Thank you, Katrina, for hosting this!  The Spring Reading Thing officially lasts from March 19-June 19. Participants will have their name entered for an amazon gift certificate!  Lots of time to read great books! Since I do tons of reading anyway, this should be fun!  We will soon be studying the French and Indian War, the American Revolution and the Constitution.  This is my absolutely favorite time period in history, so I am looking forward to preparing for these lessons and learning extra details for my own interest. 

Spiritual Growth:

The Mystery of God’s Will: What Does He Want for Me? By Charles Swindoll

Ruth: The Romance of Redemption: A Love Story by Diana Hagee

Esther: A Woman of Strength and Dignity by Charles Swindoll

Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade by Charles Swindoll

So You Want to be Like Christ? Eight Essentials to Get Your There by Charles Swindoll

Read Alouds to my Children:

Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest by GA Henty

Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades by GA Henty

Our Literature and History Books:

The Second Mrs. Gioconda by e.l. konigsburg

With Pipe, Paddle and Song by Elizabeth Yates

Annie Henry: Adventures in the American Revolution by Susan Olasky

Why Not, Lafayette? By Jean Fritz

Early Thunder by Jean Fritz

America’s Paul Revere by Esther Forbes

George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster

The French Revolution by Sean Connolly

Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness by John Mason Brown

A Colonial Town: Williamsburg by Bobbie Kalman

Why America is Free: A History of the Founding of the American Republic 1750-1800

Susanna Wesley: Mother of John and Charles by Charles Ludwig

Gulliver’s Stories retold from Jonathan Swift

Stowaway by Karen Hesse

Alone yet not Alone by Tracy Michele Leininger

George Washington by Cheryl Harness

Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz

Guns on the Heights by Millicent Winton Veeder and Virginia Veeder Westervelt

Johny Tremain by Esther Forbes

Liberty: How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner

George Washington: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin

When Washington Crossed the Delaware by Lynne Cheney

Fight For Freedom: The American Revolutionary War by Benson Bobrick

Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life by Candace Fleming

Inventing America: The Life of Benjamin Franklin: A Museum in a Book featuring Removable Sketches, Letters, and Historical Documents by Mark Essig

The Declaration of Independence: The Story Behind America’s Founding Document and the Men Who Created It: A Museum in a Book: Featuring Removable Documents, Letters, Diaries and Artifacts by Rod Gragg

In Their Own Words: Benjamin Franklin by Peter and Connie Roop

My Further Studies:

Daniel Boone: His Own Story by Daniel Boone & The Adventures of Daniel Boone by Francis Lister Hawks

1776 by David McCullough

Yankee Doodle Boy: A Young Solderer’s Adventures in the American Revolution Told by Himself by Joseph Plumb Martin, edited by George F. Scheer

Private Yankee Doodle by JP Martin

One of the activities that keeps me extremely busy is reading books for school.  So when I stumbled across this, I was saddened only because I hadn't caught it sooner!  Can I list the book I read today, that arrived in the mail at 3:30pm?  LOL

 A Joyful Heart is hosting this literary activity! 

For my devotional reading:

How to Pray for Your Children by Quin Sherrer

From the Bible:

I Peter

II Peter

I John

II John

III John

Jude

Revelation

John (hopefully I'll be finishing this by Easter)

Devotions with my children:

Philippians

Colossians

I Timothy

Titus

Philemon

For School:

Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier

Don Quixote retold by Henry Brook (Usborne Classic)

Pocahontas: True Princess by Mari Hanes

Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick

Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colony by Paul Erickson

Dangerous Journey (Pilgrim's Progress retold by Oliver Hunkin)

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Almost Home by Wendy Lawton

Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Catherine:  The Great Journey by

The Second Mrs. Gioconda by e.l. Konigsburg

Updated March 17, 2008:  Most of the books were read.  Woo hoo!  I'm looking forward to the Spring Reading Challenge.  Anyone know who is hosting that one? ;)