Summer reading list, did your kids get one?

[AlCzervik]

We went to the bookstore today and brought the list, it's an interesting mix that rsmarter Jr. settled on.

2001 A space odyssey
20,000 leagues under the sea
Little women
A tree grows in brooklyn.

I bought the new David Sedaris book and the last book i will ever buy about George W., it's titled "Goodnight Bush" and yes it looks exactly like "Goodnight Moon" and it's funny.

[eyesroll]

1. My stepkid got a list of suggestions (she just finished K)...

The list includes the Pokemon books and a bunch of TV tie-ins. I guess they want to encourage reading in general, but still...

We'll stick to books where the story, not the associated merchandise, is the point of the book.

[AlCzervik]

2. pokemon books? He must be pretty young then?

[eyesroll]

3. She's 5...just finished kindergarten.

Still...have you seen the Scholastic order form recently? There aren't any actual stand-alone books--just movie tie-ins, stickers, and plastic crap.

[AlCzervik]

4. it's been quite a while since i've seen one of those but they did used to have some good books

on those forms. I remember my daughter getting Hoot, Charlotte's web and Holes through scholastic.

[carlyhippy]

5. my kid breaks out the Calvin and Hobbes book collection and re-reads them

I can hear the laughter all the way upstairs some days.

[rug]

6. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a great and vastly underrated novel.

[AlCzervik]

7. i've only seen the movie so i'm looking forward to reading the book when she's done.

i was happy with her picks, i said nothing, just kept my mouth shut and i think she did well.

[rug]

8. I liked the movie but the book has other characters.

[Lex]

9. Do read it. I read it a couple of years ago.

It is excellent. I hadn't read it before then. I also read "O! Pioneers" by Willa Cather right after reading "A Tree Grows Brooklyn."

Both are so good. :thumbsup:

[AlCzervik]

10. i'l look for O Pioneers next time i'm at the book store. i'm also going to read Little Women again

i was so pleased she picked that book.

[Lex]

11. I should re-read Little Women too.

It's been a long time since I've read it.

Also, I need to read "Rebecca" since I have always loved the movie so much, but never have read the book. "Last night I dreamed I went to Manderlay again." Quite possibly the best opening of a film (or novel), ever.

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