tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553707.post6247870423257142099..comments2023-08-17T03:19:14.458-06:00Comments on A Path Made Straight: Children's Book Monday {Family Read-Aloud}Elise @A Path Made Straighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457659796611169345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553707.post-81935407008680284132011-08-15T11:49:26.560-06:002011-08-15T11:49:26.560-06:00Elise,
We enjoyed "Five Children and It"...Elise,<br />We enjoyed "Five Children and It" this past year as a read aloud! I love it when they realize that they don't want anyone to take the "lamb" away.<br /><br />Good ideas above!<br /><br />"Farmer Boy" is such a favorite and now it is the car CD. We are enjoying "Heidi" all together now. There are some that I just want us *all* to enjoy together. This coming year, for AO year 3, I am dedicated to reading MacDonalds' "The Princess and the Goblin" and "Children of the North Wind" all together.<br />Mary Brooke<br />PS I was so inspired by your "Farmer Boy" post last year that I have in mind to have a boys' book group meeting to talk about that one with some yummy treats at our table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553707.post-53974525565693756042011-08-15T05:24:15.258-06:002011-08-15T05:24:15.258-06:00I admit...I've never even wanted/attempted to ...I admit...I've never even wanted/attempted to read it. ...but my girls have both checked it out from the library...and returned it unread more than a few times.<br /><br />I think our most favorite Read Aloud has been Witch of Blackbird Pond. We all (even my small-ish boys) hung on every word, chapter...and the end was sooo good!!!<br /><br />We also enjoyed Madeleine Takes Command. I wrote a post on it after we finished that I may just link up with today.<br /><br />Oh but wait...there's Understood Betsy. That's probably our favorite! Bronze Bow is wonderful, wonderful...a FANTASTIC 'boy book' that my girls loved too! The Year of Miss Agnes! The Door in The Wall! Star of Light, and Treasures of The Snow!<br /><br />We heart Read Aloud <3<br /><br />Happy Reading!<br />Love,<br />KathiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553707.post-42273988413946447432011-08-15T05:10:26.345-06:002011-08-15T05:10:26.345-06:00It's so funny how we moms are all alike in som...It's so funny how we moms are all alike in some ways, isn't it? :)<br /><br />I couldn't bring myself to read this book to my children for so long, because I didn't really want to spend weeks discussing a fairy. However, when we finally decided to try it, I found that the story really isn't much about the fairy at all!<br /><br />My children and I enjoyed this book very much. It is one of the few that they still talk about with vivid memories a year after reading it. I second your recommendation!<br /><br />I shared about how we do read-alouds in a blog post a while back, if you'd like to pop over and see a few of our favorites:<br /><br />http://wheremytreasureis.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/learning-together-tuesday-read-alouds/<br /><br />Have a blessed week!<br /><br />~AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553707.post-81177783753847879472011-08-14T22:33:12.907-06:002011-08-14T22:33:12.907-06:00We've passing this one for over a decade now! ...We've passing this one for over a decade now! But recently we read "The House of Arden" and everyone from the 5yo to the 16yo enjoyed it immensely. Now we are looking for other Nesbit treasures, but I was still wary of this one. You've convinced me to at least put it on my bedside stack!<br />~Rachael in NZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553707.post-464151694862071732011-08-14T22:13:49.579-06:002011-08-14T22:13:49.579-06:00Same here! I've picked it up several times an...<i>Same</i> here! I've picked it up several times and have *almost* chosen it, but I always pass it by. Because it's sort of strange, that Psammead. ;) <br /><br />You've intrigued me enough to pick it up again, though. ;)<br /><br />The Railway Children is in my stack of read-alouds for this coming school year. Maybe I'll add this one, too!Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13485518521402606014noreply@blogger.com