My daughter Sommer and I have started to read some of the same books. No, it's not because we attend the same grade...it started with the news of a movie that was being released called "The Spiderwick Chronicles".
We made a decision that we would read the Spiderwick book series together. I purchased the box set for her and I downloaded my audiobook version from audible.com. I was a great experience as we hammered our way through the books and discussed what was going on. We anxiously awaited the theatrical release date.
We finally saw the film today and it was a great experience. Not only because it was a great movie, but because it was great different than the books. We talked the whole way home about the bitter-sweet experience of falling in love with the books and having someone change them for the movie. It's understandable that you can't tell a story that's 5 books long on just 90 minutes. The cool part is that we were able to see the story from a whole new perspective. Perhaps that enhanced our movie-going experience because in many ways we felt like we were seeing it for the first time. However, I don't recommend this movie for youngsters. It was very intense in it's theme and violence. I recommend that you keep them at home and rent them the movie in a few years.
I look forward to our next book assignment together. It will also be fun to get my other daughter, Sydney (age 7), involved too.
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