Showing posts with label childrens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label childrens. Show all posts
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...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Five Minutes: (That's a Lot of Time) (No, It's Not) (Yes, It Is) by Liz Garton Scanlon, Audrey Vernick, Olivier Tallec

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Is five minutes a long time? Well, I guess it depends on what you are doing at the time.  A cute book that is carried by the illustrations. ...
Monday, January 3, 2022

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur T. Bradley, January LaVoy

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The invitations went out for a weekend at the (rumored to be haunted) Barclay Hotel. One each, delivered by courier, to five people only: a ...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery by Ally Carter

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Three months after the end of the last book, the children of the Winterborne Home are feeling a little bit desperate. Gabriel Winterborne is...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

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I adored these books as a child. Kid doesn't want to take a bath? Let her get dirty enough to plant radishes on. Child doesn't want ...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter

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April is an orphan. She doesn't know much about her past except for the key hanging around her neck. Her mother never told her what it w...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Con Quest! by Sam Maggs

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Just because your parents are cult favorites, it doesn't automatically mean that their kids will be nerds as well. Fiona sure isn't....
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar

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The Wayside school is back and strange things are happening. But normal things are too. The children in Mrs. Jewell's class on the thirt...
Monday, December 16, 2019

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition but neither does anyone expect the Herdmans to want to get involved with the Second Presbyterian Chr...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The Secret of Dinswood by Ellen Alexander

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Many years ago a pirate got so much gold that he decided to retire in anonymity. He named himself Lord Dinswood and established a school. Hi...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Geeky Fab 5 vol. 1: It's Not Rocket Science by Liz Lareau; Lucy Lareau

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The book starts with Lucy preparing for a new day at school. It starts off okay, meeting her friend Zara "Zeke" Kumar in line and ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Today I'll Be a Unicorn by Dana Simpson

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Would've been five stars if this book had been longer (8 pages!). There is a nice story of Marigold deciding that she is going to be a u...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Peanut Butter and Jelly by Ben Clanton

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I really enjoy the Narwhal and Jelly books and think that people will like this one as well. You definitely don't have to have read the ...