| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Curious George and Friends: Favorite Stories by Margret and H.A. Rey (Ha... Author: H. A. Rey Publisher: Houghton Mifflin |
Ages 4-8 |
12/8/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: After rereading Curious George and Friends by Margret and H.A. Rey, I babbled on about them to my husband. My excitement surprised me because I hadn’t expected to feel so impressed by this collectio...more tags: Curious George and Friends , Margret and H.A. Rey | |||||
| 9 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles (Hardcover) Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel & Friends |
Young Adults |
9/1/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: What I really want to tell you is: I love Cinder, the first book in The Lunar Chronicles. Oh, and Marissa Meyer rocks as an author! Yet as a reviewer, I need to back up those statements with reasons. ...more tags: Cinder , Marissa Meyer | |||||
| 7,496 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections (Littl... Author: Cheryl Shaw Barnes Publisher: Regnery Publishing |
Ages 4-8 |
8/30/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: One of the quirks I’ve picked up as an adult is I prefer to first look in the children’s section of the library when I want to know more about topic. Children’s books give me the basics, and the...more tags: Woodrow for President , Peter and Cheryl Barnes | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Emily of New Moon/ Emily Climbs/ Emily's Quest (3 Book Set) (Mass Market... Author: L. M. Montgomery Publisher: McClelland-Bantam, Inc. |
N/A |
8/4/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: If you want to know who I am inside, read the Emily trilogy by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Most everyone knows and loves Montgomery’s most famous creation: Anne of Green Gables. I love Anne too. Yet Montg...more tags: Emily of New Moon Boxed Set , Lucy Maud Montgomery | |||||
| 551 Reviews | |||||
| 5. Flower Fables (Hardcover) Author: Louisa May Alcott Publisher: Applewood Books |
Young Adults |
8/4/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: If you are familiar with the name of Louisa May Alcott, you likely know her as the author of Little Women. You may not be aware, however, that Alcott wrote other children’s books, which eventually e...more tags: Flower Fables , Louisa May Alcott | |||||
| 16 Reviews | |||||
| 6. Road to Memphis Hb (New Windmill) (Hardcover) Author: Mildred D. Taylor Publisher: Heinemann Educational Secondary Division |
N/A |
6/30/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Having now read five Logan books by Mildred Taylor, I have two favorites: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry and Road to Memphis. The first is about childhood tags: Road to Memphis , Mildred Taylor | |||||
| 137 Reviews | |||||
| 7. Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Hardcover) Author: Mildred D. Taylor Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound |
Young Adults |
6/30/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: A former librarian friend of mine used to ensure that their school library’s shelves carried multicultural books. Unfortunately, she found that very few students in her predominantly white school ch...more tags: Let the Circle Be Unbroken , Mildred Taylor | |||||
| 219 Reviews | |||||
| 8. Song of the Trees (Hardcover) Author: Mildred D. Taylor Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound |
Ages 9-12 |
6/30/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor is an excellent example of a story that could have been composed wrongly in so many ways. It is the sign of a truly talented author that Mildred Taylor gets it righ...more tags: Song of the Trees , Mildred Taylor | |||||
| 55 Reviews | |||||
| 9. Watership Down: A Novel (Paperback) Author: Richard Adams Publisher: Scribner |
N/A |
6/2/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: For our family’s summer reading selection, I picked the mammoth four-hundred-page Watership Down by Richard Adams. Some novels will feel like an endurance test just four pages in. Without fail, when...more tags: Watership Down , Richard Adams | |||||
| 6,841 Reviews | |||||
| 10. Tales from Watership Down (Hardcover) Author: Richard Adams Illustrator: John Lawrence Publisher: Knopf |
Ages 4-8 |
6/2/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Twenty years after the publication of Watership Down, Adams blessed the world with nineteen more tales about his beloved rabbits. In a pocket-sized volume called Tales from Watership Down, Adams once ...more tags: Tales from Watership Down , Richard Adams | |||||
| 261 Reviews | |||||
| 11. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Hardcover) Author: Rachel Renée Russell Illustrator: Rachel Renée Russell Publisher: Aladdin |
Ages 9-12 |
5/23/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: After an intense month of reading novels with intercultural themes, I thought a break, in the form of chick lit might be warranted. Turns out, I don’t always have smart ideas. In my second week of d...more tags: Dork Diaries , Rachel Russell | |||||
| 2,242 Reviews | |||||
| 12. Dear Dumb Diary Books 1-4: Let's Pretend This Never Happened/My Pants ar... Author: Jim Benton Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks |
Ages 9-12 |
5/23/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: It’s always nice to end on a good note. Dear Dumb Diary by Jim Benton is my third and final chick lit book for the month. I’m relieved to say that this one I like. Its girl-loves-boy plot has quir...more tags: Dear Dumb Diary , Jim Benton | |||||
| 51 Reviews | |||||
