The audio version of the first part shows some labored writing on Scalzi's part. It seemed to be smoothed out after the first. I have mostly read the subsequent sections so I'm not sure if I would have noticed the choppy writing in the first part if I hadn't been listening to it.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
le nubian - Mar 17, 2013 1:43:45 pm PDT #20535 of 28359
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica - Mar 17, 2013 2:55:13 pm PDT #20536 of 28359
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Magic Treehouse series is at least 50 books long by now.
The Littles series is another bunch of good short chapter books.
All the Frances books
Sophia Brooks - Mar 17, 2013 4:46:36 pm PDT #20537 of 28359
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Flea- I am going to forward to my BFF who i an early childhood educator and see if she has any recs. Can I give her your email?
dcp - Mar 17, 2013 5:20:45 pm PDT #20538 of 28359
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Flea, I see you already have several Curious George books on the list, but I suggest adding Curious George Rides a Bike.
That was the book that got me started with origami in the 2nd grade.
Amy - Mar 17, 2013 5:29:54 pm PDT #20539 of 28359
Because books.
You could add a few other Rosemary Wells books. Also the Sydney Taylor All of a Kind Family series. Patricia MacLachlan's Sara Plain and Tall. The Secret Garden. The If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series, or at least one or two. Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Understood Betsy.
I also found this list, which leans toward the younger kids: [link]
dcp - Mar 17, 2013 5:45:31 pm PDT #20540 of 28359
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Two more suggestions, books I have fond but vague memories of from about 3rd grade:
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat: [link]
and
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield: [link]
meara - Mar 17, 2013 5:59:56 pm PDT #20541 of 28359
Flea, I recommend "Key to the Treasure" (and others in that series) by the Amelia Bedelia author Peggy Parish. It was the first chapter book I ever read, and I loved it so much I kept reading it over and over and over until my dad finally got sick of seeing me read it and put it on top of the fridge so I'd have to read something else (had we only known there were sequels....)
DavidS - Mar 17, 2013 6:11:02 pm PDT #20542 of 28359
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. I didn't realize "Lust Over Pendle" was a play on an actual book title Mist Over Pendle. (A book about witchcraft in 17th century Lancashire.)
hippocampus - Mar 18, 2013 3:00:27 am PDT #20543 of 28359
not your mom's socks.
For picture books, we really loved Rosie and the Rustlers and Croconile.
Older - The Ivy & Bean books, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series
Even Older - The Gone Away Lake, Phantom Tollbooth
flea - Mar 18, 2013 5:23:56 am PDT #20544 of 28359
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Thank you, everyone! I am now up to 292 and took most of the suggestions (some were not available or over $20), and am heading out to the public library for more inspiration!