My boys LOVED A Very Hairy Scary Story by Rick Walton and illustrated by David Clark. As soon as we finished reading it they wanted to read it again. Over and over. I think we read it at least four times in a row the first time.
Ann has stayed at her friends house too long [...]
I have fallen in love with Deborah Ellis this year. I loved The Breadwinner, Parvana’s Journey, and Mud City, which I read earlier this year about children in Afghanistan. The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis didn’t disappoint me. The copy that I read was the cover on the left, but I love the cover on [...]
After reading Jimmy’s Stars by Mary Ann Rodman (read my book review) and participating in an interview with the author, I knew that I had to read Yankee Girl. I loved Jimmy’s Stars and Yankee Girl was just as satisfying.
Yankee Girl was inspired by Mary Ann Rodman’s own childhood, who like the main character lived [...]
Mud City by Deborah Ellis is the third and final installment of The Breadwinner Series. You may read my review of The Breadwinner and my review of Parvana’s Journey. I thought this was a great series. If you haven’t read them, I highly recommend them. As a brief recap the first [...]
kira-kira (kee’ra kee’ra): glittering; shining
I knew I had to read Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata after seeing it recently floating around in the blogosphere. Plus it won the 2005 Newbery Medal and one of my “life reading goals” is to read all the Newbery’s. Plus, on top of that I’ve always enjoyed any [...]
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