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Cozy Reads for December

December Cozy Reads

We’ve got a big sale coming up on Black Friday AND Cyber Monday!

Black Friday

On Black Friday Weekend (11/24-26), we’re offering a buy-two-get-one-free deal on our Literature Singles.

Cyber Monday

On Cyber Monday (11/27), take a whopping 27% OFF of any product purchase (except Literature Singles). That bundle you’ve been eyeing? It will be at its best price of the year!

If you were wanting a complete language arts bundle, get ready now.

If you feel ready to jump into one of our writing project programs, do your research now!

Even more, we know how much you love a chance to stock up on Literature Singles—those amazing tools we offer you to make teaching language arts natural and enjoyable.

Plus we’ve created a spreadsheet listing all our Dart, Arrow, Boomerang, and Slingshot titles just for you! Search and sort by title, author, book setting, time period, the literary device highlighted, and cross-curricular connections to tie in history, science, math, and more!

And for those who are new or are looking for some guidance, we’ve got a collection of options for you below that feature December holidays and seasons.


Cozy December Reads

December is bursting with holidays! Whether you celebrate just one or many, it’s often a busy time of year. How can you enjoy a cozy and delight-filled time, while also making a dent in your homeschool plans? We can help!

We’ve gathered a selection of delightful reads that also happen to have Brave Writer mechanics and literature handbooks to accompany them.

Dart (ages 8–10)

  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins
  • The House at Pooh Corner
  • Finn Family Moomintroll

Arrow (ages 11–12)

  • The Vanderbeerkers of 141st Street
  • Greenglass House
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Boomerang (ages 13–14)

  • A Christmas Carol
  • Little Women
  • Emma

You get to snuggle on the couch, read an engaging book, connect with your kids, AND have the lesson planning done for you! Wins all around!

These handbooks cover:

  • grammar,
  • punctuation,
  • spelling and vocabulary, 
  • literary devices, 
  • writer’s craft, 
  • literary analysis (Boomerang), 
  • and include book club party ideas you may even want to incorporate into your holiday celebrations. 

Quick Tips for using these handbooks during the holidays: 

  • Select just one or two passages for copywork or dictation.
  • Simply discuss the passages and save the copywork for another time (revisiting books you’ve read before is great for recalling and reminiscing). 
  • Pick one book for the family to read aloud and adjust the copywork and dictation up or down for your children. 
  • Watch the movie then read the book. Compare the two. (This works especially well for the Boomerang-level books.) 

What’s that? You’ve read all of these titles! Check out the Literature Singles page for more choices—we have over 200 issues to choose from!


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