It's almost here! I'm so happy that I have no commitments the day of the Read-a-thon, but I do have some things going on the next day that require at least a little bit of sleep the night before, so for me it will be more of a 19 hour Read-a-thon. I have about six hours of meetings on Sunday in which I have to interact with people, and it could be scary if I've only slept for an hour!
This is a family event for us. The kids don't read the whole time, but they have fun reading a little bit more than usual and having snacks. I'm going to stop my own reading every once in a while and read out loud from at least one Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle book. A friend of mine loaned me a boxed set ages ago, and I would like to return it to her someday soon! I've got a Melody Carlson book coming for my fourteen-year-old daughter from Amazon. My 12-year-old son would like to read The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4) if we can get our hands on a copy. My 9-year-old is planning to read her third Sammy Keyes book (we love these!). And my 7-year-old is going to have a box of pictures books on hand, and may read a little Junie B. Jones. I guess my husband's job is to hold down the fort while we read. Maybe he can fan me and feed me grapes!
I have been too busy to put together a collection of books for me to choose from for that day. I know I've got Hunger Games and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy from the library anxiously waiting for me to open them. (Gary D. Schmidt's Wednesday Wars was my favorite pick from the last read-a-thon.) Hopefully I'll have time later on this week to pick out more.
The kids were in charge of deciding which charity to donate to, and they picked Action Against Hunger. We're going to pledge 2 cents per page read. Ironically, we will probably be eating a lot of snacks while reading. We'll just have to be extra grateful for every bite while thinking of those who have so much less.
Happy reading to those of you who are participating! This is such a great way to remember Dewey and her contributions to this great community of book lovers. I hope to visit a lot of other blogs as part of the fun. See you Saturday! (5 a.m. for me!)
This is a family event for us. The kids don't read the whole time, but they have fun reading a little bit more than usual and having snacks. I'm going to stop my own reading every once in a while and read out loud from at least one Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle book. A friend of mine loaned me a boxed set ages ago, and I would like to return it to her someday soon! I've got a Melody Carlson book coming for my fourteen-year-old daughter from Amazon. My 12-year-old son would like to read The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4) if we can get our hands on a copy. My 9-year-old is planning to read her third Sammy Keyes book (we love these!). And my 7-year-old is going to have a box of pictures books on hand, and may read a little Junie B. Jones. I guess my husband's job is to hold down the fort while we read. Maybe he can fan me and feed me grapes!
I have been too busy to put together a collection of books for me to choose from for that day. I know I've got Hunger Games and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy from the library anxiously waiting for me to open them. (Gary D. Schmidt's Wednesday Wars was my favorite pick from the last read-a-thon.) Hopefully I'll have time later on this week to pick out more.
The kids were in charge of deciding which charity to donate to, and they picked Action Against Hunger. We're going to pledge 2 cents per page read. Ironically, we will probably be eating a lot of snacks while reading. We'll just have to be extra grateful for every bite while thinking of those who have so much less.
Happy reading to those of you who are participating! This is such a great way to remember Dewey and her contributions to this great community of book lovers. I hope to visit a lot of other blogs as part of the fun. See you Saturday! (5 a.m. for me!)
