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Primates

It’s KidLit Blog Hop Day! Please hop on over and take a look at all the other wonderful things up on other blogs. Primates: the Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas. by Jim Ottaviani and Maris … Continue reading

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The Sign of the Black Rock and The Captive Prince

The Sign of the Black Rock. Three Thieves Book 2. by Scott Chantler. The Captive Prince. Three Thieves Book 3. by Scott Chantler. My son and I are continuing with this series and still having a great time. Dessa, Fisk … Continue reading

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Amelia Rules. Vol. 2. What Makes You Happy.

I’ve been trying to read more kids’ graphic novels, so when this came home from a Daddy-sponsored library trip for the kids, I had to try it. It’s a series I’d been hearing about as one of the Big Kid … Continue reading

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and Eric Shanower. Art by Skottie Young. Colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu. I’ve been trying to do a better job of actually reading the kids’ graphic novels I hear are good. Shanower … Continue reading

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Owly: The Way Home and Bittersweet Summer

Usually when I show a parent a wordless or nearly wordless book for their child who can already read, their first reaction is that their child is too advanced for such a thing. Not at all! Reading words and letters … Continue reading

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Three Thieves Book 1. Tower of Treasure.

My love and I chose these books for the Ballou Senior High School Book Fair: Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer for me ; Infinite Kung Fu for my love; and somewhat randomly Juicy Central #7, just because high-low books are good … Continue reading

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Meridian

The teen librarian gave me volume two of this series for adult, saying she didn’t think it was going out so well in teen. I thought it looked fun, and bought the remaining three volumes second-hand so people can read … Continue reading

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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

I might have mentioned once or twice that Madeleine L’Engle is one of my all-time favorite authors, and I heard such good things about this from so many places that of course I had to try it. A Wrinkle in … Continue reading

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Guinea Pig: Pet Shop Private Investigator: Hamster and Cheese

Robin over at No Flying, No Tights turned me on this series – the fifth volume came out this year. But, as I hadn’t heard of it before, I took volume one home to share with my boy. Guinea PIG: … Continue reading

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Drama

“Did you want to read this?” I asked my love, waving this as part of a stack of library books I was done with. I of course was on the hold list as soon as it was in the library … Continue reading

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