What's your current read aloud?

[KristineIN]

We just finished From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and I'm planning on going to the library later. What are you currently reading aloud?

Thanks,
Kristine

[Arch At Home]

The New Girl in the Royal Ballet School Diaries series.

[Lorna]

I am reading 'The Pinhoe Egg' by Dianne Wynne Jones to both children at bedtime. This was Dd's choice.
I am reading Ds 'Children of Winter' by Berlie Doherty because we usually have some extra time during our history session together and this is about children who are taken back to the time of the Plague.

[KristineIN]

The New Girl in the Royal Ballet School Diaries series.
Thanks, I had not heard of that series, I bet my dd would like to read those on her own.

Kristine

[Quiver0f10]

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong.

[Monkey Island Academy]

The Phantom Tollbooth!!

[prairiegirl]

We have three on the go now, plus picture books.

With dd, we are reading At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
With ds, we are reading Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling.
With youngest dd, we are reading picture books. I am a theme girl. Each month we have a theme in which I try to find picture books. Jan. was Jan Brett month. Feb. is snow picture books.
As a family read aloud, we are reading Caddie Woodlawn.


Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

[Jenny in Atl]

We are reading (dd7 and I) the Castle Corona by Sharon Creech (almost done) and next we will start The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall.

For School (dd12 & dd7) we just finished aloud Beowulf and Macbeth. Next is Piers the Ploughman and Adam of the Road.

[mcconnellboys]

We're finishing Esperanza Rising and also getting into our WWII period reading with Number the Stars and My Friend, the Enemy, J.B. Cheaney.

Regena

[K in MI]

We're studying Egypt; The Golden Goblet, along with The Lost Queen of Egypt, are the books we're reading right now.

[Susie in CA]

The BFG by Roald Dahl.

Susie

[Linda in NM]

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[Darcy in FL]

Black Ships before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff

[AllSmiles]

We are rereading "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"

[King Alfred Academy]

Dad is finishing up The Hobbit with the boys. Not sure what he is going to read next.

During dinner time we are reading Mr. Pipes and the British Hymn Makers by Douglas Bond. Fantastic book...well written.

Lunch time and other times we are going to be starting Black Ships Before Troy.

[Kristiana]

We just finished Voyage of the Dawn Treader and will probably start The Magician's Nephew tomorrow.

[kalanamak]

starting the illustrated Treasure Island.

[whybenormal]

We just finished reading Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. It had a slow start, but we ended up really enjoying it. Since I'm scrambling to find a new read-a-loud, I'm so grateful for this thread!

[Sheila in OK]

We are currently reading The School Story by Andrew Clements. Good read! Last week we finished up The Apprentice. I wasn't sure it would hold both dc's attention, but they LOVED it!

[OneRoomHomeSchool]

Our Young Folks Josephus
The Burgess Bird Book

[Novafan]

Little House in the Big Woods for my two boys, 5 and 7. It's a hit!

On deck:
The 7 Professors of the Far North
The Society of Super Secret Heroes

[yvonne]

with my 7 year old boys and 5 year old daughter.

5 yod is listening to Secret Garden before bed. The boys are listening to Robin Hood.

[Closeacademy]

Finished The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly by Reg Down and The Courage of Sarah Noble.

Reading American Girl: Felicity Bindup off all the books in order.

Coming up is Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling and Franklin by D'Aulaire after that.


We're taking our time and having fun enjoying our read alouds.:)

[mo2]

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

[nmoira]

We're reading Swallowdale (# 2 of the Swallows and Amazons series) and Pyle's Robin Hood.

[AngieW in Texas]

We just finished Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (about a girl who rebels against foot-binding in early 1900's China) and now we're reading Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party (about the Cultural Revolution in China).

[DawnUK]

Trials and Triumphs-- Stories from Church History

--Dawn

[Anne/Ankara]

We have some Redwall fans here, so we are reading Loamhedge right now. Earlier this fall we went to see Brian Jacques and really enjoyed listening to him. What a fascinating man, with a vivid imagination, and a true talent for animal tales that aren't too scary! Apparently he was a delivery man, delivering milk to an orphanage for blind children in England, and he made up his Redwall tales to entertain the children. Since they couldn't see, he made his language as visual and memorable as he could. That's a good tip for an author!

[Wendy in ME]

The Children's Homer. The boys love it.

[Tonia]

4 yo dd here - we're reading through the complete Curious George series, Storytime with the Millers, and The Little Book of Bedtime Stories, along with lots of picture books from the library.

[Sophia]

by Kate Di Camillo.

We just finished this.
I'll definitely read more books by this author.
It was great!

[MicheleinMN]

we're reading Sea of Monsters, the sequel to The Lightning Thief. I even broke my rule about not reading books in a series in a row because we all enjoyed The Lightning Thief so much. :D

For school, we are reading D'Aulaire book of Greek Myths and A Midsummer Night's Dream from the Leon Garfield Shakespeare book.

Michele

[Debra in CO]

Tomorrow, we will start The Great Turkey Walk as our family read-aloud.

We are also reading The Terrible Wave.

My oldest & I are reading King Arthur and His Knights. I'm hoping to start The Wonder Book with my third grader. I'm reading Fifty Famous Stories Retold and Blue Fairy Book with my first grader. And I'm doing a variety of picture books with the two preschoolers - Eloise Wilkin Stories being one of the main ones right now.

