Sonlight Core B

Sonlight Core B leads kids aged 6-8 deeper in their study of history, literature, and world culture.A Child’s History of the WorldandThe Usborne Book of World Historyform the central texts for the course, and cover the Egyptians, Romans, ancient Europeans, Greeks, and Chinese. Supplementary volumes are colorful and engaging, and include both fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction titles range from classics like Charlotte's Web to more recent hits like Detectives in Togas. While we don't have any problem with the titles for this level, we do find their juxtaposition a bit odd: kids are expected to listen to a fairly advanced biography of George Muller at the same stage they're reading The Cat in the Hat.

We do understand that there are both titles to be read aloud to children and books for them to read on their own included on this list, but there also seems to be a bit of a sense of disproportion. Still, this is a quality reading list that is likely to instill a love of learning in young minds from the earliest ages.

Please Note: Sonlight Curriculum does not sell their materials to Exodus Books. We carry many of the same titles, and are often able to obtain used copies of books they publish. The following is culled from their 2013website and includes much of their selection, though it is not comprehensive, nor is it in any sort of curricular order. For a complete listing, visit the Sonlight Curriculum website.

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Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
from HarperCollins
for 2nd-6th grade
1953 Newbery Honor Book
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
George Muller
Christian Heroes: Then & Now
by Geoff & Janet Benge
from YWAM Publishing
Biography for 4th-7th grade
in Christian Heroes: Then and Now (Location: BIO-BENGE)
$11.99
Henry Huggins
by Beverly Cleary
from HarperTrophy
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99
Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey
from Puffin Books
Humor for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard & Florence Atwater, illustrated by Jim Madsen
from Little, Brown & Company
Humorous Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
1939 Newbery Honor Book
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$8.99
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard & Florence Atwater, illustrated by Robert Lawson
from Little, Brown & Company
Humorous Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
1939 Newbery Honor Book
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Owls in the Family
by Farley Mowat
from Yearling
Realistic Animal Stories for 2nd-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$5.99
Paint Brush Kid
by Clyde Robert Bulla
from Random House
for 3rd-5th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$5.99
Tippy Lemmey
by Patricia McKissack
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for 1st-5th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$5.99 $3.00 (1 in stock)
Tornado
by Betsy Byars
from HarperCollins
for 1st-5th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$6.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)