Kate DiCamillo strikes again! Ben read Beth's copy of Tale of Despereaux this week and loved it. So I went to the library and picked up two more books authored by her, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and Tiger Rising. Ben has read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane in 24 hours (just reading before bedtime, not during the day). He fell in love with this book, too.
When he was in first grade his teacher Mrs. Langley read Because of Winn Dixie to the class. He said it was a very good book. He has declared his new favorite author to be Kate DiCamillo.
Thank you, Kate, for pulling my son away from his Nintendo DS with your magical stories!
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.
And then, one day, he was lost.
Kate DiCamillo and Bagram Ibatoulline take us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown a true miracle — that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
That's a sneak peak of some great pictures Melissa Laird took of us!
Anybody have other good book suggestions for Ben as he seems much better than me at staying on top of his reading list? What is he going to be required to read in 4th grade?
