Peter Rabbit Rides Again!

NPR this morning aired an interview with Emma Thompson on her new book The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit   , authrorized by whomever is controlling the Beatrix Potter interests these days.  Peter takes a trip to the Scottish countryside.  NPR story online   

Nicholas Kristof's Kids Summer Reading List

From his concerns with the state of American education, Nicholas Kristof offers a summer reading list to help your children staunch the loss of IQ points. I was excited to see Freddy the Pig on the list, an old favorite of mine.

I, of course, would offer up The Hobbit and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

His editorial is here, with links to his blog--where readers have been offering up other suggestions.