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MomOf8
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« on: October 19, 2009, 10:01:20 AM »
Thank you everyone for your replies to my Science question.  I am also wanting to add some fiction/biographies to our health/herb studies.   I have already thought of Swiss Family Robinson, maybe My Side of the Mountain?  Any survival/living off the land type fiction suggestions would be great. Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 12:55:08 PM »
Sign of the Beaver is great!  By the way, with Swiss Family Robinson, there's all kinds of different translations.  Some are much better than others -- make sure you get one of the older versions! 
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 01:10:05 PM »
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (maybe for the older kids?),

Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera Cleaver (about a girl who's Dad dies and she supports her family as a wild-crafter herbalist book/movie)
 
Island of the Blue Dolphins by can't remember author (based on true story about a girl left stranded on an island and how she survived for many years.)

My side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (book/move both good)

Diary of an Early American Boy by Eric Sloane (great book based on a year out of a dairy of a boy in 1805)

The Little House on the Prairie series (actually quite a bit of practical knowledge included in these books.)
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 01:11:04 PM »
The Little House series.  You can learn tons about preserving foods, keeping warm, building a log house, etc. from that series.

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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 01:15:18 PM »
Beka, you listed all of the books I was thinking of...  except Where the Lillies Bloom... I'll have to check that one out!

There's a thread on this subject over on Urban Exodus somewhere...
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 02:35:27 PM »
Thank you, these are great!!
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 02:37:18 PM »
I found the thread...
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Quote from: ForeverGirl on October 19, 2009, 01:10:05 PM

Island of the Blue Dolphins by can't remember author (based on true story about a girl left stranded on an island and how she survived for many years.)


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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2009, 08:04:06 AM »
There are also a couple of books by Gary Paulsen, "Hatchet" and "The River" about a boy having to survive harsh conditions alone.  He has other books that I probably would not recommend though.
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