Our Four-Way Tie!

 

We had a four-way tie for crossing the finish line of the Forty Book Challenge!  Congratulations, Odin!  That is a LOT of books!

Odin says, “I really like reading.  One of my favorite series is Imagination Station because I love the adventure in it.  You get to learn about the Bible and history and that Jesus died on the cross for us.  It was one of the ways that helped me become a Christian because I listened to the audio books and then Dad read the books to me.  Now I can read them on my own.  They told me about how to be saved, and I asked my dad about it.  It told how Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again.  He didn’t stay dead.  The Bible says if we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, we will be saved from our sins.  Dad told me it was true!  I became a Christian.  When I read it, it helped me understand how God helps people to live for Him.  I want to live for Him.  Do you know Jesus as your Savior too?  I hope you do.  Ask me if you want to know more about it, and I’ll tell you.”

Four-Way Tie for First Place!

Daniel also finished first place in the Forty Book Challenge!  Congratulations, mighty reader!

“I have especially enjoyed the Snoopy books.  I love the humor that they have.  Snoopy is my favorite Peanuts character because he is very funny and in a lot of stories.

I hope to read The Three Musketeers next.  I want to read Daniel in the Bible, like my name.

My favorite place to read is in bed because I can lean back on my stuffies.”

Tied for First!

Ali also finished the Forty Book Challenge the same day!  We did a confetti high five and cheered her on!

“I have loved reading The Owl Diaries.  I like that they have lots of adventures, like in book 12 they find a golden statue of an owl.  I like Lucy Beakman and Eva Wingdale because they are funny characters.

My favorite place to read is in my room in my pillow corner.  It has a lot of stuffies, and I have lots of pillows along with three really big stuffies.  There is also a soft gray chair I got for my birthday.”

First Across the Finish Line

Congratulations, Henri!

Today our first four mighty readers reached 40 books in the Forty Book Challenge!

An interview with Henri:

“My favorite books so far have been The Boxcar Children.  They are the kind of books you can read multiple times without getting bored.  The author did a great job describing things, kind of like C.S. Lewis does.

Right now I am reading books of the Bible on my own.  I really liked Romans because it shows a lot about loving people and being kind towards them.  I want to trust God more and more.  The Bible is really interesting.

I hope to read Exodus next.”

Forty Book Challenge

These awesome scholars have “finished” the Forty Book Challenge, reading at least forty chapter books so far this year.  Congratulations, mighty readers!  Oh, what amazing places we travel in our minds as we read!

Luke finished in February!

Emmaus and Hudson finished in March!  (P.S.  Miss Blessing finished in March too.)

 

Forty Book Challenge!

On our Remembrance Day during the last week of school, we celebrated many things God has blessed us with and done for us in this year together.  One celebration was the final tally of books from our Forty Book Challenge.  We read 757 books this school year, an average of 38 per person.  That is some awesome reading by these mighty readers!

Forty Book Challenge First Finishers!

What an exciting accomplishment when our mighty readers start crossing the Forty Book Challenge finish line!  Finishing at this time of year means they averaged about two books per week since school started.  Imagine the adventures their minds have taken.  Reaching forty on the same day were Ethan and Lily!  Woohoo!  We interviewed them to find out their reading thoughts.

Each student who finishes gets SENT TO THE HEAD OF SCHOOL’S OFFICE!  Hee hee.

Lily:  I wanted to tell you about my favorite series of books.  They are the Magic Tree House books, because Mary Pope Osborne does lots of good telling about what they feel and the words they say.  She makes it feel like you are actually doing it with them.  I think my favorite one is the first one because it tells how they found the treehouse for the first time.  I have learned that with your imagination anything can happen!

Ethan:  DC  Comic’s Challengers of the Unknown is one of my favorite books right now.  It is very adventurous.  You can have some fun pretending and having your imagination go wild.  To us it’s in our imagination even though it’s a real adventure for them.  You can imagine being along with them rescuing people from different dimensions and the strange beasts there.  They go around saving people.  They help with courage.  If you dream about doing great things, you can do normal helping others and be a hero every day.

Forty Book Challenge

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These readers are already off and running!  Our personal reading choice time is one of our favorite times of the day, and the books are flying off the shelves.  We’ve already had a number of Book Talks in morning meeting, where readers share a recommendation.  The reading energy is contagious around here.