August 2025

8/1 The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett The Philadelphia Story (1940) 8/2 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett Mr. Holland’s Opus (1996) 8/3 The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien BLUEY Time After Time (1979) 8/4 Love What Lasts, Joshua Gibbs The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien 8/5 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett 8/6 The Trumpet of the Swan, E. B. White Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett TASKMASTER 8/7 New and Selected Poems, Samuel Menashe (finished) Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, Edward S. Creasy History of Cyrus the Great, Jacob Abbott The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett TASKMASTER Bicycle Thieves (1948) 8/8 Love What Lasts, Joshua Gibbs Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett TASKMASTER 8/9 Love What Lasts, Joshua Gibbs Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett (finished) TASKMASTER 8/10 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien TASKMASTER 8/11 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien The First Days of School, Wong and Wong (finished) The Christian Future, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy 8/12 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Christian Future, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Job: A Son for Glory, Tony J. Sumpter I’m With Her, Wild and Clear and Blue 8/13 The Valley of Vision The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis Why Don’t Students Like School? Daniel T. Willingham Snowbound, Peter Kong Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien Jamie Soles, Pure Words Jamie Soles, Memorials Jamie Soles, Wells TASKMASTER 8/14 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor Snowbound, Peter Kong 8/15 Wall-E (2009) Job: A Son for Glory, Tony J. Sumpter Snowbound, Peter Kong 8/16 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien (finished) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale TASKMASTER 8/17 Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome 8/18 Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale 8/19 Snowbound, Peter Kong The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale 8/20 The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Christianity and Classical Culture, Charles Norris Cochrane TASKMASTER 8/21 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis (finished) Snowbound, Peter Kong TASKMASTER 8/22 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Christian Future, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Christianity and Classical Culture, Charles Norris Cochrane Why Don’t Students Like School? Daniel T. Willingham The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) 8/23 “The Traveller,” Wallace Stegner The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Christian Future, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome Snowbound, Peter Kong (finished) The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Stoner, John Williams TASKMASTER 8/24 The Valley of Vision Good Poems, Garrison Keillor The Christian Future, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (finished) The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome Stoner, John Williams TASKMASTER BLUEY 8/25 The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome TASKMASTER 8/26 Christianity and Classical Culture, Charles Norris Cochrane Why Don’t Students Like School? Daniel T. Willingham Planet Narnia, Michael Ward The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome Stoner, John Williams 8/27 The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Stoner, John Williams 8/29 The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Stoner, John Williams Mulan (1998) 8/30 The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale Stoner, John Williams (finished) Love What Lasts, Joshua Gibbs 8/31 Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome The Peterkin Papers, Lucretia B. Hale TASKMASTER