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  What Are Your Kids Reading? ~ June 2008

  I'm always looking for new ideas...

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  bookwormerin 

  Since I think your kids are older than mine (she is 2) you have probably already read these: Corduroy books (she loves these), Go Dog Go, My Nest Is Best, The Bear Snores On, and several other DR. Suess books.

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    deactivated member 

    My son is 2 (like your daughter, bookwormerin) and he really likes Piggies by Audrey Wood, Llama Llama Mad at Mama & Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney, we checked these books out so many times I finally went to the book store and bought them. I just wanted to suggest these books, they are a lot of fun to read ;-)

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  Jewels 

  We are working our way through the Captain Underpants books - hillarious, very gross and totally captivating for my boys.
  I also registered on ReadingA-Z.com, paid a fortune to subscribe but now have access to 2000 readers that I can give to the kids to enjoy and are able to colour them in. My 7yr old is going for reading lessons so each week I try and find a book on the site that has a lot of the new words he learnt that day so that he can read a book or the best part of a book on his own ...

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    Julie (edited)

    Wow, that site looks great, but unfortunately, I can't subscribe at the moment. We've been getting tons of beginner readers from the library and Dominic has been reading them independently for the past week or so. I'm amazed at how far ahead of where Gabrielle was he's been in Kindergarten.

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    Jewels 

    It is a great site and rather costly for me but worth it in the long run. I am not a library fan as I would rather own the books I have than have to return them :) It is amazing how different our kids are - my younger son now 5yrs has been writing since the age of 4, it just came naturally, and is so much more advanced than his older brother in many things. I think the second child tends to grow up faster and be more advanced because of the older sibling and the exposure they get to things earlier in life.

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    Lindsay  

    The Captain Underpants book are a lot of fun. Just be careful that your boys don't get any bright ideas from them. My niece and nephew gave their dad a squishy after he read them the books. :)

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  NETTR 

  My 10 year old is reading Magyk and loving it! My 8 year old just reads a variety of picture books and short chapter books. I wish I could remember the book he was reading to me in school last week when I was in to volunteer - he was cracking up. Will have to ask him tomorrow.
  Are you looking for books to read to them or for them to read independently? We love Tale of Despereaux as a read aloud. Peter and the Starcatchers was a fun favorite too.

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    momoffour 

    My daughter finally read Magyk after owning it for almost 2 years. She enjoyed it and is now reading Flyte. She hopes to get through most of the series this summer. She is setting her sights pretty high though and has a few other series she is planning to start this summer.

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    NETTR 

    ooops...just saw your response momoffour. We haven't picked up the rest of the series yet. School just got out on Friday, so she does have hopes to get through some of them at least. Is your daughter enjoying the 2nd one as much as the 1st?

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  lady_ice 

  Thanks to all your wonderful advice when i asked for books for ADHD son he i now reading the Captian Underpants books and really seems to like them when i can get him to sit down and read. Now if i could just get him to sit down more. Well one battle at a time.

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    badcat 

    try magazines too--mine LOVES magazines like shonen jump and mad, but there are more educational ones like ranger rick and the like with eye-catching photos, etc.

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  Julie A 

  Kristen (7) is reading the Puppy Patrol chapter book series (anything with animals--she'll read it!) She also just read Junie B Jones and the Almost Bridesmaid yesterday. Mikey (3) is in the really fun age where he's memorized many of the books we've read to him, and he'll sit and "read" to himself. It completely startles people who see him "reading"! Oldest son (17) was 3 when he started reading, so maybe Mikey is going to be like his big brother...

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    bookwormerin 

    Julie...so funny about your youngest son who memorizes and reads the books. My daughter does the same thing. She is 2 1/2 but she also memorizes and reads them herself. People also react the same way until I tell them. She also recites movie lines. Does your son do this?

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    Julie A 

    Being the fine mommy that I am, Mikey has complete episodes of Bob the Builder memorized! I remember with my oldest that I swore I would never use the TV as a babysitter...oh well. Too cute that your daughter also "reads" and recites movie lines! I love this age!
    
