Weekends with Max and His Dad. Written by Linda Urban this is a story about Max and the weekends he spends with his dad after his parents have split up. A 3rd grade boy adjusting to life in two households. It's an adjustment for both Max and his dad. My son likes this book because "Max is a real boy mom. He does things I would do."
I like that Max is just a nice boy, His dad seems like a real man, trying to help his boy adjust to a new way for their family to live. A new building, with new people and new challenges.. even to the finding of a new sofa. Each weekend Max and his dad embark on a new adventure. They help each other out and this is good, this is how families operate.
I have to personally admit to being sad that Max is in this situation, of having to learn to spread his time out between his dad and his mom. I am though delighted in how Ms. Urban writes the story to show how together families can make things work even if they are difficult. This book a review from Raincoast books.
I like that Max is just a nice boy, His dad seems like a real man, trying to help his boy adjust to a new way for their family to live. A new building, with new people and new challenges.. even to the finding of a new sofa. Each weekend Max and his dad embark on a new adventure. They help each other out and this is good, this is how families operate.
I have to personally admit to being sad that Max is in this situation, of having to learn to spread his time out between his dad and his mom. I am though delighted in how Ms. Urban writes the story to show how together families can make things work even if they are difficult. This book a review from Raincoast books.
Pages of History, Volume 2. This book is part of our Veritas Press history studies. I am so glad that I bought the books to go along with them history. Occasionally as I read through the Pages of History with my lad he would blurt out things he was learning from his studies. Why does my lad like this book? "I like how the animals talk and tell them things. I think it's good that Lance is learning that God is important and listens to us."
God King. A story in the Days of King Hezekiah. Oh my, did we enjoy this book. Joanne Williamson wrote a compelling story full of intrigue and careful thought. A lad who unexpectedly becomes Pharoah, thinking all the while that there has been a grievous error. A threat to his life, a threat to another land, a threat to his own. How will it all work out. Clever escapes, interesting characters, growth in Taharka turning from a boy to a man, from an unconvinced Pharoah to a chosen God-King. To cap it off we learned that much of the story was true (my lad was SO delighted by that).
We finished the fifth book (The Brightest Night) in the series Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland. In this book, the Dragonets finally find a way to stop the war. They stopped it in a way we didn't expect and the lad was impressed at how smart little Sunny was.
We often stopped while reading, to sing the Dragonets of Prophecy song.
The Dragonets are coming,
They're coming to save the day.
They're coming to fight for they know what is right
The dragonets hooray (and repeat)
Admittedly we sing it to a different tune than what's implied in the book or in the videos.
I found this video of the actual prophecy.
We often stopped while reading, to sing the Dragonets of Prophecy song.
The Dragonets are coming,
They're coming to save the day.
They're coming to fight for they know what is right
The dragonets hooray (and repeat)
Admittedly we sing it to a different tune than what's implied in the book or in the videos.
I found this video of the actual prophecy.
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