Comments on: Books That Get You Hooked! http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/ homeschool tips, printables, curriculum reviews, and more Tue, 22 May 2012 20:47:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Serena http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14773 Serena Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:17:15 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14773 I can't say that there is one book or one series that got me hooked on reading... I've been compulsively reading since before I can remember! There are some series I remember very fondly though... the Boxcar children (for awhile, I did get tired of that series), & Little House on the Prairie (still love it!) are two of them. Great books. :) Have any of your kids ever read "Where the Red Fern Grows?" If they haven't, I would really recommend it! An older gentleman comes into the 4th grade classes where I grew up, and read that to us. I still love re-reading it... That will ALWAYS be one of my favorites! I can’t say that there is one book or one series that got me hooked on reading… I’ve been compulsively reading since before I can remember! There are some series I remember very fondly though… the Boxcar children (for awhile, I did get tired of that series), & Little House on the Prairie (still love it!) are two of them. Great books. :)

Have any of your kids ever read “Where the Red Fern Grows?” If they haven’t, I would really recommend it! An older gentleman comes into the 4th grade classes where I grew up, and read that to us. I still love re-reading it… That will ALWAYS be one of my favorites!

]]> By: Laura@HeavenlyHomemakers http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14724 Laura@HeavenlyHomemakers Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:43:52 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14724 ooh, I remember reading "My Side of the Mountain" when I was young! I forgot all about that book. I loved it! Thanks for the reminder! ooh, I remember reading “My Side of the Mountain” when I was young! I forgot all about that book. I loved it! Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Iowa Expat http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14722 Iowa Expat Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:32:42 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14722 I have loved to read for as long as I can remember--read anything I picked up, including cereal boxes! I'm pretty certain I memorized the Little House on the Prarie series. This book fascinated me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Owned_a_City I did lots of encyclopedia research following the read (I waaaaay predate the internets!) I have loved to read for as long as I can remember–read anything I picked up, including cereal boxes! I’m pretty certain I memorized the Little House on the Prarie series. This book fascinated me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Owned_a_City
I did lots of encyclopedia research following the read (I waaaaay predate the internets!)

]]> By: Emily http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14721 Emily Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:21:14 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14721 I have a question. You said that these books made your reluctant reader a reader. What age was this? I have a 7yr old that I am trying to get into reading. We homeschool and we finished 1st grade this year. Right now he enjoys the Hank the Cowdog books, but I have to read them to him. I am looking for books that he could read and that would make him want to read. Am I trying to do this too early? Do I need to just keep reading to him? Thanks for any advise you have. I have a question. You said that these books made your reluctant reader a reader. What age was this? I have a 7yr old that I am trying to get into reading. We homeschool and we finished 1st grade this year. Right now he enjoys the Hank the Cowdog books, but I have to read them to him. I am looking for books that he could read and that would make him want to read. Am I trying to do this too early? Do I need to just keep reading to him?
Thanks for any advise you have.

]]> By: The Happier Husband http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14706 The Happier Husband Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:13 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14706 Farly Mowat - Owls in the Family was another hook book for me. Our family loves it and it is a great read aloud for the younger kids as well. The Narnia series was also a big reason to read when I was younger. Farly Mowat – Owls in the Family was another hook book for me. Our family loves it and it is a great read aloud for the younger kids as well.

The Narnia series was also a big reason to read when I was younger.

]]> By: Kim http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14700 Kim Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:35:16 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14700 Oh my goodness all those series mentioned bring back memories. I think it started with the Boxcar children since we had just moved to the country ourselves, followed by The babysitter club Little House on the Prairie Nancy Drew / Hardy Boys Anne of Green Gables Goosebumps came around 3rd grade, and those choose your own story books where so much fun. I would spend hours back tracking and trying to make the story last its longest possible, with a happy ending. Oh my goodness all those series mentioned bring back memories.
I think it started with the Boxcar children since we had just moved to the country ourselves, followed by
The babysitter club
Little House on the Prairie
Nancy Drew / Hardy Boys
Anne of Green Gables
Goosebumps came around 3rd grade,
and those choose your own story books where so much fun. I would spend hours back tracking and trying to make the story last its longest possible, with a happy ending.

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14685 Anne-Marie Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:32:16 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14685 As a child, I hated reading books. It wasn't that I couldn't read or that I struggled to read. I loved words, just hated reading. Oddly, I spent my summers and any free time typing or writing my own stories. The book that got me hooked, I would not read until I was 26...Left Behind, the first book in the series. I devoured it and the 5-6 other books in the series that were already out at the time. Jerry Jenkins made me an avid reader. I now have to get a book fix quite often. On another note, if you have not, you should rent the 1939 Nancy Drew movies. There are only 4 (2-discs w/2 each). The actress who plays Nancy, Bonita Granville, also fits perfectly into your Disney series. Her and her husband, Jack Wrather, made Walt Disney an offer he couldn't refuse. Walt had built Disneyland and was basically out of funds. The Wrather's felt that Disneyland needed a hotel, so they offered to build it & Walt agreed. As a child, I hated reading books. It wasn’t that I couldn’t read or that I struggled to read. I loved words, just hated reading. Oddly, I spent my summers and any free time typing or writing my own stories.

The book that got me hooked, I would not read until I was 26…Left Behind, the first book in the series. I devoured it and the 5-6 other books in the series that were already out at the time. Jerry Jenkins made me an avid reader. I now have to get a book fix quite often.

On another note, if you have not, you should rent the 1939 Nancy Drew movies. There are only 4 (2-discs w/2 each). The actress who plays Nancy, Bonita Granville, also fits perfectly into your Disney series. Her and her husband, Jack Wrather, made Walt Disney an offer he couldn’t refuse. Walt had built Disneyland and was basically out of funds. The Wrather’s felt that Disneyland needed a hotel, so they offered to build it & Walt agreed.

]]> By: Sherry http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14672 Sherry Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:58:08 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14672 Man oh man, Nancy Drew was my favorite! I would curl up in a chair and read an entire book. It would draw me in! LOL! Man oh man, Nancy Drew was my favorite! I would curl up in a chair and read an entire book. It would draw me in! LOL!

]]> By: staci http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14666 staci Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:39:20 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14666 okay, I admit it, I was hooked on babysitters club. My brother and I would also trade Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys back and forth. We were so excited when they came out with the adventures together. okay, I admit it, I was hooked on babysitters club.
My brother and I would also trade Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys back and forth. We were so excited when they came out with the adventures together.

]]> By: Jennifer http://thehappyhousewife.com/homeschool/books-that-get-you-hooked/#comment-14661 Jennifer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:40:30 +0000 http://thehappyhousewife.com/?p=6213#comment-14661 We just read There's An Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George. It was wonderful. We just read There’s An Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George. It was wonderful.

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