    A funny (sad?) story...a woman that I used to be friends with was so unbelievably competitive about our kids that when she saw Kristen, then 2.5, "reading" a book--she actually went out and bought Hooked on Phonics that same day, because her twins didn't "read" yet. I even told her that she wasn't really reading...but suffice it to say, that friendship didn't last long. I cannot tolerate people who are so absurdly competitive!
    

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  JenineW 

  At home my son and I have been watching Japanese anime with subtitles, which I guess you could consider reading. He's getting better at keeping up with what the subtitles say so I guess it is working.
  
  Over the weekend he mentioned he is reading Bunnicula at school. I remember reading that one ages ago as well.

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  rikkki (edited)

  I handed my 10 year old daughter the "outsiders" telling her it was a GREAT book. She gobbled it up and absolutley loved it. She has already read black beauty and has tried her hand at "Watership Down" it's a bit tough but I know i read it when i was 11.
  
  She tried the "the Hobbit" and found it too difficult, rightly so but I love the fact she is pushing towards the larger books. Before they left to see their father for the summer she was reading the first book in the Farseer trilogy it was funny when she first read the word "bastard" and i had to explain it's not a bad word but means born out of wedlock.

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    Laura B 

    All of the SE Hinton are great and, I think, important reads for young people. The themes carry through to today really well. I am trying to convince my 12-year-old that we should try a more grown-up book together this summer. So far, school hasn't been out long enough to want to read ANYTHING!!!!!

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  M F 

  My DS (age 6) is very into anything having to do with the American Presidents. I believe we have almost every children's biography of a president out from the library ... as well as MY LIFE by Bill Clinton, PRESIDENT REAGAN by Richard Reeves, and several others. We were at the library yesterday and happened past the adult biography section and all he needed was to see several names he recognized. Needless to say, the librarian was a bit surprised. He is also still into Junie B. Jones and we're now into the Horrible Harry and Boxcar Children Mysteries.
  
  DD (also age 6 - they are twins) is reading anything with animals, particularly puppies. She likes the Puppy Power series too, and she is getting into fairy tales.

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    Laura B 

    BEfore too long, she will be ready for ANimal Ark books. I think there might be a sub-series of them that is geared to a little younger reader. My DD (now 12) read them and loved them. When she grew past them we donated them to the library at her elementary school.

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    Becky S 

    My oldest is also into the Presidents, and maps! We have checked out tons of Atlases and books on the states- I wonder where this interest in these things comes from, but it so cool how often the knowledge of the states comes up- especially traveling all summer and seeing licsense plates!

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  Lisa M 

  Start of the summer reading program and these are the books that we have checked out of the library and read to our son (turns 4 next month) since it began.
  
  Okie Dokie Artichokie by Grace Lin (good book about misconception)
  Scuba Bunnies by Christine Loomis
  Hooray for Harry by Kim Lewis
  Th Little Hippo's Adventure by Lena Landstrom
  Henry Climbs a Mountain by D.B. Johnson (a little history for you and you don't even realize it.)
  Chicken Little by Christianne C. Jones
  The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems
  Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up To Late by Mo Willems

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  Laura B 

  There is a free site called kidsreads.com, with wonderful suggestions and activities.

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  racethom 

  Our daughter isn't really getting a break from school.
  She had four weekdays off between the end of school and the start of summer school.
  What is our daughter reading?
  She is reading whatever is assigned for her to read.
  Summer school is pre-calculus.
  The correspondence course is government.
  The summer homework (due on the first day of school) includes but isn't limited to the following:
  5 books
  1 chapter from another book
  2 essays
  2 art projects
  1 history packet
  1 presentation project
  50 real hours minimum for in "creative" activities
  
  Luckily for her, a classmate said the history packet was interesting and one of the books was one she'd already planned to read on her own anyway (The World is Flat). Well, she only has one more year in high school. At this rate, college will be a break for her.
  
  What is our son reading?
  Lots and lots of children's books to his baby.
  He himself is off from college work for the summer.
  
  I hope that the rest of your kid's are relaxing this summer and having some good reading.

