Alligator Boy

Aurthor: Cynthia Rylant and Diane Good

Summary: A boy puts on an alligator head and tail and is transformed into an alligator boy.

Reading level: Ages 4-8 (kindergarten to second grade)
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (June 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0152060928
ISBN-13: 978-0152060923

Mommallama: This was a cute little rhyming book. The illustrations were a lot of fun as well... the boys really enjoyed it.

The Chronicles of Narnia: LWW

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
by: C. S. Lewis

Description:
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (May 24, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060764899
ISBN-13: 978-0060764890

Llama Household: We are doing this as a read aloud.

Ma Dear's Apron

Ma Dear's Apron
by: Patricia C. McKissack
ill: Floyd Cooper

Young David Earl always knows what day of the week it is, because his mother, Ma Dear, has a different apron for every day except Sunday.

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Aladdin (February 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0689832621
ISBN-13: 978-0689832628

Mommllama notes: I would say that the reading level is actually somewhere around 7 or 8. There are some difficult words and concepts that the slightly older ready will be able to understand. Lovely illustrations accompany this interesting story.

Harley

by: Star Livingstone
ill: Molly Band

Summary:
Because Harley the llama does not get along with other llamas, he becomes a guard llama, protecting sheep from hungry coyotes and befriending a cantankerous ram.

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (March 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1587171503
ISBN-13: 978-1587171505

Mommallama review:
This is a great book. Bubba read this (age 7), and thought it was a great story. The other boys enjoyed sitting and listening to him read it.

I would say the reading level would be for a really good first grade reader, or an easy read for a second grader.

The Writing Road To Reading

by: Spalding, Romalda Bishop

I'm using this for the book list in the back broken down by grade levels.

It was commended in Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum for it's list.

Farmer Boy

by: Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957

While Laura Ingalls grows up on the western prairie, a boy named Almanzo Wilder is living on a farm in New York State. Almanzo and his brothers and sisters work at their chores from dawn until supper most days, no matter what the weather. There is still time for fun, though, especially with the horses, which Almanzo loves more than anything.

Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (May 11, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060581824
ISBN-13: 978-0060581824

The Llama household is about to do a read aloud on this book!

Books Children Love

Books Children Love: A Guid to the Best Children's Literature
by: Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Wilson offers us a newly revised, comprehensive guide to the very best in children's literature. Just as in the original volume, she comments on the tone and content of excellently written, captivating books in over two dozen subject areas. Hundreds of new titles have been added while retaining timeless classics and modern favorites all of which respect traditional values. So that no matter what the children's ages are or whether they love fact or fiction, you can trust these books to share things that you can believe in and kids will delight in.


Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Crossway Books; Revised edition (October 30, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1581341989
ISBN-13: 978-1581341980