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Age 4+ Ramona series

This collection of Ramona books by Beverly Cleary has been so well-loved in our household. My kids have read them many times independently and we have also read them as read alouds and bedtime stories. 

They are full of fun and love and laughter, so if you are wanting a light-hearted collection to create lots of fond family memories, this is the one. 

There are lots of life lessons to be learned here as the books follow the childhood of a typical young girl, Ramona Quimby. She faces challenges in just trying to be her regular exuberant self, along with the struggles of resisting temptation when her enthusiasm becomes too much to contain. 

These are sure to be read over and over again by your children and to become fond favourites by all in your family. Enjoy!

The Ramona Collection: Volume 1 - 4 Book Set

The Ramona Collection, Vol. 1: Beezus and Ramona / Ramona the Pest / Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father [4 Book Box set] Paperback

We read the Ramona series many times. A delightful series with lots of laughs and fond memories.

The Ramona Collection: Volume 1 - 4 Book Set
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The Ramona Collection: Volume 2 - 4 Book Set

The Ramona Collection, Vol. 2: Ramona Quimby, Age 8 / Ramona and Her Mother / Ramona Forever / Ramona's World Paperback

The Ramona Collection: Volume 2 - 4 Book Set
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Ramona Collection Tonies

Tonies Audiobooks Ramona Collection Audio Play Tonie Figurines for Toniebox (Ramona Quimby Books #1-4).

Requires Toniebox audio player.

Ramona Collection Tonies
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Age 5+ Little House on the Prairie series

The Little House books were not only read as read alouds but were also favorite audio travel companions, listened to over and over in the car and on bedroom CD players. A biographical series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, you will laugh and cry with Laura and her family as she relates the challenges and joys of growing up in a pioneer family.

The Little House
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A beautiful 9-volume boxed gift set.

The Little House
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A Little House Christmas Treasury

A Little House Christmas Treasury by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

A Little House Christmas Treasury
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Age 9+ Anne of Green Gables series

The complete Anne of Green Gables series was one of our favorite read aloud seasons. Some of my daughters also read these independently. While they can be enjoyed as read alouds at a reasonably young age, I found my girls enjoyed them independently from around age 13.
Anne of Green Gables 8-Volume Collection

Anne of Green Gables The Complete Collection 8 Books Box Set by L. M. Montgomery: Paperback.

Anne of Green Gables 8-Volume Collection
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Age 10+ Little Britches series

Little Britches has some quite mature themes and will evoke a whole range emotions with you and your children laughing out loud one minute and in tears the next. A biographical series by Ralph Moody, this is a great series for teaching character and responsibility.
Little Britches: 8-Book Series

Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there early in the twentieth century. Beautiful! One of our favourite series.

Little Britches: 8-Book Series
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Age 10+ We Are Wolves

When we studied Russia and the Russian Revolution a couple of years ago, this naturally led us into the World Wars. It was then that We are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad became one of our favourite read alouds. It is historical fiction but based on the true story of the Wolf Children of Germany. 

These children were left alone, lost or orphaned when World War II ended. Their war continued… the war for survival. One of my top choice, must reads!
We Are Wolves

Age 10+

When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of World War II, the Wolf family must flee. Being caught by the Russians or the Americans would be the end for them. Liesl, Otto, and baby Mia’s father has already been captured, and they get separated from their mother in a blizzard after only a few days on the run.

We Are Wolves
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We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
– Psalm 78:4