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Rural Simplicity BOOK LIST

I talk about books A LOT!  So, I figured it was about time to make my very own book list of favorites. This will be a work in progress as I am always finding new and beautiful pieces. (I added three books to this list just since starting it.) These are my favorite books, but if you need more ideas of what to read check out my post on "How to Find Good Books."



Young Children (and up)

What Do People Do All Day? - Richard Scarry
Miss Rumphius - Barbara Cooney 
The Relatives Came - Cynthia Rylant
Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey
The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - Virgnia Lee Burton
One Morning in Maine - Robert McCloskey
The Tales of Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne
James Herriot's Treasury for Children - James Herriot
Blueberries for Sal - Robert McCloskey
Owl Moon - Jane Yolen
Beatrix Potter series - Beatrix Potter
Flossie and the Fox - Rachel Isadora
Dandelion - Don Freeman
Andrew Henry's Meadow - Doris Burn
Milly Molly Mandy Storybook - Joyce Lankester Brisley 
Little House on the Prarie Picture book - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ox Cart Man - Donald Hall (Ill. Barbara Cooney)
The Library - Sarah Stewart
The Gardener - Sarah Stewart  
If I Built a Car - Chris Van Dusen
One Morning in Maine - Robert McCloskey
We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen
Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown
Blue Hat, Green Hat - Sandra Boyton
Johnny the Fireman - Rebecca K. Sprinkle
Big Thoughts for Little People - Kenneth N. Taylor 
Fox in Socks - Dr. Seuss 
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
Too Many Tomatoes - Eric Ode
The Night World - Mordicai Gerstein
Roxaboxen - Alice McLerran (ill. Barbara Cooney)
Island Boy - Barbara Cooney
Harriet You'll Drive Me Wild - Mem Fox
Noah's Ark  - Peter Spier
Baby Lit Books -various authors 
Americanly - Lynn Parrish Sutton 
Good Thing You're Not An Octopus - Julie Markes
Miss Suzy - Miriam Young
Something is Going to Happen  - Charlotte Zolotow
Harold and the Purple Crayon - Crockett Johnson
White Snow, Bright Snow - Alvin Tresselt 

Young Children - Easy Readers 

Frances books - Russel Hoben
Frog and Toad books - Arnold Lobel
Tillie and Mert books - Ida Luttrell 

Young Children - Poetry 

When We Were Young & Now We Are Six  - A.A. Milne
A Child's Garden of Verses - Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's book of Poetry - Various Authors 

Juvenile (and up) 

Understood Betsy - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Magic Attic Club - Various Authors
American Girl, Kit - Valerie Tripp
Little House on the Prarie - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
The Swiss Family Robinson - J.D. Wyss
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgeson Burnett 
Heidi - Johanna Spyri 
Frindle - Andrew Clements
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White 
Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Ryrie Brink
Mandy - Julie Andrews Edwards
Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes 
The Wingfeather Saga - Andrew Peterson
My Side of the Mountain Trilogy - Jean Craighead George 
Locomotive - Brian Floca
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 - Brian Floca
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series - Maryrose Wood
The Penderwicks - Jean Birdsall
Okay for Now - Gary Schmidt
Echo (audiobook) - Pam Munoz
Johnny Appleseed - Will Moses
Gooney Bird Greene - Lois Lowry 
Henry Huggins - Beverly Cleary
Homer Price - Robert McCloskey
Baby the Gallant Pig - Dick King-Smith
Strawberry Girl - Lois Lowry 
George Washington - Ingri d'Aulaire
Benjamin Franklin - Ingri d'Aulaire
Buffalo Bill - Ingri d'Aulaire
Leif the Lucky - Ingri d'Aulaire
Abraham Lincoln -  Ingri d'Aulaire 
Betsy-Tacy - Maud Hart Lovelace
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
Old Fashioned Girl - Louisa May Alcott
The Inheritance  - Louisa May Alcott
Jack and Jill - Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery 

Adult 

Teaching From Rest - Sarah Mackenzie 
Mere Motherhood - Cindy Rollins
The Unhurried Homeschooler - Durenda Wilson
The Read-Aloud Handbook - Jim Trelease 
Disciplines of a Godly Woman - Barbara Hughes
One Thousand Gifts - Ann Voskamp
Simplicity Parenting - Dr. Kim John Payne
Evidence Not Seen - Darlene Deibler Rose
The Life-Giving Table - Sally Clarkson
Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full - Gloria Fulman 



The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas 
The Scarlett Pimpernal - Emmuska Orczy 
Ben-Hur - Lew Wallace 
Shy Boy - Monty Roberts

( I just have to make a note that I enjoy Charles Dickens movies, but have not taken the time to read many of his books - they are so very long - but so very good. Jane Austen is another good one, just not on my top favorite list.)


Favorite Authors 

Richard Scarry 
Robert McCloskey
Virginia Lee Burton
Barbara Cooney
Louisa May Alcott
Lucy Maud Montgomery 


Happy Reading and Discovering!

Sarah 
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