From the July 30, 2007 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.
Family stories are a treasure that with any luck are passed down from generation to generation. We have, in our children's literature, many wonderful instances of family story-telling. In the collection following you will find examples of family stories as narrative (Moomintrolls and The Borrowers) as well as family stories that are really a collection of vignettes told by master raconteurs (Mama's Bank Account, Cheaper by the Dozen, etc.) Particularly these latter are a pleasure to read as an adult regardless of when you read them to your children.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
Family stories are a treasure that with any luck are passed down from generation to generation. We have, in our children's literature, many wonderful instances of family story-telling. In the collection following you will find examples of family stories as narrative (Moomintrolls and The Borrowers) as well as family stories that are really a collection of vignettes told by master raconteurs (Mama's Bank Account, Cheaper by the Dozen, etc.) Particularly these latter are a pleasure to read as an adult regardless of when you read them to your children.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
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All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Mike Wimmer |
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When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest and illustrated by P.J. Lynch |
Independent Reader
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All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor and illustrated by Helen John |
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Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery and illustrated by Jody Lee |
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Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink and illustrated by Kate Seredy |
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Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney |
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Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams |
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
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My Naughty Little Sister by Dorothy Edwards and illustrated by Shirley Hughes |
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Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm |
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The Borrowers by Mary Norotn and illustrated by Beth Krush |
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The Littles by John Peterson |
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The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall |
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The Railway Children by E. Nesbit |
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The Wouldbegoods by E. Nesbit |
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Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott |
Young Adult
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Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey |
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Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes |
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My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber |
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My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell |
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Oddballs by William Sleator |
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