chapter books

school list has been handed in again. we will see in a month where the san francisco unified computer sends us...

today another friend told me she is moving. when is this gonna end? i want to catch all you loveable people in a big net and keep you here but it isn't happening. you know who you are, friend and you are one of the dearest i have met out here, not connected to the east coast life at all, just a cool lady neighbor i met 5 years ago, with an amazing family. hope we can keep in touch.

i just finished reading autumn in moominvalley
to miles. i'm sure much of it was over his head but he listened carefully anyway. i've had this paperback since i was about 8 or 9. this is an amazing and beautiful little children's book, about figuring out our own wants and needs and makes me appreciate all the great literature my parents found for me when i was a kid. i hope that miles and maya will love reading as much as i do. some of the books i want to find for him...

all the oz books
the moomintroll books
secret garden
roald dahl
no flying in the house
cricket in times square
beverly cleary
harriet the spy
phantom tollbooth
mouse and the motorcycle
ginger pye

these just popped in my head. any suggestions? i'm sure there are some good kid chapter books written after i turned 12.