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    WordGirl78 

    Yikes! that is a lot of summer work. My son is a rising high school senior and he has to read "Huck Finn" and do some writing. Plus a calculus packet and learn the marching band music. And several assignments for his history class but he likes that stuff and started it before school even ended. Daughter is taking calculus at local community college and will be a junior in college in fall. WG

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    racethom 

    My daughter had Huck Finn for last summer's homework. She's not liking pre-Cal summer classes at all. She tells me all about it ... every day :D She's been told by one of her classmates that the history packet is actually fun and interesting. She's not even glanced at it yet.
    
    It's a good idea to take some classes at the community college: smaller classes and less expense.

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    Lindsay  

    That is a lot of work for the summer! Holy Cow!!!!! I don't ever remember having assignments over the summer and the only summer school was Driver's Ed which I was happy to take. Then again that was almost 10 years ago and things have obviously changed a lot. No wonder kids are so stressed out these days.

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    racethom 

    I'm worried about her.
    She needs a life outside of school.
    
    She has set some very high goals for herself.
    Some of her goals:
    I.B. Diploma (passing 6 or more I.B. tests)
    top 10% of the class
    Ivy League level scores on her SAT and ACT
    
    She's also scrambling this summer to do essays for college applications.
    Some of the colleges have early applications due this September (2008) for the 2009-2010 year.
    She's been researching colleges and scholarships too.
    
    I don't think she's got time for Driver's Ed ...

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    Lindsay  

    She seems super busy. I hope everything works out for the best for her. Sounds like your daughter is on top of things.
    
    I grew up in Idaho where you can get your driver's licence at 15, so drivers ed was taken the summer between 9th and 10th grade. Before the craziness of high school set in. :) (High school was grades 10-12)

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  Robyn S (edited)

  My daughter is 10, and she is reading Caddie Woodlawn, and I think she is getting Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing today. My six year old is reading Junie B. Jones, and he wants Stink. My older child is also wanting to read The Warrior series. Have any of you read the series about the warrior cats?

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    Julie 

    My nine year old daughter has read some of the Warriors books. She's not a huge fantasy fan, but she loves animals, so enjoyed them.

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    Julie A 

    I haven't read the Warrior series but saw them at B&N. What's your opinion about the "scariness" factor for a 7-year-old girl? My daughter loves anything with animals and reads at a 6th grade level--but she is pretty easily frightened by intense stories. (First chapter of Nancy Drew book 1 freaked her out!) Do you think the Warrior series is too advanced? I'd appreciate any insight...Thanks!

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  Danielle N 

  There is a fantastic book by Jim Trelease called The Read Aloud Handbook. It's basically a guide for children's books and it encompasses all different age groups. It's a fantastic guide. I own a copy because I went and listened to Mr. Trelease speak about the importance of reading to our children as opposed to constant TV watching. His seminar was inspiring and I picked up a copy of his book. I've gotten great recommendations from it. I know they have a copy in the library so you may be able to get some ideas from there. My cousin is an Elementary school teacher and she's borrowed it for book recommendations for her students in the past.
  I have 3 sons ages 11, 7 and 5. The younger ones are into The Magic Treehouse series and Junie B. Jones. My older son just read Diary of a Wimpy Kid and he's reading some Andrew Clements books over the summer.

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  Julie A 

  Kristen (just turned 7) loves the Beverly Cleary books---she just finished Socks tonight, and she also really enjoyed the Ralph books. Now she's reading the Pony Princess series. Anything with animals, and my girlie will read it!

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  Lisa M 

  Since the last post:
  
  Tucker's Apple Dandy Day by Susan Winget
  "L" is for Library by Sonya Terry
  Just my Friend and Me by Mercer Mayer (not my fav of this writer)
  Dinosaur by Peter Sis
  Just the Way You Are by Maras Pfister (my son really enjoyed this one)
  Wo wants a Cheap Rhinoceros by Shel Silverstein
  When Sheep Sleep by Laura Numeroff
  Together by Jane Simmons
  Pete's a Pizza by William Steig (fun book!!)
  The Best Time of Day by Eileen Spinelli
  We'll All Go Exploring by Magee Spicer and Richard Thompson (think trees)
  A Day at the the Airport by Richard Scarry (a real fav)--own this one
  What is Christmas? by Lillie James

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  Becky S 

  We just discovered the Nancy Drew Notebooks- which my oldest is absolutely DEVOURING. Lucky for us, there is 69 in the series. Why had I never heard of these before? It's Nancy Drew and gang in 3rd Grade.
  
