Thursday, November 21, 2024

The Boy, the Troll and the Chalk by Annie Booth illustrated by David Litchfield

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The title of this book sets up the plot. Yes, there is a boy. Yes, there is a box of chalk and you can see a boy drawing with the chalk on t...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate

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The 'voice' of Ivan as lingered with me for over 12 years since I first read The One and Only Ivan. I remember how shocked I was to ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp

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"First the rain stopped falling. Then the wheat stopped growing. Then the dust storms started coming. Then the tractor stopped working,...
Monday, November 18, 2024

Please stop this!

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  All of these publishers produce fantastic books.  I own lots of them and have talked about so many here on this blog  BUT My question is: ...
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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Bowerbird Brood by Aura Parker

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In the first book - Bowerbird Blues - the pair of bowerbirds find each other. Time has now moved on and there are three eggs in the nest and...
Saturday, November 16, 2024

Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo illustrated by Carmen Mok

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Orris is an enterprising rat. He has made himself a cosy nest in a hole in a wall of an old barn. He has one comfortable slipper which he us...
Friday, November 15, 2024

Brian Wildsmith Oxford reader series

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See some pages inside this book here Read more here Beginning in the 1980s Brian Wildsmith created eighteen slim 16 page 'readers' f...
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