One thing I love about parenting C....

[indigo]

...and about homeschooling him (in the past and I assume, this time around too) is how open he is to reading books. Pretty much anything I suggest he will give it a go. He doesn't care if the main character is a boy or a girl, or if it's an adventure book or a quieter book. So I get to indulge my inner librarian and recommend all kinds of quality books. I read them too and it's really fun to get to have the kind of discussions that I love about books.

Since school let out he's read:

Wringer
Ike and Mama and the Seven Surprises
Egypt Game

And he's currently reading...

The Midwife's Apprentice

I just ordered The Invention of Hugo Cabret for him because it seems so neat and he will love searching through all the illustrations.

K isn't doing much reading these days (it makes me sad!) so it's so nice to have a really enthusiastic reader around.

By the way he absolutely loved The Egypt Game. I think that's his favorite so far. What books have your kids (any age) loved lately?

[annie]

Cort's really enjoying The Mysterious Benedict Society right now (I loved it, too). Other recent faves are the Tashi series and The End of the Beginning.

I'm totally engrossed in a fantasy series that Ry passed onto me - The End of the World series by Robert Jordan... very engrossing and I could see Cort getting into it eventually as well.

I'm hoping this is a new beginning for Cort -- he's not naturally drawn to books like I am, but lately he's been reading just about anything I hand to him -- Yay!