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  • February 15, 2017 at 7:37 pm
    Annie-Claud Gaignard Roy
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    I want to start reading a book alone with each of my children, I only have 2 and they are almost the same age, so we read everything the 3 of us together. I think it would be nice to have some individual time with each of them to start conversations and deepen the relationship in the years to come. I don’t really know what kind of book I am looking for. I would like something that is beautiful and fun to read, yet at the same time can be practical and start conversations. Anyone has suggestions? I have a girl who is 10yo and a boy who is 9yo. Thanks

    February 15, 2017 at 9:19 pm
    alphabetika
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    How about Thimble Summer for your daughter and Rascal for your son.

    February 15, 2017 at 9:25 pm
    nerakr
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    For your daughter:
    The Secret Garden
    The Little Princess
    What Katy Did
    Pollyanna
    Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
    Jack and Jill (Alcott)
    Caddie Woodlawn

    I’m not sure what you mean by a “beautiful” book for boys, but here are some my son has enjoyed during read aloud time:

    Homer Price
    My Side of the Mountain
    Where the Red Fern Grows
    Summer of the Monkeys
    Gentle Ben
    Owls in the Family
    Swiss Family Robinson (just started)

    HTH,
    Karen

    February 15, 2017 at 11:37 pm
    Wings2fly
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    My son and I have liked:

    Little Lord Fauntleroy (wonderful!)

    Just David

    Blake Star of Kingston (Green Ember)

    Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    Created for Work by Bob Schultz

    Next: Mountain Born and A Place for Peter, both by Elizabeth Yates

    Probable classics in the future: Tom Sawyer, Robin Hood, Little Men

    Little Britches series

    February 16, 2017 at 12:36 pm
    Annie-Claud Gaignard Roy
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    Thanks for the suggestions, it is really helpful!  Reading your answers, I realize that what I want is to have the kinds of conversations we would have if we read Boyhood and Beyond, Ourselves or such books. But I think it would be more fun to read stories together. Or maybe I could alternate between these 2 types of books? (Or maybe I make it more complicated than it should be. 🙂 )

    So here is another related question: how do you all start conversations on books, how do you make it personal? We love to read together, and my children are getting good at narration. But, starting conversations about what we read is not easy for me! Any tips?

    February 16, 2017 at 9:44 pm
    sheraz
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    Other great suggestions are Understood Betsy, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, All of a Kind Family.

    The Read Aloud Revival podacst has great suggestions for books and questions. They suggest you ask these kinds of questions:

    1. How is X like Y?

    2. How is X different from Y?

    3. What other story does this remind you of?

    4. What do you think about what he did? Should he have done that?

    5. Who was the most _______ in the story? (scary, brave, etc.)

    6. What would you have done in his place?

    These always start those great conversations we enjoy!

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