Prince Caspian, Follow My Leader, Poetrees and Completed Books 1/21/11

Marcus and Lella just finished their second Narnia book, Prince Caspian (223 pages), C.S. Lewis.  They had several favorite parts.  This is what they said when I asked them...

First favorite:  Peter's battle with King Miraz

Second favorite:  When the bulgy bear is promising not to put his paw in his mouth, but while he's promising, his paw is in his mouth.

Third favorite:  When the kids get pulled into Narnia.

My friend, Chandra, recommended Follow My Leader (191 pages), James B. Garfield.  We bought it a while ago, but Marcus recently decided to read it.  He LOVED it.  The story is about Jimmy, a boy blinded in an accident with a firecracker and his dog Leader.  Marcus read this book every night before bed and didn't want to put it down.  It's a wonderful story about friendship and forgiveness.

Marcus also finished another book in the series "The Ten Commandment Mysteries" called Carousel Horse (43 pages), Elspeth Murphy.

While Marcus has been consumed with his Physics Workshop he received for Christmas, Lella has been doing a lot of reading:

Harry the Explorer (79 pages), Dyan Sheldon
Lella's summary for interested readers, "Harry is an alien cat from a different planet who likes to go on adventures.  He likes to visit Earth and visit his friend Chicken.  Chicken's real name is Sara Jane.  She is called Chicken because she dragged a stuffed chicken around when she was little."
There are a series of the aoove Harry books and I plan on getting her more of them.
The Dragons of Wayward Crescent: Gruffen (104 pages), Chris d'Lacey
The Snowman's Path, Helena Pittman
Our Wildlife World: Lizards, Ivy
The Wretched Stone, Chris Van Allsburg
On the Mayflower, Kate Waters
Sugar Cane, A Caribbean Rapunzel, Patricia Storace
Wonder Horse, The True Story of the World's Smartest Horse, Emily McCully

Poetrees, Douglas Florian


This book is ripe with poetrees,
They're grown to educate and please.
You'll see a cedar.
Oak tree too.
Birch and banyan,
Pine and yew.
Palm and gum
And willow tree,
Plus more you'll love tree-mendously!


Gabriella and I had so much fun reading this together.  Marcus and I are going to read it together too!

Nature's Children Series: Each book is approximately 50 pages, all written by Ivy.

Mallard Ducks

Salamanders

Kangaroos

Old World Monkeys

Tigers

Gabriella loves Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa books, Betsy Lewin.  Although they are way below her reading level, I get them for her because she enjoys them so much.  She recently read Horse in the House and Spring Babies.

She also LOVES Richard Scary books.  Again, these are far below her reading level, but she enjoys them so much.  I hear her laughing often when she reads them.  She recently finished:

A Big Operation

The Cat Family Takes a Trip

The Treasure Hunt

The Snowstorm

Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever:  82 Wonderful Round-the-Year Stories and Poems

Completed History (Both):
*Most of these books aren't numbered.  

The Clay Pot Boy, Cynthia Jameson
Lian and the Magic Paintbrush, Demi
Raisel's Riddle, Erica Silverman
The Weaving of a Dream, Marilee Heyer
The Paper Dragon, Marguerite W. Davol
Little Johnny Buttermilk, after an old English folktale, Jan Wahl
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, Marianna Mayer
A Perfect Pork Stew, Paul Brett Johnson
Magna Carta (32 pages), C. Walter Hodges
Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, Barbara Cohen
The Dragon Prince, Laurence Yep
Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Norse, Leonard Fisher
The Empty Pot, Demi
The Girl Who Lost Her Smile, Karim Alrawi
Joan of Arc, Josephine Poole
Welcome to Russia, Schemenauer
The Toy Brother, William Steig
The Red Balloon, A. Lamorisse
***The kids read this book multiple times.  It was one of their favorites.