Juliegmom Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Tonight we will read our last chapter of The Trumpet of the Swan. My Dd and I are enjoying this book immensely. I don't recall reading it as a child and just happened to come across it at the library. I'm so glad I did! Now to find the next treasure for our next read aloud... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Trumpet of the Swan... Ahh, one of THE most beloved books by our entire family. We love the father swan: "I glide, swan-like..." And... "He said it was... superficial!" :D We, too discovered it on the homeschooling journey, as it was not one either DH or I had seen as children... A few others that rank right up there on the all-time favorite read-alouds: - By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman) - Half Magic -- and sequels (Eager) - Ben and Me (Lawson) - The Great Wheel (Lawson) - The Ordinary Princess (Kaye) - A Little Princess (Burnett) - Letters from Father Christmas (Tolkien) -- OOP; either this edition, or this edition - Christmas Every Day (Howells) -- free Gutenberg text to read online - The Hobbit (Tolkien) Happy, happy reading! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Morgan adored that book, too - it was our first homeschooling read aloud this year! Might I suggest, in the same vein, as a followup: The Cricket in Times Square. She adored that book, and then read everything else George Selden wrote, on her own! I think those books are what catapulted her from easy chapter books into reading "real" books this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 We just finished that as a read-aloud too :laugh: We also enjoyed it. I had not read it before and was a bit skeptical, but I'm glad we went ahead and read it anyway because it was great. Our (my daughter's) favorite part was when the old cob flew through the music store window and the chaos that followed. Priceless :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliegmom Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 We have enjoyed many laughs over the exaggerations of the father swan! Thank you all for the book suggestions. I'm considering A Cricket in Times Square. Dare I say I don't recall reading this book either. :-) We will soon be returning to the mission field and I've been thoroughly enjoying the, often taken for granted, public library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I love libraries so much I belong to 3 different ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 We are halfway through The Trumpet of the Swan and are loving it! I think the cob's speeches are hilarious. We also really liked The Cricket in Times Square. All of a Kind Family was enjoyable too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes we read that one in May. Even my then-2 1/2 year old was into it, answering my questions! And my son's narrations from it were the best he's had. Such a great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliegmom Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I just requested The Cricket in Time Square and The Ordinary Princess from the library. Can't wait! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 That was the first book youngest read as quick as she could. It was her first favorite book. The next one she loved was Mr. Popper's Penguins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 We just finished that as a read-aloud too :laugh: We also enjoyed it. I had not read it before and was a bit skeptical, but I'm glad we went ahead and read it anyway because it was great. Our (my daughter's) favorite part was when the old cob flew through the music store window and the chaos that followed. Priceless :lol: We read this excerpt in WWE and my dd was so captivated, begging to read more:) Luckily, I had already added a copy of it to our library and could immediately oblige. We went through several chapters the first day, and finished it very quickly...only to reread it again, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 That book was one of my rare disappointments in sharing a book with my child. I loved it so much as a child and read it over and over again. I felt sure my son would feel the same way, and it was really special for me that I was able to share with him the same hard-cover book that I had read myself and had saved since childhood. And he thought it was just okay. :crying: Maybe I hyped it too much or something. There have been so many other wonderful times we've shared over books that this one misfire is not a big deal at all. But I'm so glad to hear of others who love it as much as I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 If you are ever in Boston, you MUST visit the Public Gardens - Louis lives on! <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Maybe it is obvious, but the other two E.B. White children's books, "Stuart Little", and "Charlotte's Web" are also classic readalouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 This is next on our read aloud list! I'm glad you all enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I recently found a book called Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong, which I have never seen mentioned before in these types of threads. It is about a school in a little Dutch village that decides to find a way to get the storks to come to their village. It is such a wonderful book with really deep characters and beautiful themes of overcoming weakness, battling prejudice, and working together. And there is also lots of science--storks, dikes, weather, etc. We also just finished the book The House of Sixty Fathers by the same author, and it was also wonderful. It does deal with the tragedies of war, though, so I wouldn't recommend it for sensitive children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I recently found a book called Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong, which I have never seen mentioned before in these types of threads... I thoroughly enjoyed that book, but DSs were underwhelmed, so I don't tend to put that one on my book suggestion lists, since usually people are looking for titles that are a big hit with children. ;) ...We also just finished the book The House of Sixty Fathers by the same author... I also enjoyed House of Sixty Fathers. :) Wheel on the School is an older SL recommendation -- 2 other older SL read alouds I enjoyed that remind me of Wheel on the School and are not often recommended that you may enjoy, Tracymirko: The Family Under the Bridge (Carlson), and Red Sails to Capri (Weil). Happy reading! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 EB White did an audio version that is wonderful. Such a neat voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I thoroughly enjoyed that book, but DSs were underwhelmed, so I don't tend to put that one on my book suggestion lists, since usually people are looking for titles that are a big hit with children. ;) I also enjoyed House of Sixty Fathers. :) Wheel on the School is an older SL recommendation -- 2 other older SL read alouds I enjoyed that remind me of Wheel on the School and are not often recommended that you may enjoy, Tracymirko: The Family Under the Bridge (Carlson), and Red Sails to Capri (Weil). Happy reading! :) My dd8 loved, loved, loved Wheel on the School. Maybe it is boy thing. The Family Under the Bridge is actually in my library bag as our next read-aloud! I will look for the other. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
................... Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Yes, it's one of my all time favorite read-alouds too. We also enjoyed: The Wheel on the School (starts of slow, but you really get into this one!!) Adam of the Road Indian Captive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammom220 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 The first really "good" book that DS7 read to himself- it is still what he talks about as his "favorite" book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I've had this book for many, many years. I've never read it. I don't think Batgirl ever read it either (I know for a fact Robin never did). I'll have to add it to our pile of read-alouds for this year. Junior Batgirls absolute favorite read-aloud so far have been The Doll People trilogy (The Doll People, The Meanest Doll in the World, and The Runaway Dolls). We both enjoyed them so much. Now....these are just for pure enjoyment...they don't have any wonderful lesson to learn or anything super thoughtful to ponder....(other than pondering if dolls really are alive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidlit Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 My girls listened to Trumpet years ago via audiobook and I also read it aloud. What a wonderfully fun story! I host a monthly read-aloud roundup on my blog, if any of you are interested. Here's the January post: http://www.hopeisthewordblog.com/2014/01/30/read-aloud-thursday-january-2014-a-day-in-our-read-aloud-life/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 We also really enjoyed Wheel on the School. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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