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Posted by Becca
Categories: Animals, Easy Read, Fiction, Good Read Aloud, Picture Books, Quick Read, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Geese, William Shakespeare
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Will’s Quill (Hardcover)
by Don Freeman
ISBN: 0670036862
Price: USD 13.25
30 used & new available from USD 2.89
Willoughby Waddle is a goose who lives in old England. One day, tired of doing the same things all the time, he decides to go to London. After having several bad, sometimes frightening, experiences, Willowby meets up with a kind man. Later that night, Willoughby is able to repay the man for his kindness in a way only a goose could.
Will’s Quill is a great book to enjoy on your own or to read aloud to someone else. I think that my favorite part has to be when Willoughby tries to “rescue” his friend. The results are quite funny. If you enjoy Will’s Quill, you should check out some of Don Freeman’s other books, several of which are still in print.
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Posted by Sarah
Categories: Animals, Cats, Dogs, Easy Read, Fiction, Good Read Aloud, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Quick Read, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Birds
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Are You My Mother? (Hardcover)
by P.D. Eastman
ISBN: 0394800184
Price: USD 8.99
600 used & new available from USD 0.10
When a mother bird leaves her egg to look for some food, the baby bird hatches and goes on a search to find his mother, even though he doesn’t know what she looks like. He meets a kitten, then a hen, a dog, a cow, a car, a boat, an airplane, and a big thing. But where is his mother?
This book is fun to read aloud but is also good for beginning readers. A five-star picture book.
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Posted by Becca
Categories: Easy Read, Fiction, Out of Print, Picture Books, Quick Read, Review, Younger Readers
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Least of All (Hardcover)
by Carol Purdy
ISBN: 0689504047
Price: —
18 used & new available from USD 0.35
Raven Hannah is the youngest child in her family. She wants to help with the work on her family’s farm, but everyone always tells her that she is too little. Finally, Raven Hannah is given the job of churning butter. While performing this long task, Raven Hannah learns to do something that no one else in her family can do.
This is one of my favorite picture books. The ending is quite touching, especially because Raven Hannah’s desire to be strong enough to help with the farm work is so clear in the beginning of the story. Sadly, Least of All is out of print.
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Posted by Sarah
Categories: All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Quick Read, Review
Tags:Monsters
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The Water Horse (Paperback)
by Dick King-Smith
ISBN: 0375842314
Price: USD 5.50
44 used & new available from USD 1.77
After a storm hits the west coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a strange thing on the beach. It looks like a giant mermaid’s purse. She and her younger brother Angus smuggle it home and into the bathtub, and soon it hatches into a strange creature. Their grandfather Grumble tells them it is a Water Horse and that this little creature eventually will grow to be fifty or sixty feet. And grow it does. Over three years it outgrows the goldfish pond and even the lochan nearby. Where will they put their beloved pet?
They name the Water Horse “Crusoe” and, especially when he’s younger, he’s a fun character, though he never says anything. A good book. The short, last chapter may give some of you a fun surprise when you read it. Kirstie is not always the kindest to her younger brother, but it’s not too bad.
(2 votes, average: 1.5 out of 5)
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