Carter received these three books for Christmas from an Aunt of mine. He loves non-fiction so this was a perfect gift. We've been reading together at night, just a few chapters at a time, and finished Who Was Harry Houdini first, then Who Was Leonardo da Vinci second. (We have saved the best for last, Who Were The Beatles).
I've tried to turn reading these book into more than just a lesson about the person. When their birthplace is mentioned we go to our world map (a gift from another Aunt) on the hall wall and find it. We use our fingers to see what route they may have traveled and how far away Texas is. Evan had a lot of fun with the fact that Harry Houdini was born in Budapest....or as Evan kept saying over and over until it wasn't funny more, Bootypest.
Shawn is really into Art so we have, on our computers, pictures of just about every famous painting from the sketches of da Vinci to the modern paintings of....well...modern painters. When we were reading about Leonardo da Vinci, it was fun to go on the computer and talk about the different artists he worked with and the significance of their paintings. It's interesting to hear an 8 year old's critique of a painting from the 1800s.
I have big plans for reading all about the Beatles! Shawn and I have a collection of vinyl records we've picked up here and there at garage sales, used book stores, and specialty record shops. I have several Beatles albums that I plan on playing for the boys as we read. I don't always approve of the rock star's lifestyle, but I can't deny that they made some great music.
There are many more books in this series and I hope to add them to our library some day soon!
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Being THAT aunt...I'm glad the books are well liked. It would be fun to ask Carter if someone wrote a Who Was book about him...what would they write?
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea. I'll have to get him to write something down. It might end up being blog worthy.
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