Books - Fiction
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Boys and Books
A large focus of education today is illiteracy and in particular illiteracy and boys. The solution of many educators is to encourage boys to read extreme ‘twaddle’, books such as Captain Underpants and Santa Did a Fart! In my opinion and many others, including author Max Elliot Anderson this is not the solution. From their earliest years we have read to our boys; adventure, mystery and fantasy, nature and historical novels. Many of these books feature boys; boys achieving brave and daring deeds, solving crime, surviving in the wilderness, being courageous and chivalrous. Our boys have many favourites and everyday will find them spending an hour or more enjoying the…
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Brotherly Love
Recently Carpenter read the entire Hobbit to his siblings. This was a lovely week that I just had to capture and share:)
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New Release! Ranger’s Apprentice
There has been great excitement in out house, Australian writer John Flanagan has published his eighth book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. “Set in the mythical land of Araluen, the series follows the adventures of Will, a small and lively 15 year old boy living in medieval Castle Redmont. Rejected for training as a warrior-knight, Will is apprenticed instead to the Ranger Corps – a mysterious group who act as the King’s eyes and ears throughout Araluen and beyond its shores. As an Apprentice Ranger, Will is trained to be an expert archer and knife thrower, as well as learning the skills of silent, unseen movement, tracking and concealment. Gradually,…
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Koala has read her 60 Books!!
Koala has finished her bookworm! As I shared previously she had to read 60, it sounds like alot, but well, she is a speed reader and an incredibly voracious reader so it seemed fairly comparable to the boys’ target. Due to my rules, she has only just completed her target, truth be told in this time period she has most likely read 180 books but Trixie Belden and Enid Blyton don’t cut the ice with me. I thought it may be of interest to share her list here for those readers whom like me are constantly on the look out for book lists. The list is rather eclectic reflecting the…
