I'm working my way through The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene and I love watching Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.

A couple of kid books - the latest in the Sisters Grimm series and Keeper by Kathi Appelt. She won a Newberry Honor for The Underneath, an excellent story, but a little too disturbing for me to do as a read aloud with most classes. Keeper, while thought provoking, is more upbeat.

Yesterday I read The Rider by Tim Krabbe. Being on vacation is grand. I'm teaching a 4/5 combo next year and I've already got my first two novels planned out, which meant rereading both. Yeah, I'm on vacation, but I like planning.

Veronica