Living Book List – Northern Nester

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Finally, I’ve compiled a list of Living Books that reflects our family’s favorite personal stories! This list contains nearly 250 titles across a wide range of interests, and will continue to grow as we discover more great literary works and add them to our personal library. (I’m always open to recommendations!)

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This list of living books has been the most requested post by readers, and while it’s not complete (no living book list ever is, right?), it provides the framework for more additions to come, which I plan to include. then they have received the approval of our local critics!

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full disclosure: many of the books I have included in this list of living books, particularly church history, reformation, and life lessons/character categories, were chosen because they are written from a Christian perspective.

However, not all of these recommendations are based on a biblical worldview (especially books that explore different cultures), and we encourage parents to do their own due diligence by building a personal library on home.

My ultimate goal with this list is to make it available as a printable download, without ads, and to include more detail with each recommendation, such as what age and/or grade would be a more suitable title for. stay tuned for that!

“one more thing is vitally important; children must have books, living books. the best is not too good for them; anything less than the best is not good enough. and if it is necessary to exercise economy, to give up everything that belongs to the soft and luxurious life before giving up the duty of providing the books, and the frequent changes of books, which are necessary for the constant stimulation of the intellectual life of the child. ” ~charlotte bricklayer

Where can I buy these living books?

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amazon is the easiest (I’d really appreciate it if you bought through our affiliate link! Thanks in advance!), but I’ve also been able to find plenty of living books. via:

• Christian Book
• Reformed Heritage Book Services
• Reformed Book Services (Canadian)
• The House of Learning (Canadian)
• Tree of Life Book Service (Canadian)

Without further ado, here is the list of living books!

Happy reading!

the north nest living book list

living books on African culture

• a long walk to the water at linda sue park
• dick anderson’s african adventures
• alan paton’s cry, the dear country
• heart of darkness by joseph conrad
• hearing lions by gloria whelan

living books about birds

• jean craighead george’s ghastly mountain
• make way for robert mccloskey’s ducklings
• mr. popper’s penguins by richard atwater
• owls in the family by farley mowat
• the book of birds by burgess of thornton a. burgess
• the swan’s trumpet by e.b. white
• the wheel at school by meindert dejong

living books about ancient egypt

• child of the pyramids by ruth fosdick jones
• mara, daughter of the nile by eloise jarvis mcgraw
• pyramid by david macaulay
• the cat of bubastes by g.a. henty
• eloise jarvis mcgraw’s cup of gold

living books on Asian culture

• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
• Amy Carmichael: Saver of Precious Gems by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge
• Behind a Closed Door by C.M. of putter
• born in the year of courage by emily crofford
• the house of chu ju by gloria whelan
• bronze and sunflower by cao wenxuan
• gladys aylward: the adventure of a lifetime by janet benge and geoff benge
• nostalgia: my own story by jean fitz
• hudson taylor: deep in the heart of china by janet benge and geoff benge
• li lun: brave boy by carolyn treffinger
• lottie moon: giving it all for china by janet benge and geoff benge
• mission to cathay by madeleine polland
• nothing intimidated: isobel kuhn by gloria repp
• sweet and sour: tales from china by carol kendall
• the great wave by pearl s. buck
• the samurai tale by erik c. haugaard
• tikki tikki tembo by arlene mosel
• to the golden shore: the life of adoniram judson by courtney anderson

living books on canada

• ambush in the hills by bill freeman
• beginnings: stories from canada’s past by ann walsh
• new beginnings: further adventures of a loyal family by mark beacock fryer
• laura’s choice: laura secord’s story by connie brummel cook
• madeleine takes charge by ethel c. cool
• rowing out to sea by holling clancey holling
• the history of canada by george w brown

living books on church history

• duncan’s war by douglas bond
• the hammer of the huge notes by douglas bond
• how the brave sleep! by jh hunter
• how they kept the faith by grace raymond
• jonathan edwards: america’s genius by christian timothy george
• the king’s arrow by douglas bond
• martyr of the catacombs: a story of ancient rome by james de mille
• paula la valdensian by eva lecomte
• quintus: a story about the persecution of christians in the time of emperor nero by r. weerstand
• rebel’s keep by douglas bond
• the betrayal: a novel about john calvin by douglas bond
• the life and legacy of saint patrick by michael j. mchugh
• thunder: a novel about john knox by douglas bond
• the voice that woke the world: george whitefield by lucille travis
• the young huguenots by edith yes floyer
• this was john calvin by thea b. van halsema
• trial and triumph: accounts from church history by richard hannula

living books on the civil war

• abraham lincoln by ingri d’aulaire
• son of moonshiner by carolyn reeder
• rifles for watie by harold keith
• the war of the boys by jim murphy
• the river between us by richard peck
• with lee in virginia by g.a. henty

