Monday, May 28, 2012

The Eleventh Plague

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The Eleventh Plague  by Jeff Hirsch Scholastic Press ISBN: 0-545-29014-7   My rating: 4 out of 5 This book follows a young boy n...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Hi! Fly Guy

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Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (also illustrated) Theodore Suess Geisel Honor Book Scholastic, Inc. ISBN: 0-439-63903-4 My rating: 4 out...

Duck for President

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Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin Caldecott Award Honor Book Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0-689-86377-2 My ...

The Scrambled States of America

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The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller Henry Holt & Co. ISBN: 0-8050-5802-8 My rating: 4 out of 5 This is an amusing ...
Monday, February 2, 2009

If The World Were A Village

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If The World Were A Village: A Book About The World's People - David J. Smith, illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong ISBN: My rating: 5 out ...

The Indian In The Cupboard

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The Indian In The Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks Avon Books ISBN: 0-380-60012-9 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 For his birthday, Omri receives a an o...
Monday, January 19, 2009

The Time Warp Trio: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy

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The Time Warp Trio: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy - Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith Viking Press ISBN: 0-590-98165-X My rating: ...

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs - Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith Viking Press ISBN: 0-670-82759-2 My rating: 5 out of 5 This v...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

Matilda

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Matilda - Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake Puffin Books ISBN: 0-224-02572-4 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 "Matilda" is the stor...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

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Beethoven Lives Upstairs – Barbara Nichol, illustrated by Scott Cameron Orchard Books ISBN: 0-531-06828-5 My rating: 4 out of 5 This is the...
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Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? And Other Disasters: Poems

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Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? And Other Disasters: Poems – Lee Bennett Hopkins (editor), illustrated by Wolf Erlbruch HarperCollins ISBN: 0-6...

The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table

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The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table – Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith Viking Press ISBN: 0-670-83622-2 My rating: 5 ou...

Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bone Fossils

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Dinosaur Mummies: Beyond Bare-Bone Fossils – Kelly Milner Halls, illustrated by Rick Spears Darby Creek Publishing ISBN: 1-58196-000-X My r...
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Kingdom of the Sun: A Book of the Planets

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Kingdom of the Sun: A Book of the Planets – Jacqueline Mitton & Christina Balit National Geographic Society ISBN: 0-7922-7220-X My rati...

Nature’s Paintbrush: The Patterns and Colors Around You

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Nature’s Paintbrush: The Patterns and Colors Around You – Susan Stockdale (also illustrated) Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0-689-81081-4 My ra...

Pish and Posh

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Pish and Posh – Barbara Bottner (also illustrated) and Gerald Kruglik HarperCollins ISBN: 0-06-051418-3 My rating: 3.5 out of 5 “Pish and P...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Enormous Crocodile

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The Enormous Crocodile - Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake Puffin Books ISBN: 0-140-36556-7 My rating: 4 out of 5 "The Enormous...

Hatchet

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Hatchet - Gary Paulsen Newbery Honor Book Scholastic, Inc. ISBN: 0-590-98182-X My rating: 5 out of 5 "Hatchet" is the story of th...

Jack and the Beanstalk

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Jack and the Beanstalk - E. Nesbit, illustrated by Matt Tavares Candlewick Press ISBN: 0-7636-2124-2 My rating: 4 out of 5 This story is a b...

The Emperor’s New Clothes

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The Emperor’s New Clothes - Hans Christian Anderson, translated by Naomi Lewis, and illustrated by Angela Barrett Candlewick Press ISBN: 0-...

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

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The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Rachel Isadora G.P. Putnam’s Sons ISBN: 0-399-22676-1 My rating: 3 out of 5 This story about a one-legged tin s...

Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children

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Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children – Sandra L. Pinkney, photographs by Myles C. Pinkney Scholastic, Inc. ISBN: 0-439-14892-8 My...

Benny's Pennies

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Benny’s Pennies - Pat Brisson, illustrated by Bob Barner Doubleday ISBN: 0-385-41602-4 My rating: 4 out of 5 This book is about a boy named...

Flotsam

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Flotsam - David Wiesner (also illustrated) Caldecott Award Winner Clarion Books ISBN: 0-618-19457-6 My rating: 5 out of 5 “Flotsam” is prob...

