What we are reading this week

It's a new week and a new set of read alouds for us.  This week is much more manageable with only 3 read alouds to tackle.  We have a great group of books this week.

After Lunch Read Aloud

Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

This is a sweet story about two little girls who become best friends and it is all about the adventures, real & imaginative, that they go on together.  We just started this books and have just met Betsy & Tacy.  I love reading the boys stories that have lead female characters because it gives them a perspective they are not familiar with.  We will only read this first book in the series, but there are 9 others books that follow them as they grow up.

                                                          

Nighttime Read Aloud- Britton

Double Fudge by Judy Blume

Britton and I are finishing up the Fudge series this week with Double Fudge.  We have really enjoyed reading these books together.  Fudge is always up to something.  Fudge and Peter's relationship remind me of my boys.  Peter complains about Fudge, but when it really comes down to it, he loves his brother and is always there to look out for him.  I'm looking for suggestions for another great series that Britton and I can start after this book, so if you have any for me I would love to hear them.

                                                              

Nighttime Read Aloud- Greyson and Lincoln

Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus

I have had a couple friends recommend this book and had no idea what it was about before I picked it up from the library. The book is based on a true story about a group of Japanese fisherman in the mid- 1800's that get shipwrecked.   They are rescued by an American ship and start heading towards America. Manjiro is our main character and he is really torn between staying with his group of fisherman and heading back to Japan or staying with the ship and seeing what America is like.  I can relate to parts of the book because Manjiro's perspective about the world is changing and he is realizing what he has been told his whole life might not actually be true.  It's so good.  I cannot wait to see where Manjiro will go.


                                                             

What is everyone reading this week?  Happy Reading!