We have had fun hearing from everyone about their favorite books ... these include DragonBreath, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Heidi Heckelbeck, among others. Several Explorers got so interested by the short introduction to different books that they checked a copy out of the library. We will continue to do these "Book Talks" throughout the year to share our great reads and excite interest in a variety of different books. We have a "Reading Circle" of different genres in our Reading Journal, and Mrs. M has challenged the Explorers to try to read one book from each category this year.
We read a bit on our own every day, and are currently listening to Mrs. M read "The Twenty One Balloons," a Newberry Medal fantasy-adventure by William Pene Du Bois which relates the amazing and whimsical tale of Professor William Waterman Sherman's disastrous balloon trip, and his dramatic collision with the diamond-rich, volcanic island of Krakatoa and the eccentric, innovative society of people who live there.
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