Sector 7

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Sector 7 - David Wiesner (also illustrated) Caldecott Honor Book Clarion Books ISBN: 0-395-74656-6 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 “Sector 7” follo...

Tuesday

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Tuesday - David Wiesner (also illustrated) Caldecott Award Winner Clarion Books ISBN: 0-395-55113-7 My rating; 4.5 out of 5 “Tuesday” is th...

The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard

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The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard - Gregory Rogers Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 1-59643-009-5 My rating: 5 out of 5 Even though no text a...

The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon

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The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon - Mini Grey Random House ISBN: 0-375-83691-8 My rating: 4 out of 5 In nursery rhyme of “Hey Diddle...

123: A Child’s First Counting Book

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123: A Child’s First Counting Book - Alison Jay (also illustrated) Dutton Children’s Books ISBN: 978-0-525-47836-2 My rating: 5 out of 5 Th...

Adèle & Simon in America

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Adèle & Simon in America - Barbara McClintock Francis Foster Books ISBN: 0-374-39924-7 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 “Adèle & Simon in Am...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Stephen Gammell HarperCollins ISBN:0-397-31926-6 My rating: 4.5 out of 5...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Paul Revere's Ride

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Paul Revere's Ride - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker HarperTrophy ISBN: 0-688-04014-4 My rating: 4 out o...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Jazz

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Jazz - Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers Holiday House ISBN:0-8234-1545-7 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 This is a poetry book c...

The Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig

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The Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig - Eugene Trivizas, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury Margaret K. McElderry Books ISBN: 0-689-50569-...

The Twits

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The Twits - Roald Dahl Puffin Books ISBN: 0-14-034640-6 My rating: 3.5 out of 5 "The Twits" is an amusing tale of an ugly, old ma...

The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales Of The Supernatural

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The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales Of The Supernatural - Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Brian Pinkney Coretta Scott King Award Winner R...
Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Witches

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The Witches - Roald Dahl Puffin Books ISBN: 0-590-03249-6 My rating: 5 out of 5 I have been hooked on this book ever since I first read it ...

The Grey King

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The Grey King - Susan Cooper Newbury Award Winner Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0-7011-5071-8 My rating: 2.5 out of 5 When I started reading th...
Monday, October 20, 2008

A Weekend With Van Gogh

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Weekend With Van Gogh - Rosabianca Skira-Venturi Rizzoli ISBN: 0-8478-1836-5 My rating: 3 out of 5 This biography about Van Gogh is written...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

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Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press ISBN: 0-439-13635-0 My ratin...

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

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Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - J.K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press ISBN: 0-439-06486-4 My rating...

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Press ISBN: 0-590-35340-3 My rati...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Don't You Dare Shoot That Bear! A Story Of Theodore Roosevelt

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Don't You Dare Shoot That Bear! A Story Of Theodore Roosevelt - Robert Quackenbush Prentice-Hall ISBN: 0-13-218496-6 My rating: 5 out o...

Nate The Great

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Nate The Great - Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, illustrated by Marc Simont Sharmat/Simont ISBN: 0-385-73017-9 My rating: 5 out of 5 This is a fa...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold

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Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold – James Rumford Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 0-618-75637-X My rating: 4 out of 5 I had only read “Beowulf” in high ...

Aladdin & The Wonderful Lamp

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Aladdin & The Wonderful Lamp – Carol Carrick, illustrated by Donald Carrick Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0-590-41679-0 My rating: 4.5 out of 5...

The Master Swordsman & The Magic Doorway: Two Legends From Ancient China

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The Master Swordsman & The Magic Doorway: Two Legends From Ancient China – Alice Provensen (also illustrated) Simon & Schuster ISBN:...

Tikki Tikki Tembo

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Tikki Tikki Tembo – Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent Holt, Rinehart, and Winston ISBN: 0-033-012711-4 My rating: 4.5 out of 5 “Tikki...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Blood On The River: James Town, 1607

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Blood On The River: James Town, 1607 - Elisa Carbone 2009 Rebecca Caudill Award Nominee Viking Press ISBN: 0-670-06060-7 My rating: 5 out o...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The Creation

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The Creation - James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by James E. Ransome Coretta Scott King Award Winner Holiday House ISBN: 0-8234-1069-2 My r...