living books on early American history

• a lion to protect us by clyde robert bull
• a pioneering sample by barbara greenwood
• almost home: a story based on the life of mary chilton of mayflower by wendy lawton
• only but not only by tracy leininger craven
• benjamin franklin by ingri d’aulaire
• buffalo bill by ingri d’aulaire
• caddy woodlawn by carol ryrie brink
• caddy woodlawn’s family by carol ryrie brink
• caleb’s story by patricia maclachlan
• calico bush by rachel field
• captive calico by elizabeth george speare
• guns of thunder by douglas bond
• lewis and clark by george sullivan
• sarah, simple and high by patricia maclachlan
• sarah morton’s day: a day in the life of a pilgrim girl by kate waters
• skylark by patricia maclachlan
• stories from the pilgrims by margaret pumphrey
• the battle of seattle by douglas bond
• e l courage of sarah noble
• m ark clark’s iron peacock
• the lewis and clark expedition by richard l. neuberger
• the cottage books by laura ingalls wilder
• the pilgrims first thanksgiving by ann mcgovern
• the pilgrims of plimoth by marcia sewall
• the secret of the sealed room by bailey macdonald
• marguerite de angeli’s skippak school
• journey to freedom: story of the pilgrim fathers of david gay
• william bradford: pilgrim boy by bradford smith

living books on the early roman empire

• henry winterfeld’s roman rescue mystery
• barbara willard’s son of charlemagne
• elizabeth george speare’s bronze bow
• los ides of april by mary ray

living books on mathematics

• how big is a foot? by rolf myller
• number stories from long ago by david smith
• pythagoras and proportions by julie ellis
• sir cumference and the first round table by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and the dragon of pi by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and the great knight of angleland by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• lord cumference and all ten kings by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and the fraction faire of cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and the indirect battle of cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and the offbeat dessert by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and the sword in the cone by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference and immeter’s island by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• sir cumference gets the tenth point by cindy neuschwander and wayne geehan
• what’s your angle, pythagoras? by julie ellis

living books on medieval history

• a proud taste for scarlet and the miniver of e.l. konigsburgfake coin, real coin by lois dick
• adam of the road by elizabeth janet gray
• black horses for the king by anne maccaffrey
• catherine, called birdy by karen cushman
• otto from the silver hand by howard pyle
• the door in the wall by marguerite de angeli
• the hobgoblins: a novel by john bunyan by douglas bond
• glaston’s hidden treasure by eleanore m. jewett

living books about music

• beethoven lives upstairs by barbara nichol
• ludwig beethoven and the chiming tower bells by opal wheeler
• mozart the child prodigy by opal wheeler
• mrs. pipes and the psalms and hymns of the reformation by douglas bond
• mr. pipes and the british hymn makers
• peter tchaikovsky and opal wheeler’s nutcracker ballet
• the accidental journey: discovering hymns from the early centuries by douglas bond
• the secret wish of nannerl mozart by barbara kathleen nickel

living books about Native Americans

• children of the longhouse by joseph bruchac
• indian captive by lois lenski
• naya nuki by kenneth thomasma
• om-kas-toe by kenneth thomasma
• pocahontas by ingri d’aulaire
• pocahontas and the strangers by clyde robert bulla
• sacajawea by joseph bruchac
• singing down the moon by scott o’dell
• squanto, friend of pilgrims by clyde robert bulla
• walter d. edmonds
• the sign of the beaver by elizabeth george speare
• tikta’liktak by james a. houston
• tree on trail by hollings c. hollings
• vostaas: the white buffalo story of plains indian life by william white buffalo

living books on outdoor adventures

• the ghastly mountain by jean craighead george
• the island of the blue dolphins by scott o’dell
• julia of the wolves by jean craighead george
• my side of the mountain by jean craighead george
• robinson crusoe by daniel defoe
• the call of the wild by jack london
• the swiss robinson family by johann wyss
• marjorie rawlings yearling

living books on reform

• abc of reform: the people, places and things of reform by stephen j. nichols
• martin luther: a man who changed the world by paul l. maier
• the barber who wanted to pray for r.c. sprout
• heroes of reform by diana kleyn and joel beeke
• martin luther: what should i do? by catherine mackenzie
• martin luther by simonetta carr
• johann gutenberg and the amazing printing press by bruce koscielniak
• courage and conviction: chronicles of the reformed church by brandon and mindy withrow
• katharine von bora: whittenberg’s morning star by jenna and channa strackbein
• when lightning struck: the martin luther story by danika cooley
• ink on her fingers by louise a vernon
• spy for the night riders by dave and net jackson
• mr. flutes and the psalms and hymns of the reformation by douglas bond

