Has the nice spring weather driven your children outside to soak in some natural Vitamin D and breathe in some fresh air? Are they reading less as they engage in more active pursuits? Or like my children, do they manage to combine the best of both -- reading outdoors. I'm certainly not going to criticize good ol' running and playing. But if your kids read less as they get outside more, then it's even more important to get a good book in their hands. That's what the monthly Kids' Picks carnival is all about. The third Tuesday of every month, we meet here to exchange ideas and suggestions. Ask your kids which books they read ...
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Children’s Classics Mystery Challenge – April
Yup. I know! It's that time again! Where does the time go anyway? I keep asking that question because I still don't know the answer. It's unnerving, that's what! This month I finally got around to re-reading the first book in the Trixie Belden series. Do you know Trixie? Well, as Jennifer re-descovered last month - Trixie is a fun loving thirteen year old. If you recall, I kicked off this challenge by reading Robin Kane who is also 13 years old, but Trixie is infinitely more tolerable than Robin! Trixie is smart. She has a good head on her shoulders. She is respectful of authorities (most especially her parents!), is a good friend, likes to have a good time and loves horses as I'm pretty sure every young girl has at some point in time during the course of ...
All about 5 Minutes for Books
Welcome -- Ultimate Blog Party-hoppers -- to 5 Minutes for Books! Regular readers -- you might find out something new too, so I hope you read and comment. We are a sister site to 5 Minutes for Mom, and we have a wonderful team of reviewers who each have a different favorite type of book. That means we can offer all sorts of reviews, hopefully providing you with recommendations on the type of book YOU are looking for: Fiction Non-fiction Memoir Books for Babies Books for Preschoolers Books for School-aged kids Books for Tweens and Teens You can browse all of these categories by using the Category menu on the left hand side. If you are looking for a review about a specific book, search by title using the awesome Lijit search box on the right side of the NavBar. The best of the best ...
I Read It — April
Remember we've changed things up a bit. Instead of only linking thoughts and reviews of books that we recommended here at 5 Minutes for Books or in our column at 5 Minutes for Mom, we invite you to share a review that you read at anyone's recommendation. You can link up any review from the previous month that shares that information. If you don't share that information in your reviews, then write a new post for I Read It! and link back to the reviews as you add in the information. It would be nice if you point your readers to this page so that they can check out the reviews that others link up as well. For ease in surfing, leave the title of the book in the linky, along with your blog name. Non-bloggers are welcome to participate in the comment section. Find out ...
Readable Classics
Before I started my own blog in January of 2007, I followed several blogs daily (yes, I was a lurker). One of the blog topics that always captured my attention was books/reading. I love to read, so I enjoyed following along with reading challenges and blogs about books. As soon as I started my own site, I jumped into the reading community by participating in challenges; and eventually, I became a contributor at 5 Minutes for Books. I have always been a reader, but reading challenges and my work with 5 Minutes for Books have helped me to expand my horizons in a very specific way: I now read classics—for fun. I first joined the classics scene by reading all of Jane Austen's books (it seemed that everyone in Blogland adored Jane), and since then, I ...
Fireworks over Toccoa Discussion Questions
The Fireworks over Toccoa reviews have been posted (and are still being posted). Please check them out if you are curious if this is a book that you or your bookclub would enjoy. But now, I want to invite any of you who have already read the book to join in our Bookclub chat, for the "Fireworks over Toccoa Bookclub." There is a linky on the bottom of the post, so if you are a blogger, I invite you to write your responses on your blog and a link up (As always -- you can respond to any or all of the questions, or mention other themes you saw in this book apart from the questions). If you aren't a blogger, join the discussion via the comment section below. A good review should never contain SPOILERS, but the ...
Fireworks over Toccoa Reviews
Thanks to all the bloggers and bookclubs who responded to our call out for reviews of Jeffrey Stepakoff's Fireworks over Toccoa. This is the post for you to link up your reviews. It's my thought that this review would not include spoilers, because who likes that?? Obviously you can discuss the major plot line (anything covered in the amazon.com editorial reviews is fair game), but not the specific plot twists and resolution. However, I think that to really discuss this book, to express your feelings about the book, you have to discuss some of the plot. Do you agree? In the next couple of days, I will post some discussion questions. I will include a separate linky at that time, and those who want to really share thoughts about the book can link ...
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