In this book, a brother and a sister bring home a plastic skeleton. They hang it up in the sycamore tree and name the skeleton Fred McFee. Some odd things happen, but they try to pay it no mind. I wasn't sure if I'd like this or not, but it was actually better than I thought it would be. It's actual...
I really liked this book--I enjoyed the story, I loved the way the pictures captured this prehistoric world. The rhyming text was smooth, fluid, creative, and fun to read aloud, and in a way, it sort of reminded me of the rhythm of A Frog in the Bog. My nephew enjoyed the dinosaurs in this book, an...
Fun. The set-up involves three friends: Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut (star of a long-forgotten series of books), Katie (star of the Horror Hollow series), and Lily Gifelty, their normal friend. Only now Lily's in this series of books, and her mother has noticed that mothers in particular are in dange...
As unrelentingly clever and inventive as the first book.
Awesome, dramatic illustrations coupled with a thrilling story.