Satori Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Skipped last week, but I'm learning so many great books from you all, I thought I'd start another thread. We just wrapped up both Chocolate Fever and Dinotopia. This week we're reading Wonderland by Tommy Kovac, which is actually a comic for young adult age, but my daughter and DH wanted me to read it to them. After we finish Wonderland, I have Mr. Popper's Penguins lined up next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We just finished "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and started "Little House in the Big Wood". Dot was rather impressed that I'd read the Little House books as a child and now we're reading them together. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsweetpea Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are reading Aesop's Fables this week. I have not decided on the next one yet but have a stack waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We just finished Pinocchio. It is so good!! Nothing like the Disney movie at all. My son would have sat and listened/read the whole book in one reading he liked it so much. Another favorite is Alice In Wonderland. Again, nothing like the Disney movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Oh, we're in the middle of the first Little House book, but I'm waiting until our trip to Wisconsin to visit grandma/grandpa to finish it! We'll visit any related places on our trip in the next month there. :) And the Wonderland book we're reading now is "alice in wonderland", but about Mary Ann and the White Rabbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I'm almost reading them The Brownies and Other Tales . My DH is reading Secrets of Vesuvius. My little one has been choosing Jan Brett books lately - we love Jan Brett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are right in the middle of Whirligig House (bedtime and any-spare-time) and have just started Otto of the Silver Hand (school). And we're a couple of chapters in to Door to the North (bedtime, postponed when Whirligig House arrived from the library). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetfeet Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We just wrapped up both Chocolate Fever and Dinotopia. This week we're reading Wonderland by Tommy Kovac, which is actually a comic for young adult age, but my daughter and DH wanted me to read it to them. My 7 year old just finished Wonderland. She absolutely loved it. We're going to start Dr. Doolittle this week. My dh just finished reading The Hobbit to her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I just finished reading aloud Peril and Peace by Withrow, and my next read aloud selection is The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We're going to get started on The Doll People this week. I'm looking forward to it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy at Home Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1. Blessings, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We tried Harry Potter but it was too much for the kids so we're switching to Runaway Ralph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Theophan Academy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 we are in the middle of The Secret Garden and Huckleberry Finn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are about halfway through Griffin's Castle by Jenny Nimmo. I've never read anything by her before -- I am really enjoying it (and DD is, too:001_smile:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 For my older son, we are toward the end of George Rogers Clark and for my younger, we are halfway through Squanto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 London and I are about halfway done with Island of the Blue Dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Lydia and I just finished Tale of Despereaux and started The Swiss Family Robinson. My husband really enjoyed Despereaux, at least the little pieces he heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAmom Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Just finished Little House in the Big Woods. On to Magician's Nephew (1st chronicles of narnia). :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are halfway through The Little Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 we are in the middle of The Secret Garden and Huckleberry Finn I'm reading The Secret Garden right now with dd9. We are almost finished, then we will read A Little Princess. I'm reading At The Little White Cabin with dd6, and The Children of Green Knowe with the boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We're missing a lot of reading nights right now just because there is still so much summer fun (county fairs, baseball games, potlucks, etc.). So it's slow going on the read-alouds right now, but we've finished Little House in the Big Woods (seems to be a popular choice this summer!) and have Across Five Aprils and Little Women in progress. Can you tell where we are in the history cycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Celandine (second book of The Touchstone Trilogy) The Black Arrow (a handful of pages left) The Tail of the Trinosaur -- second time through this week... an epic poem about a dinosaur shipped as a gift to a small township in England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I'm reading dd5 Stuart Little. And for reading practice she is reading me The Mouse and the Motorcycle. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Recently finished an Alex Rider book for all the girls - Point Blank. For 7yo - Raggedy Ann Stories. So sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) We're starting The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey tomorrow. We really enjoyed the first one and are hoping this one will be just as good. Edited August 10, 2009 by akmommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We're reading The Lilac Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We just finished The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson. That particular Moomin book was never published in English, but there's a translation available online. I'm waiting to get the 2nd Moomin book from the library. In the meantime, we started something else: Ethel Cook Eliot's The House Above the Trees. My almost-6yo daughter and I are both enthralled. :thumbup1: She and DH are working on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are reading Walk the World's Rim and I plan to start Little House in the Big Woods (possibly today) with youngest ds (He just started WWE1 and this book is used for copywork/narrations). There is also a pile of fresh library books on Native Americans and Early American history waiting for us... Oh, and Seabird will get worked in there this week also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Lassie Come-Home, by Eric Knight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cindie2dds Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, collection of stories by Virginia Burton ("Mike Mulligan..," etc.) and Robert McCloskey's collection (Lentil, One Morning in Maine and Make Way for Ducklings). Original fairy tales are thrown in the mix (not the Disney ones). Next: The complete works of Beatrix Potter, Brer Rabbit, Uncle Wiggily's Storybook, and the Children's Book of Virtues (Plus fairy tales again ~ two girls, you know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdwelch Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Right now we're going thru The Indian in the Cubboard Series for the the 2nd time. My 13 & 14 yr olds will still listen to it and beg for another chapter even though I chose it for my 8 yr old this time around. Our family all time favorite book series for read aloud is the Ralph Moody series that starts with Little Britches. We LOVE it! Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlutterbyMommy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We just finished The Secret Garden, which was a HUGE hit. We watched the DVD after, which wasn't as big of a hit. Also, Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland was very successful, as was the Alice in Wonderland movie. Now, we are listening to On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder on tape as we drive around on errands. At home, we are reading The Borrowers by Mary Norton and finishing up The Children's Book of Faith by William Bennet. Bill Bennet's book has been wonderful and my daughter asks so many questions about it. I have been very pleased. I tried Mary Poppins and Heidi recently and they were not successful for us. I shelved them for later. My daughter just didn't seem to get drawn in by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Dh is reading Sing Down the Moon to dd at night. Dh is reading through The Family Treasury of Little Golden Books to ds. Ds & I just pick books off his shelf during the day, for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are reading By the Shores of Plum Creek because all the copies of A Series of Unfortnate Events volumes 2 and 3 are checked out.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulaneMama Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 DS9 and I are reading The Giver, and as a family we are reading The Little House series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We're halfway done with Prince Caspian and have Little Pilgrim's Progress that my 5yr old wants me to start (I think he just likes the cover.) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We're doing Mr. Popper's Penguins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Reading aloud to DD age 6 The Tale of Depereaux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We finished Charlotte's Web a few weeks ago and have started The Voyage of the Dawn Treader -- my ds absolutely loves Prince Caspian, and was very excited read about him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aletheia Academy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We've just started "The Last Battle," the last of the Chronicles of Narnia series. They have all been fabulous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 For school, we are reading The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe, Age of Fable and Seabird. For pleasure, we are reading Secret of the Andes and listening to Peter Pan as audio book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 This week, Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne. Next week will be Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are reading: Aesop's fables, Celtic Memories, and Little House in the Big Woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We're reading Just So Stories now and next up will be Winnie-the-Pooh and Island of the Blue Dolphins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 We are about halfway through Griffin's Castle by Jenny Nimmo. I've never read anything by her before -- I am really enjoying it (and DD is, too:001_smile:). We've just come home from a road trip and in the car listened to Matilda by Roald Dahl and Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo. We're now listening to the next book in the series, Charlie Bone and the Time Twister and are enjoying it very much! I'd always kind of thought of Charlie Bone as a HP knock-off but it's quite different and very captivating and I am SO glad we gave it a try! I just finished reading aloud Henry and Beezus by Beverly Cleary and Henry and the Paper Route will be next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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