Homeschool Friday - Tiny Goes to the Library

Homeschool Friday is a feature here at Somewhere Only We Know that showcases books my family reads during homeschool and provides a mini-review for each.

Tiny Goes to the Library

By: Cari Meister

Publication: July 1, 2000 by Penguin Young Readers

32 pages

Genre: Children's, First Readers

Source: Personal Library

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Goodreads description--Tiny likes to go places with his best friend. But when they go to the library, Tiny has to wait outside. Soon it's time to bring the books home. Tiny is a very big help! Not since Clifford has a big dog been so appealing!

As I've discussed, my son, who is 6 years old, is a reluctant reader. He doesn't love it. He melts down over how long books are. Yet he's doing a great job at actually reading.

Tiny Goes to the Library wasn't a book that he was excited about reading. They can't all be books that we're excited about, right? At least at this stage the books are all short and easy to read. He's doing really well. I didn't notice as much repetition in phonetic sounds or specific words in this book as I have with some other early readers. He did get to read "Tiny" and "library" over and over. So those were two words that he gained some familiarity with.

In the end, I think Tiny Goes to the Library gets 3 Stars. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't blown away by the story or the vocabulary building/phonetic skills. This was just an okay addition to our early reader library. Have you read Tiny Goes to the Library? What did you think? Let me know!

June 2024 EOM Wrap Up

I read 4 books (not including children's books). *These qualify for the 2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge.
The Lady Glass by Anneka R Walker
Romancing Mr. Bridgerton (The Bridgertons, # 4) by Julia Quinn
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, # 1) by Peter Brown
A Game of Hearts (The Cartwells, # 1) by Joanna Barker

I have reviewed 4 books (not including mini reviews of children's books). *These qualify for the 2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge.
To Love the Brooding Baron (Games in a Ballroom, # 2) by Jentry Flint
Trial of the Sun Queen (Artefacts of Ouranos, # 1) by Nisha J Tuli
Highcliffe House by Megan Walker
Going Rogue (Stephanie Plum, # 29) by Janet Evanovich

Other Posts:
Sunday Post - 06/02/24
Sunday Post - 06/16/24
Sunday Post - 06/23/24
Sunday Post - 06/30/24
Top Ten Summer 2024 TBR List
Can't Wait for Lady Anna's Favor by Karen Tuft
Can't Wait for No Match for Love by Karen Thornell
Can't Wait for A Dawn of Gods and Fury (Fate & Flame, # 4) by KA Tucker
2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge - June Wrap Up
Homeschool Friday - I Can Help
Homeschool Friday - No Kisses, Please!
Homeschool Friday - Oops! I Made a Mistake
Homeschool Friday - Pup and Hound

Goals:
I'm a few days ahead on my Bible-in-a-year plan.
I've read 42 out of 52 books (not including children's books).
I've read 2 out of 5-10 series enders.

Sunday Post - 06/30/24

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~ It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.

You guys, last Saturday night the kids got hit with a stomach bug. They were still suffering a little Sunday. Monday the kids felt better but Husband and I got hit. He was in bed all day Monday. I got hit worse on Tuesday. Thankfully, my dad came to get the kids from us, and I slept almost all day. Wednesday, we were feeling better but still weak. So we had a pretty slow week. We didn't try to walk because temperatures were 100 degrees this week. We did swim a lot. Thursday night Big Boy went to martial arts. Big Girl will start back this week now that softball is officially over.

THE PAST WEEK

Monday: Review of Going Rogue (Stephanie Plum, # 29) by Janet Evanovich (3 Stars)
Tuesday: 2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge - June Wrap Up
Wednesday: Can't Wait for A Dawn of Gods and Fury (Fate & Flame, # 4) by KA Tucker
Friday: Homeschool Friday - Pup and Hound

UPCOMING THIS WEEK:

Monday: June 2024 EOM Wrap Up
Tuesday: Top Ten Tuesday?
Wednesday: Can't Wait for Wednesday?
Friday: Homeschool Friday - Tiny Goes to the Library

Don’t forget to link up for the 2024 Series Enders Reading Challenge! You have until December 15th, 2024 to sign up. Each month there will be a giveaway for those participating with an end of the year giveaway too! Click on the picture below or the link above to find out more!

NEW BOOKS:

No new books this week.

That's it for my shelves and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you add to your shelves this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!

Homeschool Friday - Pup and Hound

Homeschool Friday is a feature here at Somewhere Only We Know that showcases books my family reads during homeschool and provides a mini-review for each.

Pup and Hound

By: Susan Hood

Illustrated By: Linda Hendry

Publication: August 1, 2004 by Kids Can Press

32 pages

Genre: Children's, First Readers

Source: Personal Library

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Goodreads description--Follow the farmyard adventures of two lovable dogs in these humorous stories about friendship. With simple, rhyming text and playful illustrations, the Pup and Hound books are perfect for the beginning reader. Hound discovers Pup curled on the ground in need of dinner. Will Hound find a way to make his new friend feel better? This Level 1 first reader contains short stories, simple sentences, easy vocabulary, simple visual clues and lots of repetition.

My reluctant reader (6 years old) took one look at this book and decided he wasn't going to like it. Now, that could very likely have more to do with his mood at the moment than anything to do with this book. He isn't generally interested in reading when he doesn't want to. But once we got past the "I don't want to do this", he got into the story pretty well. 

Pup and Hound has both repeated phonetic principles as well as rhyming words. When my son was reading, we were moving slowly enough through the words that I didn't pick up on the rhyming scheme until I looked back on the book to write this review. Both of these work well together to build reading fluency. The repeated sounds and words helps to build memorized words, and I could tell he wasn't sounding out the repeated words each time by the end of the book.

Even though he initially turned his nose up, Pup and Hound ended up grabbing his attention, and even by the end of the book, he was reading much faster than he started. Pup and Hound gets 4 Stars. Have you read Pup and Hound? What did you think? Let me know!

Can't Wait for A Dawn of Gods and Fury

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released as well. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. Find out more here.

A Dawn of Gods and Fury (Fate and Flame, # 4)

By: KA Tucker

Expected Publication: September 3, 2024 by Penguin

528 pages

Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Fae

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Goodreads description--Fates collide in this epic conclusion to the Fate & Flame series by K.A. Tucker

There's zero description for this book, which is somewhat annoying. But I can't wait any longer to feature it. What are you guys waiting on this week? Let me know!