This from the boy whose only experience with fictional works was, for years, Captain Underpants. This from the boy who COULD read when he was three, but who never chose to read for fun. This from the boy who still does prefer Calvin and Hobbes, Paper Airplane books, and an occasional Star Wars novel...
His elementary school does "Battle of the Books" (and C. participated in fourth and fifth grade--her team took second place in fifth grade) and he chose to do this on his own. He's been reading a lot of things that I don't think he'd normally have chosen. This year's reading list is:
| Title | |
| Banks, Lynne Ried | Indian in the Cupboard |
| Blume, Judy | Superfudge |
| Bond, Michael | A Bear Called Paddington |
| Boyd, Candy Dawson | Circle of Gold |
| Byars, Betsy | The Summer of the Swans |
| Cleary, Beverly | Henry and the Paper Route |
| Coerr, Eleanor | Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes |
| Conford, Ellen | Felicia the Critic |
| Dahl, Roald | James and the Giant Peach |
| Dalgliesh, Alice | The Courage of Sarah Noble |
| Fitzgerald, John | The Great Brain |
| Henry, Marguerite | King of the Wind |
| Holling, Clancy | Paddle to the Sea |
| Howe, James | Bunnicula |
| Lawson, Robert | Ben and Me |
| Lowry, Lois | Anastasia Krupnik |
| Morey, Walt | Gentle Ben |
| Sharp, Margery | The Rescuers |
| Uchida, Yoshiro | Jar of Dreams |
| Wagner, Jane | J. T. |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | Farmer Boy |
2 comments:
As lifelong reader, I've been startled at how much pleasure I get from simply seeing my children read.
He's right. It is a good book. :)
My 2 oldest signed up for BOB this year, but they haven't started yet.
Katie
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