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Jun 16 | Books for Boys
Here are some high-interest book suggestions for boys whether they are reluctant or voracious readers....
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Lobel, Arnold. Days with Frog and Toad. ages 3-8. A short chapter book with funny, touching incidents about these two friends. One in a series of four outstanding books.
Murphy, Frank. George Washington and the General’s Dog. ages 6-8. A true story about George Washington’s early life, love of dogs and the Revolutionary War. An excellent story which introduces the concepts of bravery and civility displayed by Washington.
Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge. ages 3-8. Henry and the increasingly huge Mudge have small adventures and come to be best friends. If you enjoy this one, be sure to check out the others in the series.
Scieszka, Jon. Knights of the Kitchen Table. ages 7-ll. Three boys use a magical book to travel back in time and confront a knight, a giant and a dragon. Readers will laugh their way through this and the other books in the "Time Warp Trio" series.
Paulsen, Gary. Woods Runner. ages 9-12. Set during the American Revolution, 13 year old Samuel returns from a hunting trip to discover his parents have been kidnapped by British soldiers and Iroquois Indians. It is Samuel’s job to rescue them.
Paulsen, Gary. Lawn Boy. ages 9-12. Told by the Lawn Boy who receives a riding lawnmower for his 12th birthday. He quickly builds a business that culminates with a local mobster wanting a piece of Lawn boy’s business. Funny and entertaining!
Lupica, Mike. Heat. ages 9-12. A story about family, friendships, coming of age and a boy’s passion for baseball. This book made the NY Times Bestseller list.
Horowitz, Anthony. Stormbreaker. ages 9-12. An action adventure story with intrigue and mystery.
Tomasi, Salvatore. The Boys from Brooklyn: The Great Robbery. ages 10-14. A story of friendship, competition, father-son relationships, mother’s guiding hand, doing what is right, and peer pressure. Set in Brooklyn, NY, summer living is fun and easy for 8 boys until one of them dares the rest of his friends to do something risky and that may mess them up for life.
Sides, Hampton. Ghost Soldiers. ages 14+ . An inspiring story set in WWII about a mission to rescue American POWs held in Japanese POW camps.
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Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.
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