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03-26-2014, 01:01 PM
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read aloud road trip suggestions...
we're going on a little road trip this weekend [crossing fingers that no one else gets sick] and am wanting a really great book to read aloud to my boys during the journey. they're 8, 5, & 2.5.
was thinking about the first Harry Potter... any thoughts or suggestions? would love something adventurous & imaginative.
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03-26-2014, 01:12 PM
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I was going to suggest Harry Potter.
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03-26-2014, 01:13 PM
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Hmm... I don't know... my seven year old doesn't like adventure aka scary to him... haha... we have been reading Homer Price, he has been "sneaking" reading it between our read alouds... not that I mine one bit!
 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766917.Homer_Price
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03-26-2014, 01:42 PM
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I think HP is going to be out. I think it might be too scary for them... my boys cannot do scary.
was also thinking on the Earthsea Series by Ursula Le Guin... it's been a long time since i read them & can't recall if they're scary or not.
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03-26-2014, 01:49 PM
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Percy Jackson
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03-26-2014, 02:13 PM
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I seem to recall an author named Garth Nix for fantasy type books.
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03-26-2014, 02:18 PM
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My kids have never really taken to fantasy adventure, but I've found Roald Dahl chapter books span age ranges well; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, etc. Both of mine at ages 5 and 8 liked Indian in the Cupboard too.
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03-26-2014, 02:34 PM
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Hank the Cowdog!
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03-26-2014, 02:39 PM
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The Mysterious Benedict Society is really fun to read aloud.
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03-26-2014, 02:43 PM
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Here's a few on my list to borrow from the library next: James and the Giant Peach The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (read by Paul Newman) The Jungle Book Doctor De Soto
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03-26-2014, 06:22 PM
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One of my absolute favorite series of books when I was a kid were the Encyclopedia Brown stories. I think your boys will like the mysteries and interaction with the stories is essential as the reader helps to solve the cases. They're pretty fun and definitely not scary.
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03-27-2014, 03:38 PM
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Awesome tips! I will check them out for my boys too!
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03-27-2014, 03:46 PM
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03-28-2014, 12:04 AM
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 . It's fantastic and he listens to it over and over and over.I personally think it's an excellent book and WAY better than of those movies. As for James and the Giant Peach, I think he overplayed the 'wicked step mother' a bit to much. My son didn't really go for that book.
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03-28-2014, 12:08 AM
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We also LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE all of the Humphrey books by Betty Birney. The first book is the weakest and then they just get better and better. My son's favorite is 'Summer According to Humphrey' where they go to summer camp. The 10th book came out in January and we have eagerly purchased the whole collection.
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03-28-2014, 12:10 AM
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Another one that might work for multiple ages is 'Half Magic' by Edward Eager. It's an older book and as such has wonderful language, which I really enjoyed reading. And the story itself is really intriguing with magic only 1/2 way!!
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03-28-2014, 10:48 AM
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mine are about those ages and we recently did A Wrinkle in Time, and they loved it. now we're working on Peter Pan and the boys are liking it WAY more. it's so different than the Disney movie. in the past the big boys and I have read aloud the Ramona books and Stuart Little and some of the Hardy Boys books. the boys REALLY like the Ramona books.
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03-28-2014, 10:50 AM
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I will say that Peter Pan was a sort of slow start and kind of wordy, but once you get into it it's really great.
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03-28-2014, 09:02 PM
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city of ember!!!!
or the tale of despereaux or we are reading this series with my boys on the kindle... http://www.amazon.com/Loogie-Booger-.../dp/1479272019 loogie the booger genie about a prince that gets shrunk and put in a bottle and accidently stuck in a kids nose...his name is Lugar..but they call him Loogie.. pure hilarious...we are on the 3rd one now...fun to read outloud
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