Today, we are sharing our very favorite first novels for your middle-grade level reader.  Miss 9 has read these to herself and then read them again…and again.  We love that many are classics, the language is rich and they have helped expand her vocabulary immeasurably. Historical fiction has proven to be a favorite and we can’t wait to see what she falls in love with next! We hope you find something you like! Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery  Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes All of  Kind Family…

Spring is in the air and I thought it was time to share some of our favorite picture books to help welcome this new season!  Enjoy! Butterfly Park By Elly Mackay Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner   The Story of the Butterfly Children by Sibylle von Olfers Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak  Spring Thaw by Steven Schnur And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano Worm Weather by Jean Taft   Sugarbush Spring by Marsha Wilson Chall Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown The Secret…

We have always been enamoured with the idea of lighthouse living and these books certainly feed that love.  I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!   Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo Birdie’s Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson The Lighthouse Family by Cynthia Rylant  (Series) Lighthouse Seeds by Pamela Love The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Arielle North Olson The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift Gracie the Lighthouse Cat by Ruth Brown Abbie Against the Storm by…