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Beauty and the Beast book club

November 15, 2021 Ticia Leave a Comment

beauty and the beast book club

My absolute fairy tale ever is Beauty and the Beast. I personally own at least a dozen novel-length retellings of the story, and another dozen picture books. There are about a zillion different movie variations of this fairy tale, but my absolute favorite is the Disney cartoon … [Read more...]

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Alice Through the Looking Glass book club

May 12, 2021 Ticia Leave a Comment

Alice Through the Looking Glass book and a movie 5th 9th reading book club

In 6th grade, I was obsessed with Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. When my kids reached 5th grade (I think), for their book and a movie I assigned my favorite book and the kids were not as excited by it as I was. With that, I opted not to assign Alice … [Read more...]

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Candlemaking lesson

September 28, 2020 Ticia 1 Comment

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I love to watch historical movies. And depending on the quality of the movie, my family enjoys watching them with me. I may object loudly to bad history, costumes, and well I may not be the best person to go watch it with. One thing my husband and I often joke about are the sheer … [Read more...]

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Old Yeller book club

June 22, 2020 Ticia 2 Comments

Old Yeller book and a movie night

I was assigned to read Old Yeller in 6th grade. For whatever reason, 6th grade was full of the tragedy books. I read about a childhood best friend dying, a dog dying, and watching someone you love grow old and die. Now that I think about it, that is a traumatizing year of … [Read more...]

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Artemis Fowl movie night

June 12, 2020 Ticia 1 Comment

Artemis Fowl book and a movie feature 5th elementary

I first read Artemis Fowl on my honeymoon. Jeff and I went to London and we spent a fair amount of time searching out obscure bookstores. At one stop I bought a fair number of YA fantasy books, most of these still sit on my shelves. Once my kids were born, I waited for them to be … [Read more...]

reading and writing 5th grade, book and a movie, elementary

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