I was assigned to read Old Yeller in 6th grade. For whatever reason, 6th grade was full of the tragedy books. I read about a childhood best friend dying, a dog dying, and watching someone you love grow old and die. Now that I think about it, that is a traumatizing year of … [Read more...]
Artemis Fowl movie night
I first read Artemis Fowl on my honeymoon. Jeff and I went to London and we spent a fair amount of time searching out obscure bookstores. At one stop I bought a fair number of YA fantasy books, most of these still sit on my shelves. Once my kids were born, I waited for them to be … [Read more...]
All about Us books for My Father’s World Kindergarten
Learning All About Us, and yes in my mind those are all capitalized is a common preschool or kindergarten theme. For us, it showed up in our kindergarten, and my preschool daughter was pulled along as traveled through this unit. I did a pivot from the original idea, which was … [Read more...]
11th grade books made into movies
One of my most disturbing required reading books was read in 11th grade. Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. With 20 years distance I'm not entirely sure what bothered me about it, but it did. In all honesty, I didn't enjoy much of my required reading in 11th … [Read more...]
Ready Player One book club
I first heard about Ready Player one from a podcast I listen to. They do a monthly book club, where the two hosts listen to a book on Audible, and then they discuss the book. They LOVED the book. They had this amazing discussion about the book and a lot of great questions. About … [Read more...]
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