Comments on: Weekends, workdays, and writing a series https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/ Writer, Author, Speaker Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22544 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:53:14 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22544 In reply to Emily.

@Emily – that sounds wonderful, that they’re reading them together.

]]> By: Kathy https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22543 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:30:25 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22543 My son loved the Hank the Cowdog series, though I was less enthusiastic. I read to him every night for years, and it was one of my favorite parts of the day. Jim Trelease’s Read Aloud Handbook is an excellent resource for parents looking for good stuff to read to their kids–we tried many of his recommendations.

]]> By: Emily https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22542 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:40:04 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22542 My daughter is reading the Magic Treehouse series to her younger brother. Her first grade teacher read the series, 1 book per week, last year and she got hooked. So now she has been reading them at home and her little brother loves to listen to them.

]]> By: Twin Mom https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22541 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:36:31 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22541 In reply to Twin Mom.

Whoops, you’re right about all but the first book.

]]> By: Twin Mom https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22540 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:02:10 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22540 In reply to Kristen | The Frugal Girl.

They’re back in print- check Amazon.

]]> By: Cloud https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22539 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:24:44 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22539 My 5 year old loves to read the Magic Treehouse books, too. She also really likes Fancy Nancy and Amelia Bedelia (although she usually insists we read the Amelia Bedelia to her for some reason- perhaps puns are too hard for her to get if she’s reading right now?)

I just posted my answer to your work day question: http://www.wandering-scientist.com/2012/10/productivity-shorts.html

]]> By: Kristen | The Frugal Girl https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22538 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:24:51 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22538 In reply to Twin Mom.

I just LOVED that series when I was a kid. The books are really hard to find now because they’re out of print.

]]> By: Linda https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22537 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:06:06 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22537 Laura, I loved your post as it brought back memories of an earlier chapter of my life when I ran an elementary school library–what fun to watch children enjoy books! I was a huge fan of the Trixie Belden books as a young girl and still find them lots of fun today. My own daughter enjoyed the Berenstain Bear books, mostly as read-alouds.

On a work-related note, last year I started walking for 30 minutes during my lunch break, listening to books on my cell phone. This has absolutely transformed my workday–I look forward to a little break from work, a little exercise midday and I LOVE being read to! Sometimes I listen to children’s classics and sometimes adult mysteries. I keep walking shoes at work and eat my lunch at my desk after I return from my walk.

]]> By: nicoleandmaggie https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22536 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:24:29 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22536 I was thinking, “didn’t I just post about DC’s favorite series”? The answer: yes, but in the future– it is part of this upcoming Monday’s post (which is also about my Scholastic addiction).

DC1 (second grade) is really into mystery series right now, so A to Z mysteries, Cam Jansen, and Jigsaw Jones. He also recently reread all of the Magic Treehouse books. Those things are crack.

Re: Harry Potter, we’re planning to let him read them himself. He’s not interested yet though– I think the limiting factor is how big the print is in a book more than anything.

We’re reading Anne of Green Gables to him right now (which has many layers of hilarity that I totally missed as a child), but I don’t think he will be interested in the rest of the series any time soon– Anne gets boring after the first book until one is old enough to be interested in romance.

]]> By: Laura https://lauravanderkam.com/2012/10/weekends-workdays-writing-series/#comment-22535 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:38:08 +0000 http://localhost:8888/?p=2793#comment-22535 In reply to Twin Mom.

@Twin Mom – that’s a fun description of that series… imagining Brooklyn as the prairie!

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