An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott – Book Review
In An Old-Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott, Polly Milton visits her wealthy cousins in the city over the holidays and stays over the course of a few months. A country girl, her mother has raised her with many simple and wholesome virtues, preparing the girl to become a woman who cares about not only [...]
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel, by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin – Book Review
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel is my second experience reading a graphic novel and I really enjoyed reading it, even though I had very mixed feelings about the anti-hero/protagonist Artemis Fowl. I mostly didn’t like him or the methods he used to retrieve his family fortune. I was rooting against him for most of the [...]
What The Witch Left, by Ruth Chew – Book Review
Katy and Louise and Louise are playing at Katy’s house after school one day when Louise discovers a locked drawer in a bureau Katy’s room. Katy’s mother uses the chest of drawers to store things and Katy is not supposed to go into it. The girls get curious and Katy knows where her mother keeps [...]
Horrid Henry, by Francesca Simon
Horrid Henry, by Francesca Simon is published by Sourcebooks and is Recommended. Between re-visiting favorites from my childhood and reading books with and looking for books for my young cousin, I have definitely branched away from my normal fare. When I picked this up I was thinking that at nine years old, Horrid Henry might [...]
Wednesday Witch, by Ruth Chew – Book Review
The Wednesday Witch, by Ruth Chew Publisher: Holiday House Publication Date: September 1972 Format: Paperback, 128 pages I have to say that I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book as a kid, and I still do. I can’t even understand why this book isn’t still in print. That is just SCANDALOUS! Ask me how I really [...]
The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Warner Chandler – Book Review
The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co. Publication Date: 1942 Format: Hardcover, 154 pages Earlier this year I made a list of things that I want to do and one of those things is having a sleepover with my 8-year-old cousin once a month. I am making it a point [...]
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