Smart Guys

"I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like being taught."
-Winston Churchill

"Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the mind of noble and learned men, not a conducted tour through a jail."
-Taylor Caldwell


"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
-Albert Einstein


Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Books for the Year

Audio Books:


  • Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
  • Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
  • The Pepins and Their Problems by Polly Horvath

Book Club Books:


  • Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater (Reviewing because we read last year)
  • Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris
  • Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
  • Frindle by Andrew Clements
  • Big Trouble in the Big Apple by Thea Stilton
  • A Dolphin Named Bob by Twig C. George
  • Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz
  • The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling





Read Alouds:


    • Longwalker's Journey by Beatrice O. Harrell
    • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Great Illustrated Classics version)
    • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    • The King's Shadow by Elizabeth Alder
    • Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
    • The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
    • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
    • Jason's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story by Beryl Lieff Benderly
    • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
    • The Three Musketeers (Great Illustrated Classics Version) by Alexandre Dumas
    • The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
    • Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
    • The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson
    • Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
    • Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen Without a Country by Kathryn Lasky
    • The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
    • Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone
    • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling



And literally hundreds of picture books, some of which were for history, as well.



Eddie's Independent Reads:


  • The Double Life of Pocahontas by Jean Fritz
  • The Village That Vanished by Ann Grifalconi
  • The King's Day by Aliki
  • Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment by Wendy McDonald
  • The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble
  • The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks
  • Slugs and Snails by Claire Llewellyn
  • Planets! by Lisa Jo Rudy
  • The Fighting Ground by Avi
  • Of course, dozens of Star Wars books, Phineas & Ferb magazines, Captain Underpants books, Pokemon books, etc.


  • Andrew's Independent Reads:

    • Pocahontas by Lucille Recht Penner
    • The Village That Vanished by Ann Grifalconi
    • The King's Day by Aliki
    • Mapping Penny's Day by Loreen Leedy
    • Berenstain Bears Collection by Stan & Jan Berenstain
    • Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner
    • Birds Build Nests by Yvonne Winer
    • It's Science: Hot and Cold by Sally Hewitt
    • A Play's the Thing by Aliki
    • The Shark God by Rafe Martin
    • The Printer's Apprentice by Stephen Krensky
    • And the ever-present Beast Quest books, Pokemon books, and random picture books out the wazoo!

1 comment:

  1. Awesome job with all the reading. You should all be proud of yourselves. Eddie and Andrew have a great working vocabulary to show for all your efforts. Way to go!

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