Saturday, July 24, 2010

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

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I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to kneel or buy stamps from him or what. Then it occurred to me why he must be here. “Oh listen Lord Hermes...
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Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz illustrated by Angela Barrett

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Book design plays such an important part in book selection and words on the cover of this book certainly caught my eye – the author is a New...
Thursday, July 8, 2010

Keena Ford and the second-grade mix up by Melissa Thomson

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We have a new kid in the class joining Clarice Bean, Judy Moody, Billie B Brown, Clementine, June B Jones and Amber Brown. We now welcome...
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Monday, July 5, 2010

Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time by James Howe illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay

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Houndsley and Catina is like a lyrical poem disguised in a simple junior novel. Houndsley loves the silences and the white that the snow a...

Morris MacMillipede The Toast of Brussel Sprout by Mick Fitzmaurice illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura

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This book has such a fabulous title!! We all have dreams and Morris MacMillipede is no exception. He dreams of ballet but how can this be p...

Ever Clever Eva by Andrew Fusek Peters

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Folk Tales do not figure high on my reading list not for any deliberate reason they just don’t seem to make it onto my reading pile very oft...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Tumtum and Nutmeg's Christmas adventure! by Emily Bearn

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When I read the first title in the Tumtum and Nutmeg series I was hooked and shocked. Poor little Tumtum eats poison chocolate and is very ...