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spreading the word on delightful children's literature
It’s time for another Orange Marmalade Book Give-Away!! 
odles of other categories out there. What would you be interested in? 
The picture books are the kid-tested, kid-approved favorite, Where’s Spot, by Eric Hill 
plus one of those delightful stories about Mrs. Large and family — A Piece of Cake, by Jill Murphy. The chapter book give-away is the 
classic Beverly Cleary tale, The Mouse and the Motorcycle. You choose what suits you. 
5 books of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome
How about 5 books about the Civil War?
Love your blog!
other cultures
bible/spiritual
good learn to read books
I am behind on reading your posts, but I have loved reading the books you have recommended. This morning I read my boys two of the books you recommended about New York. I also read a few about blueberries which I believe you had also suggested. My favorite though was about homes/houses because I had forgotten about a well-loved childhood favorite, “We were Tired of Living in a house” with illustrations by Doris Burn.
How about peaches, scouting (boy scouts), or pianos? These are a few of our activities at the moment.
Your blog is simply wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing your love of beautiful books.
I am wondering if you know of any good books to read aloud to my students during the first week or two of school. (4th & 5th grades) Maybe something about a new child at school, playground behavior, making friends, etc. It doesn’t have to be long or too serious, but perhaps there is something with a good message that can help start things off on the right foot.
Thanks!
Hope all is well.
I would love some recommendations for challenging books for advanced readers. I have a 10-year old who reads voraciously. I find it hard to find books that can challenge her as a reader, but that are still age appropriate in their themes.
I so enjoy the blog! Right now we are reading the Henry Reed books you recommended as read-alouds. My 8-year old boys are LOVING them and have declared them their new favorites. Thanks for the introduction.
Here are a few suggestions:
Friends
Moon and stars
Brothers and sisters
Food
Travels/Journeys
Adventure
Make Believe/Fantasy
City Life
Country Life
Gardening/Farming
Winter
Summer
Spring
Autumn
Hey, this is fun…I think of a few and the ideas just start flowing.
Ahh – Scattegories!! 🙂
A – Arctic, apples, Adirondacks, art, Asia
B – balloons, baboons, beetles, beagles, Bach
David says 5 books about Casablanca would be great to help us (and our boys!) prepare for our 14-hour layover there in January:) NOT that we have a library we could find said books at, but that’s his suggestion.
I (Katie) think 5 books on parenting, but for children, would be very interesting:) Can we both be entered in the drawing?:)
I also want to second Bekah’s request for books that are good for advanced readers as I have friends who have also scrambled in that area…and we’ll be there someday. In that vein, maybe even just adding to existing and future posts a category called advanced readers, and/or pre-readers and/or intermediate readers, to complement your existing “early readers” category could be really helpful.
Lastly, I really like Edith’s ideas of siblings, seasons, gardening, and farming. Which also gives me the idea–how about 5 books on pressure cookers/canning/food preserving? I can’t remember if you’ve highlighted Blueberries for Sal already or not, but there are surely some other gems out there too!
p.s. I wouldn’t be annoyed if you linked every single one of your posts to FB to help me (us?) remember to keep up with you! 🙂