I handed this level 4 reader to Louise a few weeks ago because I thought she’d enjoy it. We’ve been studying the Middle Ages this year, and when I read David Macaulay’s original book, Castle, earlier this school year, it was a hit. Louise has been known to draw elaborate pictures of castles (sort of cut-away … [Read more…]
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate isn’t the type of book I would normally pick up on my own, but it’s a Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominee, and it has received some buzz as a potential Newbery winner, so I had to give it a go. I almost abandoned it mid-read because of my … [Read more…]
What came first, the chicken or the egg? In the case of The Fantastic Book of Mr. Morris Lessmore, I’m pretty sure it was the movie, not the book. 🙂 According to the author information on the flyleaf, William Joyce had this book in the works for years before it came to fruition, and from … [Read more…]
I confessed in my review of the second book in the Origami Yoda series that I’m not a Star Wars fan, and that hasn’t changed. I don’t guess I dislike the movies, but I certainly am not conversant in the plots and characters. I think this was a little more of a deterrant in my … [Read more…]
My regular readers know that we here at the House of Hope have a natural fascination with Helen Keller because of our proximity to her birthplace and childhood home. We were at the library named in her honor (!) last week where I saw this brand new title by Doreen Rappaport, so of course I had … [Read more…]
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