Happy Tuesday, reader friends, and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s official topic is Books I’ve Read That I’d Like in My Personal Library. To be honest, I don’t remember the last time I read a book that wasn’t in my personal library—if you include my Kindle. One of the blessings of being a reviewer, I guess!
However, I’m always looking for books to add to my kids’ bookshelf (especially my pre-teen/young adult readers), either for reading pleasure or for educational purposes (or, dare I hope, both!), so I’ve tweaked this week’s post to be Books I Want to Add to My Kids’ Bookshelf.
Chuck Black’s Knights of Arrethtrae series
My twin eleven-year-olds (boy, girl) loved Chuck Black’s Kingdom series, so I’m hoping to collect this one for them too.
Douglas Bond’s Crown and Covenant series
Nothing brings history to life like seeing it lived out through fiction!
Gillian Bronte Adams’ Songkeeper Chronicles series
This one is for my early-teens reader who’s also a choir girl.
Miralee Ferrell’s Horses and Friends series
Having already made her way through Dandi Daley Mackall’s Winnie series, I have my eye on Miralee Ferrell’s Horses and Friends series next for my horse-lover.
Susan Count’s Dream Horse Adventures series
I’ve also just discovered this gorgeous-looking series for my horse-lover!
S. D. Smith’s The Green Ember series
I’ve been eyeing off this series for my younger readers for a little while.
The Complete Book of Dragons by Dr. Ernest Drake
I feel as though this is a must-have for my dragon obsessed nine-year-old. (And I think his equally obsessed seven-year-old sister would love it too, although she currently owns the How To Train Your Dragon equivalent.)
Tracie West’s Dragon Masters series
And while I’m at it, I think my dragon-lovers would enjoy these chapter books.
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
This one is on a lot of homeschooling booklists that I’ve seen.
Melanie Dickerson’s Fairy Tale Romance series
My choir-loving early-teen is also a fairy tale-loving early-teen, so I’d love to have a few of Melanie Dickerson’s fairy tale retellings for her to try out.
I hope your kids love all of these books. The Complete Book of Dragons is something I would have loved as a kid. (Honestly, I’d probably still love it today. Hehe).
My TTT.
Those kinds of books (eg Dragon book) never get old, do they? ☺️
What a great list. I am not familiar with all these series, but they all look good. I love your twist on this week’s Top Ten and I may go with the same one as I do not usually reread books.
Great list, Katie!!! We have many of these on Kindle but the Green Ember series is on our shelves! I’d kind of like to read Chuck Black’s series for myself, lol! My TTT
I just about don’t need to read them for myself. Isaac comes and tells me what’s happening! Lol!
Oh I love that!
My kids enjoyed the Green Ember. Also, my son LOVES The Wingfeather Saga, so if you don’t have that one, add it to your list (side note, my husband also loved them… so there’s that 😉 )! When your girls get a bit older, I would suggest the Slave series by Laura Frances, and if you’re not opposed to magic (fairy tale style) DO NOT MISS CJ Redwine’s Ravenspire books. Oh! And Morgan Busse’s Flight of the Raven. Man… I could keep going! As far as books I’m wanting to get, though the series is a bit young for my crew, The Feather Chase by Shannon Brown looks so good, as does Karin Kaufman’s Geraldine Woolkins (I’m such a sucker for children’s chapter books!)
Oh wow! Thanks for the suggestions! I actually bought the eBook of The Shadow Queen by C J Redwine while I was putting this together yesterday. Rel has mentioned them too, so I thought I’d read it first. And I’ll have to check out the others you’ve mentioned. Now I know who to go to next time my kids are saying “What can I read now?” 😁
Well, if they need something now, there’s also this Emerald Illusion book I’ve heard about… 😉
Oh yeah. I think I’ve heard of that one… 😉