Rabbit Day Book Review - April

Read-Aloud Historical Fiction this month was Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal by Robert Reilly.  This is my boys favorite type of historical fiction; a story based on a real person and real events.  Red Hugh lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was considered a danger to her empire and treated accordingly.  It is a great story of growing up, perseverance and doing what is right even if the reward may no longer yours to receive.  Chris and the boys were enthralled with story and all the action/intrigue. 

Titus and Amber started us with another read aloud tradition this month. We were at the library and one of them put this book in our basket:  Cat in the City by Judy Salamon.  It's a cute looking book, cat on the cover about 6x6 square easy for young people to pick-up.  I wasn't expecting much, I've been so disappointed by all the books I've been pre-reading lately but this turned out to be a very pleasant surprise.  It's a story about a cat realizing his need to belong and finding his place with an odd group of dogs at the dog park and their families.  The book has some interesting twists and a few sad but not tragic moments.  I started reading it aloud to Jared and Titus while Lance was a baseball but once Lance and Chris got a taste for listening, we waited for nights when everyone was home.  Thus a new tradition developed before bed ("Night Time"), read-aloud chapter books.  Now we just have to find more.