Reading Update: Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs

I stumbled upon Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs at the beginning of my middle school teaching career. It became one of my number one books that I recommended to kids, and it was always in hot demand, passing from student to student. It was so popular, I ended up losing my classroom library copy and annoyingly had to buy another... but I suppose that's a good problem to have.

When I discovered Riggs' collection of short stories, I was immediately intrigued. He didn't disappoint, and I foresee these stories being a great read-aloud selection for my middle school classroom. The short story "The Girl Who Could Tame Nightmares" was perhaps the edgiest and my favorite; however, I have no doubt that every single one of these stories would be well-received by middle school kids and younger.