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Grief, Guilt, and Recovery in Four Cybils’ Middle Grade Fiction Books
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The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman. Gone From These Woods by Donna Bailey Seagraves. Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by MIck Cochrane. Disclaimer: There are some spoilers in these reviews. I couldn’t discuss the books otherwise. If you just want to know the general ...18 hours ago -
Book Review: Fairy Hunters, Ink. by Sheila A. Dane
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Hi all! Do you believe in fairies? Sheila A. Dane does, and in Fairy Hunters, Ink. you meet Ashley, Big Rabbit, Turtle, and all of the different fairies they find during their many expeditions. Though the book is subtitled “A Book of Fairies for Children and (Not So) Grown Ups”, I think Dane did a magnificent ...1 day ago -
Texas Tuesday: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
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I read several reviews of this debut novel set in 1899 in Caldwell County, Texas, before I actually read the book itself, and I remember all of the reviews being quite positive. That’s sort of a dangerous thing to do because my expectations can be raised too high—which is exactly what I think happened with The ...1 day ago -
Sunday Salon: Books Read in October, 2009
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Children of God by Mary Doria Russell. In this sequel to Russell’s The Sparrow , ex-priest Emilio Sandoz continues to work out his salvation in fear and trembling as the fate of two cultures hangs in the balance. Gateway by Frederick Pohl. Not recommended. Although both of Mary Russell’s sci/fi books (see ...3 days ago -
New Nostalgia
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This will likely be another short post, about books that feel like they should be rereads, but aren’t. 51. Just Henry by Michelle Magorian As a child I read Goodnight Mr Tom and Back Home multiple times (I had a lot of kids’ WWII novels and biographies, and that war and its aftermath are a ...4 days ago -
Solving Zoe by Barbara Dee
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In Solving Zoe by Barbara Dee, Zoe attends a sort of experimental school for gifted kids. It’s the sort of place that C.S. Lewis parodies in The Silver Chair ; the school in Solving Zoe is something like the school Eustace and Jill attend. The teachers and the administration pretend that everyone at the school ...4 days ago -
Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire by Brenda A. Ferber
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Girls of a certain age do this friend ranking thing. They have “best friends,” and they get jealous if their best friend spends too much time with another girl. They write notes that ask “am I still your BFF?” and try to figure out body language and sub-texts to conversations, and it’s all kind of ...4 days ago -
Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan
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Afghanistan is in the news almost every day, and those children who hear about the war there have questions about the people of Afghanistan and the culture there. Wanting Mor by Pakistani author Rukhsana Khan could serve as an introduction to a country that has become, for better or for worse, a preoccupying subject ...6 days ago -
Writing Childrens Short Stories Dos and Donts Part 2
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Its time for part two of "Writing Short Stories Dos and Donts." If you missed part one, you can find it here. Now onto part deux: Don’t use words like “she shouted” or “he exclaimed” or “she questioned” after dialogue. Don’t be afraid to repeat the word “said.” It is the best dialogue tag. ...1 week ago -
Writers in Conversation
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I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
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For me, the last panel discussion of the day of on Saturday at the Texas Book Festival was a discussion with four children’s/YA authors about writing series fiction. The title was something like “How To Write Characters That Go the Distance: Writing Books in a Series.” The authors were Derrick Barnes (Ruby and ...1 week ago -
The funniest books for children in 2009
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A relatively new prize for children’s writing will be awarded next week to the author and illustrator who have written the funniest children’s book of the year. The Roald Dahl Funny Prize (named after one of the world’s most imaginative and loved authors for children) was founded by author Michael ...1 week ago -
A Christmas Story
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A Christmas story Jo couldn’t wait until Christmas day. Like lots of young children he had never been able to . He wanted to know what presents he would be get . ‘Do you know where they hide them?’ He asked his brother Ted. ‘I don’t want to,’ said Ted who was a bit older than Jo. ‘I want to wait ...1 week ago -
Callie’s Rules by Naomi Zucker
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Some of Callie’s Rules: A family is not a democracy. Even when your father’s a lawyer and talks a lot about rights, it’s still not. Listen to your father. The things he tells you might be useful sometime. Monks have the right idea. If you never open your mouth, you get into a lot less trouble. If everybody ...1 week ago -
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman: A-
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From the back cover: Master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of tales for younger readers that may chill or amuse, but that always embrace the unexpected: * Humpty Dumpty’s sister hires a private detective to investigate her brother’s death. * A teenage boy who has trouble talking to ...1 week ago -
The Witches by Roald Dahl: A
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From the back cover: Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There’s nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma’s stories—but nothing can ...1 week ago -
Anna’s World by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin
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I’ve always been interested in aberrant minds, people who think differently from the rest of us, and in aberrant religious groups, group that detour from orthodox Christianity into a spiritual path that obviously has its roots in Christianity, but doesn’t adhere to Biblical teaching. The Shakers of nineteenth ...1 week ago -
Read Aloud Thursday: Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
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Z-Baby (age has been listening all week to Betsy-Tacy on CD’s. As far as I can tell this first book in the series is the only one that is available in audiobook form, but Z-Baby would very much like for someone to record the other books in the series so that she can listen to them. Me: So what have you been ...1 week ago -
Read Aloud Thursday: Love Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
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Bethy-Bee (age 10) read and then listened to this book on CD and enjoyed it very much, although it’s not a Pollyanna-type book. In fact it’s rather sad, as we repeated many times in our talk about the book. Me: What was Love, Aubrey about? BB: A girl named Aubrey whose dad and sister died in a car crash and ...1 week ago -
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder: B
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From the back cover: Eleven-year-old David is about to meet his new stepsister, Amanda, who is only one year older than he is. Amanda arrives at their big old house wearing a huge tattered shawl and carrying a sharp-eyed crow in a cage. She is hardly what David expects. Before long, she introduces David to a strange ...2 weeks ago