| 13. Mockingbird (Paperback) Author: Kathryn Erskine Publisher: Puffin |
Ages 9-12 |
5/12/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: In my seven years of working as a resource teacher, I have encountered several students with Aspergers Syndrome. Hence, my interest in reading Mockingbird by Kathyrn Erskine about ten-year-old Caitlin...more tags: Mockingbird , Kathryn Erskine | |||||
| 1,816 Reviews | |||||
| 14. Okay for Now (Hardcover) Author: Gary D. Schmidt Publisher: Clarion Books |
Young Adults |
5/5/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Doug Swieteck doesn’t care if you like him. He’s just a loser kid from stupid Marysville in upstate New York. Doug first appeared as a secondary character in Wednesday Wars, for which author Gary ...more tags: Okay for Now , Gary Schmidt | |||||
| 2,658 Reviews | |||||
| 15. Bog Child (Hardcover) Author: Siobhan Dowd Publisher: David Fickling Books |
N/A |
4/19/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: In looking for books about bogs, I came across Bog Child by Irish writer Siobhan Dowd. Her exceptional young adult novel is also about family, religion, sacrifice, and Ireland’s Troubles in 1981. In...more tags: Bog Child , Sioban Dowd | |||||
| 15 Reviews | |||||
| 16. In His Steps (Paperback) Author: Charles M. Sheldon Publisher: Whitaker House |
N/A |
3/24/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: In His Steps has long been one of my favorite Christian novels. Upon reading it for the first time in my teens, I tried for a long time to live by the question asked of its characters: “What would J...more tags: In His Steps , Charles Sheldon | |||||
| 239 Reviews | |||||
| 17. Waiting to Forget (Paperback) Author: Sheila Kelly Welch Publisher: namelos |
All Ages |
3/24/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Waiting to Forget by Sheila Kelly Welch is only the third novel that I’ve read about foster children. The unflinching manner in which Welch writes about their tumultuous lives had me searching the i...more tags: Waiting to Forget , Sheila Kelly Welch | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 18. Heart of a Samurai (Hardcover) Author: Margi Preus Publisher: Amulet Books |
Young Adults |
2/26/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: How would you react if someone greeted you with a bow or by avoiding eye contact? Captain Whitfield reacted with impatience, which puzzled Manjiro and his fishermen companions. To them, those actions ...more tags: Heart of a Samurai , Margi Preus | |||||
| 415 Reviews | |||||
| 19. Hex Hall (Book 1) (Hardcover) Author: Rachel Hawkins Publisher: Hyperion Book CH |
N/A |
2/18/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Mix together angst and attitude. Then pile on the romance and rebellion. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins is an addicting read. I wanted to guzzle it like a fizzy soft drink. Unfortunately, by the end, I al...more tags: Hex Hall , JacketFlap | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 20. Fish (Hardcover) Author: Gregory Mone Publisher: Scholastic Press |
Ages 9-12 |
2/18/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: Did you know there are both good and bad pirates? In Fish by Gregory Mone, when Fish (whose real name is Maurice) is forced to join the crew of The Scurvy Mistress, he doesn’t know one kind of pirat...more tags: Fish , Gregory Mone | |||||
| 72 Reviews | |||||
| 21. The Witch Family (Hardcover) Author: Eleanor Estes Illustrator: Edward Ardizzone Publisher: Harcourt |
All Ages |
2/18/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: What a delightful find! Although I grew up reading several books by Eleonor Estes, until recently I hadn’t the pleasure of discovering The Witch Family. This book is a fun blend of imagination and f...more tags: The Witch Family , Eleonor Estes | |||||
| 79 Reviews | |||||
| 22. School of Wizardry (Circle of Magic, Book 1) (Paperback) Author: Debra Doyle, Judith Mitchell, James Macdonald Illustrator: Judith Mitchell Publisher: Troll Communications |
Ages 9-12 |
2/18/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: What kind of fantasy books do you like best? What are your reasons for avoiding certain fantasy? Are some just not fun? Do some cross religious beliefs? What ones can you accept, despite controversy a...more tags: School of Wizardry , School of Magic , Debra Doyle , James MacDonald | |||||
| 40 Reviews | |||||
| 23. Falling In (Hardcover) Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell Publisher: Atheneum |
Ages 9-12 |
1/28/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: http://allisonsbookbag.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/falling-in-by-frances-orourke-dowell/ tags: Falling In , Frances O'Roark Dowell | |||||
| 297 Reviews | |||||
| 24. The Meerkat Wars (Perfect Paperback) Author: H. S. Toshack Publisher: PakaMdogo Press |
Ages 9-12 |
1/14/2012 Add | |||
| Allison said: The Meerkat Wars by H.S. Toshack reminds me of the masterpiece Watership Down by Richard Adams, which also happens to be one of my all-time favorite books for children. In that hefty novel, along with...more tags: The Meerkat Wars , H.S. Toshack | |||||
| 53 Reviews | |||||
| 25. The Pilgrim's Progress (Paperback) Author: John Bunyan Publisher: CreateSpace |
N/A |
12/25/2011 Add | |||
| Allison said: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan was once the most widely read and translated book in the English language apart from the Bible. Protestant missionaries translated it first thing after the Bibl...more tags: Pilgrims Progress , John Bunyan | |||||
| 1,222 Reviews | |||||
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