Books and readers

We had a lovely dinner the other night with a very special fan of the Bailey Fish Adventure series--Tiana from Blacksburg, her parents and grandparents.

Tiana and her dad have been writing me for about a year now and she tells me that the Bailey Fish books are her favorites. They read them, and lots of other books together. I like to hear that parents and kids read together. Tiana's grandmother told us she has a special reading sofa that they share when Tiana visits. Tiana is very smart and a lot of that is because she likes to read so much!

This past month has been busy with many wonderful school visits--Stafford Middle, and Meriwether Lewis among them. Coming up are visits to Jouett Elementary, in Louisa, St. Timothy's in Chantilly, and a homeschool group in North Stafford. I was surprised when the media specialist at Jouett asked if I would play my cello as part of my talk about the Jamestown book. I've been looking for music from that the colonists might have known, and plan to play music on both the cello and my recorder (I'm not very good, but I can play a few tunes) that day. The colonists probably didn't have a big cello with them at Jamestown, but they probably had a recorder or something like it, and perhaps a violin or two.