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Has anyone done anything with Redwall? I would be interested especially in some recipes.
My older son has read all of these at least twice, but I had not read them yet, and I decided to read one aloud for all of us (Mossflower). These books are SO wonderful, I'm just as into it as the kids!! 
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We are big Redwall Fans here too! I got the Redwall Cookbook for my son for his birthday and we have really enjoyed making some of the recipes.  I know there are several sites for Redwall. This is just one of them, but I think there are links there so you can get to some others: http://www.redwall.org/redwall/clubs.html
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IS there a cookbook? I didn't know! Will have to put that in my amazon cart!
I was thinking of maybe doing a Redwall feast for my older son's birthday in March--if I ordered it it may not get to me in time (not to mention that I'm out of money anyway--!  ) So if anyone knows of any recipes online I would love to hear of them.
I did check the main Redwall site and sat my son in front of it, I thought Brian Jaques had some great pointers and encouragements for kids re. writing. He seems to have lived such an interesting & varied life, before he wrote his books!
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We have the cookbook and it is great. I also purchased a "Teaching Gude" to the Redwall book. It looks good and I've got a few ideas on how to adapt it to our learning style, but have not used it yet.
Here's the link to the teaching gude:
Redwall Teaching Gude
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Oh, and Julie Bogart at Bravewriter has an Arrow issue on Redwall as well. That would be something that could be accessed immediately (and cheaply-only 6 dollars) if you want something Redwall-ish to do right away.
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I found this online class at Agnus Dei (Regina Coeli Academy's 5-8th grade program) the other day. It looks great and it's inexpensive.
There is also a link to a sample class on the page.
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I googled "Redwall recipes" and found a slew of sites. Here are a few:
Redwall.net Kitchen
Starfire's Redwall Abbey
Redwall Recipes site
Recipes at Random House (publisher)
Looks like a party to me! 
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Okay, I found a couple more things (i know, i'm getting carried away again!)
Amazon allows you to "search inside" the book so you can see some recipes. If you click "Surprise Me" it will bring you to a random page (which I assume will be a recipe - or near a recipe (you can click next to see the page next to it)).
On this site, a homeschooler writes about how they "unschooled" using Redwall. It includes a short description of a party that they had.
This teacher site has a bunch of ideas and some recipes.
Hope this helps!
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We haven't read these books yet, but ds (almost 6yo) is into anything King Arthur right now. Earlier I had posted soemthing about doing a King Arthur unit. After following this discussion, I think we'll start Redwall and venture into Medieval history and see where it takes us! Also, dd age 8 is very into horse so I'm sure we can tie that in, too! Thanks for all the great resources!
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We just started the Redwall adventure this past week. Ds7 breezed through book 1 in 3 days--I was blown away, and has already started book 2. He'll be thrilled to see some of these other ideas.
Thanks so much for sharing them!
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WOW I'm amazed at all these ideas!
Certainly gives me lots to go on--and such a quick response, thanks!
I was just thinking of doing a few little activities for fun. My older son tends to balk if I turn our read-aloud books into "school" (eg., writing assignments, study questions, etc.) I have them orally narrate sometimes but in a very casual way, saving the "schoolish" stuff for history and science. The rabbit trail idea is kind of new to me but I've been peaking at this forum because of the great books!
That cookbook looks WONDERFUL, but expensive! Maybe I'll save that as a christmas idea for both boys!
Do people here "rabbit trail" as their primary school, or on top of other schoolwork? I've been wondering!
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A few years ago, we did a mini Redwall unit, using many of the links above. We made maps. We learned more about the animals in the books. We made chain mail. We wrote our own fantasy animal stories. It was fun!
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My 11 yob (12 in July) is *not* interested in Redwall.  I bought the whole series thinking for *sure* he would jump right into them. The books are too fat, he says. Think I ought to read the first one aloud to snag his interest in the others? Think it would work?
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It might! I'd give it a try. They really are a pretty easy read, and once he tries them, he may realize they are not that "fat" after all.
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Theresa, I just looked at your blog. Can my kids school with yours? Looks like tons of fun. Here in England we don't have the resources that you have in the US. Besides that, I've just had too many babies too fast. My kids and I, aside from Medieval History, lost the love of learning. I hope we'll find it when we get back (which, thankfully, is soon).
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We are big fans too. I've even got all their friends into Redwall Our hs group recently had a REdwall Feast it was fantastic and the children and I spent 4 days building a 'massive' abbey (we had to take a second car). I just haven't got around to posting the pics yet. I haven't got much time at present but in a couple of days I'll list the successful receipes at the Feast. (I made hotroot soup and a Sea grog)
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Thanks Tina! We do have alot of fun.
I am sure that if you set up as your priority to rekindle the love of learning, you will get it back. That really was my ONLY goal for the last half of last year after pulling ds from public school. It has been so worth delaying academic rigor last year to see him just eat up everything I put in front of him this year.
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I KNEW I would find a handful of Redwall fanatics here.
My kids really love these, and the older ones have read them in the past. But now I'm thinking about reading the entire series aloud (or recorded) as a sort of "sub-unit" to our Medieval studies (which will go through the summer and include a trip to a Renaissance Fair nearby).
Question for you fanatics:
Read them in the order they were written, or in chronological order? Let the debate begin.
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KathrynTherese wrote:
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According to the author, they should be read in the order in which they were written. That's what we're doing here. Well, I shouldn't say "we" because ds8 is reading them himself.
It does seem to make more sense to me to read books in the order in which they were written, at least the first time. Then you can always go back to whichever favorites you have.
The recorded versions, with a full cast and narrated by Brian Jacques are very good.
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We have not read these books--what ages/reading levels are these geared towards?
Thanks!
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