A Light-Hearted Read Aloud

Since Christmas break, we have taken a few weeks to only read shorter books.  We started by learning about animal migrations.  Then, we pored over a bunch of cold weather books, read about sidewalk chalk art, and explored a few titles connecting our colonial history to Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Now, we've added chapter books back into the mix.  However, after such serious, though very interesting, subjects we have opted to read through a humorous book that a friend let us borrow.  {Thank you, Annette!}.  Have you heard of it?  It is The Strictest School in the World: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines, Mostly Broken, by Howard Whitehouse. 

The title and subtitle serve as a perfect synopsis of the book.  Emmaline is the 'clever girl,' who is sent from her home in India to England to attend boarding school.  She aspires to create a flying machine, and actively pursues her dream.  Rab, her friend, is the 'rubber boy,' who seemingly never gets injured despite many accidents.  He helps Emmaline by piloting her flying machines.

We are still reading the book, and haven't yet reached the ending, but I can safely say our children {and I} are thoroughly enjoying this book.  Each day, we look forward to hearing more of the adventure and laughing aloud at the antics. 



Linked to Read-Aloud Thursday at Hope Is the Word