Book Report

As mentioned in Megan’s Hot Chocolate News our group read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, the story of Nathaniel Bowditch, the man who revised the standards for sailing ships around the world.

Set just after the Revolutionary War period, tall sailing ships sailed around the world, trading spices, clothing, machines, and ideas, young Nat Bowditch grew up in Salem, Massachusetts, part of a family of sailors.  When he was only 12 years old, he was indentured at a Chip Chandlery – a sort of hardware store for ships and sailors.  While there, he discovered that he had a knack for learning on his own. 

Our selected book

Our group met at the LBLL today to choose our book - we had a lot of great books to choose from - some from reads in years gone by, and others from the Honors Reading List, and still others that just looked interesting.  All were great selections, which made it hard to choose!

Book Review ideas

Since I HomeSchooled our children for 18 years, whenever I think of a book to read regarding some historical event, my mind automatically turns to the Juvenile section of the library.  There I can always find short, interesting, colorful, fact-filled books that are fun to read  and look through!  Jean Fritz is always a great author.  I love the Newberry Award books (even though they usually aren't historical - but sometimes they are!).  And there seems to be a recent flood of historical books that have awesome picture-book presence!

So ... my suggestions are ...