This one had my entire family in stitches. Frank Bunker Gilbreth is a Time and Motion Efficiency Expert and where better to practice his ideas than on his twelve children? He himself is a bit bonkers (my word of the week right now) and comes up with ingenious ways to enhance his kids’ lives withoutContinue reading “Cheaper By The Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. And Ernestine Gilbreth Carey”
Category Archives: Read Aloud
Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden
It’s the Second World War and the children are getting evacuated from London. This story follows two children; Carrie and Nick Willow. They find themselves in a sleepy, ex-mining Welsh village and get taken in by Counsellor Isaac Evans and his sister. While waiting for Miss Evans they meet Albert Sandwich, a strange boy who’sContinue reading “Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden”
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
Four children get sent away during the Second World War to a massive, rambling old house. There they find their way into a magic, snow-bound land of Narnia. Here they meet two beavers who take them to Aslan’s How. Aslan is the fabled prince from over the sea. On the way, it becomes a race;Continue reading “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis”
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
You will have to read a couple in advance if you’re not familiar with the stories, but there are quite a few suitable for family entertainment in my opinion. It’s been a tradition, in our family, to read a Sherlock Holmes story on Twelfth Night around the Christmas tree every year since I can remember.Continue reading “Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”
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