Allie loves to read. She is a girl after my own heart. She is happiest buried under her down comforter and nestled into her down pillows, losing herself in a good book. Piper is not as much of a reader, preferring to play American Girl dolls and create stop-animation videos in her spare time, but when she is reading something particularly riveting, I have caught her burrowed under the covers of her bed in the middle of the afternoon and she tells me, "Mom, this book is SO good, I just can't stop reading it!" When that happens, I will add to this list!
We have a monthly Mother-Daughter Book Club (that Allie started with some of her friends) and we generally focus on classic children's literature. I sometimes ask the girls to read a certain biography or non-fiction book, but otherwise I leave them to their own devices and have found that they really do read across genres.
I will do my best to keep this list updated. Often, Allie will tell me how good a book is and become animated as she relates the details of plot and summary; when that happens, I will add those books to this list. This list can be accessed by a button in the sidebar of my blog.
A * symbolizes that both of my girls would put this book in the category of "One of the Best Books I Ever Read!"
We have a monthly Mother-Daughter Book Club (that Allie started with some of her friends) and we generally focus on classic children's literature. I sometimes ask the girls to read a certain biography or non-fiction book, but otherwise I leave them to their own devices and have found that they really do read across genres.
I will do my best to keep this list updated. Often, Allie will tell me how good a book is and become animated as she relates the details of plot and summary; when that happens, I will add those books to this list. This list can be accessed by a button in the sidebar of my blog.
A * symbolizes that both of my girls would put this book in the category of "One of the Best Books I Ever Read!"
Allie's Favorite Books:
Biographies
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Fiction
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Penderwicks by Jeanna Birdsall (Allie recommends the entire series!)
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead *
101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith (this is the original, not the Disney version)
Historical Fiction
Come Juneteenth by Anne Rinaldi
Piper's Favorite Books
Biography
Steve Jobs: American Genuis by Amanda Ziller
Fiction
Lynn Visible by Julia DeVillers
