Family Resources

Classic Picks for the Family

By Pastor Andy Smith

Teens:
  1. The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas
  2. Captain Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling
  3. Anne of Green Gables (series), by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  4. The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
  5. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom
  6. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
  7. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor

Children:
  1. Summer of the Monkeys, by Wilson Rawls
  2. The Mixed File of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
  3. The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
  4. Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (obviously)
  5. Twenty and Ten, by Claire Huchet Bishop
  6. The Cay, by Theodore Taylor
  7. Treasure in an Oatmeal Box, by Ken Gire
  8. Stone Fox - John Reynolds Gardiner
  9. The Day of the Blizzard - Marietta D. Moskin
  10. Blue Willow, by Doris Gates
  11. Treasures of the Snow, by Patricia St. John

note: Honey for Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt is a great resource of books for different age groups.

Parents:
  1. Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture, by Mary E. DeMuth
  2. How and When to Talk to Your Kids about Sex, by Stanton Jones
  3. Grace Based Parenting, by Tim Kimmel
  4. Parenting with Love and Logic, by Cline and Fay
  5. How Children Raise Parents, by Dan Allender
  6. The Price of Privilege, by Madeleine Levine