Teachers Are Readers Too!
Posted by Kim Murphy on 30 Jun 2009 | Posted in: Inspiration and Motivation, Life After School
From my experience, teachers generally have a love of reading. I know one of my favorite activities is to curl up with a good book, and there’s no better time to read than during the summer months! Magazines abound with recommended summer reading lists and best books for the beach. So I thought we would try our own little teacher-approved recommended reading list on The Mailbox® Blog. What are you planning to read during the summer months? What are some of your favorite books from past summers? Type me a quick note to name your all-time favorites! Then you can use the recommendations to jot down a list of potential books to read. Hey, all of these books are teacher-approved—just like our ideas in The Mailbox® magazine!
All the best,
Kimberly
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For the past few summers, my family has a book contest. At the end of the summer, the person that has read the most books wins. The winner gets to choose the restaurant where we will eat on the very last day of summer. My kids love this contest and my daughter is especially excited this summer because she can read books to herself for the first time. So far I have two really good books in my stack. If you like mystery, try In the Wood by Tana French. If you like chick lit, try Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. Of course, I have to reread Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling. The movie comes out in July! Watching movies is the only other thing teachers like to do more than reading books during the summer.
I am an avid reader and love to have the summer months to be able to catch up on books I didn’t get a chance to read during the year. So far this summer I have read 14 books, but the ones I would recommend would be The Middle Place, by Kelly Corrigan and The Help, by Kathryn Stockett. Boh are excellent books. Happy reading!
Every summer since I was 12 years old, I have read Gone With the Wind. I am originally from Rhode Island so the south was mysterious and magical and so….. far away. Now I live in Alabama. It is still a wonderful place. I also try to fit in The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank. Every year since I was about twelve. I never get tired of her courage.