I read about this challenge over at U Krakovianki and got excited about how we could implement it here- Me, Jack & Lily.

 

So I put it to the kiddos like this: choose 5 books from our book shelves that you haven't read yet, read through them from now until January 30, make at least 2 literature notebook entries by January 30, and I will take you out to lunch(actually I only offered a choice of Chineese food or subs).

 

I made this incredible offer a couple of days ago and told them to have their booklists to me in 48 hours if they wanted to accept the challenge. They were on my desk by that afternoon!! But my book list....oh, I agonized over choosing which 5 books I would commit to read. I knew I needed to choose some Christmas books or I would not get through December. But now I have my list and I must admit I am excited to get started!

 

My List:

Cross Creek   by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

 

Once There Was a Farm   by Virginia Bell Dabney

 

The Irrational Season  by Madeleine L'Engle

 

The Christmas Bower   by Polly Redford

 

A Christmas Book  by Elizabeth Goudge

 

Jack's List:

Compassionate Conservatism  by Marvin Olasky

 

History of the English Speaking People by Winston Churchill

 

A Man Called Intrepid by William Stevenson

 

Don Quixote  by Cervantes

 

The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean

 

Lily's List:

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

 

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

 

Mossflower  by Brian Jacques

 

Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride

 

Alice-all-by-Herself by Elizabeth Coatsworth

 

Anyone else care to join us? Not for lunch , I mean to read 5 never-read-before already-owned books by Januray 30.