Ouch and Yeah!!

My PT decided that we should try something new in our timeless endeavor to get rid of this ITB pain. It's called dry needling and he said it wouldn't really hurt....

it was kind of like acupuncture...

see how happy and relaxed she looks....

why, everyone would want to be in her place....

those needles look like they are barely even touching her....

oh that man, he is so funny sometimes......

and this women is quite the actress....

whoever paid for the above advertisement should be sued...

for A LOT of money.....

I looked at my leg when the needles were all in, I could barely see said needles because they were jabbed that far into my muscles.....

this is what it really feels like...

yeah, I won't be doing that again.

BUT..I did run three pain free miles the day after the above torture session.  So maybe I will suck it up and let him stab me with needles...

Shocker!

Apparently running 12 miles through excruciating pain isn't all that bad for you :)  All tests came back normal I am free to run whenever I want !!!  No, I will not be running a super long run tomorrow :)  I plan on easing back into my normal routine.

Now to research winter running tights and ice cleats!

Gym Frustrations!

I hit the gym this morning determined to get in a good work-out without running (one more week per Ortho guys instructions).  I left pretty angry.

I have a BoduBugg that keeps track of the amount of calories I'm burning per minute.  (An amazing tool that I highly recommend for anyone wanting to lose wait, get healthier,  or train for a marathon :)  While running that number will be between 8 and 9.  This morning it wouldn't budge above 4!!!  I so miss running!!!!

But it was worth it because..

CRAFT TIME!

Elliana and I love doing crafts together.  We are always on the look out for a new craft to try.  Today we found Perler Beads!  I had no idea these things existed.  I just love spending time with my girl! :)

Chill Out!

Dear Moms, Jesus Wants You To Chill Out

by STEPHEN ALTROGGE on OCTOBER 12, 2012

FACT: If your children can’t read by age four there is a 95% chance they will end up homeless and on drugs.

FACT: If your children eat any processed food there is an 85% chance they will contract a rare, most likely incurable disease, by age 12.

FACT: If  you’re not up at dawn reading the Bible to your children, you are most likely a pagan caught in the clutches of witchcraft.

FACT: If your children watch more than 10 minutes of television a day there is 75% chance they will end up in a violent street gang by age 17.

Obviously, the “facts” listed above are not true (at least, I don’t think they are). But, I’ve noticed that the Internet has made it much easier for people, and moms in particular, to compare themselves to each other. Now, just to be clear, this is not a post against “mom blogs”, or whatever they’re called. If you write a mom blog, that’s cool with me. This is a post to encourage the moms who tend to freak out and feel like complete failures when they read the mom blogs and mom Facebook posts.

Moms, Jesus wants you to chill out about being a mom. You don’t have to make homemade bread to be a faithful mom. You don’t have to sew you children’s clothing to be a faithful mom. You don’t have to coupon, buy all organic produce, keep a journal, scrapbook, plant a garden, or make your own babyfood to be a faithful mom. There’s nothing wrong with these things, but they’re also not in your biblical job description.

Your job description is as follows:

• Love God. This simply means finding some time during the day to meet with the Lord. It doesn’t have to be before all the kids are awake. It doesn’t have to be in the pre-dawn stillness. Your job is to love God. How you make that happen can look a million different ways.

• Love your husband (unless you’re a single mom, of course). Your second job is to love and serve your husband. Husbands are to do the same for their wives, but that’s for a different post. If your husband really likes homemade bread, maybe you could make it for him. But don’t make homemade bread simply because you see other moms posting pictures of their homemade bread on Facebook.

• Love your kids. Your calling as mom is to love your kids and teach them to follow the Lord. They don’t need to know Latin by age six. If they do, more power to you. But that’s a bonus, not part of the job description. Your job is simply to love your kids with all your exhausted heart, and to teach them to love Jesus. That’s a high calling. Don’t go throwing in other, extraneous things to make your life more difficult. If you want to teach your kids to sew, great. But don’t be crushed by guilt if your kids aren’t making stylish blazers by the age of 10.

Moms, Jesus want you to rest in him. He wants you to chill out. His yoke is easy and his burden is light. Don’t compare yourself to other moms. Don’t try to be something God hasn’t called you to be. If the mom blogs are making you feel guilty, stop reading them. Be faithful to what he has truly called you to do, and know that he is pleased with you. When your kids are resting, don’t feel guilty about watching an episode of “Lost”, or whatever your favorite show may happen to be.

