One of our fellow Acton Academy owners, Anne Olderog, shared, “One of our hopes is that Eagles start developing an interest in “big books” that stretch their minds and souls.”
Here’s a great list of Twaddle-Free books:
Living Books = books that are well-written and engaging–they absorb the reader–the narrative and characters “come alive”; living books are the opposite of cold, dry textbooks.
Twaddle = dumbed down literature; absence of meaning
And, here’s another list compiled by and used in Ambleside Online's free homeschooling curriculum. We used it in the past (it's really just an ordered list of books).