The past few weeks we have abandoned our boring Bob Jones History books for the Dear America series.  I absolutely love these books...the first one actually was a book on tape...that got me hooked.  Since then Cake has checked out most every book they have at our library.  Also along the same line is My America and The Royal Diaries.  These books are published by Scholastic and they also have on their website all kinds of games as well as teaching guides. 

Cam has loved listening to the tapes and cds as she is not as much into reading as Cake.  As soon as we get in the car she wants me to turn on the tape for them to finish listening to.  We have actually sat out in the car and finished listening to a tape before going into the house.  I also think because we only listen to them in the car they are much more interesting; at home their are too many distractions.

Our favorites so far have been:

The Winter of Red Snow, The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania,  1777

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, The Oregon Trail Dairy of Hattie Campbell, 1847

I Walk in Dread,The Diary of Deliverance Trembly, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691