Love God, love your husband, love your kids. Keep it simple and chill out.

–

+photo by pedrosimoes7

Article found here.

Being Girly :)

Having fun teaching Elliana to make pot holders :)

poked and prodded

About 10 weeks ago I set out for a 21 mile run.  Nine miles in I started having some pain in my left leg. I was determined to finish my run and I did, but man was it ever painful.  I "assumed" it would take me a few weeks to recover from this not so successful run.  Ten weeks and two half-marathons later I am still in excruciating pain when I go past about a mile or two.

My doctor recommended an EMG to test the nerves in my leg and back.  For 6 months everyone has been telling us that the herniated disc and the disc tear in my back were the problem.  After having my nerves shocked and my muscles zapped the neurologist gave us surprising news.  My nervous system is working just fine.  The nerves in my legs are transmitting signals perfectly and my muscles are in great shape.  The disc and tear in my back are not causing any problems; they certainly were not involved in the big catastrophe in April that landed me in the ER.

So...I am being sent off for a new x-ray and MRI.  The new idea- back in April I tore a tendon/ligament/muscle (one or more of these).  Apparently it was really bad and my body is still inflamed from the whole experience.  I am also being sent to the ortho to check out me knee problem from that awesome 21 mile run mentioned earlier.

Am I giving up and just laying around eating bon bons????  No way!  I get up bright in early (although it is actually dark at 4:30am) and head to the pool for a nice long swim.  After an hour and twenty minutes of laps I come home and hit the weights.  This is just a roadblock, not a stop sign.

Master Book List :)

 There are days when kids are tired and they just can't sit in a chair and do their work (apparently that requires way too much energy) .  Luckily homeschoolers get to improvise....

I love books and I have spent many hours searching for books that would be great for the different age levels of my kids. I stockpiled the names of all the books I could find and then checked my library to see if they carried each one.  Below is my "Master List".  It shows the book; and if our library carries them I have noted the location.  If our library does not carry a book I may have put "ILL" behind it meaning- inter library loan.  Enjoy!   

(I have no idea why blogger is putting squares on this page.  No information is missing, blogger just must like decorating my page with squares :)

20 Books She Has Loved: Best Books for Girls

1.  Caddie Woodlawn-J Bri
2.  The Tanglewoods' Secret
3.  Christie's Old Organ- (ILL)
4.  Jessica's First Prayer
5.  A Basket Of Flowers
6.  In Grandmas Attic (The Grandma's Attic Series)-JR/Fic
7.  Little Women (The Whole Story)
8.  The Complete Little House Nine-Book Set
9.  The Chronicles of Narnia Series
10.  Black Beauty (Whole Story)-Fic Sew
11.  Heidi (Whole Story)-Fic Spy
12.  The Witch of Blackbird Pond
13.  The Year of Miss Agnes
14  Betsy-Tacy
15  All-of-a-kind Family- (ILL)
16  The Door in the Wall
17  Words By Heart- (ILL)
18  Understood Betsy
19  Pollyanna: Complete and Unabridged – Fic Por
20  The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series-J Mon

22 Best Books one Boy thinks Every Boy Should Read

1. Tales from the Story Teller's House, Thornton Burgess (when younger)

2. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain-Fic TWA
3. Treasure Island (Unabridged Classics), Robert Louis Stevenson- Fic Ste
4. Kidnapped (Penguin Classics), Robert Louis Stevenson-Fic STE
5. Two little savages;: being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned., Ernest Thompson Seton- (ILL)
6. Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates, Mary Maples Dodge-J Dod
7. Hiawatha , H.W. Longfellow-J 811 Lon
8. Gateway to Great Books, Imaginative Literature, Bk. #3 (Rocking Horse Winner) - (ILL)

