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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
DR. SEUSS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Theodor S. Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) would have been 105 years old today! Dr. Seuss wrote over 60 books for children, and is celebrated today by schools and Libraries in READ ACROSS AMERICA. Read Across America is dedicated to motivating children to read.
Massachusetts has an important connection to Dr. Seuss, as he grew up in Springfield, MA. Read more about him on the wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Seuss, where I obtained the info for this blog entry & the photo. Scroll down the page for a complete list of his books.
What's your favorite Dr. Seuss Book???? Take our poll on the right!
LLL
Friday, February 20, 2009
A YEAR DOWN YONDER by Richard Peck
Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago...Peck continues the adventures of Mary Alice. Since her father has lost his job, Mary Alice's parents are forced to take a tiny apartment in Chicago with no room for a 15 year old. Her brother Joey has grown up and joined the army, so Mary Alice is sent back to Grandma Dowdel for a YEAR, not just a week in the summer as usual. She knows that things out in the country are different, but is wholly unprepared for Grandma Dowdel's unconventional way of dealing with life in a small town. Is Grandma really crazy, or does she know exactly what she's doing?
I think kids ages 8-12 will enjoy this book
RATING: ***** *** (even better than #1)
LLL
A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO by Richard Peck
This is a story of a family struggling to survive the great depression. Joey and Mary Alice are sent for a week during the summer to stay with Grandma Dowdel, a woman well known for being...let's just say different from your typical grandmother. Every one in town knows not to even try to mess with Mrs. Dowdel...but occasionally someone forgets, or they think they can outwit this hilarious, tough old lady.
I think kids ages 8-12 will enjoy this book.
Definitely a good read.
RATING: *****
LLL
FLYTE by Angie Sage
This exciting sequel to MAGYK continues with the adventures of Septimus Heap. Surrounded by DARKE MAGYK, Sep is slowly transforming from a frightened child in the young army into a wizard, strong enough to stand up to those that mean him, his friends or his family harm...even if that means his oldest brother, Simon. Simon was furious at being upstaged and passed over for his younger brother, and so was easy prey for the DARKE side. Will Septimus be able to save Jenna, the Queenling from danger? What about the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand? Or the Dragon Boat of Hotep-Ra? Help arrives from surprising sources, both MAGYKAL and otherwise.
I think kids ages 7-17 will enjoy this book
RATING: *****
LLL
Monday, February 16, 2009
MAGYK by Angie Sage
A marvelous fantasy about the Heap family of wizards. Septimus Heap, the seventh son of a seventh son, dies at birth...before the family even has a chance to grieve, the queen is murdered, and her newborn abducted and secreted away with the Heaps. The adoptive daughter, Jenna, grows up with her new family until the age of 10, when the evil necromancer DomDaniel discovers Jenna's true identity and tries to have her killed. The Heaps are scattered as they try to escape and keep the princess safe. Before they get far, Jenna and Marcia Overstrand (the powerful ExtraOrdinary Wizard) rescue a boy buried in the snow and near death.
There's lots of MAGYK and adventure...if you liked Harry Potter, you will love this book, and the 3 sequels that follow.
I think kids ages 7-17 will enjoy this book.
RATING: *****
LLL
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Books are Fine in 2009
Hi everyone out there in LibraryLand...it's been a while since our last entry. I plan to continue the Reading Review blog with some new items...that's right, the latest and greatest reads & reviews from Grades 4 & 5.
Looking for a good book to read? Here are some suggestions...
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (author of Coraline, soon to be a movie)...SCARY!!!
The orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and carefully to the age of eighteen years by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures. (Fantasy)
Honey Cake by J. Stuchner... David and his family live in Denmark during the Nazi occupation, until September 1943, when their neighbors help smuggle them to Sweden to escape Hitler's orders to send the Danish Jews to concentration camps. Includes a recipe for honey cake, typically made to celebrate the Jewish New Year. (Historical Fiction)
At the Sign of the Star by K. Sturtevant In seventeenth-century London, Meg, who has little interest in cooking, needlework, or other homemaking skills, dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday inheriting her widowed father's book store (Historical Fiction)
Enjoy!!!
LLL
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