  We also just started the Ramona Quimby series, which is going over very well.

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    Kate F 

    I loved nancy drew when I was twelve!!! things don't change ....

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  Gia d 

  My 10 year old son is into BONE books, which I don't consider real reading but if it keeps him somewhat into books I'll take it. He never makes it to the end of a chapter book. I tried Anamorphs, Magic treehouuse...now I make him read to his 5 year old sister to practice. My 5 year old girl loves Rainbow fish books and we pick diffrent books from the library every week.

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    Skyy's Servant 

    My almost 11yoDD(Dear Daughter) is reading Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit, Animal Farm, and Treasure Island. They are her summer reading assignments before 6th grade. My 7 yoDS's goal is to read the whole original "Boxcar Children" series.

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  Meemee 

  My son is 12, going on 40. HA HA. He hates to read, and it breaks my heart. He wont read unless it is an assignment or for his book points. UGH, if you have any suggestions let me know. He is a straight A student but HATES reading. His most recent book was Eldest.

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    Kate F 

    does he like fantasy? So much good fantasy around right now. Have you tried him with angie sage or garth nix?

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    Meemee 

    I havent tried either one of those, I will have to look them up. He does like the Eragon series so yes on the fantasy. Thx.
    

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  Shan 

  We've just discovered a new book for me to read out loud to my girls, ages 7 and almost 6. It's called The Penderwicks and so far, it's great! It's about 4 sisters on a summer vacation with their father and all the adventures they have.

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    Kate F 

    I loved this book! My boys haven't read it yet but I gavve it to my 10-year old niece and she loved it too.

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  W.C. 

  My daughter is 8 and is going into 3rd grade and started reading the first book in the Vampirates series. She's really enjoying it and is looking forward the the next book in the series. I just started reading the first book in the young adult series about cats Warriors: Into the Wild. It's quite the rage right now in the middle school sector. My sister suggested it to me. I haven't been able to get into it yet because of work but I have the next two weeks off so we'll see.

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  BlueSkies 

  My children are reading Mouse TV (a picture book which shows how a family of mice are otherwise and better occupied after their TV breaks down), Dr. Seuss, Alex Rider books (older ones), Eva Ibbotson, Jonathan Stroud, Artemis Fowl, Eragon and Tamora Pierce.

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    Kate F 

    we've read most of these too! You're kids must be aged about the same as mine. i really loved Eva Ibbotson and Johnathon Stroud ...

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  Lisa M (edited)

  Two favorites that we have read over and over to our son recently are:
  
  ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most (Can make a good game of I Spy from this book)
  
  Snuggle Mountain by Lindsey Lane (find out about the two-headed monster :-)

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  ahenry262 (edited)

  My 4 yr old is loving the D.W. (Arthur's sister) books! His faves are D.W.'s guide to preschool, D.W. the picky eater, and D.W.'s lost blankie. They're too cute! We also have a couple great Usborne books about first experiences - Going to the Dentist and Going to School, which are really helpful.
  

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  badcat 

  My son LOVES the Pendragon series, artemis fowl, chronicles of narnia, borrowers, and percy jackson and the olympians. he also love the eyewitness and DK books. and anything gross, like ripley's believe it or not & guiness book of world records. can you tell he's 10? ha ha ha!!

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    Juicemom 

    I have a list of books I want my boys (7 and 10) to read over the summer, plus they can read other books of their choice. So far they have read the entire Percy Jackson and the Olympians books as their free choice books. We are also reading The Borrowers together and doing a writing curriculum.
    Their book list includes...
    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
    Because of Winn Dixie
    City of Ember
    Shiloh
    Old Yeller
    Rascal
    Hoot
    
    My 10 y.o. has read 3 from this list, and my 7 y.o. has read 1. We will take 3 books with us on vacation - actually, I'm going to try to find some of these title on CD to listen while we drive around Alaska.

