Liz Atwood is looking for books that she and her boys can read together this Tween Tuesday:
Do you ever feel like your kids and you are on different planets? I know every time I see my boys playing video games I think we cannot be related. They can spend hours engrossed in these games and I can't play them five minutes without getting either a. totally confused or b. totally dizzy.
I always wonder why it's such a chore to get my boys to read a book. The other day I stumbled on a Web site at a Texas library advertising a tween/parent book club. What a marvelous idea, I thought. I would love to find a book my kids and I could read and talk about together.
The book the club was reading was "A Wrinkle in Time." I never read that, but my older son did and declared it the "worst book ever."
I think the last time my boys and I read a book that we both liked it was "The Tale of Despereaux."
Right now I'm trying to read "The Swiss Family Robinson" with my 8-year-old. He chose the book and I thought he'd like it because it has pirates, tigers and even guns. But he says it's boring. We're trying to stick it out.
I know I would never have the time or discipline to join a book club, but I would like to read with my kids. Do you have any suggestions for books tweens (especially boys) and their parents can read together?