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Free living book studies
Gentle, Charlotte-Mason-style study packs for much-loved classic novels. Each one is built for families teaching different ages together — a core plan for Years 7–9, a lighter touch for Years 5–6, and a GCSE-style extension for Years 10–11.
Every book comes as three files:
- 📖 Study guide(Word) — the parent's plan: readings, narration, and links to history, art, geography and nature study.
- ✏️ Pupil booklet(Word) — the child's day-by-day companion with space to write and respond.
- 🖥️ Slides (PowerPoint) — a simple deck to introduce and structure the study.
They open in Word and PowerPoint (or free tools like LibreOffice and Google Docs/Slides), so you can print them or adapt them for your family.
A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens
Scrooge, the three spirits and a Victorian Christmas — conscience, poverty and second chances.
The Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A locked garden brought back to life — healing, nature and unlikely friendship.
The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli raised among the wolves — law, loyalty and belonging in the wild.
The Wind in the Willows — Kenneth Grahame
Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad on the riverbank — friendship, home and misadventure.
Black Beauty — Anna Sewell
A horse's own story of kindness and cruelty in Victorian England — compassion and fairness.
Peter Pan — J. M. Barrie
Neverland, the Lost Boys and Captain Hook — adventure, imagination and growing up.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
The respectable doctor and his dark double — good and evil, science and conscience. (Best for KS3 and up.)
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