What My Children Are Reading: Week 07: 07/09/09

Here it is Thursday again and time my favorite meme. We're on week seven of "What Are My Children Reading" and this week's reading is in part a repeat of last week's reading.

Sean:
Sean and I are working our way through Hoot. We've now finished chapter three and he's asking all sorts of interesting questions. This week we talked about two main conflicts in the books:

1. Who is the criminal; the prankster who has upset the construction or the construction team that wants to hurt the owls?
2. Why it's important to tell your parents when bad things happen at school?

These are his questions to me, not mine to him. I'm very pleased that he's able to pick up on the topics of the book at such a young age.

Sean is also still working through the riddles of What is the Name of This Book? with Ian. Besides riddles, he is passionate about monsters. I'm not talking typical movie monsters but new ones. He loves to make up his own monsters or try to draw monsters based on what Ian, Harriet or I describe. When I saw A Field Guide to Monsters by Johan Olaster at the library I knew I had to borrow it for him. He loves it and will probably be writing his own field guide soon. Also from the library I got On Beyond Zebra! by Dr. Seuss based on Sean's recommendation. He had read it in first grade but I have never read it. Now we are reading it together.

 

With Ian, he is also working his way through What is the Name of This Book? by Raymond M. Smullyan. I'm not sure how far along he is in the book but I do know he loves the riddles in it.

Sean and Harriet:
One set of books that both my children are passionate about is the I Spy series. Last night I splurged and got them two more for their collection: I Spy School Days and I Spy Fun House. We have already started reading both of them. We work through a few pages each night before bed. I have to alternate between books to make sure each child gets his or her time to look for things. It's a little confusing for me but it keeps them happy.

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Comment #1: Thursday, July, 9, 2009 at 15:54:39

confuciuscat

Just stopped by to see your blog. Very well done. Good book suggestions. I will pass them on. Confucius Cat

Comment #2: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 23:07:33

Pussreboots

You might like The Cat Barked. I'll be reviewing it soon.

Comment #3: Wednesday, July, 22, 2009 at 01:58:33

Frances

Just wondering how you get that nice graphic with the 3-D books presentation...

I got here through the What My Children Are Reading Meme!

Comment #4: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 16:16:44

Pussreboots

I do it in Photoshop. Each book cover is on a separate but overlapping layer. I then apply a drop shadow to each layer.