living books on the revolutionary war

• betsey and the emperor by staton rabin
• george washington by ingri d’aulaire
• guns for general washington by seymour reit
• guns by douglas bond providence
• in search of honor by donna lynn hess
• johnny tremain by esther hoskins forbes
• my brother sam is dead by james lincoln collier
• paul revere and the world he lived in, by esther forbes.
• value profiles, by marilyn boyer and grace tumas.
• sophia’s war, by avi
• . esther wood brady toliver’s secret

living books about the sea/ocean/ships

• call it the courage of armstrong sperry
• go on, mr. jean lee latham’s bowditch
• flashback four: dan gutman’s titanic quest
• keep the lights on, connie roop’s abbi
• holling pagoo clancey holling
• holling clancy holling seabirds
• the book of thornton burgess seashore a. burgess
• twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne

living books on slavery/racism

• amos fortune, free man by elizabeth yates
• crossing freedom by virginia frances schwartz
• courage to run: a story based on the life of harriet tubman by wendy lawton
• elijah of buxton by christopher paul curtis
• forty acres and maybe a mule by harriette gillem robinett
• the feather of liberty: a story based on the life of a freed slave and author phillis wheatley by wendy lawton
• freedom train by dorothy sterling
• thunderroll hear my cry by mildred d. taylor
• probe by william h. armstrong
• jewell parker rhodes sugar
• sweet clara and deborah hopkinson’s liberty quilt
• barbara greenwood’s last safe house
• uncle tom’s cabin by harriet beecher stowe
• william wilberforce: derick bingham’s freedom fighter

living books on science

• a piece of mountain by joyce mcphearson
• archimedes and the door of science by jeanne bendick
• stories from the patio by clara dillingham pierson
• george mendel: the friar who grew peas by cheryl bardoe
• louis pasteur: founder of modern medicine by john hudson tiner
• the book of birds by burgess of thorton a. burgess
• the book of burgess seashore by thorton a. burgess
• burgess’s jungle book by thorton a. burgess
• the nature study handbook by anna comstock
• the mystery of the periodic table? by jeanne bendick
• the ocean of truth: the sir isaac newton story by joyce mcpherson
• wild animals i have met by ernest thompson seton

living books that teach life lessons/build character

• a basket of flowers by christoph von schmid
• a better ending by doreen tamminga
• a father to orphans by sjanie vanduinen
• a great miracle in a small mountain town by marian schalk
• a love for the lost: david brainerd by brian cosby
• anak, the eskimo boy by piet prins
• caleb’s lamb by helen santos
• gerrit and his dog (author unknown)
• grandpa’s box by starr meade
• ivan and the hidden bible by myrna grant
• jessica’s first sentence by hesba stretton
• jim elliot: no fool by irene howat
• little underpants by ralph moody
• little nobody and the wonderful door of o.f. walton
• mary jones and her bible by mary e. strings
• no one loves me from o.f. walton
• pilgrim’s progress by john bunyan
• rainbow garden by patricia st. john
• star of light by patricia st. john
• swallows and amazons by arthur ransome
• teddy’s button by amy lefeuvre
• ten girls who made a difference by irene howat
• the the milkman’s daughter by legh richmond
• the holy war: the battle for the human soul by john bunyan
• the king’s daughter and other stories for girls compiled by j. white
• the little woodcutter and other stories by mary sherwood
• the secret of tanglewood by patricia st. john
• anette lyster’s white gypsy
• three months under the snow by j.j. porchat
• tiger and tom and other stories for children collected by j. white
• whiter than snow and dot of o.f. walton
• winter madness by o.f. walton

living books on the first world war & 2 story

• a new coat for anna by harriet ziefert
• a poppy is to remember by heather patterson
• journey through the night by anne devries
• trip to america by sonia levitin
• project 1065: a world war ii novel by alan gratz
• resistance by jennifer a. nielsen
• the treasure of snow paperback by marie mcswigan
• 10:20 by claire huchet bishop
• the spy bike paperback by yona zeldis mcdonough
• the boy who dared by susan campbell bartoletti
• the oak chest by kate seredy
• corrie ten boom’s hiding place
• the plot To Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero by Patricia McCormick
• Rebecca Upjohn’s Secret of the Village Fool
• Jean Watson’s Watchmaker’s Daughter
• the war at last won by kimberly brubaker bradley
• the war that saved my life by kimberly brubaker bradley
• the winged watcher by hilda van stockum
• war boy: memories of a world war ii childhood by maurine murchison
• war on the wasteland by douglas bond

living books about the soviet union

• a night divided by jennifer neilson
• children of the storm by natasha vins

living books about texas

• outbreak & me for high abernathy
• remember the aspen! by robert penn warren
• twenty jeans by betsy warren

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