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60 Book Recommendations for Children’s Summer Reading Incentive Programs

Our family loves to read, and we’re super thankful for that love of reading that has been instilled while reading classics and tried and true older books. We have replaced many of our well worn, falling apart titles several times. It was always worth it to us to purchase the books, rather than borrow from the library, simply because we were paying so much in library fines. It became cheaper to repurchase the books and build a home library instead!

We don’t shy away from harder themes, but we do recognize those themes to be age appropriate for the maturity of each individual child. We have reviewed sixty favorite books in our Kit on kit.co, and invite you to look at these recommendations either by clicking this link, or seeing the full list of kit.com titles at the end of this post. Use your own discernment as to whether or not these themes are best for your own children.

We hope they help your children’s summer reading incentive goals! These are gift worthy titles, and some are in boxed sets or series that we recommend.

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This list is certainly not exhaustive, and we know we forgot many books we love-like Paddington andPippy Longstocking! Who forgets Paddington and Pippy Longstocking!? The Chronicles of Narnia are also a well loved series that some in 5th grade age may be ready for. We personally waited until 6th grade.

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There is a LoveLeavingLegacy post with information and guidelines on our Children’s Reading Incentive for Summer 2019, as well as a book list of adult reading I’m doing.

Find out how your child could earn an incentive from LoveLeavingLegacy!

We’d love for you to join us, and hope that you find the reviews and recommendations within the kit.com links helpful! Reviews on adult reading books I’m reading are coming soon too!

We hope you find these lists helpful as your child pursues a love of reading and his/her Summer Reading Incentive goals, and he/he comes over to the Summer Reading for Kids event!

In the comments, tell me your child’s favorite piece of literature!

Blessings,

Deb

Create A Summer 2019 Bucket List

I didn’t know eleven year olds have Summer 2019 Bucket Lists, but apparently my eleven year old does! Horse back riding lessons was number one on her list. Finishing her math book from 2018 is high on my list for her, but it is not on her bucket list. Planting the garden was high on our list, but getting parts of the house painted and the garage cleaned are things not high on her or my bucket lists. Unfortunately, they are necessary evils, and should be on the Bucket List-or something.

My daughter saying she had a bucket list got me thinking about my own, and what I hoped to accomplish before the new school year starts in September. As most of my readers know, I spent most of the 2018-2019 homeschool year either beyond ill with very large vestibular acoustic neuroma, a benign brain tumor, and its symptoms, or recovering from the surgery that kicked that brain tumor to the curb but left me with lingering gait imbalance and right sided deafness. Finishing vestibular therapy was high on MY bucket list for spring 2019, and I did do that. Now I need to get my house back in order, organize for the next school year, finish what we couldn’t finish, and do…all the things…and relax with my family and do fun things is definitely a priority. Especially now. I don’t take being granted a “second chance” lightly.

Since I was Creating a Summer 2019 Bucket List for myself, I created a printable for readers to use as well.

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Find your Summer 2019 Bucket List free printable here.

Meanwhile, the Summer Reading Incentives for Kids and one for adults are going on in events on my Facebook page. You can grab reading trackers for both of those there too.

Here is my bucket list!

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But wait! I need more space!

I need more space on my Bucket List tracker! I have more things I want to do! For instance, I’d like go kayaking, organize freezer meals for the fall school co-op schedule, and go to the zoo and aquarium. There are things I must do like soft tissue mobilization therapy and facial neuromuscular retraining so maybe by the fall I can be done with that too, and I’ll have a semblance of normalcy regained back into our lives! A lot of what is on a Bucket List is self care, isn’t it?

Tell me what is on your Summer 2019 Bucket List! Come over to my Facebook page, look for this post, and share a photo of your list in the comments! 

Blessings,

Deb

2019 Summer Reading Programs & Lists: A Lilla Rose Reading Incentive

Many businesses encourage kids to read over the summer. Many also offer incentives for meeting minimum reading requirements. Some of those requirements include a minimum number of reading minutes, and some require a minimum number of books. Often, one of the requirements is that the reading is in addition to a school summer reading list, and the two should not be the same. 

Some of these businesses include local libraries, Barnes and Noble, Books a Million, and restaurants such as Chuck E Cheese. Even Six Flags has a reading incentive program! There is a list of businesses and their incentives here. 

Personally, I get a little sad that I’m no longer eligible as an adult for any of these reading incentive programs! Sometimes I need an incentive and accountability to reach my goals! Besides, why should children have all the fun! Adults want to be rewarded too!

I made an ambitious reading list for myself last week. Many of these books have been on my nightstand or stacked on my desk or near my bed for, uh, years. I thought I would read more while I recovered from my surgery, but vision and dry eyes was a problem. Yep. There’s always an excuse. Ask me how reading off the list is still going.

Not good. I have a nursing license continuing ed class and a blogging class to do too. But, if I’m going to keep my own children reading throughout the summer, I need to do it too. I also finally feel back on my game.

My reading list is divided into four categories: Biographies, Fiction, Faith, and Business. I have listed it below, so maybe that will give me some accountability! Throughout the summer I will try to do reviews of a few of the books, at least.

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Summer 2019 Reading List

My 2019 Summer Reading List
June 15-August 31, 2019

Biographies

Fiction

Faith

Business

I decided that I would encourage other children and adults to read a minimum of ten books each this summer. I am offering an incentive on my Lilla Rose with LoveLeavingLegacy business page. I’m offering a gift certificate giveaway. For every ten books above and beyond the original ten books, a lady or child (boy or girl) will be entered in a gift certificate giveaway only available through me, a Lilla Rose Independent Stylist. If you are unfamiliar with Lilla Rose, you can see more here.

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Summer Reading Fun For Kids


You can find the rules for engagement for the Summer Reading Fun for Kids here and the Adult Summer Reading Fun can be found here, as well as the links to the downloadable reading trackers for each in these events.

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Adult Summer Reading Fun

A guide for finding age appropriate great books for children to immerse themselves in throughout the summer, and that won’t merely tickle their ears and eyes with twaddle type reading is Honey for A Child’s Heart. The books listed are truly books that promote wonderful, thought provoking books that build minds but are fun. It has served as a wonderful resource list for our family during our 20 years of homeschooling. Reading has been an incredible strength for all six of our children. Another great thing is that it is a fabulous resource for creating a list to take to the library! Another great book for older children is Honey for a Teen’s Heart . There is even a Honey for a Woman’s Heart!

In addition, in the Summer Reading Fun for Kids, I will also share a few Back to School easy hairstyles, hair care tips, organizational ideas, and freezer meal recipes I will be using to get us all ready back into the swing of things for the first day of school. It’s hard to believe I’m talking about Back to School already! Our school year hasn’t even ended yet!

I hope you will join us!

Blessings, 

Deb