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  Kate F 

  I'm reading 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett to my three - ben, aged 10, Tim, aged 7, and Ella, aged 4, and, rather to my surprise, they are loving it! i don't think i could have got the boys to read it by themselves.
  
  then Ben is reading the Garth Nix series that starts with 'Mister Monday' - he's up to Book 3, 'Drowned Wednesday'. Tim is reading the Secret Seven by Enid Blyton. and I'm also reading the usuals to Ella - 'We're going on a bear hunt', and 'Where's Spot' and pamela Allen today ....

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  Julie A 

  Tyler (17) is reading Audacity of Hope, and he's so upset that he can't vote--he won't turn 18 until December. Kristen (7) is reading Pony Pals, Pony Princess, and anything about horseback riding (she started lessons this summer, so she's pretty obsessed with horses). Mikey (3) is equally obsessed with firefighter books--everything from the library he wanted involved fire trucks or diggers. I swear, we really don't raise our children to follow traditional stereotypes--and they just naturally gravitate toward these topics. At least they love to read! :-)
  

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  Lisa M 

  Good books for a 4 year old:
  
  Mouse TV by Matt Novak
  
  and a sundry of Richard Scarry books: A Day at the Airport (look for the pig chasing his hat), Cars and Trucks and Things that Go (look for Goldbug and also Dingo and Officer Flossie), Best Mother Goose Ever--I can not emphasize enough how much fun these books are. Good for trips or just for your child to go through by themselves.

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  Stacey C 

  I don't know how old your kids are but I know that two of my all-time favorite books when I was in 3rd and 4th grade (actually they're still my all-time favorites!) were "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech and "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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  3girlsmom 

  my almost 10 yr old is finally doing harry potter. i checked out the first one on cd from the library and that is all that it took. now she is working her way quickly through the 2nd one. my 7 yr old is working her way through prince caspian and trying to do the first harry potter also. (my kids are multiple book readers like their mother)
  
  this summer though we have been doing lots of books on cd's. we can check them out from the library and then also download them to my itunes account and then put them on the ipod. we have a "fort" in the playroom and they are in there for hours listening to books on cd. right now it's nancy drew or harriet the spy in the spotlight.

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  racethom 

  Our daughter was too busy doing the school year to try to visit colleges and universities. She was also too busy during the first part of summer due to summer school. Now she is down to one class by correspondence and six projects/assignments due at the start of the fall semester. We took this opportunity to see some of the schools on her list.
  
  She took this opportunity NOT to bring any homework with her. She hadn't had a decent chance to read anything out of her extensive TBR pile since last June. During this trip she started (and finished) Sense and Sensibility. She liked it so much that she bought another book by the author while in a university campus bookstore during our trip.
  
  She also managed to visit three different schools (one in South Carolina and two in Virginia). She's done a great job of keeping the grades up in some really high difficulty classes. Now it's our turn to figure out how to afford the places she's qualified to apply to.

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    Julie A 

    We're also in the college search mode here...but haven't actually done the visits yet. Just curious--we live in SC and wondered what school you visited here? Our oldest is going to Governor's School for the Arts this fall for his senior year to study violin, and luckily lots of the big schools and conservatories recruit on his campus. We're also nervous about the $$$...here's hoping for lots of scholarships for our kiddos! :-) It's so strange...trying to focus on Ty's college applications while dealing with things like potty training our youngest--I'm tired! Best of luck to your daughter! She sounds like an amazing young woman who will do extremely well--you should be very proud!

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    racethom 

    She decided to treat this four day school visit trip as a vacation. She brought not one piece of homework with her. She instead read something out of her TBR pile: Sense and Sensibility. She liked it so much that she bought another book by the same author at a university bookstore.
    
    In SC we visited the private Davidson College. She would be eligible although we would be hard put to keep up with the tuition. After visiting the college, she decided not to apply. (As far as we can tell, she fits all of their criterion for applicants.) She thinks that the campus is nice and her life would be great there (rather pampered actually) but wants something in a larger town or city. She also is afraid that it wouldn't prepare her for "real life" where populations are larger and people are more diverse.
    
    I bet it is strange to be looking at colleges and potty training at the same time LOL! Good luck to your kiddo too re: the cost of tuition, housing, etc.
    
    ... and, yes, I'm very proud of how well our daughter is doing. She's held up her part. Now we need to make sure she can afford to go to the school of her choice.

