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    After a short summer break, our book club girls are back at it – and this month, we had a blast!  We read “Pippi Longstocking” and found a million things to do with this book.   After summarizing and talking about the story, we moved into the kitchen to make pancakes –not Pippi style.… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition – Pippi Longstocking

  This past weekend we took our book club skills on the road for our fanciest book club event so far – by far.     We traveled to Durham to see a performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.   It was a wonderful evening.   To get us started, we bought our tickets and planned… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: The Nutcracker

It’s that time again – Book Club time!  The girls read A New Home for Lily by Suzanne Woods Fisher and Maryann Kinsinger, and the general consensus was fantastic.  The girls discussed this book more than they had any other and all agreed that they’re looking forward to the next book in the series.   After… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition – “A New Home for Lily” by Suzanne Woods Fisher

  This month the girls read Life with Lily by Suzanne Woods Fisher and Mary Ann Kinsinger.  This book was a huge hit!  The second in the series comes out in a few weeks, and they’ve already voted to add it to their reading list.   After talking about the book, everyone headed into the… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: “Life with Lily” by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Yesterday we went on a a safari. A safari in the backyard, that is.  A group of friends ages 7 through 9 came over, ready to have fun with the book Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures:  The Great African Discovery. We love the Flat Stanley books.  They’re great for guiding a study of another country in… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: Flat Stanley’s African Safari Discovery

The girls read a book full of fast-paced adventure this month:  The Door to Time, a Ulysses Moore mystery.  This is the first in a twelve-book series that involves magic, time travel, secret codes, lots of intrigue, and quite a bit of  independence.  The main characters are three pre-teens who work together well and acknowledge… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: “The Door to Time”

This month the girls tackled their hardest book to date:  Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet.  Chasing Vermeer is a philosophical mystery involving an international community, a centuries-old painting, and a criminal mastermind.   Inherent to the story, at least to us, were Calder’s pentominoes.  These puzzle shapes can be put together to make rectangles, and… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: “Chasing Vermeer” by Blue Balliet

This month the girls’ read A Crazy Christmas Angel Mystery by Beverly Lewis.  It’s a fun story in which a new neighbor moves in, and he has mysterious angels that fly around his head at night.  The Cul-de-Sac kids can’t wait to figure out what sort of angels these are, and they go caroling to investigate.… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: ” A Crazy Christmas Angel Mystery”

  We hosted another fun book club event this week.  This time the girls read “The Castle Mystery” which is part of the Boxcar Children series.  In this story, the Aldens travel to a friend’s former home, which just happens to be a small castle that’s nestled on a cliff above a lake. They plan… Continue reading Book Club: “The Castle Mystery”