Round Two Has Arrived
This round required tweaking, because I wanted everyone in our family to read three books they’d never read before, but Flannery is not going to be reading Okay for Now and Mary is not going to read Stuck (at least not this round). So... some of these will be new. But that’s okay, because I’m making this whole thing up anyway!
Notice: I have not read most of these books. All of them are new to our family so I cannot tell you if I like them or if their content is okay for your kids. Please check that out for yourself, and I’ll let you know if we run into any troubles with them.
We are going to get these books done by Saturday, July 21st. We're starting year-round school on July 9th and we're vacationing this week, so we're giving ourselves a bit more time. A bit. :)
ROUND TWO
(Books new to this round have a star by them *)
Books we loved that might go on to Round 3 that you ought to try:
Okay for Now
Captain Awesome and the New Kid
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
Stuck
Sam’s List
Drawing from Memory
*The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
A Greyhound of a Girl
Lindsay’s List
As Small as an Elephant
Dragon’s Castle
*Railsea by China Mieville
Mary’s List
Small Acts of Amazing Courage
*My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend
*The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Lucy’s List
*Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce
As Small as an Elephant
*The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
Calvin’s List
Dragon’s Castle
Zita the Spacegirl (This is a new pick from my niece and nephew)
*Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
Shaemus’s List
*The Secret History of Balls by Josh Chetwynd
*The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
*The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Flannery’s List
*Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
*Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
*The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
So to sum up our new books in order of oldest (YA) to youngest (picture books):
*The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
*Railsea by China Mieville
*My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend
*The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
*Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce
*The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
*Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
*The Secret History of Balls by Josh Chetwynd
*The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
*The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
*Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
*Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
*The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
On a side note, I've been reading this:
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart
And I am loving it.
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We have loved doing battle of the books. Our round one winners are:
ReplyDeleteTate (9) How to Train a Dragon series. He just finished the sixth, so that was his favorite.
Cale (8) My Father's Dragon by Ruth Gannett
Tess (5) The Toughtest Cowboy: Or how the Wild West was Tamed, by John Frank and Zachary Pullen
Quinn (36 I think) Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson
Lindsay, I take your book suggestions with me every time I go to the library. You have inspired our family to read more, and thankfully we are going to the library more often. Thanks so much!
I just want to say Hooray! for Tate on the How to Train Your Dragon series. That is without doubt my favorite series for K-3 right now.
ReplyDeleteAnd we LOVE My father's Dragon series. If any of you haven't read them, they are also perfect for that age group and there are three books in the series.
I haven't read The Toughest Cowboy—will get it as soon as we get home. And Quinn, yours will make me cry, but I would love to read it too.
Thanks for having your own Battle of the Books!!!!