Summer Reading

There is no better time to read than the lazy days of summer. Sitting under a tree on a sweltering day, lounging by the pool, hiding under an umbrella at the beach. All good spots. A hammock strung between two trees would be delightful but I don't have one of those. Maybe I should put it on a dream list for the house....


Anyway, I was pondering summer reading for the boys and first thought I'd check my book shelves. Here's what I've got without having to lift a finger:

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
• Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
• The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
• Milkweed by Jerry Spnelli
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
• Lord of the Rings part 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
• Selected Poems and Letters by Emily Dickenson
• The Warriors Series by Erin Hunter (this is Nolan's favorite series and he is DYING for his brother to read some of the books. I may make book one mandatory for Nathan).

I haven't decided how to implement summer reading for the boys. They've always been fond of earning things so I may just get my creative juices flowing and see what I can come up with. It just makes things fun, I think. 

One thing we haven't done for a while is to read a book out loud as a family. I'm thinking we'll start one soon. I might read Lord of the Rings or Watership Down. We have a lot of bunnies in our yard so the boys might get a kick out of their adventures.

If you have favorite books for summer reading.....tell me, tell me!