One thing leads to another and to a gift
Nov 29th, 2006 by lvbirders
In this earlier post, I mentioned the fun Josh was having reading from the book, The Greatest War Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer. One entry in the book tells about how Britain’s “thirst for tea” leads to a drug war with China. Josh told everyone in the family about the entry including his older sister. (She is the same sister who is his co-conspirator to turn on the History Channel whenever they get the chance.) Said older sister was at the bookstore recently and came upon the book, The Opium Wars by W. Travis Hanes III and Frank Sanello. Well knowing a little brother who would be interested in the story, she bought the book for him and he delved into it the minute she gave it to him. The whole family is learning more than we ever could about this time period and event between these two countries.
Cool! After reading your earlier post, I ordered used copies of The Greatest Stories Never Told and The Greatest War Stories Never Told and left them on the coffee table (You know, that “strewing” thing :-D ) My 12-year-old seems to be enjoying them. How old is Josh?
Steph,
Glad to hear your daughter is enjoying the books. They sure can lead to lots of “rabbit trails”. Josh is 12 1/2 (he’ll be 13 in March). He is very mature, emotionally and intellectually, for his age. Just the other night, my husband sat listening to Josh and his 23 yos discussing Frederick the Great and Marie Antionette, and jokingly remarked that maybe Josh should sit in on one of his sister’s classes. Shaking his head he added that he couldn’t keep up with their level of comment, knowledge and debate that they were engaging in. Josh has a passion for History and it definitely shows lately. Now, on the other hand, we have a LOT of work to do concerning his written communication skills and also his Math lol.