9. The Jungle Book (Unabridged Classics), Rudyard Kipling- Jk/Fic
10. Journey into Summer, Edwin Teale *Teale's books are exquisite nature writing. -- 10yo and up- (ILL)
11. Wandering through Winter, Edwin Teale- (ILL)
12. That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis (when older)- Lewis C S
13. Watership Down: A Novel, Richard Adams -Fic Ada
14. White Fang , Jack London-Fic Lon
15. The Story of Inventions, Michael J. McHugh -Amazon $23.00
 16. Songs of a Sourdough, Robert Service- (ILL)
17. The Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous, Sarah Bolton- (ILL)
18. Journey Through the Night, Anne DeVries- Amazon $47.00

19. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Mark Twain-J Twa
20. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, C.S.Lewis (when older) - (ILL)
21. Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands , George MacDonald-Amazon $28.00
22. Oliver Twist , Dickens-Fic Dic

Year 0 Books

1.      Winnie the Pooh series by AA Milne and Ernest H. Shepard (Winnie-The-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six). Accept no sub. for the original stories!-J Mil

2.      Beatrix Potter series (Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, etc,)-Pic Pot

3.      The Little House by Virginia Burton-Pic Bur

4.      The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack-Ef/Fic

5.      The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper-Pic Pip

6.      Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey-Em/Fic

7.      Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey-Em/Fic

8.      One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey-Pic Mcc

9.      Ferdinand by Munro Leaf-Pic Lea

10.  Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney-Pic Hal

11.  Stone Soup and other folk tale retellings by Marcia Brown-Pic Bro, J398.22 Bro, J398.2 Bro

12.  Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (CM idea of duty in bringing beauty to the world)-Pic Coo

13.  The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman-Pic Ban

14.  Brer Rabbit books by Joel Chandler Harris-J 398.2 Har

15.  Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander

16.  A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson –J 821 Ste

17.  Classic stories and folktales such as The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

18.  Aesop’s Fables, such as the one illustrated by Milo Winter-J 398.2 Cec

19.  The Real Mother Goose illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright

20.  Lavender's Blue, a collection of nursery rhymes compiled by Kathleen Lines-J 398.8 Lin

21.  Poems for Young Children compiled by Caroline Royds- (ILL)

22.   A Child's Book of Poems by Gyo Fujikawa- (ILL)

23.  The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry selected by Louis Untermeyer- (ILL)

24.  The Oxford Book of Children's Verse edited by Peter Opie- 821 Oxf

25.  The World Treasury of Children's Literature selected by Clifton Fadiman.  There are three volumes, but only the first two volumes would be useful; vol 3 has selections from longer chapter books, and whole books are preferable. - (ILL)

Year 1 Booklist

1.      Trial and Triumph (Church history from a definite Protestant perspective) by Richard Hannula (selected chapters) Descriptions of some trials of the Christians may be intense; parents should preview chapters to determine suitablity based on their children's sensitivities. If you prefer, you can cover church history in Years 7-9 with a different book, Saints and Heroes.-Amazon $15.00

2.      An Island Story by H.E. Marshall, chapters 1-21 (this book known as Our Island Story in England)

3.      Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin for selected chapters and note about the use of this book in year 1- (ILL)

4.      Viking Tales by Jennie Hall (hero stories and myths of Norway) Part 1, chapters 1-11- (ILL)

5.      Benjamin Franklin by Ingri D'Aulaire-JB Fra

6.      George Washington by Ingri D'Aulaire-JB Was

7.      Buffalo Bill by Ingri D'Aulaire-JB Cod

8.      Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling-J Col

9.      Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock- (ILL)

10.  James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot

11.  The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess - fall/winter months: ch 36-45; early spring ch 3-32; spring/summer ch 3-35. - (ILL)

12.  A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson-J 821 Ste

13.  Now We Are Six/When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne-J 821 Mil

14.  A Child's Book of Poems by Gyo Fujikawa- (ILL)

15.  The Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Iona and Peter Opie-821 Oxf

16.  The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter-J 398.2 Cic

17.  Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit

18.  Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb-822.33 Lam

19.  The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang-J398.2 Lan

20.  Hans Christian Andersen's Tales- (ILL)

21.  The Wonder Clock by Howard Pyle-J 398.2 Pyl

22.  Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling [Note - How the Leopard Got His Spots has one occurrence of a racial slur that will need to be omitted; it's near the very end of the chapter.]-J S. S. Kip

