Our 2019-2020
Homeschool
Book
Recommendations
This is a growing list of all the delicious books
we are reading and loving during the 2019-2020 homeschool year!
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This is a living list of all the books we have read and loved during our 2019-20 homeschool year. Be sure to check back regularly because we will be adding to it each week!
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Books we have read and loved this year:
I will try to keep these organized by category to make your library wishlist easier to manage! If you've read something recently that you think we would love, please let us know! We are always looking to grow our library list!
Picture Books:
- All You Need is Love
- Alma and How She Got Her Name
- A Lime, A Mime, a Pool of Slime
- A Mink, A Fink, a Skating Rink: What's a Noun?
- A Piglet Named Mercy
- Another
- Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains
- A Stone Sat Still
- Bear Came Along
- Big Blue Whale
- Blue Sky, White Stars
- By the Light of the Halloween Moon
- Camp Tiger
- Carl and the Meaning of Life
- Crankee Doodle
- Dear Girl
- Don't Let Them Disappear: 10 Endangered Species Across the Globe
- Energy Island
- Evelyn The Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World Traveling Bug Hunter
- Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
- Flight School
- Fungus is Among Us!
- Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody
- Hangry
- Hats Are Not For Cats!
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
- How Do You Dance?
- How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
- I Am A Tiger
- I'm a Gnome!
- Inky's Amazing Escape
- It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers
- Julian is a Mermaid
- Just Ask: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
- Knuffle Bunny Free
- Lambslide
- Last Stop on Market Street
- Lawrence in the Fall
- Leading the Way: Women in Power
- Let Me Sleep, Sheep!
- Let's Scare Bear
- Lion and Mouse
- Llama Destroys the World
- Lucia's Travel Bus
- Lyric McKerrigan Secret Librarian
- Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
- Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
- Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys
- Mommy Sayang
- Monkey on the Run
- Mr. Nogginbody Gets a Hammer
- My Heart
- My Little Chick
- Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
- Nighttime Symphony
- Not Your Nest!
- Olive and Pekoe in Four Short Walks
- Once Upon a Goat
- One Halloween Night
- Otto and Pio
- Pignic
- Penny and Penelope
- Poetree
- Rocket Says Look Up!
- Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine
- Seagull and Sea Dragon
- Seeds Move!
- Separate is Never Equal
- Sing a Song: How 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' Inspired Generations
- Small in the City
- Sophie's Squash
- Sorry, Grown-Ups, You Can't Go To School!
- Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!
- Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson
- Steve the Dung Beetle: On a Roll
- Stone Soup
- SumoKitty
- Superheroes are Everywhere
- Sweet Dreamers
- Tangled: A Story About Shapes
- The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean
- The Astronaut With A Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa
- The Boy Who Held Back the Sea
- The Great Gran Plan
- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
- The Little Rabbit
- The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say Moo
- The Lost Book
- The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog
- The Quiet Boat Ride
- The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
- The Spider and the Fly: Based on a Cautionary Tale by Mary Howitt
- The Truth About Dolphins
- The Undefeated
- The Way Back Home
- The Very Last Castle
- This Beach is Loud!
- Three Cheers for Kid McGear!
- Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug
- Tomorrow Most Likely
- Trains Run!
- Truman
- Tuki and Moka
- Turtle and Tortoise Are Not Friends
- Twins
- Unicorn is Maybe Not So Great After All
- Vernon is On His Way
- What Would You Do With A Chance?
- We Are the Gardeners
- We Don't Eat Our Classmates
- We're Sailing to Galapagos
- Who Wet My Pants?
- Why?
- Wild Ideas: Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking
- You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks
- You Are My Happy
Chapter Books:
Biographies:
- Evelyn The Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World Traveling Bug Hunter
- Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
- Leading the Way: Women in Power
- Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
- Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert
- Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson
- The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean
- The Astronaut With A Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa
- The Doctor with An Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath
- The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
- The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
math:
nonfiction & reference:
Story Collections:
Poetry:
Audiobooks:
History & Geography:
Science:
- Big Blue Whale
- Big Questions from Little People and Simple Answers from Great Minds
- Blood and Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides
- Don't Let Them Disappear: 10 Endangered Species Across the Globe
- Energy Island
- Evelyn The Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World Traveling Bug Hunter
- Food and Nutrition for Every Kid
- Fungus is Among Us!
- Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys
- Seeds Move!
- Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson
- Steve the Dung Beetle: On a Roll
- The Astronaut With A Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa
- The Boy's Body Book
- The Care and Keeping of You 1
- The Truth About Dolphins
What the kids have been reading on their own:
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- Being a Dog
- Bulu: African Wonder Dog
- Calvin and Hobbes (complete series)
- Drawing Physics
- Epic Zero
- F in Exams
- Guts
- Hoot
- How to Eat in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Foraging, Trapping, Fishing, and Finding Sustenance in the Wild
- Julie of the Wolves
- Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- Finding Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey
- Juniper: The Happiest Fox
- Mandy
- March (series)
- Marley and Me
- Marty Pants
- Mighty Jack and the Goblin King
- Never Cry Wolf
- On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
- Scat
- Tales from Moominvalley
- The 10 Bushcraft Books
- The Art of Racing in the Rain
- The Books of Elsewhere (series)
- The Call of the Wild
- The Candymakers (series)
- Trapped in a Video Game
- Wildwood
- Wolf Nation
- Wolves in the Land of Salmon
- Wolves of the Beyond
What mom has been reading:
- A Stranger in the House
- Calypso
- Chase Darkness with Me
- Homeschooling Your Child with Special Needs
- Idaho
- Magical Journey
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- Me Before You
- Mitten Strings for God
- Normal People
- Only Ever Yours
- Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of the Rest
- Recursion
- Smart But Scattered Teens
- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
- Talking as Fast As I Can
- The Bluest Eye
- The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
- The Gift of An Ordinary Day
- The Secrets We Kept
- The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
- They Both Die at the End
- Unfollow
- Women Talking
- Yes, Please
Curious what we read last homeschool year?
Don't forget to check out our other living resource pages:
2019 Amazon
Recommendations
A living list of all of our favorite resources. You'll find it all here, from books to games to other creative resources. And it's all organized by subject and category!
2019 Documentary Recommendations
A living list of all the documentaries we have watched this year on one of our top five homeschool resources, CuriosityStream.
2019 Gameschool
Recommendations
Stay tuned! This page is coming soon my gameschool friends!