Maria and I take a long time to get through a chapter book. We'll read 10 pages and then won't pick up the book again for a month. Last week, we finally finished reading Mary Poppins Opens the Door (the third book in the Poppins series). Mary Poppins is as stern as ever and comes and goes with the wind (literally), but I do like her. Maybe it's that tough love streak in me that corresponds with M.P. Who knows.
Maria's been home sick from school for a few days this week, so we've started a new book, The Hobbit. Yesterday, even though Maria was tired and feverish and listening with her eyes closed, she was chuckling as each of the dwarves comes into Bilbo's cozy hobbit hole expecting tea, coffee, beer, and all of his seed-cakes. It is such a pleasure to read this book out loud. I read it to Olivia when she was much younger, and although she benefited from hearing the beautiful language and enjoyed the story, perhaps Maria, at almost seven, will get more out of it. And maybe we'll finish before the movie is made.
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Poor Maria. I hope she feels better soon.
I have fond memories of my dad reading to me from chapter books. We got through The Wizard of Oz, Charlotte's Web, and yes, The Hobbit, among others.
Tell Maria I hope she gets well soon.
My dad read me The Hobbit, 5 pages at a time, over a greatly extended period of time. I loved every second of it, but had no idea there was an actualy plot--the time between 5-page readings was so long that I never remembered what had been happening. Tragically, it wasn't until I saw the cartoon movie that I really got an idea of a storyline. I have, of course, since read The Hobbit myself and gotten the proper sequence of events from the words of the author.
I too hope Maria gets well soon. I'm glad you're having this bonding time, though!
A little off-topic, but has anyone seen this?
http://finance.comcast.net/www/news.html?x=http://absorigins.comcast.net/data/news/2008/03/20/916551.xml
Looks like Borders might be having some difficulties. And the article also mentions that B&N's profits declined 9% during the last quarter. :\ I guess it's a tough time overall, though.
~Lisa
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