52 Books in 52 Weeks, it's called. The challenge is simple: read a book every week for a year.
10. A wrinkle in time.
A trip up to the special collections revealed that my library has a copy of every single Newbery winner. Which led me to seek out this favorite from childhood and read it. Which resulted in the realization that I didn’t understand half of it, despite having read it multiple times as a child. The forces in the book were elemental to me, as a child, but not explicitly connected to the Great Story (despite the inclusion of scripture!!). I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s good to read books to your children, especially books that might be above them, so that you can explain things to them — new words, tough ideas — and guide them towards comprehension. And so they’re not afraid to reach up and out when they choose their own reading material. </parenting-no-brainer> Meg’s space-and-time-bending journey to save her Father and her younger brother Charles Wallace is a moving reminder that we’re aided, equipped, and commissioned to resist the Darkness, and that it is our one monumental task, our responsibility, and our joy.
love this book. great commentary on the reading habits of children also.
When my wife gets anxious or stressed, she pictures the scene from this book where Aunt Beast is comforting Meg.
I should give this another read.
matthew. February 25th. 2010. 10:37 am.
also, have you seen this: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1190052519.html ?
It is the beginning of the top 100 children’s novels. I put my votes in. It’s been interesting to see the books that have been included so far.
matthew. February 25th. 2010. 10:42 am.
I haven’t seen that yet. But I’m thinking about working through the Newberys and maybe this would be a good follow-up. Thanks!
jnonfiction. March 1st. 2010. 6:29 am.