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REVIEWS: Books

My son reviews the Foxcraft series

March 15, 2018 No Comments
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My 12 year old son just finished this trilogy and is RAVING about it. So I asked him if he’d write a review about them, to share here…and this is […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader’s Edition

December 11, 2014 No Comments
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Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader’s Edition by Greg Mortenson My kids and I (age 9 boy, 14 girl) really enjoyed this book. I know there’s a lot of controversy […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Dear Dr. Bell…Your Friend, Helen Keller

December 11, 2014 No Comments
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Dear Dr. Bell…Your Friend, Helen Keller by Judith St. George Wow. This is a fascinating book! I had NO idea Alexander Graham Bell and Helen Keller were such good friends…or […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere,Esq. as Revealed by his Horse

May 12, 2014 No Comments
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Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere,Esq. as Revealed by his Horse by Robert Lawson This is a really neat historical […]

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My Voracious Reader & BOOK REVIEWS!

May 22, 2013 No Comments
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Do you have a voracious reader in your home? Is he a boy around age 7/8yrs old? My nearly 8yr old son is just devouring books lately! The problem is […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

August 3, 2011 2 Comments
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Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, by Lesley M. M. Blume  I read this one aloud to my daughter a few years back and I still remember […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Adventures of a Brownie

June 3, 2011 No Comments
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The Adventures of a Brownie, by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik This week I finished reading this book aloud for the second time. My kids LOVED it! Originally written in 1908, […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Chrestomanci series Pt. 3

June 1, 2011 1 Comment
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(continued from the last post) I think Witch Week was the hardest to get through the beginning…The entire first half felt less intriguing than the other books we had read […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Chrestomanci series Pt. 2

May 31, 2011 No Comments
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I started talking about this series in April, when we first discovered it and started reading the first volume (which included 2 of the books: “Charmed Life” and “The Lives […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Have you heard of the “Chrestomanci” series?

April 1, 2011 3 Comments
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I found the book “The Pinhoe Egg” on the shelf at the library recently (facing out on top of a shelf…that is such a brilliant way to get people to […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle

September 14, 2010 No Comments
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The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting Finished reading this book aloud to my children today and we are in love with the characters in this series and can’t […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Remarkable & Very True Story of Lucy & Snowcap

September 14, 2010 No Comments
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The Remarkable & Very True Story of Lucy & Snowcap, by H. M. Bouwman I found this on the library bookshelf and was intrigued…Just finished it today…was reading to see […]

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BOOK REVIEW–The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old Secret

August 31, 2010 No Comments
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The Sherlock Files: The 100-Year-Old Secret, by Tracy Barrett  Just finished this book, a quick read, even for my 9yr old. My daughter and I both give it a thumbs […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Gentle Ben

July 6, 2010 1 Comment
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Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey  I can’t believe I never read this book as a child. I would have loved it! I recently finished reading this book to my 9yr […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Tail of Emily Windsnap

July 5, 2010 No Comments
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap, by Liz Kessler My daughter and I just loved this story about a little girl (Emily) that finds out she is half-mermaid. Her mother is […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Mysterious Benedict Society

July 5, 2010 No Comments
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This was an AMAZING book! My daughter and I were absolutely on the edge of our seat reading this together (I read it aloud to her when she was 8). […]

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