Tag Archives: read aloud

Quick Pick Picture Book- The Latke Who Wouldn’t Stop Screaming

You would scream too, wouldn’t you, if you were dropped in sizzling oil to be fried?  If everywhere you went others refused to understand you?  If you felt as if you didn’t have a proper home?  If someone was prepared … Continue reading

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Immigration Picture Book: How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story

After soliders visit a small boy’s home, his family immediately leaves for America under the cover of night.  They take nothing with them except a change of clothes and money to pay their fare on a small boat.  Across the … Continue reading

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Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar Louis Sachar restores my faith that it is possible to write something hilarious about school without completely demeaning both children and teachers.  I made it exactly six pages into this before I … Continue reading

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The Princess and the Goblin

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald I remember reading and loving this as a child, but I’m fairly astonished by that not because it’s not a great book, but because the vocabulary in this book is killer.  MacDonald … Continue reading

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Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner

The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard There’s no denying that Pooh is a very famous bear.  For years he’s been winning people over with his … Continue reading

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