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This is a very cute and short story about a little boy who is sent to the store by his mother with a list of grocery items to pick up. The little boy repeats all the things in his head […]
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Go Away, Big Green Monster!, by Ed Emberley, is one of our favorite books. I have to keep it hidden because I don’t want Joel ripping the monster’s nose off, but he loves this book and wants to read it every day. I love how the monster starts out with just eyes and then each […]
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The Bible Salesman is an interesting story about Henry Dampier, a young Bible salesman who accepts a job as an FBI agent, only he’s really working as a car thief. The story is about Henry and his boss, Preston Clearwater, and their adventures in the car thief business.
Here’s what I didn’t care for: The […]
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I would probably never picked this book up on my own, but my husband works with the author’s husband who recommended it to me. I was glad he did because I really enjoyed it, and like I said, would probably have never found it otherwise.
The story is about Beauty, an extremely shy and self conscious […]
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Since we had the giveaway yesterday, I thought I would bump Book Talk to today. I didn’t want to miss this week because I am almost finished with the very fun Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.
I remember reading Dave Barry’s humor column in the Sunday paper while I was […]
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I know this book came out over a month ago, but I just barely got around to reading it. And the first half I wanted to kill. I am just really sick and tired of 1. Edward’s “marble skin” and “golden eyes,” and 2. hearing Bella’s insecurities about her relationship with […]
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This is a great book about feeding your child through every stage. Ellyn Satter talks about the role of a child and parent in feeding, a child’s intuitive feeding abilities, breastfeeding and formula feeding, and infant, older baby, toddler, and preschooler feeding. She shares some very useful information about […]
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Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, is our bedtime book. We read it together every night, and I particularly love this book because it is so simple and follows a pattern, so it’s easy to memorize. When we are camping or on vacation and forget our bedtime book, we can still “read” it.
The illustrations bothered […]
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Elizabeth George Spear is the author of this Newberry Medal Winner. This books is great for young readers because of the historical context and simple story.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond takes place in 1687 and is about Kit, a young girl who leaves her comfortable home and life in Barbados after her grandfather’s death […]
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I just finished The Host and it was a real page turner. I enjoyed the Twilight series, and I also like science fictiony books, so I expected to like this one. If you didn’t like Twilight, try this one out anyway. It is an adult novel and the writing is better than Twilight.
The Host is […]
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I just finished the third book in Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series about a secret preserve filled with magical creatures, some friendly and harmless, others deadly. Kendra and Seth Sorenson, grandchildren to caretakers Stan and Ruth Sorenson, discover the secret world and have many exciting and dangerous adventures. The series is about the battle between the […]
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I didn’t do book talk last Monday because of the giveaway, and I am so glad to be back on track. I love sharing my favorite books with you!
Today’s book talk book is Snakes!, by David T. Greenburg, and it’s a great one. The story is about a boy who is afraid of […]
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This book was excruciating. I loved it, but I will never read it again. The writing was amazing, so much imagery, but the story was absolutely gut wrenching.
The story is about Dr. David and Norah Henry, a young couple expecting their first baby. The story opens in 1964 on a snowy night in Kentucky […]
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This is a story about a Antonina, a Polish woman and zookeeper’s wife, during World War II. Her story is told by Diane Ackerman, who uses Antonina’s journal to create a real and true story about Antonina’s family and their experiences during the German invasion of Poland in the early 1940s.
This book was probably […]
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This book is so cool! It’s a kid’s non fiction book that shows you what a million dots looks like , with some interesting facts about the nature and the world on each page. Here are some of my favorite facts from the book:
The sun has a diameter of 864, 948 miles - […]
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I watched this movie over the Christmas holidays last year and loved it. I love fantasy romance adventures like this one - the story was clever so I wanted to read the book. I liked the movie better - a rarity.
The story is about a fallen star rescued/captured by young Tristran Thorn whose […]
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli is an inspiring story about being yourself. Stargirl Caraway is so different from her peers - she wears old fashioned and bright clothing, adorns her school desk with a flower and table cloth, and sings Happy Birthday to people at lunch while playing her ukelele.
Stargirl experiences a moment of popularity […]
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I was really excited about this book before reading it and a little disappointed after. It was a good story but the writing was hard at times to follow. This could be because I mostly read this book when over tired, so it’s possible that if I read it again I would really […]
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This book by Jim Trelease was full of excellent information about kids and media, reading in particular, but also the effects of television and other forms of print media. I learned so many great things from this book that will help me raise my children to be avid and successful readers.
The main message of […]
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I enjoyed this one just as much as A Conspiracy of Paper. As likeable and charismatic as ever, Benjamin Weaver returns as the thief-taking gentleman.
I love how the author sets up the story - a much older Benjamin is retelling a single adventure from his younger days. The story […]
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I grew up in a small town in Oregon (population 1500 so bigger than her town of 300), so I could really relate to A Girl Named Zippy, by Haven Kimmel. I loved every page of this book, which I was not expecting. I am not big on nonfiction, and I don’t […]
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Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is my book club’s selection for April. I’ve just finished and I really enjoyed the story. I love books set in this place and time period (19th century England). The social differences between now and then are so fascinating to me - for example, the way […]
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These books have been my son’s favorites for several months now - we’ve been reading board books to him since day one, and these hold his interest the best. Each book has 5 touchable objects on the first page and counts down until there’s only one object left at the end. He loves […]
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Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, is a wildly popular children’s book that I’m sure you’ve all read - read it again! And don’t forget to roar a terrible roar and gnash your terrible teeth and roll your terrible eyes and show your terrible claws. And above all, do the wild […]
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I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (#7) for the second time, and I am amazed all over again at the brilliance of J.K. Rowling. The story is a masterpiece.
Reading it through the second time was much different than the first - the first time I read so fast and didn’t […]
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I picked up A Conspiracy of Paper, by David Liss because it’s my book club’s selection for this month, and I can’t wait to discuss it tomorrow night with my fellow book clubbers (this month’s meeting will be my first)!
A financial mystery set in early 1700 England tells the story of Benjamin Weaver, a Jewish […]
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This book is a great resource for everything that concerns the home. She goes through every room in the house and talks about different choices for textiles/floor surfaces/etc., how to clean EVERYTHING, and sooo much more.
One of my favorite parts was a little section with instructions for folding a fitted sheet. Fitted […]
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This was my review of the first book, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, over on goodreads.com:
I was a little hesitant to read this one because of the general craze surrounding it, but I caved, and I’m happy to say that I really enjoyed it. I did not fall in love with Edward. Am I the only […]
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I just finished this one on recommendation from my English teacher sister, and it was a great read. I felt a full range of emotions as I got to know each character and tried to put myself in each of their shoes.
This book tells the story of a young boy in 1904 Georgia whose […]
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I am not an animal lover by any means, but I do like children’s books about animals, especially books about animal sounds or how animals live and behave. Hello, Hello!, written by Miriam Schlein and illustrated by Daniel Kirk, is a great book that teaches how different animals greet each other.
Learn how lions, […]
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