Riding the Pony Express
10 best books like Riding the Pony Express (Clyde Robert Bulla): Homer Price, The Burgess Bird Book for Children, The Mysterious Howling, Betsy-Tacy and Tib, Clara and the Bookwagon, Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, The Hidden Gallery, Red Sails to Capri, The King's Equal, The Long Way to a New Land
| Author | Robert McCloskey |
| ISBN | 0140309276 |
I read this in the car today on the way back from a family reunion and I didn't have to drive. This is about Centerburg and Homer Price who makes his residence there. The town is rather funny and Homer is dependable and a fix-it kind of guy.
He has a pet skunk he has tamed that became famous when it helped...
| Author | Thornton W. Burgess |
| ISBN | 0486428400 |
Parents, teachers, and young readers all over the world have enthusiastically welcomed the Dover reprints of Thornton Burgess's classic nature books, including the perennial bestseller, The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. In the present volume, the author's goal of introducing children to the...
| Author | Maryrose Wood |
| ISBN | 0061791059 |
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place are no ordinary children, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess, and mysteries abound in this first volume in a new series for ages 9+.
Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander,...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0690138768 |
Three of a Kind
Betsy and Tacy are best friends. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they don't. Sometimes they quarrel with Betsy's and Tacy's bossy big sisters, but they never quarrel among themselves.They...
| Author | Nancy Smiler Levinson |
| ISBN | 0064441342 |
I saw this in my library's bookstore and it sounded like such a cute story. The cover is adorable and I expected a cute tale about a girl who loved to read getting to read to her heart's content with the traveling library. I've never encountered a traveling library and I couldn't wait to hear about it.
Instead,...
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
| Author | Tish Harrison Warren |
| ISBN | 0830846239 |
Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present to us in surprising ways through our everyday routines. Framed around one ordinary day, this book explores daily life through the lens of liturgy, small practices and habits that form us. Each chapter looks...
| Author | Maryrose Wood |
| ISBN | 0061791121 |
Thanks to their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more like children than wolf cubs now. They are accustomed to wearing clothes. They hardly ever howl at the moon. And for the most part, they resist the urge to chase squirrels up trees.
Yet...
| Author | Ann Weil |
| ISBN | 0140328580 |
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. It was the biggest and most beautiful ship fourteen-year-old Michele had ever seen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men...
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| ISBN | 0060224975 |
A dying king makes his son his heir — on one condition: the vain Prince Raphael must marry a woman who is his equal in beauty, intelligence, and wealth. A search throughout the kingdom appears to be fruitless until the lovely Rosamund appears at the palace. She is intelligent and wealthy, as well as beautiful...
| Author | Joan Sandin |
| ISBN | 0064441008 |
Summary/Annotation: This is a book about a boy named Carl Erik and his family who lived in Sweden. The setting is in 1868. Times aren't so great because in the summer they lack rain and in the winter they lack food. They are facing horrible times without food and money. They receive a letter from their uncle...
This is set in 1880 when Colorado was a new state. The Bidson family moved from Maine to Colorado.
They lived in a sod house but the author didn't say what a sod house was. Kids aren't going to know what that means.
Aunt Dora came to teach Noah as the plot said already, and we knew Noah didn't...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0064420639 |
From Newbery Medal-winning author Betsy Byars comes a sweet, entertaining story that will touch the heart of dog lovers at any age.
A tornado appears in the distance, and the family quickly gathers into the storm cellar. The storm rages outside, but Pete, the farmhand, knows this is the perfect...
| Author | George E. Stanley |
| ISBN | 0689871066 |
Mr. Merlin's Third Graders are known as the Third Grade Detectives -- with some hints from secret code clues and help from Mr. Merlin's friend, the police scientist Dr. Smiley, they help solve cases. This two-in-one flip book contains the full text and illustrations for the first two Third Grade Detectives...
| Author | Wayne Grover |
| ISBN | 0380732521 |
One thing I truly enjoy about being a homeschooling mom is access to books via the curriculum we've chosen; which, for us, has meant Sonlight. "Dolphin Adventure", like so many other books we've received through that route, did not disappoint!
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