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[quote=Anonymous]We do picture books during the day, but bedtime reading is for all the kids, and we've always done chapter books, first one chapter of something funny like Wayside school, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle or Pippi Longstocking, then one chapter of something with a different tone like Laura Ingalls, 5 Little Peppers or Eight Cousins. Usually by the time the second chapter is done, only the older kids are awake, and we discuss the chapter in any way they want (historical vs. contemporary, foreshadowing, or anything else). I've always had the little ones around me on the couch, in a squashy chair or on the floor while we're doing picture books, but bedtime means that the little kids who fall asleep during the first chapter must be in bed before I start reading, the kids that fall asleep during the second chapter have to be in bed before I begin that one, and the older kids sit with me in the hall.[/quote]
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