Friday Book Basket

Well we are back after a much needed break, a break I took for my sanity and get get things better organized. I did not do such a good job of this over the summer. We all learn from our mistakes right? Anyway we are now off to Europe, Norway being our first stop. So here is our regular book basket posting although a couple days late .  but in any case thanks for reading with us here at Our Days at CA.

Christian Heroes: Then & Now George Muller (Prince’s Lit reading)
Norway (countries of the world)
Thor’s Wedding Day
Seven Natural Wonders of Europe
East of the Sun & West of the Moon
Master Maid
The Race of the Birkebeiners
Snow Treasure *
Odd and the Frost Giants
A Gift for Mama *
Heidi *
The Long Way to the New Land *



*recommended by the Hazells

Book Basket Friday

We are finally back in session. The holidays were like a whirlwind and to top it off we have moved. Yes call me crazy, but in the mist of all the action of Christmas we were packing and 5 days, yes you read right, FIVE DAYS before Christmas we closed and were moving our stuff. Now I am not complaining because this was an answer to my prayers to have a bigger place. We now have 4 bedrooms and room for everybody, for now ;)

So with school back on and "arriving" in Brazil on Monday I thought it fit to start back up my book basket posting. Remember these titles or our picks, some recommended by the Hazells and some supplemented by me. Again you may want to preview some of them for your taste. But in any case thanks for reading with us here at Our Days at CA!

Christian Heroes: Then & Now  Nate Saint  * (Prince's Lit reading)
Geronimo Stilton: Four Mice Deep in the Jungle
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest
Amazon Fever
Little Monkey Lost
The Great Kapok Tree
Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster tale from the Amazon
I Wonder What A Rainforest Is
Ecosystems in action: Life in a Rainforest
Plants of the Rainforest
MSB: in the Rain Forest *
MTH research: Rain Forests
Animal Worlds: Rainforest Animals
Tropical Rain Forest
Nature Hide & Seek: Jungles
The Rainforest Indians: Footsteps in Time *
Explore the Continents: Explore South America
Brazil Countries of the World *
Brazil American Geographical Society: Around the world program
DK A school like mine: The Americas



* recommended by the Hazells

Book Basket Friday

Ok So I am late posting this, but when am I ever on time ;) We have finished up Mexico but we are taking a week off from ECC because of Halloween on Monday, instead we are going to do a little unit on Halloween, then we will pick up on Canada the next week. I thought I would go ahead and post the Canada books so I am head and not behind!
Remember my list is our basket, recommended and what we found to supplement  the recommended  ones, you may want to preview some of them before adding them to your stack. Good luck searching, and thanks for reading with us here at Our Days  At CA!

Canada the Culture *
Canada A to Z
Canada Major World Nations
Many Nations an Alphabet of Native America
 M is for maple: a Canadian alphabet
My Arctic 1,2,3 *
Immi's Gift
Wolf Island
Goose's story
The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad
The Magic School Bus Food Chain Frenzy
Flat Stanley's the Intrepid Canadian Expedition
Anne of Green Gables *
Anne of the Island
With Pipe, Paddle, and Song



* recommended by the Hazells

Book Basket Friday

We are off to Mexico on Monday, so as promised here is the list of books we have found for our book basket. Again these are books recommend by the Hazells along with those extras we have found to supplement them. Remember you may want to preview some of the books, like the day of the dead books. We chose to add these in because it is a part of our heritage.

Cinco de Mayo: Celebrating Hispanic Pride
Festivals of the World: Mexico
Holy Mole!
Cactus
life in the desert
Scream shop: Day of the dead
Time Warp trio: Me oh Maya Celebration
Alejandro's Gift
Way out in the Desert
Clementina's Cactus
Spotlight on Mexico
Manana Iguana
Musicians of the Sun
The Legend of the Poinsettia
Erandi's Braids *
Hill of Fire *
Manuela's gift *
The Tortilla Factory *
Deserts *






* reccomended by the Hazells

Book Basket Fridays

We are finishing up the introduction weeks and headed into North America. I was happy that I found a lot of the books on The U.S that the Hazell's recommended, but I added to our list because the kids would have them read in a days time. Remember my list is what we found to add to the recommended  ones, you may want to preview some of them before adding them to your stack. Good luck searching, and thanks for reading with us here at Our Days  At CA!

Book-basket for United States weeks

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ABC USA- Martin Jarrie
America is
WOW! America
Happy birthday America
America the Beautiful
The United States, state by state guide
Scrambled states of America
Smart about the 50 States
7 natural wonders of North America
Lands and Peoples of North America #5
Kids around the world cookbook
The Kingfisher Student Atlas of North America
The Atlas of World Cultures: Brunetto Chiarelli 
How to make a Cherry pie and See the U.S.A *
Greetings from 50 states *
Lentil  *
When I was young in the mountains *
Betsy and Tacy go over the big hill *
The Rag Coat *
The Hundred dresses *
stone fox *
across America on a emigrant train
meet the American girl books
Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective
wild, wild southwest: junior explorer series
Geronimo  Stiliton #37 race across America
Charlotte's web
Stella: fairy of the forest
Lost in the woods
Who lives here? Forest animals
Life in a Deciduous forest
Nature hide and seek: Woods & ForestsTrees: Illa Podendorf
The Navajo: Alice Osinski 

* recommended by the Hazells

Book basket Friday

Ok, so I realize it is not Friday, nor is it the beginning of our study with the introduction weeks in MFW ECC, but I decided to go ahead and post this late just in case some of you may be starting late.

Book basket for introduction weeks

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Dora's World Adventure

Two-can first Encyclopedia: A First Atlas

Lands and peoples #5: North America

What a Wonderful World *

The Whole Wide World question and answer book: Ashley Bryan

My Granny Went to Market

The Kids Around the World Cookbook

Gifts
Everybody Cooks Rice
DK's The Most Fantastic Atlas of the whole wide world
Let's Eat! What Children eat around the world
The Atlas of World Cultures:  Brunetto Chiarelli
Say Hello
Homes Around the World ABC alphabet book
Around the World in 80 days
DK's book of baby animals
Thank you, World
DK's My Sticker book Atlas
The great animal search *
Know it all animals: Hugh Westrup
Celebrations! *
Me on the Map *
Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
Usborne's Stories from Around the World
How to make an apple pie and see the world *
Usborne's people around the world *

                                OUR FAVORITES

* books reccommended by the Hazells

book basket

     I don't know about you guys, but when I first got the TM for MFW ECC, I was excited. Here was a complete book of lesson plans I did not have to sit and write out, even though I tweaked it a little to fit us, and added some things in, like the highlights top secret. Although when it came to getting things ready for the book basket, our public library was scarce on the books referred by the Hazells. So I spent most of the summer trying to find books at our library to fit in with each week. My kids LOVE to read, sometimes I think it is all they do, so I had a job ahead of me.
     When I finally finished I was happy with the results, so happy that I thought I would share my hard work with you guys. So each lesson I am planning on posting a what's in the book-basket the Friday before we start a country, in hopes that it might help someone else out there. Good luck and thanks for reading with us here at our days at CA.