Our Month Ahead ~ Books to Read in July 2017

Welcome to July.    So good .... that means only 2 months until Spring!
I'm trying to make the most of the winter months, so one of the indoors tasks we are working on is - trying to -  down scale the home educating items we've accumulated.
I've managed to cull the math section,  many of the history texts,  and most of the spare copies of things just sitting in boxes.  
Now it's time to thin out the educational Dvds and the homeschooling-helps-for-mum books.   Seems to be a lot of both ;-P
We want to down scale as it's time to get rid of younger years 'stuff'  and we're hoping to move home before the end of the year;  the less I have to pack and then find a new home for will be win-win in the long run.

Switching topics to 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 July.  

Beneath are our initial literary/book basket selections for  July  - I'll update with any extras as we go along.   
YLR stands for Younger Level Read: not all books have to attain to the pinnacle of rich literature to be appreciated.  Daisy 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.39-40 AD1100 -1300 Church Hist  
• The Church Ages study W.M.B   continue
• Woman of Faith, bible study with mum. Continue
• Caught Up in a Story ~  Sarah Clarkson    C  we've already listened to the RAR podcast
• TGC: Classics of British Literature        Chaucer—Social Diversity  (prelude to studying  The Canterbury Tales)
• Sir Gawain & the Green Knight  ~ translated by Tolkien selections only. mature themes, content issues.  Using Greenleaf Guide with this.    
• A Single Shard ~ Linda Sue Park      1100's   YLR
• RAR author interview podcast  #53    Linda Sue Park     audio
• The Hawk and the Dove ~ Penelope Wilcock      1300's    C    I haven't pre-read this one. Daisy said it was okay, not a favourite you-must-read-this sort of book, just a pleasant read with lots of mini-stories.
• I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade ~ Wilson    1339.  C    YLR   Animistic themes.  This was a SL recommended title for a younger age range, I intentionally waited until Daisy was much older before giving her this book to read :  ancient animism under pins many of the community practices where we live.
• Cadfael      abridged audiobooks.  listening to select titles only    C
• A Night Divided ~ Jennifer Nielsen    audio option     C    YLR    Available thru ePukapuka
• News of the World ~ Paulette Jiles     C    Such a good book!!  The WTM moms recommended it.  Has 2 - one word - cursing excerpts.  Child prostitution is one of the topics (not graphic or detailed) but it's mentioned.
• A Bunch of Sweet Peas ~ Henry Donald    C
• RAR Author Access:  Avi  RAR members area
• Crispin: The Cross of Lead ~ Avi     England.  1377    C   YLR
• The Angel Knew Papa And The Dog ~ McKelvey    YLR  

Jay:

• Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps & .....   p.39-40 AD1100 -1300 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
• Babylon's Ark ~ Lawrence Arthur    profanity! edited out

Family Book Basket:

• Bible (KJV)      St. John   Ch: 15-19
• Then Sings My Soul BK 3 ~ Morgan    Select songs
• BiblioFiles Episode #29:  Introduction to Anglo - Saxon Lit
• TGC     1066: The Year That Changed Everything     family 'read-aloud'  
• The Abolition of Man  ~ Lewis

Shorter listen at only 3hrs long.

I'm going to see if I can encourage the family to listen to The Swoose ~ Dick King-Smith with me; I know it's for younger years but June Whitefield has crafted a laughter producing narration.