Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, the 1978 Newbery Medal winner, is the touching story of two inseparable friends. Jess, age ten, just wants to be the fastest runner in his school, to be known as somebody besides that kid who just draws. He wakes up early every day all summer long to practice running [...]
It has been years since I’ve read a Roald Dahl book, one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time, so I was looking forward to reading James and the Giant Peach. James is sent to live with his two horrible aunts after his parents die a quick but very horrible death (by a [...]
So I was not really on planning on reading Go Ask Alice by Anonymous for Banned Books Week but the universe was conspiring me to read it and the story of how I ended up with this book is worth mentioning quickly.
Saturday morning my sister calls me and asks me if I would mind picking [...]
First off, I was really, really, really excited to read Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume because it’s one of those books that I remember reading as a preteen. Not just reading it but loving it! I also remember thinking, “What would my mother think of me if she knew what [...]
Who doesn’t love Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck? What a wonderful little book full of big ideas.
George and Lennie are two itinerant farm workers traveling from job to job in Salinas Valley, California during the 1930’s. What Lennie lacks in whits he makes up in brute strength and George who is kindhearted and [...]
