Rarely do I read children's books but this one called out to me when I saw it advertised on Amazon. It was the first book they promoted for their kindle deal and I felt driven to it. I am glad I did. The story is heartfelt and amazing.
I loved this book when I first read it, looking back now I see a lot of parallels between this and Murakami's "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" which was published first, in Japan. I wonder if Lois Lowry knew Japanese? I guess there are a lot of books like this one out there, this is...
Read the full review HERE!Bella has grown up a blacksmith’s daughter, and best friend of Prince Julian. She has a very wild imagination, but never wild enough to think she could be the daughter of a Knight!Her whole life is thrown upside down when her Auntie Maud shows up to take her back to her rea...
I love dystopian stories. There is just something intriguing, and often scary, about seeing how society "could be" if some event happened or if they took it into their own hands to change the way life "should be". The Giver by Lois Lowry is one of the better dystopian stories I have read in terms o...
Tulipomania is perhaps not the easiest (or most important) concept to put across for young children. But even if your tot doesn't grasp the historical context, he or she can still relate to the very human concerns in this story. Noyes really understands the importance of routines and little gestures...
I liked this one, but didn't love it like The Magician's Elephant. The idea is interesting, but Edward just isn't a very compelling character. Yes, he's a china rabbit, and it's kind of the point that he's a very one-dimensional sort of first-class not-a-toy, and there's this whole story of him lear...
Such a superb book! I didn't think I would like it but I was sucked in within the first few pages. By chapter 2, I was hooked! The story is about a young boy named Oscar who gets separated from his father during the Great Depression. His father builds model train tracks and Oscar discovers that the ...
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