Sorry, moms and dads, but it’s your job — not the schools’ — to find books to get your kids reading and to make sure they read them.
Here’s some good news: This can often be as easy as teaching children to ride a two-wheeler or to throw a baseball. Case in point: When our son, Jack, was 8, he wasn’t a gung-ho reader. Now, I’m sure my wife, Sue, and I have made a half-million mistakes raising Jack, but during that eighth summer of our stewardship, we did something right: We told him he didn’t have to mow the lawn (hooray!), but he was going to read every day (boo). http://bit.ly/pl8GKy
He saved Harry’s skin in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” and now Padfoot is in need of his own savior.
As pointed out by the Sunday Express (via the Daily Mail), the German Shepherd that played Sirius Black’s animagus (or, animal form) is up for adoption in Britain, as his owner, stuntman Paul Thompson, can no longer take care of him. => http://huff.to/rawymq
Sep 272011
The Maze Runner is by James Dashner, and was released on October 6th 2009.
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade—a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.
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Sep 192011
Nanberry
Jackie French
EAN:978-0732290221
Format: Paperback 320 p.
Published in:2011
Published by Harper Collins (Australia)
It’s 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in. With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the colonists to keep their precarious grip on a hostile wilderness. And yet he is haunted by the memories of the Cadigal warriors who will one day come to claim him as one of their own. This true story follows the brothers as they make their way in the world – one as a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy, the other a hero of the Battle of Waterloo. No less incredible is the enduring love between the gentleman surgeon and the convict girl, saved from the death penalty, to become a great lady in her own right.
More here => http://bit.ly/prePHW or at Amazon (kindle) http://amzn.to/olnfHe
Sep 142011
More about Diary of a Wimpy Kids here => http://bit.ly/pQhd3F
Why Should I Read?
Excellent question! Why should you? Why should anyone? You could be doing hundreds of other things instead – watching a movie, preparing dinner, going for a run, or spending time with your family. But when your kids ask you the same question, you’d better have an answer prepared. “Because I told you to” probably won’t cut it. “Because it’s good for you” isn’t going to work either. At least not if you don’t have some solid evidence to back it up.
“Because it’s fun”
Let’s face it, most kids don’t love school. >>>=> http://bit.ly/i0rufA
Moo!
Matthew Van Fleet
EAN:978-0857073181
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Published in: United Kingdom
Published: September 2011
Discover all the fun of the farm with this great new novelty book from Matthew Van Fleet. Following in the same photographic style as bestselling titles, Cat and Dog, this title will include pull-tabs, gatefolds and touch-and-feel elements.
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