tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post4173781063565072423..comments2024-01-29T08:28:26.187-05:00Comments on Nellie Blog: Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-50627413842958471132011-07-25T09:33:28.875-04:002011-07-25T09:33:28.875-04:00I read Huckleberry Finn in about the tenth grade. ...I read Huckleberry Finn in about the tenth grade. It was wonderful. Not sure how it made it into your list. I agree about everything Dickens wrote, though. Maybe a slightly different take on your recommendation--let kids select from a group of books (my step-brother LOVED Dickens).<br />Sherwood's plot synopsis suggestion is good, too. I missed that with my kids, but I can still use it for the grandkids.Mike Beedenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-3432782061723244732011-07-21T11:42:55.711-04:002011-07-21T11:42:55.711-04:00Just started reading your blog. Think I'll kee...Just started reading your blog. Think I'll keep it up. Thanks for sharing. ...... Dick AllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-66695187752061123152011-07-19T00:09:33.686-04:002011-07-19T00:09:33.686-04:00One of the two greatest things my Dad ever did for...One of the two greatest things my Dad ever did for me as concerns reading was to let me love it. He did so by reading aloud, by encouraging my interest in science fiction (even though he didn't care for the genre), and by taking me to bookstores with wonderful-smelling used book sections in their basements.<br /><br />The other thing was teaching me how to find plot synopses in the library for use whenever I had to do a report on a book somebody else determined that I Had To Read Or Else.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-85544520729814687642011-07-18T19:32:54.200-04:002011-07-18T19:32:54.200-04:00Most excellent and amusing. The "great book&q...Most excellent and amusing. The "great book" I could barely get through was "The Old Man and the Sea" (ironic, given how big a role Cuba has come to play in my life). I had to write an essay on how the old man and his struggle were metaphors for the life of Christ. By the time I was done the essay I was up to my eyeballs with both of them.ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30017373.post-40717629196058661132011-07-18T12:34:27.756-04:002011-07-18T12:34:27.756-04:00*chuckle*
Great article, Mike.
Although I've...*chuckle*<br /><br />Great article, Mike.<br /><br />Although I've often thought that we might improve education and perhaps cut some costs by using good* books/poetry/etc. out of the Gutenberg Project and other low cost online libraries. [i.e. Baen]<br /><br />* - Of course, the obvious qualifier is to find "good" books and not "great" books.<br /><br />Regards,<br />DannDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304572506298209357noreply@blogger.com