A quick post before I return these books that I cleaned from Christopher's room. He read these within the last month:
Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius by Frank Asch
National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals by Alan Turner
One Beastly Beast by Garth Nix
Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Mom, can you keep track of my books?
Grace has been tearing through her books that she purchased from the last Scholastic Book Order. I was wondering which notebook would be a good bet to start as her book journal, and realized that we had a blog started from a loooong time ago. Hopefully, I can keep it better updated now with our family's reading excursions.
Week of Sept. 22, 2008
Grace (age 7, second grade):
Just finished Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt - "Mom, it was a little spooky. Can you get me more Nate the Great books?" Oh, yes indeed.
Just finished Annie and Simon by Catharine O'Neill - Grace really liked this. I thought it was a series, but it turns out this is a 2008 pub. and it looks like perhaps her first book (she has illustrated several others). Hopefully there will be more to come.
Grace started a young Nancy Drew book - she is 8 in it, which is perfect for Grace (who will be 8 in Feb.) The series is called Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.
Christopher (age 9, fourth grade):
He completed eight Battle of the Books books over the summer...I am thinking that may have burned him out a little. However, I am so proud of him for sticking with it. This is the first summer that he really immersed himself in chapter books. He usually prefers non-fiction to keep his attention.
This summer he read:
Phineas L. MacGuire Eupts
City of Ember
Counting on Grace
The Ghost's Graveyard
Journey to the River Sea
The Tale of Desperaux
The Homework Machine
Ghost Girl - I read the ending of this...or tried to - I was sobbing.
I believe he still needs to read the rest of the list, but I am not sure his school will end up with a team this year (or he will be on it). In any case, he is reading some great books, and really enjoyed them (even the ones he did not think he would like).
Right now as we speak he is reading one of the Goosebumps books.
Rose (almost 5, PK)
She is looking at stacks and stacks of books each day. Anything spooky, about the human body, or a compelling story is fascinating to her. She loved the pictures (many gruesome) in her sister's child Bible that we were looking at tonight and made me read the story of Samson...poor Samson. In any case, tonight we read "Miss Suzy," one of my favorite fall stories about an intrepid squirrel who has a wonderful nature and work ethic. She's my hero, really.
Rachel (2)
Loves the board books still. A favorite right now is Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann. On each page she says, "Where's balloon?" and we try to find the tiny pink balloon that is on each page (except for a few indoors).
Mom
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X - my quick read, but I am not impressed and I keep falling asleep
Week of Sept. 22, 2008
Grace (age 7, second grade):
Just finished Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt - "Mom, it was a little spooky. Can you get me more Nate the Great books?" Oh, yes indeed.
Just finished Annie and Simon by Catharine O'Neill - Grace really liked this. I thought it was a series, but it turns out this is a 2008 pub. and it looks like perhaps her first book (she has illustrated several others). Hopefully there will be more to come.
Grace started a young Nancy Drew book - she is 8 in it, which is perfect for Grace (who will be 8 in Feb.) The series is called Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew.
Christopher (age 9, fourth grade):
He completed eight Battle of the Books books over the summer...I am thinking that may have burned him out a little. However, I am so proud of him for sticking with it. This is the first summer that he really immersed himself in chapter books. He usually prefers non-fiction to keep his attention.
This summer he read:
Phineas L. MacGuire Eupts
City of Ember
Counting on Grace
The Ghost's Graveyard
Journey to the River Sea
The Tale of Desperaux
The Homework Machine
Ghost Girl - I read the ending of this...or tried to - I was sobbing.
I believe he still needs to read the rest of the list, but I am not sure his school will end up with a team this year (or he will be on it). In any case, he is reading some great books, and really enjoyed them (even the ones he did not think he would like).
Right now as we speak he is reading one of the Goosebumps books.
Rose (almost 5, PK)
She is looking at stacks and stacks of books each day. Anything spooky, about the human body, or a compelling story is fascinating to her. She loved the pictures (many gruesome) in her sister's child Bible that we were looking at tonight and made me read the story of Samson...poor Samson. In any case, tonight we read "Miss Suzy," one of my favorite fall stories about an intrepid squirrel who has a wonderful nature and work ethic. She's my hero, really.
Rachel (2)
Loves the board books still. A favorite right now is Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann. On each page she says, "Where's balloon?" and we try to find the tiny pink balloon that is on each page (except for a few indoors).
Mom
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X - my quick read, but I am not impressed and I keep falling asleep
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen (Grace)
She's beaming, and we are so proud. Grace has finished her first chapter book. She started it last night and worked steadily on it throughout today, to complete it this evening after bathtime. "Aren't you proud of me, Mom?" she asked. You bet I am.
Three cousins are staying with their aunt for the summer in this first book of The Cobblestone Cousins series.
Three cousins are staying with their aunt for the summer in this first book of The Cobblestone Cousins series.
Gregor the Overlander: Code of Claw (Mom)
Ah, finally the fourth installment in the Gregor the Overlander series. This is a fantastic YA series that is good for ages 9 and up, as long as they don't scare easily.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
In the Night Kitchen
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
I have forgotten the magic of this book, until DD(3) opened her new copy from Christmas. The cadence of, "I'm in the milk, and the milk's in me! I'm Mickey!" enchanted her, as well as his nakedness ("What happened to his clothes, Mom?") and his doughy airplane. I don't remember thinking this book is as edgy as it appears to me now. I don't think I would like Mickey at all if I were to meet him in real life, and the doughy trio of bakers is slightly discomforting. But DD(3) loves it truly.
What this blog is about
Ever since my son was born eight years ago, I have been dedicated to the idea that he - and all subsequent children - should love books as much as I do. Yet, today I can't honestly say that he will ever be a fervent reader. Some people just aren't.
He loves stories. He adores accumulating information. He just hasn't put it all together yet in that solitary, fabulous, transcendent act of cracking open a book and losing yourself, with blissful abandon, in its pages. I am hoping that moment comes soon for him....and can equal the magic in his mind of playing a great level on a Harry Potter Game Boy game.
So, this blog is my effort to record our progress reading throughout 2007. Much of it will be child-oriented, as the kids are 8, 6, 3, and newborn, and we read a lot of kids books. I will also throw in what I and my husband are reading from time to time. Hopefully, at the end of the year, we can look back and get a feeling that we have really captured that sense of mystique that reading creates for each bibliophile.
He loves stories. He adores accumulating information. He just hasn't put it all together yet in that solitary, fabulous, transcendent act of cracking open a book and losing yourself, with blissful abandon, in its pages. I am hoping that moment comes soon for him....and can equal the magic in his mind of playing a great level on a Harry Potter Game Boy game.
So, this blog is my effort to record our progress reading throughout 2007. Much of it will be child-oriented, as the kids are 8, 6, 3, and newborn, and we read a lot of kids books. I will also throw in what I and my husband are reading from time to time. Hopefully, at the end of the year, we can look back and get a feeling that we have really captured that sense of mystique that reading creates for each bibliophile.
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