If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
Review: If I Never Met You
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Saturday, August 10, 2024
Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I had to put it down, because work and eating and such, but this just brought me so much joy. Kingfisher is so good at creating an outrageous fictive world in which people behave much more like real humans do. Very much more than I do, to take one example. The mix of horror, humor, and caper is beguiling.
Plus geese, and beautiful endpapers, and a really lovely cover that I can't stop admiring. Highly recommended for a Halloween read, or a gift to others if you can't hold off reading it yourself right away.
Library copy
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Monday, August 05, 2024
Review: What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean?
What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? by Lauren Child
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
2008 Jun 9
We like Clarice Bean in picture books, too.
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Review: Babe : The Gallant Pig
Babe : The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I started by reading one amusing line aloud to the PandaBat. Then he made me start over at the beginning and read it all out loud, and then he read a chapter or two to me. It's hilarious and adorable. He's our favorite pig, now. We have nothing but contempt for poor Wilbur, bless his heart.
***
Just to be clear, I'm not a farm sort of gal. For five years my father kept chickens and we lived in the middle of nowhere and I hate that. Nonetheless, King-Smith has charmed me no end. He writes with great humor and insight into the way people think (even dog and sheep and pig people). Perfect for reading aloud, appealing to all ages.
But please note, the illustrations, though attractive, aren't well suited. The author is talking about how big and lean Babe has grown, and the illustrator is still drawing him as a piglet.
Library copy
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Review: What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean?
What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? by Lauren Child
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
2008 Jun 9
We like Clarice Bean in picture books, too.
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Sunday, August 04, 2024
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