Clementine by Sara Pennypacker had been on my potential read-aloud list for a long time so when we noticed it on the library shelf a few weeks ago, we checked it out. M and I both loved it. M laughed aloud a lot, especially every time I read the vegetable names Clementine uses [...]
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Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Posted in chapter books, reading on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hoofbeats of Danger by Holly Hughes
Posted in chapter books, homeschool on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When we were at the library last week, M was looking through the racks of paperback series books and discovered the American Girls History Mysteries series. She picked out Hoofbeats of Danger by Holly Hughes because of the horse on the cover and asked if we could check it out. I had read a few [...]
August Carnival of Children’s Literature
Posted in chapter books, picture books, reading on August 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The August Carnival of Children’s Literature is up at Chicken Spaghetti. I can’t wait to make my way through all the great offerings. Click on over and check it out!
Five Sisters by Margaret Mahy
Posted in chapter books on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’d not previously heard of The Five Sisters by Margaret Mahy, and I discovered it by accident. M and I were walking through the juvenile fiction stacks looking for the Magic Tree House books when this book caught my eye. It was on the end of a row and the cover art attracted [...]
Our Favorite Short Chapter Books
Posted in chapter books, reading, tagged read-alouds, short chapter books on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
We started reading chapter books to M when she was three. With the first ones we read, I wasn’t sure if she was comprehending much or not. But I knew we could (and most likely would) read them again in a few years, and I wanted her to have practice just listening to longer [...]
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Posted in chapter books, reading on May 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’ve got a long list of chapter book recommendations to eventually share as read-alouds with Meg but there are several that she isn’t ready for which I want to read now. Most of these come from lists like the ones I shared here and most are older books I missed out on as a [...]
The Penderwicks
Posted in chapter books, reading on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Several months ago, I checked out The Penderwicks because I’d read several glowing reviews from bloggers with similar reading tastes. I thought it was probably a bit too long for M to enjoy as a read-aloud, but she saw it, asked about it, and wanted to give it a try. We got a few chapters [...]
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Posted in chapter books, reading, tagged beverly cleary, children's book on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
M and I just finished reading Ramona the Pest. I remember reading and enjoying the Ramona books as a child, but I really loved re-reading this as a mother. I was amazed by Beverly Cleary’s ability to empathize and understand how children think. I usually find myself sympathizing with moms in kids books, but I [...]
The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes
Posted in chapter books, reading, tagged chapter books, eleanor estes, read-alouds on April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
While looking on the library shelves for the next book in the Moffats series, we discovered The Witch Family by Eleanor Estes. In this story, two little girls who are almost seven, Amy and Clarissa, make up a pretend world based on the stories Amy’s mother tells about Old Witch. The book slides back and [...]
Observing Personality with Magic Tree House
Posted in chapter books, parenting, reading, tagged chapter books, magic tree house, parenting on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
M and I have read several of the Magic Tree House books together and we have been listening to the series in order in the car. For those of you unfamiliar with the series, a brother and sister, Jack and Annie, discover a tree house in the woods near their home. They learn that the [...]
