Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Cornelia Funke’s Illuminated Sequel to Dragon Rider: Dragon Rider: The Griffin’s Feather
The Energy of Love: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
We sat in the living room getting ready for Charlotte's Web. I had a vague memory of a spider and a pig, but I could not remember the details from childhood. My husband was not certain this book was worth reading. My youngest was intrigued, and could not remember watching the movie a few years …
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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
I read Julie of the Wolves to my eight year old daughter. She loves animals so it was not difficult for her to settle into a story of a young girl Julie (or Miyax her Eskimo name), who learns through necessity the language of the wolves. Towards the end of the book, however, I noticed …
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My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
This was a family read. It was a fairly quick read (216 pages), and everyone liked it. But first, a back story that might be interesting: I happened to pick up, My Brother Sam Is Dead at my daughter's math night-slash-school cast off books book sale for about ten cents. I know I would have …
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