Our Month Ahead ~ Books to Read in August 2017

Winter time  =  start building a house:  It feels official - that we really are building a new home -  now that profiles for the house have been pegged out and the building team, which includes Dn & Jay (17),  have all the frames up for the work shed.  

Winter builds, that are accompanied by excessive rain and the resulting mud, are such fun  ;-P  
Adding to the fun is the irritating fact that our small herd of cows are determined to get into whichever paddock you are working in: and, they've managed to Houdini themselves through the fences a few time to get on to the building site.  Nosy & naughty.   
I may add some photos of them another day.

Needless to say the weeks feel like they have speed up a bit more for our family, but as we're on a one way trip we're electing to enjoy the journey.

Here is our month ahead and the items in our home educating book baskets; some of the titles still being read are from last month, along with any new books, listed in bold type, to be read in August.  

Beneath are our initial literary/book basket selections for  August  - I'll update with any extras as we go along.   
YLR stands for Younger Level Read: we figure not all books have to attain to the pinnacle of, college worthy, classically rich literature to be appreciated.  Daisy (15) and I enjoy reviewing new finds, to us, in children's literature.   The C which may appear beside any item, during this month, means completed:

 Daisy: 

• Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps & ...      p.41-43 AD1400 -1600 Church Hist  
• The Church Ages study W.M.B   continue
• Woman of Faith, bible study with mum. Continue
• TGC: Classics of British Literature        Chaucer - A Man of Unusual Cultivation 
• The Canterbury Tales ~ Geoffrey Chaucer      Brit Lit.   selections only. mature themes, content issues.  Using Greenleaf Guide with this.    
• Gateway of the Sun ~ Lori Wagner    1541+     Not for sensitive readers
• The Three Musketeers ~ Alexandre Dumas   1625-28     French Lit
• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn ~ Hoobler    Mystery   1735 
• The Angel Knew Papa and The Dog ~ McKelvey   YLR   C     Update: Daisy enjoyed this book, suggests a pre-read before handing to sensitive children
• Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes ~ Auxier   YLR   not sure of content yet.  RAR recommendation. Update: Daisy is listening to this, says the author injects the occasional 'blood' related curse word into the story; and, this book may work better as a read aloud for parents that want to edit that out.  The book has a fantasy feel to it and contains some magic.
• Sophie Quire and the Last Story Guard ~ Auxier   YLR  Review is the same as Peter Nimble.
• RAR Author Access: Andrew Peterson  
• Brightest Heaven of  Invention (Hamlet p.113-162) ~ Peter Leithart

Jay:

• Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps & .....   p.41-43 AD1400 -1600 Church Hist 
• The Church Ages study  W.M.B   continue
• Book of Proverbs ~ KJV Life Application Study Bible
• Leaders and Misleaders ~ Van Heerden
• On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature ~ C.S. Lewis

Family Book Basket:

• Bible (KJV)      St. John   Ch: 19-22
• Then Sings My Soul BK 3 ~ Morgan    Select songs
• The Abolition of Man  ~ Lewis      Brit Lit
• Just as I Am ~ Billy Graham  The children wanted to carry on listening to this with me after hearing a small portion one day, so we've switched it to a family book basket read.
• The Misanthrope ~ Moliere    1666   
• The Edwardian Farm   BBC   DvD