23.  Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty

24.  Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

25.  King of the Golden River by John Ruskin-J 398.2 Rus

26.  Peter Pan (or, Peter Pan and Wendy) by James M.-Fic Bar

27.  Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi-J Col

28.  The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang- J 398.2 Lan

29.  St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges-EH/Fic

30.  The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams-EH/Fic

31.  Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

32.  Pocahontas by Ingri D'Aulaire- (ILL)

Year 2 Booklist

1.      An Island Story by HE Marshall ch 22-60 1066-1553, Harold II-Edward VI

2.      This Country of Ours by HE Marshall ch 1-5

3.      A Child's History of the World by Virgil Hillyer ch 47 on Charlemaigne, skip Alfred - ch 61

4.      The Discovery of New Worlds by MB Synge ch 12-29
Note: Chapters from The Story of Mankind by Van Loon are shown where they overlap with history being studied for those wishing to have an older student (5th grade and up) follow along in the same rotation or for those who are limited to only this text. Story of Mankind is for an older age group and not really recommended for children this young.

5.      Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula (selected chapters) Descriptions of some trials of the Christians may be intense; parents should preview chapters to determine suitability based on their children's sensitivities. If you prefer, you can cover church history in Years 7-9 with a different book, Saints and Heroes.-Amazon $15.00

6.      The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge- (ILL)

7.      Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley-JB Joa

8.      Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling- (ILL)

9.      Seabird by Holling C. Holling- (ILL)

10.  The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock- (ILL)

11.  The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess-- (ILL)

12.  Pagoo by Holling C Holling-- (ILL)

13.  Walter De La Mare-J 398.21 Del

14.  Eugene Field and James Whitcombe Riley-J 811 Fte

15.  Christina Rossetti-J 242.82 Chi/ (ILL)

16.  Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb-822.33 Lam

17.  Pilgrim's Progress Book 1 (Christian's Journey) by John Bunyan - the original language is recommended

18.  Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty

19.  Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

20.  The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (we recommend the edition illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard)-J Gra

21.  Robin Hood by Howard Pyle- J 398.22 Pyl

22.  Heidi by Joanna Spyri. Look for one that has all of the chapters and includes the hymns.-Fic Spy

23.  A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne- (ILL)

24.  Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne-J 292 Haw

25.  Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney-J Sid

26.  Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales- (ILL)

27.  Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning-J 821 Bro

28.  Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire-JB Lin/Caldecott

29.  Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit-J Nes

30.  Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

31.  Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

32.  The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

33.  Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (some versions say "revised" because P.L. Travers revised chapter 6 herself in 1981 to get rid of some rather nasty racist things.)- JT/Fic

34.  Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry-JH/Fic

35.  Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater

36.  Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle-J Pyl

37.  Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney's-Pic Coo

38.  Along Came A Dog by Meindert De Jong- (ILL)

39.  The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli

Year 3 Booklist

1.      An Island Story by H.E. Marshall 1509-1760, Henry VIII-George II (sometimes called Our Island Story)

2.      This Country of Ours by HE Marshall

3.      A Child's History of the World by Hillyer

4.      The Discovery of New Worlds by MB Synge ch 31 and 49

5.      The Awakening of Europe by M.B. Synge ch 5, 6, 14, 15, 30

6.      Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula (selected chapters)-Amazon $15.00

7.      Da Vinci by Emily Hahn- (ILL)

8.      Michelangelo by Diane Stanley (contains drawings of nude art and drawing of cutting a cadaver)

9.      Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Peter Vennema and Diane Stanley- JB Sha

10.  Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley

11.  Squanto by Feenie Ziner- (ILL)

12.  Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty- (ILL)

13.  Marco Polo-JB Pol

14.  The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock- (ILL)

15.  Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long-Amazon $10.00

16.  Science Lab in a Supermarket by Robert Friedhoffer- (ILL)

17.  The Story of Inventions by Michael J. McHugh and Frank P. Bachman-Amazon $23.00

18.  Great Inventors and Their Inventions by Frank P. Bachman- (ILL)

19.  All About Famous Inventors and Their Inventions by Fletcher Pratt- (ILL)

20.  War Inventions by Charles R. Gibson

21.   Exploring Creation With . . . series by Jeannie Fulbright-Amazon $28.00

22.  William Blake-821.7 Bla

23.  Sara Teasdale and Hilda Conkling- (ILL)

24.  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- J 811 Lon

25.  Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty

26.  American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg-J 398.22 Sto

27.  Shakespeare Stories-Leon Garfield- (ILL)

28.  Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb-822.33 Lam

29.  The Heroes by Charles Kingsley- (ILL)

30.  Pilgrim's Progress Part One or Two (Christian's Journey) by John Bunyan

31.  The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonal- Jm/Fic

32.  Children of the New Forest by F Marryat- (ILL)

33.   The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Book 1 and Book 2-JK/Fic

34.  A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35.  The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley- (ILL)

