Happy Tuesday Readers!!!!

How is everyone today?  It is sunny and 85 degrees here today.  A perfect summer day for a picnic, time at the pool, or sitting on your deck or patio with a good book.  I hope you are enjoying the first few days of summer with your children and grandchildren and planning your Summer book reading or Summer Book Club.  I shared the other day about doing An American Girl Book Club.  Today I am going to share more ideas for Book Clubs for Children.  I did a book club one year with my students during the year and they read more and enjoyed it a lot.

The first one I have shared some of the books with you before but these are great books and boys and girls both would love reading these books.  They are exciting and have great stories about america and other interesting places.  Of course, I am talking about the books by Mary Pope Osborne.  She has written quite a few books in the series of the Magic Treehouse Books.   Oh what wonderful and exciting tales she tells through the eyes of Jack and Annie. You can get all of them that your children want to read at the local library or bookstore.  I have a link to the Magic Treehouse Site to share with you.  There are so many things you can do with this series and your children for a book club this summer.

http://www.magictreehouse.com/

I hope you will do this with your children ( boys and girls both love the Magic Treehouse books.  I will share another idea for a book club on Thursday.  Enjoy starting a Book CLub with your children or grandchildren.  Happy Reading!!!!

Hello My Friends!!!

My post for today is to give you an idea for a Girl's Book Club.  In fact I have two ideas but I will only give one for today. The idea I have for today is to use the American Girl books for a club this summer.  They have books about the Girl of the Year, Historical American Girls, and American Girl Mysteries.  You could pick a genre such as the Historical American Girls and start with 4 or 5 girls.  The girls could read the assigned chapters and then meet together to discuss the book and play games related to the book.  Also, if the girls happen to have American Girl dolls they could bring them along.

So check out the plan below for one book you could start with and then you could make up new ideas for each new chapter or chapters.

American Historical Girls

1.   Plan the first session as a chance to preview the book.  Also, you could make cute invitations  to invite the other girls for the Book Club.

2. When the girls get together for their first meeting have them pick a leader for each section of this book.

3. There are games on the American Girl website that you could use  and other ideas and of course the books are listed there too.

4. Be sure and assign someone to lead the discussion for the next meeting and pick a meeting place .

5.  Be sure and  plan a snack for each meeting.  You know children love snacks.

6.  Let your daughter or granddaughter help with all the plans and enjoy the club together.

Have fun and be sure and let me know how the Book Club goes.

Happy First Day of Summer

Link for the American Girl Site

http://www.americangirl.com/index.php

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Hello My Friends!

I am sorry I haven't been here for a little while.  I have had a few health issues and I haven't had a chance much to read or to review some books for my followers.  I hope to be back now and blogging at three times a week.  So I hope you are ready for the summer and for the children and grandchildren to be around and what better time to start a Book Club for the kids or enroll them in one at your local library.

I would like to tell you why I think having your children or grandchildren join a book club this summer  is a very good thing.  As a former teacher I know how important it is for children to continue to read during the summer.  According to research from the University of Missouri shows that summer breaks can cause an average student to lose up to one month of learning but by reading 15 minutes a day children and teens can keep up skills and spark their knowledge.  So I definitely believe children need to read in the summer and be read to if they are younger to prepare them for school.  There are great Summer Reading Programs at most libraries and some schools.  If you don't find a good program where you are located then start your own Book Club.  Children love reading for rewards and for the games etc. you can do.  I will try and give you some ideas for a book club on my next post.  In the meantime check out you local library for their summer reading program and get your child or grandchild enrolled today and start their summer adventure.

See you soon with more on book clubs.

Happy Tuesday Friends!!

I am sorry I haven't posted for a little while.  I hurt my back so was dealing with that and I wasn't able to get to the library yet to get books to share with you.  I hope to be back Thursday with more books and some I hope you will enjoy sharing with your children or grandchildren the summer.  I hope your children will join the summer book programs at your library.  They are great programs to keep your child reading during the summer.  It is very important for them to continue to ready during the summer to keep up their reading skills.  You could even plan special nights and reading parties.  Children love reading stories and then acting out the stories so maybe doing a play with costumes.  There are so many things you can do to keep the children interested in reading.  

