Secular Charlotte Mason

continued from the Roald Dahl thread....

Robert McClosky would a be good one and might be our next Author Study I've already read my 6 yo many of these books but want to read Homer Price and I would to check out Burt Dow, Deep Water-man.

Bibliography: author and illustrator

Lentil (1940)

Make Way for Ducklings (1941), a Caldecott Medal Book

Homer Price (1943)

Blueberries for Sal (1948), a Caldecott Honor Book

Centerburg Tales: More Tales of Homer Price (1951, also titled More Homer Price)

One Morning in Maine (1952), a Caldecott Honor Book

Time of Wonder (1957), a Caldecott Medal Book

Burt Dow, Deep Water-man (1963)

ETA: Ham wouldn't sit for a book until after his 5th Birthday. Lentil was one of the first books we "rowed" with Five in a Row and he LOVED the book! He worked at learning to whistle until he could get some sound through his lips after being inspired by this book. And I found $2 harmonicas at a local store. So much fun stuff in these books.  There is a nice age range to McClosky's books. It's a group of books you could read in order of increasing attention spans. Homer Price is a chapter book. My 3yo is developing his attention span earlier than Ham so he sits for books now.

There is a distinctive style to his illustrations as well that would be good to point out in a "search and find."  I tried to get Blueberries for Sal after we went blueberry picking the other day but it was checked out. I pointed out the sound of the plunk plunk of the berries as they went into empty buckets. Ham remembered the book but Chan hasn't heard it yet.

Would love to hear some ideas for this Author and his books.

Wow. I didn't realize McCloskey had chapter books. I will have to look for those for KodyGirl!

Many families do a mini-study on New England while reading his books since many of them take place there. With his distinctive drawing style I could even so using him as ann artist study. Esp. with younger kids we include children's illustrators in our art studies.