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Bill Bennett’s The Children’s Book of Values
“Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls
www.visionforum.com
Try not to break your budget! I absolutely LOVE everything we have ever gotten from them. They always have a theme. This year’s is “Fight Hard & Hold Fast” — wonderful toys, games, books and more. Conservative, educational, homeschool friendly.
This place has it all...a little higher than some, but worth every penny. I would order everything in the catelog if I could.
Any or all of the Narnia books.
Took the words out of my mouth! Please ping me when you get an answer!
Daughters-in-law have requested books for Christmas rather than toys...too many indulgent relatives!
Wooden jigsaw puzzle of the states with capitals on them.
The Cthulhu Mytho
I cannot recommend them strongly enough. If it's in there, it's good.
"Mow the lawn and you will get your Christmas gift ."
The McGuffey Readers (reprints from the 19th cen.) are superb! My sister used them in home schooling. Some are more text-bookish but the stories are full of good values. No wonder children back then were smarter!
“The Dangerous Book for Boys”
The “Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
A friend told me about a book that I plan to buy for my 6 y.o. granddaughter, called “The Princess and the Kiss”. It’s about saving yourself for marriage, basically. There’s one for boys but I can’t remember the name of it - same author, though.
brat dolls?
lol j/k
I would recommend two games: Monopoly and Sorry. Both may help assure they never turn into Barack Obamas.
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http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html
This is a great site which lists the best books for each particular age group.
My kids have hundreds and hundreds of books. Little kids don’t have the attention span to really focus on a couple good books. I like to have books everywhere for easy access. For this purpose the Arch (sp?) books of Bible stories are great — get the whole set and put a few in each room.
How old are your grandkids?
Any books about brave kids having adventures in the face of adversity are good: “Treasure Island”, “Heidi”, “The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew”, “Tom Sawyer”,...
Nonfiction: Science books with lots of illustrations and photos. Science project kits. History and biography.
Check your local Barnes&Noble. They always have a great selection of discounted nonfiction books, plus kids’ classic fiction. And hands-on science kits.