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The Lighthouse Family
Today’s review is on a sweet little series of children’s books that are perfect for readers, both young and old. In a lonely lighthouse upon the sea, there lived a cat named Pandora. Though she loved the lighthouse, she couldn’t … Continue reading
Mighty Jack
Once upon a time, a poor boy sold a cow for a handful of beans. A beanstalk grew. A giant fell. And they all lived happily ever after? Or did they? Because this is not the fairytale you thought you … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Hatke, book, Book Review, book series, books, bookworm, children's books, children's fairy tale, children's fiction story, comic, comics, fantasy, graphic novel, home school, home schooling, homeschool, Homeschooling, Jack, Jack and the beanstalk, literature, Mighty Jack, reading
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The World’s Greatest Detective
Meet Toby Montrose. For the past several years, he’s never lived in one place for long, being passed around from relative to relative like an old hand-me-down. But here on Detective Row, he finally thinks he may have a home, … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Book Review, books, bookworm, Caroline Carlson, children's books, children's fiction story, children's mystery, Harper-Collins, HarperCollinsPublishers, home school, home schooling, homeschool, Homeschooling, literature, mysteries, mystery, reading, Sherlock Holmes, The World's Greatest Detective
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Summer Reading – Week 2
This week I’m reviewing a series rather than a selection of books from this week’s picks. I read this series a while back and decided to get them again to enjoy. Enola is alone spelled backwards. And that is exactly … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Book Review, book series, books, bookworm, children's books, Enola Holmes, historical book, literature, Nancy Springer, Penguin Young Readers, Philomel Books, reading, The Bizarre Bouquets, The Cryptic Crinoline, The Gypsy Goodbye, The Lef-Handed Lady, The Missing Marquess, The Peculiar Pink Fan
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Summer Reading – Week 1
With so much reading going on this summer, I’ve got too many books to post a review of just one book a week. So I’m doing a quicker review of selected books from my 50-book list of the week. This … Continue reading
Lock and Key: the Initiation
James Moriarty is one of the greatest criminal masterminds the world has ever known. But before he became the scheming, remorseless villain he is now, he was just my older brother, James…At Baskerville, an elite private boarding school founded by … Continue reading
Cleopatra in Space
What do you get when you take one of the most famous characters in history and mash it up with science fiction? Cleopatra in Space! The first graphic novel in the series introduces us to our spunky heroine, depicting her discovery … Continue reading
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Tagged book, Book Review, book series, books, bookworm, Cleopatra in Space, Cleopatra in Space: Target Practice, Cleopatra in Space: The Thief and the Sword, comics, graphic novel, graphix, home school, home schooling, homeschool, Homeschooling, literature, Mike Maihack, reading, Scholastic, Target Practice, The Thief and the Sword
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Ivy
In the charming, perfect little town of Broomsweep, magic is underfoot. Ivy and her grandmother are healers, and they welcome everyone into their home. Even magical beasts. When an injured griffin crashes onto their doorstep, pixies flit in, and a dragon … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred A. Knopf, book, Book Review, books, bookworm, Borzoi Book, Bruce Coville, Celia Kaspar, children's books, Children's fantasy, children's fiction story, fiction, Ivy, Katherine Coville, literature, Penguin Random House, Random House, Random House Children's Books, reading
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Missy Piggle Wiggle and The Whatever Cure
Dear Missy, As you know, my husband, Mr. Piggle-Wiggle was called away some years ago by the pirates. After waiting so long for him to return, I have decided to take matters into my own hands and find out what … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann M. Martin, Anne MacDonald, Anne MacDonald Canham, Annie Parnell, Ben Hatke, Betty MacDonald, book, Book Review, book series, books, bookworm, children's books, classic books, Elliam Corp., Fewer and Friends, home school, home schooling, homeschool, Homeschooling, literature, Macmillan, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, reading
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