Ep 39 Summer Reading Guide (Pt 2... A Themed Guide!)

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We could hardly wait to release Part 2 of our Summer Reading Guide! This one has a theme! Why? Because we are homeschoolers. Ha! With the Olympics starting at the end of July, we have a special Summer Guide to suit the summer!

1:14 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Ep 38 Summer Reading Guide Pt 1

4:45 Topic Talk: Summer Reading Guide Pt 2

Middle Grade

6:00 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth

6:46 The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

8:30 The Big Wave by Pearl S Buck

8:56 All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman

10:26 Cool Japan Guide by Abby Densen

11:34 Both

11:51 10 Best Manga for Beginners article

12:30 Yotsuba&! (Vol #1) by Kiyohiko Azuma

13:52 The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw

16:40 High School

16:45 Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered the World by Matt Alt

18:30 I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

20: 30 They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (we rec reading this with your MG too, but side by side)

24:17 Ink and Ashes by Valynn E Maetani

26:00 Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

27:24 Make It Personal

Far Bookends

Mindy liked a lot, but not what we wanted on the Guide:

28:27 The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

28:32 The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

Made it to the Guide:

28:46 The Wild Goose by Ogai Mori (FREE on Kindle!)

30:15 Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

31:31 Shogun by James Clavell

33:25 Near Bookends

34:35 National Geographic Kids’ Japanese Fast Facts

34:50 Japanese Pod 101 YouTube Channel

35:07 Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (free on YouTube)

35:36 Japanese Soul Cooking by Tadashi Ono

35:50 Picture books (see below)

35:57 Bookend Homeschoolers Japan BINGO CARD!

Bookend Homeschoolers on Instagram
Mindy at gratefulforgrace

Rachel at colemountainhomeschool

Don’t forget to download your Summer Reading Guide Pt 2 AND your Bookend Homeschoolers BINGO Card!

(Did you listen to Summer Guide Pt 1 and download the PDF?)

Other Links:

Learn about Haiku

Learn about Japanese Culture in 30 minutes

Picture Books:

I Live in Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi

Time for Bed, Miyuki (series) by Roxane Marie Galliez

Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki available kindle kids

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho