New logo!!!

We are happy to unveil High Country Academy's new logo!  The students and tutors all voted on the final design and we are so happy with our new identity.  Special thanks to Gear Up Graphix for their design work.  Check them out at www.gearupgraphix.com.

Books Make Great Gifts

One of the best gifts you can give your child this year is the love of reading.  Books make great gifts.  Some of our favorite Christmas books that you can read with your child are listed below:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Dr. Seuss)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story (Gloria Houston)
The Polar Express (Chris Van Allsburg)
The Little Match Girl (Jerry Pinkney)
Olive, the Other Reindeer (Vivian Walsh)
The Story of Holly and Ivy (Rumer Godden)

Books also make great stocking stuffers.  Here are a few of our favorites:

The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Louis Sachar)
The City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau)
Love that Dog (Sharon Creech)
Diary of Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E.L. Konigsburg)

Some of our favorite authors:
Sharon Creech
Christopher Paul Curtis
Pam Munoz Ryan
Roald Dahl
Andrew Clements
Louis Sachar


If you need help finding "just right" books for your child, then give us a call.  We love sharing our passion for reading.  And you may find that you enjoy books written for children as much as, if not more than, they do.