It’s been a year since I read Nimmi’s Dreadtastic Detective Days, and I’ve been mulling over whether to read it at my reading programme. It’s a little longer than the books we usually read, but there’s so much we can do with the book that I’ve been tempted to choose it. Finally, I decided I would just go ahead and see how it goes, since reading levels differ so widely anyway! Here’s what we’ll do with it.
Portmanteau Words
Dreadful + Fantastic = Dreadtastic
Horrible + Despondent = Horrondent
Guffawing + Chortling = Guffortling
I love word games at my book club! As we read Nimmi’s Dreadtastic Detective Days, we’ll play with portmanteau words, both real and made up.
Themed Food
What if you had to make a whole meal based on a theme? What theme would you choose and what would you make?
We’ll let our imaginations go wild as we create recipes, names of exotic dishes and serving suggestions.
Detective Stories
We love detective stories at my book club. One child diligently recorded clues as we read When the World Went Dark. The children came up with all kinds of theories (including that the lead character Kabir is an alien who’s abducted) as we read Flyaway Boy. This time, we’ll work with codes, cryptograms and red herrings as we lay the foundation of a detective story of our own.
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