Unplugged: Holiday '05 Reading List

via Life Magazine: "Tis the season for school vacations, so give your kids five reasons to unplug the iPods, stop the IM'ing...and pick up a book. Here, kid-friendly reads by some of your favorite authors."

• The Human Fly and Other Stories, by T.C. Boyle (ages 14 and up)
• A Family of Poems, edited by Caroline Kennedy (all ages)
• Flush, by Carl Hiaasen (ages 10 and up)
• The Gift of Nothing, by Patrick McDonnell (all ages)
• Noisy Outlaws, Sweeney's (ages 9 and up)

To the Life Magazine list, I'd like to add the following:

• James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl (all ages)
• Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls (ages 9 and up)
• The Cay, by Theodore Taylor(ages 9 and up)

Happy Reading!