Mother-Daughter Book Club List (part 2)
April 24, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, books, feminism, education, parenting, Karen Hesse, Sharon Creech, Annie Bryant, Katherine Paterson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Roald Dahl, Scott O'Dell, Shannon Hale, Karen Cushman, Sally Keehn, Marissa Moss, Kate Dicamillo, Brian Selznick, Laura Godwin, Ann M Martin, Ann M.M. MartinI posted yesterday about the Mother-Daughter Book Club my daughter and I have been part of for the past four years. Here are the books we read during the last two of them:
5th Grade
- Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
- Worst Enemies/Best Friends (Beacon Street Girls, volume 1) by Annie Bryant
- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
- Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
- The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
6th Grade
Catherine Called Birdie by Karen Cushman- The First Horse I See by Sally Keehn
- Hatchet Gary Paulsen
- Rachel’s Journal: the Story of a Pioneer Girl by Marissa Moss
- The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate Dicamillo
- The Doll People by Ann M. M. Martin, Laura Godwin, Brian Selznick, and Ann M. Martin
- Sahara Special by Esmé Raji Codell
- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
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April 24th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I am just incredibly touched by the whole idea of a mother-daughter book club. Several of my friends here are in similar clubs. This sort of thing was unheard of back in my youth……..
April 24th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
You are certainly reading some great books. I completely agree with you that reading with kids is a great way to encourage their reading. Plus you get to read the books yourself, which is always fun. Thanks for visiting my site! I quite enjoyed your list.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Thanks for commenting, WG & Jen! The club has been great fun. There’s about 16 of us altogether, if everyone comes. One mom and daughter pair moved a couple hours away, but they still try to drive up when they can for our Saturday afternoon meetings. At some point the moms started getting together some evenings just on our own — and this is the part of the story where the cosmopolitans come in!!
April 25th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
One of my favorite mother-daughter book club books I enjoyed with my oldest daughter was The Forest Wife. It is the story of Maid Marian, Robin and how they found their work in the world. I hope to read it with our Girl Scout troop next year.
Peace from home to the universe,
B.
April 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
How very nice to see you here again, Betsy! I’ll have to look for The Forest Wife. There are way too many good “children’s” books. It would almost be possible to skip the grown-up ones altogether. But I guess I’d miss them, too.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
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April 28th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Ruby Holler was by far my favorite, but I like Hatchet and The Tale of Despereaux too. Which is pronounced “Desperox”, I don’t care what anyone says.