Nine-year-old Alice and her children's librarian father make a pact to read aloud together every night for 100 nights; but their Reading Streak continues long after that. Jim Brozina bonds with his young daughter through their shared love of great literature; and this remains the constant in their lives as they weather the trials of her teen years.
Not only is this an intimate look at the unique relationship between a single father and his daughter, the story inspires a deep appreciation for stories and how we share them. The book closes with a copy of the reading pact, challenging us to enjoy reading aloud with someone we love and inspiring others to do the same.
Through the many years of our homeschool experience, the best memories for me are of reading aloud to my daughters. Just as Alice experienced with her Dad, we enjoyed the coziness of curling up together on the sofa or on a bed with a wonderful story. We learned that we could very rarely put a book down once we'd gotten started. Many days, we'd read luxuriously for hours.We kept it up until my eldest daughter was in high school. By then, each girl had a different busy schedule of activities and outside classes, so that we couldn't coordinate our reading time together any more. I really miss it. And reading this book about Alice and her Dad made me appreciate those times I shared with my kids more than ever. I wouldn't trade them for the world.
Alice shares a partial list of the books they read in their Streak, but I wanted to share some of our favorites:
Board Books
But Not The Hippopotamus, Barnyard Dance, Pajama Time, The Going To Bed Book by Sandra
Boynton
Macaroni and Cheese, Hot Dogs and Peas by Christine Hickson
Picture Books
The Dumb Bunnies series by Sue Denim
The Princess and The Kiss by Jennie Bishop
Miss Tizzy by Libba Moore Gray
The Great Art Scandal: Solve the Crime, Save the Show by Anna Nilson
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Mercedes and The Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
The Pumpkin Patch Parable and other parables by Liz Curtis Higgs
The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
Miss Fannie's Hat by Jan Karon
George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra
To Be A Princess by Hugh Brewster
Eloise series by Kay Thompson
Curious George books by Margret Rey
Chapter Books and Novels
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton deTrevino
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Ali and the Golden Eagle by Wayne Grover
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Water Buffalo Days by Huynh Quang Nhuong
A Question of Yams by Gloria Repp
The House of Sixty Fathers and The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
Series
The American Girls (Felicity, Addy, Samantha, Josefina, Molly, Kit, etc.)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Greek Myths, George Washington, Leif the Lucky and others by the D'Aulaires
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Mongomery
Hero Tales by Dave and Neta Jackson
What will you read for your Reading Streak?
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