Old World Echoes

by Jennifer Courtney

Copper Lodge Library: Old World Echoes is a rich resource that includes one to two stories and one poem each week for 24 weeks of Foundations. The reading is designed to take no more than 30 minutes each day. Stories correspond with the Cycle 2 geography, featuring stories from England, France, Germany, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, Korea, and more.

Genres: Childrens

365 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

A homeschool mom for over 15 years who graduated with a degree in English and who loves reading aloud with her own children.

Reviews

[Christian Holland · Rating 3 out of 5]

85 percent of the book contains stories and poems you probably already own: Briar Rose, Rapunzel, etc. There are a few fairy tales from Asia at the end.

[Lori Cannella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most stories are fun and engaging. There are a couple stories that have wording and phrases that is in appropriate for younger readers/minds. For example, I had to skip some stuff in Romeo and Juliet, because do I really want my prepubescent child learning about "lovers" and "suicide".

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids favorite morning read aloud.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

***This book is intended for people who do Classical Conversations, although anyone could read it. It's just an anthology of great literature designed to match the era and regions we studied this year.***

Good not great. 3.5 stars but I'm rounding up. But I do still plan to reuse this next Cycle 2 😅 It's easy having a literature anthology that's ready to go and custom-fitted to our 24 weeks of CC and the topics we're studying. And I actually really liked the selections they chose to include, moreso than I liked the selections for Cycle 1. King Arthur, Robin Hood, Shakespeare, lots and lots of fairy tales grouped by region of origin (French, Scandinavian, English, etc.), they picked a good assortment to go alongside our studies of European history and geography. One poem per week is included and all are short enough they could be memory work, if you like assigning a poem to memorize. The reason I rated the book a little poorly is partially that I wish more famous poetry had been included (they mostly went with whimsical poems about nature and I would have liked more Charge of the Light Brigade kind of poems), partially because they don't so a great job including more modern classics (they do include a couple from Rudyard Kipling but could have included something from Sherlock Holmes, or some Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, there weren't any Russian authors included, more significant works could have been included in the second semester imo), and partially because the format is cheap--I wish they would update this to be hard cover and with beautiful illustrations, given the purpose of the book is for morning basket read alouds to young kids.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting collection of short stories and poems from around the world - Norse mythology, Shakespeare play summaries, fables, tales, legends, Rudyard Kipling stories, and others. Did as a read-aloud with my kindergartner and most of it worked quite well - vocabulary and syntax were sometimes challenging, but she followed and enjoyed the stories. The four condensed Shakespeare plays were the only bust from this collection for us - too many characters and plot twists for a 5-year-old (or her mother at times) to follow, especially in the abbreviated format.

[Unabridged_Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good collection of 69 stories and poems which we read weekly to go along with our Classical Conversations studies, however, this would make an excellent daily or weekly reading time book for any family wanting to incorporate it into their days! As a read aloud or as a read alone, this book has a well-curated collection of tales for everyone.

[Adrianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

We finished this the night before week 1 cycle 3 just in time to start New World echoes! The first few stories were slow going but we super super loved this book. I appreciated the compilation of fables from many cultures and beautiful poetry!

[Kristi Ehnis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this aloud to my kids and we all enjoyed it!

[Meredith Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

(with Ben & Mabry)

[Natalie Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent classical read for homeschooling kids!

[Stephanie Grubb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m addicted to these stories

[Christie]

This is a great compilation of stories and tales from around the world. We were using it as a read-aloud, but got too busy with other schoolwork to finish it.

[Teresa Kartheiser · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[L · Rating 5 out of 5]

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