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The Year of the Dog
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin If you’re looking for a chapter book about Chinese New Year, you couldn’t do any better than this. Grace Lin draws from her own childhood experience to write a sweet tale of … Continue reading
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Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust
Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier, Illustrations by Marc Lizano, Ink by Greg Salsedo A little girl wakes in the night and finds her grandmother is still up. She asks if her grandmother has had a … Continue reading
The Field Guide
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black The set-up is juicy. In a very convincing letter to the reader, Holly Black claims to have been approached by three children with a story to tell, … Continue reading
Reader’s Choice!
Your choice that is! For some time I’ve been meaning to ask you all: What do you want to see reviewed? I have so many ideas turning over in my mind, but the future is wide open, so share what … Continue reading
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By the Shores of Silver Lake
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Pa is again restless. They’ve been two more years by Plum Creek and the crops are weak and the animals are scarce. Pa wants a place where the hunting is better. … Continue reading
Let It Snow!
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances When YA heavyweight authors like John Green and Maureen Johnson get together to write Christmas themed short stories, everybody wins. The three tales in this book are intertwined with characters crossing between the stories … Continue reading
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown
All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown by Sydney Taylor So, technically, this is the third All-of-a-Kind Family book. It’s also one of the best. Taylor wrote All-of-a-Kind Family, More All-of-a-Kind Family and All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown then nearly 20 years later, she added two additional … Continue reading
Beauty
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley Beauty has grown up in a city, the youngest daughter of a wealthy merchant. While her two oldest sisters are completely beautiful, she is small and … Continue reading
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
Memory is such a fickle thing. I had remembered this one as not particularly good, but it turns out I like it very well, and it’s absolutely one where I long to be a part of Betsy’s world. This is … Continue reading
