Saturday, January 2, 2010


Somehow Santa got wind of our plans to take a family trip to Europe in the spring. The Bookbenchers are headed to London and Paris for a week this year and the giftgivers jumped all over that, much to my delight. We unwrapped maps and guides to those two cities as well as novels set in them. My boys received Stepping Stone easy reading chapter book versions of Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Last night we read the first two chapters of Quasimodo and Esmeralda's tragic story before bed. We were all hooked and can't wait for tonight's installment. Before you get to thinking, "Wow, that Bookbench family is so cultured, reading 19th century Victor Hugo classics," let me just say we spent the two hours before the read aloud watching Dodgeball (funniest sports movie evah!) and laughing so hard someone fell off the couch. We are a mix of high brow and lowbrow over here. I'm worried the European vacation may have more than a little in common with the Griswold's European vacation.
Happy New Year!

4 comments:

Lawyer Mom said...

When are you going to Paris? E me!

Anonymous said...

Hello,
I found your blog via Kidlithosphere Central and enjoyed reading through a few posts. As a mom to three children, 11, 11 and 8, I can completely relate to the highbrow/lowbrow mix in books and in movies!

Regarding Christmas books, you may like the illustrated version of Pearl S. Buck's CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING. Makes me cry every year.

Happy reading!

Loree Griffin Burns
www.loreeburns.com

Christine said...

Loree- Thanks for the recommendation!

Maroussia said...

It will be great to watch Les Miserables, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Les_Miserables-tickets looking forward to it.