Sunday, November 24, 2013

What We're Reading - Fall 2013


Our Family Read-Aloud:  Mary Poppins Comes Back by P. L. Travers.  
We are thoroughly enjoying the magic and whimsy of Mary Poppins in this sequel to the classic.  I found the library edition on Amazon last spring for an amazing price.  It was a birthday gift for Scout after we saw Mary Poppins on Broadway and we are just getting around to reading it.  The book is packed with very long chapters but every page is filled with colorful characters and delicious magical surprises at every turn.  

  

        
Scout's Reads: 
Dingoes at Dinnertime, Viking Ships at Sunrise, and Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne.  Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren.  Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
    
  Scout's Read Alouds: Kingfisher Book of Great Girl Stories   
Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne.
                                 
 
River's Read-Aloud: 5 Minute Marvel Stories


        
Ally's Fall reads:
Insurgent by Veronica Roth.  Netherland by Joseph O'Neil.  The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear.


         
Tony's Fall Reads:

In a Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day  by Mark Batterson  
The Core by Leigh A. Bortins