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Saturday, December 08, 2012 7:13:18 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Curious George and Friends: Favorite Stories by Margret and H.A. Rey to her Bookshelf
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 collection of eight fanciful animal stories. I had randomly pick"
Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:29:58 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles to her Bookshelf
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. Well, if I absolutely must give you more of an explanat"
Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:20:18 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections (Little Patriot Press) to her Bookshelf
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 then some, without bogging me down with endless informatio"
Saturday, August 04, 2012 7:38:03 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Emily of New Moon/ Emily Climbs/ Emily's Quest (3 Book Set) to her Bookshelf
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 Montgomery considered herself more akin to Emily. And so do"
Saturday, August 04, 2012 7:36:30 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Flower Fables to her Bookshelf
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 earned her the title in her lifetime of the “The Child"
Saturday, June 30, 2012 6:00:42 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Road to Memphis Hb (New Windmill) to her Bookshelf
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"
Saturday, June 30, 2012 5:58:38 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Let the Circle Be Unbroken to her Bookshelf
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 checked them out. Now that the school has become more cul"
Saturday, June 30, 2012 5:57:38 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Song of the Trees to her Bookshelf
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 right. http://allisonsbookbag.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/son"
Saturday, June 02, 2012 1:33:44 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Watership Down: A Novel to her Bookshelf
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, whenever I read Watership Down, those four hundred pages fe"
Saturday, June 02, 2012 1:31:26 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Tales from Watership Down to her Bookshelf
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 again proves himself a master storyteller. http://alli"
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:10:18 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Dear Dumb Diary Books 1-4: Let's Pretend This Never Happened/My Pants are Haunted/Am I the Princess or the Frog?/Never Do Anything, Ever to her Bookshelf
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 quirky twists, Jamie and her nemesis Angeline are likeable"
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:09:46 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life to her Bookshelf
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 delving into light reading, I’m already flipping pages"
Saturday, May 12, 2012 5:53:44 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Mockingbird to her Bookshelf
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 who sees everything as black and white because of her"
Saturday, May 05, 2012 5:47:04 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Okay for Now to her Bookshelf
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 Schmidt won a Newbery Honor. Now Doug is back as the ma"
Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:42:31 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Bog Child to her Bookshelf
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 other words, it’s far more complex than I expected. "
Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:02:55 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added In His Steps to her Bookshelf
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 Jesus do?” While I don’t remember the results of my"
Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:01:15 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Waiting to Forget to her Bookshelf
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 internet for more fictional examples. By its end, Waitin"
Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:31:14 AM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Heart of a Samurai to her Bookshelf
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 showed politeness. Other similar examples of miscommuni"
Saturday, February 18, 2012 4:59:52 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Hex Hall (Book 1) to her Bookshelf
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 also felt as if my teeth had rotted. http://allisonsbook"
Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:00:17 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Fish to her Bookshelf
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 pirate from the other. http://allisonsbookbag.wordpress.com"
Saturday, February 18, 2012 2:52:05 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added Witch Family to her Bookshelf
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 fantasy. http://allisonsbookbag.wordpress.com/2012/01/2"
Saturday, February 18, 2012 2:41:53 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick added School of Wizardry (Circle of Magic, Book 1) to her Bookshelf
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 about them? http://allisonsbookbag.wordpress.com/2012/0"
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:55:17 PM
Allison Hunter-Frederick made friends with Daniel Errico