Title: My Father’s Dragon Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett Illustrator: Ruth Chrisman Gannett Publisher: Random House Pages: 87 ISBN: 0394890485 I think this book might replace Charlotte’s Web as my favorite read-aloud to date! Now I am in no way suggesting that this book could possibly take the place of E.B. White’s masterpiece in the canon … [Read more…]
Title: All Over but the Shoutin’ Author: Rick Bragg Publisher: Random House Length: 329 pp. ISBN: 0679442588 Synopsis: This book might be described as a memoir; it might also be described as a man’s beatification of his mother. Rick Bragg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote this book as a way of paying homage to his … [Read more…]
Title: Too Many Frogs! Author: Sandy Asher Illustrator: Keith Graves Publisher: Philomel Pages: [31] ISBN: 0399239782 This is such a fun book for a read-aloud! Rabbit enjoys his nice, quiet life: he cooks his supper, cleans up his mess, and reads himself a story every night. One night, however, his life is turned upside down by … [Read more…]
Title: Dominion Author: Randy Alcorn Publisher: Multnomah Length: 612 pp. ISBN: 157673661X Synopsis: Clarence Abernathy is a black man with a chip on his shoulder. A journalist for the Portland, Oregon Tribune, he has worked his whole adult life to build his reputation and rise above what he thinks is the stereotype of an American … [Read more…]
Title: The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Knopf Length: 552 p. Synopsis: The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, a child in World War II-era Germany, who, after being abandoned by her mother to a foster family, finally finds her place in her disintegrating world thanks to her loving Papa; her best … [Read more…]
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