The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo is in the same magical vein as The Tale of Despereaux. Although the book doesn’t start out with the words “Once Upon a Time,” it certainly has that fairy tale feeling with the first line, “At the end of the century before last, in the market square of the [...]
Loved this book.
Loved it.
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One of my favorite types of books to read are books that take place around World War II and the Holocaust. There will never be a drought of stories to tell from this horrific part of history. But I was shocked when I picked up Someone Named Eva [...]
Ghost in the Machine by Patrick Carman is the follow up book to Skeleton Creek. I love this series because of it’s creativity . If you are not familiar with Skeleton Creek (which you can check out my review and details here), it’s a book which is told in two different formats. One is the [...]
How could I resist a book like Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin with a cover like that? As soon as I saw this book on display at my local library I snatched it right up. Didn’t even read the back cover or anything. I just knew that this looked like a special book. [...]
Chess Rumble by G. Neri and illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson is one of those books that I hope people don’t judge based on the cover. I don’t think it’s the best representation of the book. It’s a book that I would have walked by without a second glance. But then of course, I’m a [...]
