tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post5333741439698699673..comments2023-10-24T10:08:27.446-05:00Comments on Choosing Hallelujah: Fiction of 2014: Read-AloudsAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877189592741668088noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-77051136719340882382015-01-18T16:37:03.560-06:002015-01-18T16:37:03.560-06:00I love Ramona! Stockard Channing is so fabulous in...I love Ramona! Stockard Channing is so fabulous in those audiobooks. Way better to listen to her than read them myself :) <br /><br />I think you have to stick with Andrew Peterson through book two if at all possible. I admit I didn't *love* the first one. His sense of humor is so quirky and over-the-top. It calms down a lot in #2 :) If you revisit that article he wrote about Harry Potter, he talks about how he learned SO much in writing the first one and hoped readers would be patient because he had a much bigger story to tell. That becomes so much clearer and more compelling in <i>North! Or Be Eaten</i>. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877189592741668088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058212.post-31603242541537712952015-01-18T11:29:46.049-06:002015-01-18T11:29:46.049-06:00I'm working on reading more chapter books with...I'm working on reading more chapter books with my kids. Because I'm responsible for reading them so much for school, I feel like we don't get to the "fun" books as much. Still reading lots of history/science related stuff week to week.<br /><br />That's great the boys tracked with the Little House series! Farmer Boy is one of my faves. I think I was 7 when my mom read them aloud to me, but wasn't sure if the boys would be as interested as I was, since I was a girl and probably related to Laura better than they might. But glad to year your crew liked them! Maybe we'll try them next!<br /><br />As far as chapter books go, we listened to the entire Ramona series. Wow, I was sad when it was over! I read aloud to them The Little White Horse and then viewed the movie. We also read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.<br /><br />Now we just started the Wingfeather Saga. I'm not into them myself yet (we're on chapter 5) nor are they, but we're sticking with them since so many of our friends rave about them.Daniellehttp://www.danielleayersjones.comnoreply@blogger.com