Whether you are going on vacation or staying at home, books can be welcome friends. Often in summer, the family is spending more time together - how about spending some time talking about books? One option is for everyone to read the same book and discuss it (try one of our book club kits). A second option is to have everyone select a book within a theme and talk about the similarities and differences of their choices. The staff have selected titles for all age groups that fall into various themes. Our second two themes are:
MYSTERY SOLVED
Books for kids K-2nd Grade
Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood. All the letters of the alphabet are concerned when they discover little "x" is missing. Where could he be? Why has he left? Everyone sets off to solve the mystery.
Books for Kids 3rd-5th Grade
Murder My Tweet: H. Chet Gecko Mystery. Chet Gecko plunges into another troublesome case when his mocking bird sidekick, Natalie, is suspended for a crime she didn't commit.
The Mysterious Benedict Society An ad appears in the newspaper "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" Dozens of kids apply, four are picked.
Books for Kids 6th-12th Grade
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. Rory arrieves at her London boarding school just as a Jack the Ripper copycat begins terrorizing the city. Who is the new Ripper and why is Rory the only one to have seen the prime suspect?
The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence. Set in 1st Century Ostia, Flavia and her friends embark on a mission to find the killer of her neighbor's dogs.
Books for Mom
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. A mysterious death, an aristocratic family and decades-old secrets combine in this gripping novel.
The Anatomists Wife by AnnaLee Huber. When a house guest is found murdered at her sister's estate, Lady Kiera Darby reluctantly becomes a part of the insufferable Mr. Gage's investigation.
Books for Dad
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard. A murder mystery set at West Point in which a young Edgar Allen Poe (who did attend there) is the main suspect.
MAGICAL WORLDS
Books for kids K-2nd Grade
The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt. A fun, interactive guessing game all about fairy tale characters sure to excite many conversations.
Books for Kids 3rd-5th Grade
Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff. how Rumpelstiltskin found his name through a long journey through the kingdom after discovering his power to spin straw into gold (super adorable for parents, too!).
Books for Kids 6th-12th Grade
Gateway by Sharon Shinn. A locally themed book about a girl working on an internship in St. Louis when she passes the a gateway (the Arch) to a magical world on the other side.
Books for Mom
The Ocean At the End Of the Lane by Neil Gaimen. A man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back.
Books for Dad
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Set in a future where the real world has gone to ruin and most people escape reality by immersing themselves in a virtual utopia called OASIS. After the sudden death of the heirless creator, a contest begins to see who will inherit what he has left behind.
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