I read Tuck Everlasting for the first time in 6th grade. It was a required reading book and I always associated it with Fall and a feeling of bitter-sweetness. The Fall probably has more to do with the book cover than the actual contents of the book. The book itself had me … [Read more...]

There are a few books I distinctly remember reading as assigned reading in middle school, Bridge to Terabithia* is one of those books. From what I've been reading about this book, it's one everyone remembers if they were assigned to read Bridge to Terabithia*. The thing is, I … [Read more...]

This fall I assigned the kids to read Fantastic Mr. Fox.  I hadn’t read it yet, and I assumed it was in similar length to the other books the kids had read by Roald Dahl.  I was wrong.  We were driving in the car, and had been for all of 30 minutes when the first kid said, “Mom, … [Read more...]

As a young girl I was horse crazy.  Around 5th grade I discovered the author Marguerite Henry and proceeded to read every single book she ever wrote.  Her most famous book of all is Misty of Chincoteague, first printed in the 1930s, and made into a movie in the 1960s.  There are … [Read more...]