What books are you reading?

[2dream]

TommyWalnuts - those are good books. I enjoyed them both. . . .

The Herbal Medicine Makers Handbook - another off and on again book.

How do you like that herb book? I have some but am always interested in any really good ones.

This book is by James Green. Very informative. Lots of clear easy to understand directions. Its easy to read and I think a great reference book to keep on hand. Its one of the few I don't regret paying money for.

 

[Farmfresh]

Tamlyn Some other good books to really "hook" a child into reading are the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, the Marguerite Henry books like Misty of Chincoteague are great as well and one of my very favorite new books (with a great movie to go along after the book is read) is HOLES by Louis Sachar.

We started reading HOLES to our middle school students as a class. It was so good I had to cheat and take it home to finish it. The kids were captured by the story and always begging for more. After we finished the book and discussed we watched the movie it too was very good. Just some suggestions from a teaching point of view.

 

[me&thegals]

Tamlynn--Do you recommend the last 2? I'm always looking for something to get my kids hooked on reading. They read well, but they don't do much reading without coaxing. When I start them on a book, sometimes that does the trick.

I got a Patrick McManus book called They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? It is tongue-in-cheek, lighthearted humor, much of it about his childhood, hunting, fishing and living in the mid 1900s. Perfectly innocent and fun for the family to read together.

I haven't started the Hawthorne one, so I have no idea.

My kids are loving Journey so far, we are only on ch 11. What really made my ds want to read it was the movie -the newer one with Brendan Frasier. I was expecting to hate the movie, but I liked it! The movie is about people who follow the Jules Verne book, so the movie is like a recommendation for the book instead of a version of the book itself. My kids are only 7 and 8, so I edit a few words here and there as I read, but hardly anthing so far has been objectionable to me.

I remember reading that McManus book years ago -loved it!

Have your kids read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? One of my favorite books.

I'll put that one on hold, too. Thanks!

 

[me&thegals]

Just started:
The Gurensey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

BBH - I listened to that on CD this summer and loved it! I really didn't know much about the channel islands except that some cool cattle breeds came from there.

ooo! I can't wait! I just started it! So far so good!

Would one of those breeds of cows be the sweet "gurensey" herself? My family friends back in WI had grandparents that raised "sweet gurenseys". Said their milk was the best!

Is this the one with the 2 older brothers who own the place and all the pregnant, vegetarian milkmaids? If so, I read it and really enjoyed it

 

[big brown horse]

BBH - I listened to that on CD this summer and loved it! I really didn't know much about the channel islands except that some cool cattle breeds came from there.

ooo! I can't wait! I just started it! So far so good!

Would one of those breeds of cows be the sweet "gurensey" herself? My family friends back in WI had grandparents that raised "sweet gurenseys". Said their milk was the best!

Is this the one with the 2 older brothers who own the place and all the pregnant, vegetarian milkmaids? If so, I read it and really enjoyed it

Not sure yet me&thegirls, but now I really want to put all the other books away and delve right into it! So far it starts with letters being written to different people during the war.

 

[big brown horse]

Ender's Game is a good sci fi book for pre teens (and adults)...I loved it!!

My 12 year old is re reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books right now! You are never too old for those books.

 

[big brown horse]

For children:

Jumper was a great book, aweful movie. (young teenagers)

I loved to read out loud Junnie B Jones books to my students and my daughter when she was in Kindergarten. That is a fun book to read out loud to children! She is like the modern day Ramona the Pest, and I still love Ramona the Pest books too for children.

I read and re read Black Beauty too. My daughter read this at the age of 9...it was the first "big" chapter book she read.

 

[lorihadams]

I just finished Mrs. Fytton's Country Life by Mavis Creek (it's british)

I am also reading The complete guide to Homeschooling and The Encyclopedia of Country Living (again)

I have never read Gone with the Wind and I want to tackle that one but it is gone from the library. I need to just go to the used book store and buy a copy for a dollar.

I also want to get the Little House series for my kids.

 

[ducks4you]

Liberty and Tyranny, A Conservative Manifesto
Mark Levin

"Hobby Farms", subscription

"The Maltese Falcon"
Dashell Hammett

We Die Alone, A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
David Howarth
(Intro by Stephen Ambrose)
various university online articles on farm and livestock management

BTW, my family has 2 English Majors, a Communications Major, an Attorney (DH), and me (Fine Arts), so we read A LOT. We have read several books out loud to each other, Including the entire Harry Potter series. I read Great Expectations out loud in the car over a number of months to my DH. Dickens is especially good for this.

 

[tamlynn]

Tamlyn Some other good books to really "hook" a child into reading are the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, the Marguerite Henry books like Misty of Chincoteague are great as well and one of my very favorite new books (with a great movie to go along after the book is read) is HOLES by Louis Sachar.

We started reading HOLES to our middle school students as a class. It was so good I had to cheat and take it home to finish it. The kids were captured by the story and always begging for more. After we finished the book and discussed we watched the movie it too was very good. Just some suggestions from a teaching point of view.

I have read all 3 of those books! They are great. In fact, I think I own copies.

BBH: I own and love Black Beauty and Ender's Game too!

I'll have to look up Jumper.