Picture Book Highlights
I've read One Morning in Maine and Burt Dow, Deep Water Man multiple times in recent weeks. And all the pages have fallen out of our copy of Blueberries for Sal, so I just ordered a new one. Can't ever go wrong with Robert McCloskey. Hands down my very favorite children's picture book author. If you haven't read his books...do it now. Snuggle up with your little ones and enjoy!
Michelle's Reading (Age 6-1/2)
Michelle has made her first foray into reading real chapter books on her own with the first couple of volumes in The Cobblestreet Cousins series by Cynthia Rylant. (Shh, don't tell her, but she's getting the rest of the series for her birthday!)
Featured School Book
We've been enjoying James Baldwin's Thirty Famous Stories as an introduction to some of the characters (both true and legendary) in history. We just finished reading the last of 6 installments of his re-telling of the Greek legend of Ulysses and Penelope....Michelle kept asking what was going to happen next, and was so happy when...oh wait, I won't spoil the ending for you. =)
Bedtime Read-Aloud
We just finished reading The Wizard of Oz, which we all enjoyed. (I love Michelle's picture below...keep in mind she hasn't seen the movie, either!) Even Papa kept wanting to listen in to this one! (Although FYI, it does include magic and such...you may want to skip this book if those are things you prefer not to read about.) We've now started Charlotte's Web. I keep finding Michelle trying to read ahead in it when I'm not looking. I take this as a good sign...
On Mama's Nightstand
I'm continuing to work my way through Le Chateau de Ma Mere by Marcel Pagnol. [ETA: Between writing and posting this post, I finished it! So exciting to actually be able to read and enjoy a French novel!] And in the rest of my spare time (ha, ha), I really enjoyed reading through The Writer's Jungle recently. Teaching good writing was something I never felt I got a good grip on in my classroom teaching years, so this is an exciting find for me. Rather than being a collection of formulaic writing assignments, it's a manual that walks you through each of the stages of learning how to write with suggestions for appropriate activities along the way. It is in line with many Charlotte Mason principles and designed to help you do writing across the curriculum rather than isolating the subject of writing on its own.
So, what have you been reading lately?
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