I was so excited about Housekeeping that I suggested, or rather insisted, my 11 year old read it. She read about four pages and said it was too confusing. I could not let it end there as I felt this was a book she would like. “Why is it too confusing?” I asked. She said […]
Category Archives: Family Reads
Cornelia Funke’s Illuminated Sequel to Dragon Rider: Dragon Rider: The Griffin’s Feather
If you have never read any of Cornelia Funke’s books, then I suggest you get to the library and begin the adventure. Funke is one of the best juvenile writers today. She writes children’s picture books and juvenile literature categorized as fantasy. Her books are well written and filled with all sorts of characters; they […]
The Energy of Love: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
We sat in the living room getting ready for Charlotte’s Web. I had a vague memory of a spider and a pig, but I could not remember the details from childhood. My husband was not certain this book was worth reading. My youngest was intrigued, and could not remember watching the movie a few years […]
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
I read Julie of the Wolves to my eight year old daughter. She loves animals so it was not difficult for her to settle into a story of a young girl Julie (or Miyax her Eskimo name), who learns through necessity the language of the wolves. Towards the end of the book, however, I noticed […]
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
This was a family read. It was a fairly quick read (216 pages), and everyone liked it. But first, a back story that might be interesting: I happened to pick up, My Brother Sam Is Dead at my daughter’s math night-slash-school cast off books book sale for about ten cents. I know I would have […]
