Some people read one book at a time. I’m not always one of those types of people. Especially considering reading aloud to my kids (WHICH I LOVE). So, here’s a list of what I’m currently reading. For myself and to my children.
I recently watched the movie (2006 version) for the first time. Which made me want to read the book. So, that’s what I’m doing. It has taken some practice getting used to reading older English terms mixed in much more complex sentences, but I’ve improved at understanding it all as I’ve read. I like it a lot!
I’ve read it on Kindle, but love this pretty clothbound version.
I’ve had this on my read aloud list (even told my son not to read it to himself because I wanted it to be a read aloud) for a long time. I intended on reading it to both kids at the same time, but that had not worked out, so my son asked me to read it to him at bedtime. We actually just finished! (We were still reading it when I started typing this out several days ago, so that’s why I’m leaving it on this list.)
My son read this a year or so ago and recently suggested it to his sister for her next bedtime read aloud. I wasn’t sure if she would like it because it’s about a boy who learns to survive on his own in the mountains, but she likes it a lot! And so do I!
The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember: Old Natalia Book 1)
My son read the entire Green Ember series over the Summer/early Fall, and his enthusiasm was contagious. So, I read the first book–The Green Ember–to both of my kids (because B couldn’t not sit down to listen :)) not long ago. And we’re now on this second book.
Side note: Many of the books in this series are frequently available for just $0.99 on Kindle, which I think is so awesome. Even at full price on Kindle, they’re around $3.99 (some are less). That’s how we purchased all of the books for my son to read, which worked out nicely cost-wise. And it was also great because I could just download the next book whenever he finished one. He ended up reading I think 3 of the books on a 5-day trip we took in July.
I did purchase a signed hard copy of the newest book (which releases in a couple of days) from the author’s website for my son for his birthday. He thought the signed copy was really cool and loved getting to read it as soon as he could!
We cruised through the first volume earlier this year and learned so much. We’ve slowed on this second one a good bit, but we still pick it up here and there (and the kids always remember where we leave off), and I expect we’ll get on a kick where we breeze through it soon. The Story of the World series is a fantastic history resource for all ages (even adults).