36.  At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonal-J Mac

37.  Men of Iron by Howard Pyle-Fic Pyl

38.  Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll-J Car

39.  Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll-J Car

40.  The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major- (ILL)

41.  Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome- (ILL)

42.  Unknown to History: Captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Yonge-Amazon $28.00

43.  Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink-Jb/Fic

44.  On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

45.  The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge- (ILL)

46.  The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright- (ILL)

47.  English Fairy Tales and more by Joseph Jacobs-J 398.2 Jac

48.  King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry-J Hen/Newberry

49.  The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright- (ILL)

50.  Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright- (ILL)

51.  The Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong

Year 4 Booklist

1.      This Country of Ours by HE Marshall Charles I-George III

2.      George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster- (ILL)

3.      The Story of Mankind by Hendrick Van Loon (for younger readers, A Child's History of the World chapters covering the same time period are shown)

4.      An Island Story ch 95 and 96, 1760-1820, George III

5.      Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula-Amazon $15.00

6.      Poor Richard by James Daugherty- (ILL)

7.      Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober- (ILL)

8.      Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling- (ILL)

9.      The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock- (ILL)

10.  Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley-Amazon $10.00

11.  Explore His Earth by Ann Voskamp-Amazon $22.00

12.  It Couldn't Just Happen by Lawrence Richards- (ILL)

13.  Physics Lab in the Home by Robert Friedhoffer- (ILL)

14.  Exploring Creation With . . . series by Jeannie Fulbright-Amazon $28.00

15.  Alfred Lord Tennyson-821 Ten

16.  Emily Dickinson- J 808.8 Jus/(ILL)

17.  William Wordsworth-821 Wor

18.  The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch-292 Bul

19.  The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe-J Def

20.  Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson-Fic Ste

21.  The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford- Bur

22.  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving-J Irv

23.  Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-J 811 Lon

24.  Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving-J Irv

25.  Black Beauty by Anna Sewell-Fic Sew

26.  Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter-Fic Por

27.  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett-J Byr

28.  The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit-JN/Fic

29.  A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte Yonge-Amazon $22.00

30.  Bambi by Felix Salten-J Sal

31.  The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

32.  Little Britches series by Ralph Moody-917.88 Moo

33.  The Borrowers by Mary Norton-Fic Nor

34.  Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight-Fic Kni

35.  Gentle Ben by Walt Morey- (ILL)

36.  Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright- (ILL)

37.  Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright-J Enr/Newberry

38.  Return To Gone Away by Elizabeth Enright-J Enr

39.  By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder

40.  The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia Hale-J Hal

41.  Calico Captive (girl interest) by Elizabeth George Speare- (ILL)

42.  The Sign of the Beaver (boy interest) by Elizabeth George Speare

43.  Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes

44.  Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill-J Cau

45.  Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates-J JB For/ Newberry

46.  The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery (British view of revolution) - (ILL)

47.  Justin Morgan had a Horse by Marguerite Henry

General Poetry-

1.      Poetry for Young People-Robert Frost by Gary D. Schmidt-Amazon $7.00

2.      Poetry for Young People-Emily Dikenson by Gary D. Schmidt-Amazon $7.00

3.      Poetry for Young People-Frances Schoonmaker by Gary D. Schmidt-Amazon $7.00

4.      Poetry for Young People-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Gary D. Schmidt-Amazon $7.00

5.      Treasury of Poetry for Young People-Amazon $28.00

6.      Favorite Poems Old & New by Helen Ferris- (ILL)

7.      When the Aardvark Parker on the Ark by Calvin Miller- (ILL)

8.      Winter Poems-by Barbara Rogasky-J811.008 Win

9.      Best Loved Poems of the American People by Hazel Felleman -821 Fel