I am planning on reviewing some good summer books and doing some author studies that  I hope you and the children will enjoy.  

I hope you have a wonderful day and I will see you again on Thursday.

Happy Reading!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Happy Monday Everyone!!

 

 

Hello and I hope everyone had a great weekend.  I was really sorry to hear about the storms in the Midwest and the loss of life.  We had warnings of tornadoes where I live but only got hail and rain.  Tornadoes are so devastating to human life and property.  I am saddened for the families of those who lost their lives.

 

Well this is the last Monday in April and I have a couple of books left on Paris so I thought I would share them with you today.  I hope you enjoyed sharing them with a child this month and will share these last two with them.  I hope you will enjoy them.  I truly do love books.

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Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris

by

Jane O'Connor

 

According to Fancy Nancy Paris, France is the fanciest city in the world.  So when her teacher Mrs. Glass, tells her class that the new student is from Paris, Nancy cannot believe it. Nancy brushes up on all her French words and can't wait to make a new ami(French for friend).  So Nancy sets out to make a friend with the new student from Paris. But Robert would rather talk about horses than the Eiffel Tower.  So Nancy invites Robert over to her house to play and to learn more about Paris.  I don't want to tell you the end so read the book and see how it ends.

 

This book is for ages 4-8 and a second grader should be able to read it on their own.

 

Fancy Nancy Too Many Tutus

by

Jane O'Connor

 

Nancy's mother want Nancy to clean out her closet and get rid of some of her tutus so her closet will shut.  Nancy loves her tutus and doesn't want to get rid of any of them but she finally does get rid of a couple but that is all she does until her teacher Ms. Glass tells all the students about the  fancy swap-and- shop day at school.  Nancy decided to bring in some of her tutus and gets 15 tickets to the swap-and -shop day at school.  But what happens  when Nancy finds the tutu of her dreams?  Check out this cute book.  All little girls love tutus!  My daughter has made some cute ones and you should check them out.  They are as Fancy Nancy would say very fancy. 

Hope you enjoy both books and I also put a link to the official Fancy Nancy website.  So check it out too.

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http://www.fancynancyworld.com/

 

 

 

See everyone Wednesday!  Two more books to share about Paris.



 

 

 

Happy Tuesday everyone!

 

 

I hope everyone is enjoying a beautiful spring day today.  I went to the lake close by  my house and had some lunch.  It was so nice outside today.  I really did enjoy it.  I can't wait for the boats to be out on the lake.  I like taking a book and a blanket and reading for the afternoon.  I have another book about Paris for today.  I hope everyone is enjoying reading about Paris.  This book would be for 9-12 year olds I would think.  So check out the book and read it with a child.

 

 

Recipe for Adventure

by

Giada De Laurentiis

 

 

When Zia Donatella comes to live with the Bertolizzi family, little do Alfie and his older sister Emilia know what's in store for them. Zia Dontella is determined to show the kids how a home-cooked meal is better than even the best take-out pizza or burrito. When Zia's plan transports Alfie and Emilia to famous food cities around the world, they learn first-hand how food can not only take you places but can also bring you back home. Alfie and Emilia are taken to Paris, where a case of mistaken identity finds them caught up in  the scenes of drama at a traditional French cooking school.  They explore the beautiful city of light and try to figure out how to get back home, they meet a cast of French characters, as well as sample some of the best pastries and real hot chocolate that Paris has to offer.

 

 

You might want to check out all three books especially if your child enjoys cooking.  As they say in France, Bon Appetit!!!!!

 



 

 

 

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!

 

I just wanted to wish everyone who reads this blog a Happy EASTER.  May God bless each of you and your families at the joyous time of year.  I will share a few titles of Easter books to share with a child over the weekend and then I will see you next Monday.  I hope each of you has a wonderful holiday.

 

Happy Easter!!!