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Hi! My name is Christy.

This our second year to use DIAHOR. My children are 7,9,11 years old. I have really enjoyed studing the same unit with all my children. We have completed the Mystery and Fantasy units and are currently working on Reality Fiction book unit.

Melanie,

Thanks for the reply. I will look into it - it sounds like a neat book.

There is a short book called "Players in Pigtails" which tells about girls playing baseball during WW2 (similar to League of their own).

I need some suggestions - We will be starting Realistic fiction in our Drawn into a heart of Reading soon. I would like to use "sports" books and do a unit with sports (my children are begging for a sports unit). I can find lots of "boy books" but not having much luck with "girl books" (all the ones...

One idea when studying folktales/fairy tales that worked well for my children last year was studying the various "Cinderella" stories found throughout the world. I was amazed at how many various Cindrella stories are out there. We read several (many can be found on the internet) and then compared an...