Showing posts with label childrens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label childrens. Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2026

The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene

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This book starts with a literal bang when Nancy and her friend, Helen Goulding, are trying to outrun a storm but, when their boat hits a log...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene

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Nancy is trying to relax and read a book but is having trouble concentrating. Luckily, she's interrupted by a knock on the door. Not so ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene, narrator Laura Linney

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Seventy years later, this book holds up amazingly well. Of course, this is the series that was updated after it was found that the original ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell

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Magdalena "Maggie" Fishbone is being moved from one orphanage to another. She knocked a boy (who, to be fair, was bullying some yo...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Double Fudge by Judy Blume

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There are two Farley Drexel Hatchers? That's what Pete and his family discover on a trip to Washington, D. C. There, Pete's father r...
Sunday, December 7, 2025

Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume

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It's summer (yay!) and Peter's parents have a lead on a place to stay. Too bad the tip came from Sheila Tubman's parents. And th...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Superfudge by Judy Blume

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Peter and Fudge are about to have some major life upheavals. First, their mother is pregnant. Second, they're going to be living in Prin...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume

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Sheila Tubman was a side character in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Now, she's front and center. She has a little bit of a lying prob...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

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This book actually holds up from my childhood and hearing Judy Blume read it herself was... just so amazing.  Peter Hatcher is nine years ol...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren, narrator Esther Benson

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Is there anyone more endearing than this redheaded child? I remember giggling to beat the bands while reading this series as a child. She wa...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

The Most Magnificent Team by Ashley Spires

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The girl and her dog are going out to make a new thing. Only there's somebody already there. In her place. What is she to do? Except mak...
Friday, February 14, 2025

How Spider Saved Valentine's Day by Robert Kraus

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I just rediscovered this book from my childhood and it is adorable. It has some good repetition that children will enjoy because they can pa...
Monday, September 4, 2023

The Most Magnificent Maker's A to Z by Ashley Spires

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I had read "The Most Magnificent Thing" and really enjoyed it. This book was also a joy. With delightful illustrations, Spires goe...
Monday, February 13, 2023

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald

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Oh my goodness. I had forgotten how much I loved the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books. Every book is a collection of children with bad manners who a...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm by Betty MacDonald

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I like the first two books in the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series but after that... eh. The books are usually charming with their magical realism....
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

A is for Audra by John Robert Allman, Peter Emmerich

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This is one of the books from NPR's Best Book  that intrigued me. And it's a delightful book though I think you need some Broadway k...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

Matilda by Roald Dahl, Sarah Greene

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I think that coming to this book later in life may make it difficult to overlook the nastiness of the adults but Roald Dahl generally has hi...
Saturday, September 3, 2022

Hayley Mysteries: The Missing Jewels by Hayley LeBlanc

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This is a quick and fun read and a nice follow up to the first book in the series.  Haley and her friends (and Amelia) are back at it, recor...
Friday, July 15, 2022

The Haunted Studio by Hayley LeBlanc

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Hayley is starring in a TV show about a girl detective. Her two best friends on the show are her two best friends in real life, Cody and Aub...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster,Rainn Wilson

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This book is a favorite of many people's childhood and with good reason. Milo is a normal boy who one day discovers a box in his bedroom...