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Children who chase squirrels and other daily events
There were so many things I loved about this book. I certainly enjoyed reading it. But there were so many things I didn’t enjoy, and so every time I thumb through my bookcase of middle grade and...
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A Fairy Tale book that is not too simple and not too violent but just right...
Ah, my poor holiday-neglected blog! I have not forgotten about you! In fact, the holidays have given me a lot to write about, but I’m going to focus on fairy tales today because I am really excited...
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Geek out with Harry Potter literary analysis
Hardison, the computer geek character in Leverage, my current favorite TV show, is fond of saying “It’s the age of the geek!” And looking at Google and Facebook alone, it’s hard to argue that,...
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Aristocratic mice
I picked up this book for one reason: the cover. I LOVED the cover–its old-fashioned look, its promise of an adventurous tale, and the look of the well-dressed, aristocratic mice brave enough for...
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The haunting song of the mockingjay
I was SO excited for this book. I LOVED the first two in the series (Hunger Games and Catching Fire, in case you are either from another planet, or maybe don’t have a teenage daughter around), and...
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Would you want a gift from a fairy? Maybe not.
C.S. Lewis once said “Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” I don’t know this because I am intellectual enough to remember profound quotes by famous people, but rather...
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Fast-paced mythological fun
Rick Riordan, author of the mega-smash hit series about Percy Jackson and the Olympians, almost makes my days in the Junior Classical League cool again. (In case you missed JCL while you were off doing...
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Putting Down Roots
Hi! I’m so excited to introduce Kathy Higgs-Coultard, who is a new contributing writer for The Family That Reads Together. This post is great timing for me as my son and I just planted our first...
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Dystopian Fantasy: The End of the World as We Know it
Dystopian Fantasy: The End of the World as We Know It by Katherine Higgs-Coulthard Hunger Games Divergent The Maze Runner Ender’s Game What do these books have in common? a) They’re great books that...
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when your early reader is (not) a robot
by Wendy Lawrence At some point, early readers (the people) get tired of the early readers (the books). For my first son, this was before he even opened them. I think I bought one or two out of a sense...
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