Category Archives: Classics

Classics Bookclub — Pride and Prejudice preview

As you know, we are in the throes of our first Classics Bookclub, reading my favorite novel of all time, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Don’t worry, you’ve still got a couple of weeks before we all post our wrap ups, but I thought I’d give you a few questions to be thinking about as…

Books on Screen:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Reading around the suggestions that people made for Children’s Classics Chapter books this week has just made me smile. Each post I read either uncovers a memory from my own reading childhood, or Amanda’s or has given me a great new book to add to “the list”. One author that appeared more than once was…

Children’s Classics — Chapter Books

Welcome to the first Children’s Classics carnival, which will be held here on the second Tuesday of each month. This month we are focusing on Chapter Books for the “middle grade” reader (8 – 12). In the main Children’s Classics post, I gave a few suggestions to get your review juices flowing. You can use…

Children’s Classics

Next Tuesday I’d like to invite you to join us for the monthly Children’s Classics carnival. Some people are passionate about children’s literature. I’d love to tap into your expertise or simply allow you to share your opinions about what you like as recommendations for your children, or even what you enjoy for yourself as…

Classics Bookclub

I’d like to invite you to participate in another monthly feature here at 5 Minutes for Books. Once a month we will host Classics Bookclub. The schedule for previous and future months can be found at our Join In page under the header. It will occur on the first Tuesday of the month. This first…