Bagi keluarga / orang tua yang menggunakan metoda Charlotte Mason dalam menerapkan pembelajaran / pendidikan untuk anak-anaknya, tentu tidak asing dengan istilah Living Books. Living Books ( Buku-buku berkualitas ) merupakan salah satu dari 11 karakteristik pendidikan Charlotte Mason. Sebenarnya banyak sekali buku buku yang direkomendasikan, dari Year 1 – 12. Year di sini bukan usia anak, tapi tingkat kemampuan . Dan Year 1 bisa dimulai usia 6-7 th, atau bisa juga lebih muda / tua. Kebanyakan buku-buku yang direkomendasikan masih berbahasa Asing / Inggris. Namun demikian ada beberapa judul buku yang sudah diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia. Berikut daftar Living Books yang sudah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia :
Year 1
Heidi (Johanna Spyri) – Bentang, 2010 (a.b. Leo Sabath) ****
Just So Stories / Sekadar Cerita (Rudyard Kipling) – GPU, 2011 (a.b. Maggie Tiojakin)
Little House in the Big Woods/ Rumah Kecil di Rimba Besar (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Charlotte’s Web/ Laba-laba dan jaring kesayangannya (E.B. White) -Dolphin,2012 (a.b. Dina Begum)
Year 2
Farmer Boy/Anak Petani (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Little House on the Prairie/Rumah Kecil di Padang Rumput (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Year 3
Alice in Wonderland / Petulangan Alice di Negeri Ajaib (Lewis Carroll) – Elex, 2010 (a.b. Agustina Reni Eta Sitepoe)
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett) – GPU, 2011 & Atria, tahun 2010 ****
On the Banks of Plum Creek/ Di Tepi Sungai Plum (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
The Enchanted Castle (Edith Nesbit) – Atria, 2011
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling) – Atria, 2011 (a.b. Anggun Prameswari)
Year 4
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) – Orange Books, 2010 (a.b. Nadiah Abidin) ***
Pollyana (Eleanor H. Potter) – Orange Books, 2010 (a.b. Rini Nurul Badariah) ****
Pollyana Grows Up (Eleanor H. Potter) – Orange Books, 2010 (a.b. Rini Nurul Badariah)
By the Shores of the Silver Lake/Di Pantai Danau Perak (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) – Elex, 2010 (a.b. Peusy Sharmaya)
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis) – GPU, 2006
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician’s Nephew
The Last Battle
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) – Qanita, 2009 (a.b. Rien Chaerani)
The Railway Children (Edith Nesbit) – GPU, 2010 (a.b. Widya Kirana) ****
Year 5
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) – Liris, 2011 (a.b. Anna Karina)
Anne of Green Gables (Lucy M. Montgomery) – Qanita, 2009 (a.b. Maria M. Lubis) ****
Kim (Rudyard Kipling) – Bentang, 2011 (a.b. Rini Nurul Badariah)
Little Town on the Prairie/Kota Kecil di Padang Rumput (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) – Serambi, 2009 (a.b. Rahmani Astuti)
Oliver Twist (Mark Twain) – Bentang, 2011 (a.b. Reni Indardini)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Kate Douglas Wiggin) – Orange Books, 2011 (a.b. Hani Iskandarwati)
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) – Bentang, 2011 (a.b. Nin Bakdi S)
The First Four Years/Empat Tahun Pertama (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain) – Orange, 2011 (a.b. Tria Barmawi)
The Long Winter/Musim Dingin yang Panjang (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Those Happy Golden Years/Tahun-tahun Bahagia (Laura Ingalls Wilder) – BPK, 2006 (a.b. Djokolelono)
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) – Atria, 2011 (a.b. Mutia Dharma)
Year 6
Animal Farm (George Orwell) – Fresh Book, 2006
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott) – Atria, 2011 (a.b. Mutia Dharma)
Swiss Family Robinson (Johann David Wyss) – Bentang, 2011 (a.b. Tisa Anggriani)
The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) – Bentang, 2011 (a.b. Ambhita Dhyaningrum)
The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien) – GPU, 2002
Year 7
The Fellowship of the Ring (JRR Tolkien) – GPU, 2002
The Return of the King (JRR Tolkien) – GPU, 2002
The Two Towers (JRR Tolkien) – GPU, 2002
Year 8
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Year 9
A Tale of Two Cities / Kisah Dua Kota (Charles Dickens) – Elex, 2010 (a.b. Peusy Sharmaya)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck) – GPU, 2003
Year 10
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) – GPU, 2011
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) – GPU, 2009
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) – GPU, 2011
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo) – Bentang, 2008 (a.b. Anton Kurnia)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) – Serambi, 2011 (a.b. Istiani Prajoko)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) – GPU, 2011 & Qanita, 2010 (a.b. A. Raharti Bambang Haryo)
Year 11
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith) – GPU, 2011
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) – Serambi, 2010 (a.b. Sri Noor Verawaty)
The Old Man & The Sea (Ernest Hemingway) – Serambi, 2009 (a.b. Yuni Kristianingsih Pramudyaningrat)
To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee) – Qanita, 2010 (a.b. Femmi Syahrani) ****
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