This week I’m taking a break from some of the heavy adult books to read a childhood classic – Heidi by Johanna Spyri. For the 2015 reading challenge I needed a book by an author with the same initials as mine. I wasn’t looking to hard having lots of other books to work on, but I mentioned to my dad the need for an author with the initials J.S. and within about five minutes he gave me this.

I’ve been enjoying revisiting this story. It’s just like I remember it and such a nice change of pace. Maybe because I was too young the last time I read this, but I didn’t realize how many spiritual conversations there are in this book. Heidi learns to trust God for answers to prayer even when the answer is “wait”.

Another nice bonus – I was able to get it for free on Kindle. So this has been my bedtime book – a nice way to fall asleep.

17-year-old daughter – Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. She wrote a review about it here.

 

15-year-old son – Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson. Another one you can find for free on Kindle.

13-year-old son – Lord of the Flies by William Golding. He found it disturbing how everything fell apart without a clear authority figure.

11-year-old daughter – Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery. She’s working her way through the series with encouragement from her sister.

 

10-year-old daughter – Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. 

7-year-old son – The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh. He’s working through this one with his grandma. He reads the words he’s capable of, and she reads the rest. Micah likes all the uncles that Jonathan has. Jonathan has been reassured that there are NO bears on Hemlock Mountain, but is that true?

4-year-old son – The Story Road. This is a reader from the 40’s or 50’s that we picked up at a thrift store. Ethan loves having the stories in this book read to him.

2-year-old son – The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey. I have a confession to make. I really don’t like this book. The puppy is always late and almost always gets rewarded for it until the very end. I don’t know I just find the book boring and a trial to get through when I’m asked to read it.

 

What did you read this week. Do you have a book you read to your child(ren) in spite of really not liking it?