For iPod school, we are supposedly listening to Farmer Boy... but our time in the car lately has been spent listening to a bunch of shorter things.

Debra
(who felt vaguely guilty that I wasn't reading enough, until I started to respond to this, and I realized I am covering everyone!)

[MelissaMinNC]

George Washington by the D'Aulaires. DD is 6, DS is 3 (and he doesn't so much listen as run around like a maniac and make a lot of noise). It's a lovely book, though.

:)
Melissa

[Cami in UT]

We are reading Treasure Island right now but will finish up in a day or two and then I'm thinking of Anne of Green Gables. We will see about Anne. ;) since my boys are 9 & 7. If not Anne then maybe The Hobbit.

[Darcy from LWM3B]

We just finished Mr. Popper's Penguins (what a hoot, my 6 yo loved this one!) and started Prince Caspian on Friday. We want to have lots of time on that one before the movie comes out in May. My will-be-8-year-old wants to have a "Prince Caspian" themed bday.

I think next we're going to do Pyle's Robin Hood or Swiss Family Robinson.

I am also doing FIAR books with my 4 yr old, with occasional older listeners who keep shouting, "I remember that book!"

[CactusPair]

and reading The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich. Even my 6 yo likes it, and she usually runs away or falls asleep during chapter books.

I'm enjoying it,too.

[Heidi @ Mt Hope]

We just finished Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat, are currently reading Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary, and next on the list is The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald.

[WTMindy]

Return of the King (Tolkein) and audiobook in the car The Dark is Rising (Cooper).

[EKS]

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with the 6 yo.

Just finished The Mysterious Island with the 11 yo.

[Shannon in MO]

We're finishing Adam of the Road & I hope to start Ink on His Fingers this week!

[LittlePrairieSchoolhouse]

We are reading our way through the "Caroline Years" series, which precedes the Little House on the Prairie books. We just finished up Little Clearing in the Woods, and tomorrow we will start On Top of Concord Hill. We've really been enjoying these! :)

[Scarlett]

Reading Farmer Boy to ds7. We've finished the other little house books up through The Long Winter. He is enjoying FB...me too....so refreshing after the LW.

[Amy from WT]

OK, confession time! We are currently reading aloud something that is not at all educational, but that is COMPLETELY fun and wacky...."Fractured Fairy Tales."

Remember those cartoons on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"? Well, they've written them in story form and published them in a book. Side-splitting!

[Daisy]

Caddie Woodlawn
Adventures of Grandfather Frog

I try to pick one on my 3rd grader's level and one for the kinder.

[FloridaLisa]

Just finished "The Cat of Bubastes" and moving into D'Aulaires "Greek Mythology" with the littles and Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" with all.

Lisa

[Shannon831]

Caddie Woodlawn. Such a fun book.

[gratefulmother]

We are reading Socks by Beverly Cleary and listening to the Tales of Odysseus by Mary Pope Osborne. We have Black Ships Before Troy and I am trying to decide if we would enjoy reading it as well or if it would be overkill. They have really enjoyed Tales of Odysseus.

[Julie in GA]

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[susie in tx]

Little House in the Big Woods for my littles, Galen and the Gateway to Medicine and poems from Favorite Poems Old and New for anyone who will listen. All of the history my youngers hear is a read aloud, and we are listening to SOTW 1 on CD.

Whew.

[A.J. at J.A.]

The Phantom Tollbooth!!

We just finished Phantom Tollbooth and get to go see it as a play a week from Friday.

We are now working on "The Waterstone" by Rebecca Rupp.

Angela

[stephanie]

The Tale of Despereaux, and Greek Myths. My dc love them both!

[Pam in MA]

Just finished "Uncle Tom's Cabin" last week and started "The Call of the Wild". Thinking about "Murder on the Orient Express" next.

[cajun.classical]

Old Yeller and The Hobbit. Both big hits.

[A.J. at J.A.]

The Tale of Despereaux, and Greek Myths. My dc love them both!

Tale of Despereaux is a favorite around here! I can never do the voices justice so we listen to the audio book. :0)

Angela

[Kendall]

kids are 1-16

We are reading The Curve of Time.

Our last few were

That Quail Robert (HIghly recommend!)
Trumpet of the Swan
My Family and Other Animals (needed editing, but hilarious in spots, interesting natural history in others)

[JeanM]

We're reading "Coot Club" at bedtime (a Swallows and Amazons book) and Dragonrider during the day. We also have the CD version of "Prince Caspian" from the library, but alas the CD stopped working and I need to figure out where we are in the book in order to transition to the next CD.

Jean

[Chris in CA]

Lord of the Rings

[Aletheia Academy]

for my two littles. :)

[Kate CA]

We are reading The Sign Above the Door from www.SalemRidgePress.com. It is set in Egypt during the time of the plagues and exodus. We highly recommend it!

Warmly,
Kate

[Lenora in MD]

Thornton Burgess Bird Book, Wisdom and the Millers, and we are listening to the Golden Branch on cd.

[TCoppock]

As a family read aloud, we are reading Caddie Woodlawn.


Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

We are reading Caddie Woodlawn too. My son loves it and I must admit I am really enjoying it too. Before this book we read Little House on the Praire. How do you like Paddle to the Sea?

[elegantlion]

Caddie Woodlawn.

[karensk]

Calico Bush by Rachel Field; Prince Caspian

[St. Theophan Academy]

reading Swiss Family Robinson for 8 and 6yo