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Bark, George
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer This is an excellent choice for little ones who are the correcting stage, because you see, when you tell George to bark, he doesn’t. He’ll meow. Or moo. Or oink. But he doesn’t bark. George’s … Continue reading
The Golden Name Day
My first teaching position was at a school without a librarian. My students and I would browse the bookshelves together searching for treasure. When I spied The Golden Name Day I pressed it into the nearest set of waiting hands. … Continue reading
It’s So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
All children have their bogeymen and things that go bump in the night. Mine was a woof that lived in my closet (I couldn’t say the “l” in wolf until sometime after high school. Shut up, it’s endearing.) . An … Continue reading
Heaven to Betsy
As much as I love the early Betsy-Tacy books, my heart truly belongs to the high school. Heaven to Betsy marks the girls’ freshman year at Deep Valley High and what a year it is! Betsy immediately takes up with … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grades, Teen, Tween
Tagged clean, favorites, friendship, historical fiction, religion
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What the Witch Left
Friends Louise and Katy are playing in Katy’s room when Louise becomes curious about the tall chest of drawers. Louise pressures Katy into opening the locked bottom drawer where they discover lots of stuff belonging to Katy’s Aunt Martha. Over … Continue reading
No Such Thing as a Witch
My copy of No Such Thing As a Witch is so well worn and well loved that it lives its life inside a ziploc bag. When you take it out little pieces of broken up paper flutter out like confetti. … Continue reading
Posted in Middle Grades, Primary Grades
Tagged animals, clean, hard to find, magic, witches
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The Ordinary Princess
A beautiful princess is born. A fairy casts a spell. The Ordinary Princess begins exactly as a fairy tale should, but it has a lot more to offer than your ordinary fairy tale. The princess does not enjoy doing the … Continue reading
Quick Picture Book Pick – Corduroy
I know, I know. I said I wasn’t going to do picture books. But every now and then, there’s a picture book that fits my theme that you just can’t miss. So here to wrap up my week on toys … Continue reading
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
Rumer Godden again does a wonderful job of capturing the bullying, loneliness and isolation that are often a part of childhood. When Nona moves from India to England to stay with her cousins, she is homesick and withdrawn. Her youngest … Continue reading
