Everything but the Horse by Holly Hobbie is absolutely wonderful. I love Holly Hobbie! This book is actually a story from her childhood, and we really enjoyed it. When she was a young girl, Holly Hobbie and her family moved to the country where she quickly became accustomed to a life full of animals. The one animal she really wanted was a horse, but her family members had many reasons why they should not have a horse. At the end of the book, Holly Hobbie has a birthday and a special present is waiting for her in the barn. I'm not telling what it is though! You will have to read the book to find out if she gets that horse. I have to mention that C's favorite part of this book is the mention of the outhouse that Holly and her family had to use. Only boys will find potty humor in a Holly Hobbie book!
The Pirate Cruncher by Jonny Duddle is a fun book about Captain Purplebeard and his crew. They set out to find an island packed with treasure, and they ignore all of the warnings along the way. This book teaches a great lesson about greed and the trouble that can come from it. It's also a fun read, with just enough pirate lingo to make it fun for the kids and tolerable for Mom!
Almost Unschoolers recently recommended two books that we read this week.
The first is Chibi, A True Story from Japan by Barbara Brenner and Julia Takaya. This is a sweet story about a family of ducks in Japan. C really enjoyed this book; the two of us held our breath as the ducks crossed an eight lane avenue, escaped from mean swans, and tried to survive a typhoon.
The second book recommended by Almost Unschoolers is Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa. Ojiisan, the oldest and wealthiest man in the village, watches a rice ceremony from his balcony and soon realizes that a monster wave pulling away from the beach is the beginning of a tsunami. The villagers at the ceremony have no idea that they are in danger, and Ojiisan makes a sacrifice that saves hundreds of lives. I definitely wondered if reading this book after C and R saw a little of the recent news coverage would frighten them. They don't really seem upset by it. I think it is difficult to grasp the reality of a tsunami, and I also think they may have categorized this event as something that happened on television.
I am linking this to What My Child is Reading at Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns.
8 comments:
Every single one of these books looks wonderful! Do you remember liking Holly Hobbie as a girl? I do, I remember an easy bake type oven I had that was Holly Hobbie.
Joe would love The Pirate Cruncher.
The other books are also ones I'm off to hopefully request from our library now. Thank you!
Here's that oven for old times sake--LOL!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Coleco-HOLLY-HOBBIE-1978-Old-Fashioned-Easy-Bake-Oven-/270691541467?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f067921db#ht_500wt_725
That Tsunami book sounds kind of morbid!
Abby would like the first book.
The story by Holly Hobbie sounds great! I'll have to look for that one.
We also recently read the two titles you mentioned, recommended by Almost Unschoolers, as part of a study of Japan we've been doing. We enjoyed both books.
Those first two would be wildly popular here.
The two Japan books I'm going to wait on until we study Japan, but I'm eagerly looking forward to those, they look cool.
Thanks for joining WMCIR! We also love Holly Hobbie books, and I want to look for your first pick!
I love Holly Hobbie as well!
These look like great books, Christy! I just put them all on hold--except The Pirate-Cruncher which the N'ville library system doesn't have. Thanks for sharing! :)
All those books sound great!
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