Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff is a 2003 Newbery Honor book and is worth every minute of the short read. Hollis is twelve years old and stuck in the foster care system. She is known as being a trouble maker and constantly runs away from the homes in which she is placed. [...]
Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen is a very slim 92 pages. But in those 92 pages, you will be cringing, covering your mouth in horror and squeezing your eyes shut so you won’t be able to read the words. At least that’s what I did. What a raw look into pre-Civil War slavery. Sarny is twelve [...]
I read The Lightning Thief, Book One of Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan as part of my reading for my Children’s Literature Book Club this past month. This young adult book is normally not the type of book that I would pick up on my own, but I found it to be [...]
I read Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl for my Children’s Literature Book Club. This month we read books being made into movies. Fantastic Mr. Fox is being made into an animated film with big names such as George Clooney, Bill Murray, and Anjelica Huston. It’s slated to be released in November of this year. [...]
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan received the Newbery Medal in 1986 and at a very short 58 pages it took mere moments to read. It’s short, it’s sweet but it’s not one that will stay with me for a long time.
Set during the 1800’s on the praire, two children, Anna and Caleb are [...]
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