So many good books...8/5/10

The children and I have read some wonderful books this summer.  The Tail of Emily Windsnap (224 pages), Liz Kessler was one of our favorites!  We thought it was "swishy!".  Emily is a human girl who discovers that she can change into a mermaid in the sea.  She's on a quest to find her father and show King Neptune that love is what really matters, not what you look like.

Although the children and I have read this series before, we are reading and listening to it again.  The series is called "Hear It, Read It" and consist of abridged stories from classic literature.  We recently read The Secret Garden (138 pages), Frances Hodgson Burnett, Peter Pan (130 pages), J.M. Barrie, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (133 pages), Mark Twain.

 Other completed books:

Marcus: 
Andrew Lost In Uncle Al (84 pages), J. C. Greenburg, Captains Courageous (GIC - 239 pages), Rudyard Kipling, Three Tales of My Father's Dragon (242 pages), Ruth Gannett.

Lella:

Gabriella really enjoyed The Runaway Dolls (323 pages), Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin.  She loved telling me about the doll's adventures.

Brutus the Wonder Poodle (61 pages), Linda Gondosch - Gabriella said that EVERYONE should read this book :-).

Zelda and Ivy and Zelda and Ivy One Christmas, Laura McGee Kvasnosky.

Can You See What I See?  The Night Before Christmas, Walter Wick.

Ivy and Bean (120 pages), Annie Barrows - Lella also really enjoyed this book, but after I asked her about it, she said one character was practicing to be a witch.  I'll have to investigate this further.

When I Grow Up..., Peter Horn.