Good Reads for Kids

Clay and I each have our own read a loud books with the kids.  I wonder if that's weird, but it just so happened that way.  I think this evolved because we were reading The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis and Clay was SO into it that I didn't want to read it during the day without him!  I read to the kids during breakfast and lunch.  This works out so well because everyone is still and quiet.  :)   I love that whenever I stop to eat a few bites of my meal I can see that the kids are dying to know what happens.

There are two new books that we recently completed , the kids and I loved them!

The first is Thunder From the Sea.  I particularly liked this one because it was about a little boy and sometimes I feel like we read a lot of books about little girls.  I could be off on that though.  This book will make you consider getting a Newfoundland, or at least it made me do so.  :)   This book is about becoming part of a family, forgiveness, and perseverance.  It contains a lot of adventure so whenever I would pause the kids would yell, "keep reading!!"  I loved it. 

The second book we just finished is Because of Winn-Dixie.  I feel badly about this, but I judged this book before we read it.  I remembered checking the movie out from the library and thinking it was stupid.  I should have known the book would be so much better.  In fact, I loved it!  Her characters are so well developed!  I just grabbed this off the shelf because we had just finished reading Thunder and we were in a pinch.  It turned out to be wonderful.  I love the lessons you learn from this book.  We are all suffering, you may not know how someone is struggling, but we all need love and forgiveness. 

Happy Reading!!!!