Monday, November 18, 2013

Escape from Mr Lemoncello's library by Chris Grabenstein

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" These twelve children have lived their entire lives without a public library.  As a result they have no idea how extraordinarily us...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

The Little Riders by Margaretha Shemin illustrated by Peter Spier

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This is one of those books I mentioned where our school library copy is old and needing replacement so I bought it home to re-read just to b...

My father's dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett ilustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett

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My Father's dragon (1948) seems to appear on so many beginning reading lists I was very pleased to discover we have an almost new copy ...

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

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I have loved this book The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear for a long time so you can imagine my deligh...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden illustrated by Barbara Cooney

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Is it too early to review a Christmas book?  The shops are already filling with trees and decorations and today I saw my first fruit mince...
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Sunday, November 3, 2013

Flora and Ulysses -The illuminated adventures by Kate DiCamillo illustrated by KG Campbell

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I hardly know where to begin with this amazing book Flora and Ulysses .  If you have not met Kate DiCamillo she truly is a master storytel...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Wild Wings by Gill Lewis

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It is thanks to one of my younger students that I took the time to read Wild Wings .  I did start this book months ago but did not get pa...