Bible Characters Through the Ages, by Jann Martin A review by Janice C. Garey This book takes children back into the Bible story of Adam in the Garden of Eden via a homemade time machine. The story, nicely paced, can be either read alone by the child, or a parent or sibling could read it …
The Rattlebang Picnic by Margaret Mahy Book review by Elizabeth H. Age 10 In The Rattlebang Picnic by Margaret Mahy, Jack McTavish and Marion McGillicuddy get married and decide to buy an old rattlebang and have a bunch of children instead of a new and expensive car and no children. The McTavishes are a happy family …
A Frog Thing by James Muscarello Reviewed by Ellinor G., Age 9 A Frog Thing is a book about Frank the frog. The author of this book is Eric Drachman and the illustrator is James Muscarello. In this book, Frank really wants to fly and sets his mind to do it. But he is a frog, and frogs …
Something's Eating the Garden, by Pam Fries, is a delightful rhyming book just in time for spring. The colorful illustrations and humorous dialogue keeps children and their parents amused. This may become a book you'll have to read again and again. "Oh no, something is eating the garden! What could it be?" I highly recommend …
Flora & Ulysses - the Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo Flora's love of comic-book heroes becomes a reality when she saves a squirrel from a powerful vacuum cleaner and it gains unimaginable powers. Saving Ulysses gives Flora the impetus she needs to accept her parent's recent divorce. Kate DiCamillo is a fabulous spinner of tales …
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