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| Always the hard part... sorting through which books to bring |
For our road trip, we've selected a couple of children's books set in or authored by someone from each state and country we'll be traveling through. Hopefully, this will help us get to know the places a little more deeply, add colour, character and a sense of history and place. We're also going to visit an independent bookstore in each place and find out what the local kids are reading. Send us your suggestions (for books or bookstores) if you have some!
Here is our list:
Minnesota - Horns & Wrinkles by
Joseph Helgerson and Minn of the
Mississippi by Holling Clancy Holling
South Dakota - Saving the Buffalo by Albert
Marrin and By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Wyoming - Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan and My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
Colorado - The Fear Place by Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor and Dipper of Copper Creek by Jean Craighead George
Utah - The Great Brain
by John D. Fitzgerald and Dragon Slippers by Jessica-day George
Arizona - Brighty of Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
California - Kildee House by Rutherford G. Montgomery and Barbara Conney and One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia and The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
Baja, California, Mexico - The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell
Mexico - What the Moon Saw by Laura Reseau and La Linea by Ann Jaramillo
Guatemala - Most Beautiful Place in the World
by Ann Cameron and Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegrino
Central America - Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Khan Gale
Costa Rica - Walk in The Rainforest by Kristin Joy Pratt-Serafini and Tortillas and Lullabies by Lynn Reiser and Corazones Valientes and Darwin Arkwright and the Insidious Bleck by AJ Hartley
Fantastic! We can't wait to read about your adventures! We are so excited for you guys!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, all!
ReplyDeleteWe had the book decision problem too! When we come visit, I think we will all enjoy the injection of fresh literature, won't we? Jet only brought books she had already read, to avoid wasting space on a "bad" book. She has read through her whole set several times, already.
Zay is still working her way through the twenty-eight (so far) Warriors books by Erin Hunter, so she doesn't talk to us much. But I won't let the kindle go to the beach, so she is mad every time we leave the house. She has not gotten the hang of having 2 books on hte go. Until this week, when she tore through the Bunnicula books I brought to read to Tayo--except she read them so fast there was no time to take them to the beach! Oh dear.
For books, I was thinking of California, and Steinbeck came to mind. In my memory he wrote so lovingly of the sea creatures of the Coast. Maybe the kids would like the Red Pony? it is partly a memoir of his childhood. Or maybe Log of the Sea of Cortez? or Cannery Row? Not exactly kid lit, I guess. I remember his writing being so powerful and spare and full of great caring for lost souls. I was utterly obsessed with his writing when i was in high school.
Also, for Costa Rica, what about The Divide, Elizabeth Kay? It starts in Costa Rica, and then moves to an alternate world. I liked it. It's a trilogy for kids.
I'm happy you have a little house on the prairie book! We are watching the show as a family, and really enjoying it. The plots are so much more nuanced than I would have imagined, and we are having some great family discussions about individual choices and motivations. We have all 9 seasons, if you can believe it.
I miss you all, and can't wait to see you in a few months.
Are you going to Wind Caves in Wyoming? I went there. I liked it, though I liked the Carlsbad Cavern even more.