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    Julie A 

    Our son also received info from Davidson, and I know someone who graduated from there--and honestly, she doesn't have an ounce of common sense! :-) (I'm terrible...) He's considering NYU (yikes, not sure I like that), Oberlin (great music program), Eastman (also music intensive), Northwestern, Yale, and Furman (SC--as his back-up...he's gone to music camp there several years and plays in a terrific youth orchestra there, so he should be able to get some good scholarships there.) I'm sure he'll also apply to USC, because so many of his friends are there. It's really starting to hit me--we need to be much more proactive, because it's time to get busy!
    
    Good luck to your daughter! Does she have any idea what she wants to study? Tyler will pursue music performance--but he sure will have a double major! :-)
    

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    racethom 

    Good luck to your son too.
    Some of those music programs are a bear to get into.
    The son of our neighbor down the street is going into a music program this fall.
    
    Our daughter is mostlly undecided.
    If she is pushed into declaring a major, she will try for Language Arts with a "creative" minor or double major like Interior Design or Graphic Arts.
    
    Watch those deadlines.
    Yikes!
    One is for September ... and it's not available online until September.
    It needs the usual transcripsts, SAT, more SAT, two essays, and three recommendations.
    Most of the applications, thank goodness, are for the first part of January.

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  JenineW 

  My 17 y.o. and I were talking books on the way into work this morning. He's currently reading the Xanth series (again) by Piers Anthony but wanted to make sure I knew I had to pick up the new Pendragon book (D.J. McHale) and Brisinger by Chris Paolini which I think is due out soon.

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    racethom 

    I've got most of the Xanth series on my shelves here at home.
    I was really in a "punny" mood for a while :D

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  Lindsay  

  My son has been spending a lot of time with his ABC book. He is just starting to talk and suprised me with some of the words he knows--guitar, elephant, puppy, ice cream and a lot more that I don't remember off hand.

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  Memy 

  my son is two and a half now , his favorite story right now is the Ugly duckling , he just keep looking at the pictures and he tries to repeat the story like he is reading it *cute cute cute *

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  zawadi 

  I picked up a few books for my daughter, the aspiring actress. I got her a copy of Romeo and Juliet retold by Robert Cormier which she said was okay. I also gave her collection of Shakespeare plays for students and she said she wasn't all that impressed with "Romeo and Juliet" rather she really liked "As You Like It." I recently read a different collection of Shakespeare plays for kids and I, too, enjoyed "As You Like It."
  
  I also gave her copies of After Tupac and D. Foster by Jacqueline Woodson, Money Hungry by Sharon Flake and one other I can't remember at the moment.
  
  

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  ~* Kim *~ 

  My daughter (9) is reading a few Lizzie Maguire books for the library's reading challenge.

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  Mystica (edited)

  My daughter (she's almost 2) loves reading "Fancy Nancy", "I Love You Stinky Face", "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See", "How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight", "Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy", "Good Night Moon", & "Good Night Gorilla". Oh and she really enjoys reading the Baby Einstein books. I subscribe to the Scholastic Baby Einstein Book Club and so we have a huge handful of their board books.

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  Lindsay  

  Harold and the Purple Crayon has been the favorite the last few nights.

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    Lindsay  

    I was so sick of reading our books over and over that I went to Barnes and Noble and bought four new books. Now Mathias is obsessed with Splat the Cat (I have to read it at least twice in a row) and Corduroy.

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  againstthetide 

  My kids are on their summer reading.
  
  The Hobbit for my oldest son (13) and Chasing Vermeer and The Penderwicks for my younger son (age 10). My older son said he was actually surprised at how good The Hobbit was . . .my younger son isn't a fan of reading in general so you can't take too much of what he says about any book to heart.

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  Julie A 

  Our aspiring vet Kristen (7) is now into the Animal Ark series. It's a little advanced for her as far as content (i.e. mommy dog died, Kristen was bawling), but she insists that she loves the books and wants to keep reading the series. I had the same problem with our oldest--reading level was always high, but it didn't necessarily mean that he should read some of the books on his ability level. I'm back to trying to pre-read as much as possible to avoid nightmare-provoking books! :-)

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