush
The Journeyman
Swift Rivers
Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution
Winter at Valley Forge
Incans, Aztecs & Mayans
Imprisoned in the Golden City
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?
Pedro’s Journal
The Landmark History of the American People (partial)
The Erie Canal
American Adventures, Part 1
North American Indians
The Story of the USA Book 1
The Story of the USA Book 2
The Lewis & Clark Expedition
The Story of Eli Whitney
Pocahontas and the Strangers
The Matchlock Gun
Meet Thomas Jefferson
Phoebe the Spy
Meet George Washington
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman
Sarah, Plain and Tall
The Courage of Sarah Noble
The Cabin Faced West
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Sarah Whitcher’s Story
A Lion to Guard Us
The Skippack School
The Thanksgiving Story
Om-kas-toe
Usborne Science Encyclopedia
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
Mysteries and Marvels of Nature
Introduction to Biology
Listening to Crickets
Martha Washington
George Washington
Naya Nuki
Vostaas: White Buffalo’s Story of Plains Indian Life
Tikta’Liktak
Stone Fox
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
Mr. Revere and I
The Corn Grows Ripe

The books Kelly read
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Seabird

Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Master Puppeteer
The House of Sixty Fathers
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Horse and His Boy
Journey to Jo’burg
The Hobbit
Tales of a Korean Grandmother
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
The Land I Lost
All the Small Poems
Daughter of the Mountains
Shadow Spinner
Ships, Sailors and the Sea
Eric Liddell
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Torches of Joy
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
Teresa of Calcutta
Gandhi
A Glorious Age in Africa
The Mongols
India: The Culture
India: The People
Arabs in the Golden Age
Faces: Australia Through Time
William Carey: Obliged to Go
Escape to the Jungle
Exploring Planet Earth
Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar
Genghis Khan & the Mongol Hordes – Landmark
Water Sky
Henry Reed, Inc.
Call it Courage
The Kite Fighters
The Big Wave
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
God’s Adventurer: Hudson Taylor
Silkworms
Just So Stories
The Incredible Journey
Rascal
Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum
Star of Light
Homesick
King of the Wind
Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories
Around the World in Eighty Days
Ali and the Golden Eagle
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
Mission to Cathay
Red Sand, Blue Sky
Louis Braille
Born in the Year of Courage
The Rat Catcher’s Son
Sadako & 1000 Paper Cranes
Almost 12
Food and Nutrition for Every Kid
Improve Your Survival Skills
Usborne Guide to Rocks and Fossils
Dry Bones and Other Fossils
The Human Body
The History of Medicine
Blood & Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides
Usborne Young Scientist: Human Body