What's in the Basket...June

The library basket that is.

Our June Read-Alouds have been pretty fun...
For the littles

Animal Tales (Fact or Fiction) Series. So far we've read:

• Penguin Suit
• Elephant Trunks
• Kangaroo Boxers
• Goat Cheese
• Goose Down
• Rooster Combs
• Cow Licks
• Cat Tales
• Pack Rats
• Squirrel Hollow
• Monkey Business
• and Lamb Chops

The SandCastle Series

• Fruit Trees Produce Produce
• Let's Compare, if You Dare!
• 1,2,3 It's Easy for Me!
• Skip Count by 2, Now Can You?
• Skip Count by 5, It's No Jive!
• Names
• Cities
• Days
• Places
• States
• A Bat Hangs from the Bat
• Do Not Squash the Squash
• The Top Is on Top
• A Fly Can Fly
• Pete Presents the Presents
• Live Lions Live on Land
• A Palm in My Palm
• Silent L as in Chalk (See it. Say it. Hear it. Read it.)
• Silent H as in Ghost (See it. Say it. Hear it. Read it.)
• Silent Gh as in light (See it. Say it. Hear it. Read it.)
• Tr (See it. Say it. Hear it.)
• Wh (See it. Say it. Hear it.)
• Sh (See it. Say it. Hear it.)

It's Library Day by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Lake Erie by Anne Ylvisaker

The Day the Great Lakes Drained Away by Charles Ferguson Barker

For the elders we're reading...
The Count of Monte Cristo (an abridged version)

On their own

The 39 Clues Series

• Book two One False Note
• Book three The Sword Thief
• Book six In Too Deep
• Book seven The Viper's Nest

The boys have already read books one, four and five.

Time Soldiers Series

• Book one Rex
• Book two Rex2
• Book three Patch
• Book four Arthur
• Book five Mummy
• Book six Samurai

For the parents

The Grapes of Wrath

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