I've created a summer reading list for Golden Delicious and Braeburn. So far, no one has taken me up on my tempting selections though. Golden Delicious started Johnny Tremain. And Braeburn has started Whatever Happened to Penny Candy. But I have been having a great time reading some of these books. So here they are, and what I think of them so far:
- Richest Man in Babylon. Very fun, especially where "the phonecians are scoundrels and sell him glass beads..." I especially like its sound advice amidst all this strange financial mumbo jumbo stuff you hear about these days.
- Johnny Tremain. One of my favorites about the Revolutionary War.
- Whatever Happened to Penny Candy and Whatever Happened to Justice, both by Richard Maybury. I just finished these and LOVED them. They are on a junior high level, but the ideas in them are timeless and very thought provoking.
- The Bronze Bow. Another favorite.
- If You Want to be Rich and Happy, Don't Go to School? I tried to slog through this, but it was kind of dull. Braeburn likes the title though!
- Peggy Noonan Speech Writing Book. Well, that's not really the title, it's a library book, and we had to take it back. But Peggy Noonan was President Reagans speech writer and her book on how to write a speech is excellent.
- Adam of the Road. We read this a few years ago in home school, but since the kids went to England, I thought it would be fun to re-read it.
That's it! Want to join us??
1 comment:
I've only read the first two on your list. The only "English class required reading" book I thought was worthwhile was "Too Kill a Mockingbird." If you added that to your list, then you could watch Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and do a compare/contrast... Nah, that's way too much like homework!
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