Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Funny, Long Read, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Badgers, Birds, Brian Jacques, Ferrets, Foxes, Hares, Hedgehogs, Mice, Moles, Otters, Rats, Redwall, Snakes, Squirrels, Weasels
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The Searat captain Vizka Longtooth captures a young badger, which he decides to tame. But Gorath (the badger) is angry at the rats for killing his grandparents, and he plans to escape as soon as he can. Meanwhile, badger lord Asheye has a dream, telling him that Salamandastron’s new badger ruler will be found defending Redwall Abbey. He sends out perilous hare Mad Maudie to find the badger and bring him back. If that wasn’t complicated enough, Redwall Abbey has also banished a young hedgehog thief, telling him not to come back for a whole season. The resulting tale does indeed end up making sense in true Redwall fashion.
Doing a review of a Redwall book is always a challenge. I have read all eighteen books before this one, and I already have a favorite picked out. That being said, Eulalia! certainly meets expectations. The characters are just as memorable as always, the story just as complicated, and the ending just as satisfying.
(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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Posted by Jordan
Categories: Animals, Easy Read, Fiction, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Out of Print, Picture Books, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Birds, Foxes, Josephine H. Aldridge, Weasels
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Reasons and Raisins (School & Library Binding)
by Josephine H. Aldridge
ISBN: 0395276896
Price: —
10 used & new available from USD 2.50
“Don’t eat the raisins,” says Little Fox’s mother. She wants to make pudding for dinner. But Little Fox disobeys and takes the raisins on his bike. And so begins a series of events with several people who have reasons for what they do.
Here’s a great story to read aloud. Not only does it teach that people have reasons for what they do, it also shows that some people have a reason entirely different than the reason they tell. Young children will love the fun story line in Reasons and Raisins.
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Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Animals, Fantasy, Fiction, Mysteries, Out of Print, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Eleanor Cameron, Foxes, Mushroom Planet
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Only a week before the meeting of Mycetian League (Mushroom Planet people who live on earth), Mr. Bass receives a strange phone call from one of the League leaders. Mr. Bass, David, and Chuck hurry to Wales, where the meeting is to take place, and discover that the two most prized treasures of the League have been stolen. One, the Necklace of Ta (leader of the Mushroom people on Basidium), causes trouble whenever somebody takes any of its stones. The other, The Thirteenth Scroll, is the only key to the Mycetians’ past. Mr. Bass and the others go on a search throughout England to find the missing treasures and encounter mysteries from the past about Mr. Bass’ long lost Elder Grandfather.
This is the conclusion of the Mushroom Planet series. It’s also one of the more weird ones. Digging deep into Mr. Bass’ past, and even into the ancestry of the Mycetians makes for an interesting read. I highly recommend that you read the other books that come before this one, though. I hadn’t read two that came before this one, and it was kind of a shock to hear about people that were in previous books that I hadn’t read.
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5)
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Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Animals, Easy Read, Fiction, Funny, Out of Print, Review, Sports
Tags:Foxes, Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis
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Cinnabar is a fox who dearly enjoys to participate in fox hunts. So much so, that he is known as the One O’Clock Fox who always shows up at One O’Clock and will run until night-fall. The historic chase that takes place in this book is between Cinnabar (affectionately called “Cinny”) and a party of men including George Washington.
This book is great! It’s so amusing to read about Cinny and his wife, Vicky, and their four children, Rascal, Pascal, Merry, and Mischief. The copy I read had great illustrations in it, but I don’t know what you’ll be able to find, as this book is out of print. It’s perfect for a chuckle or two.
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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Posted by Jordan
Categories: Animals, Dogs, Fiction, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Picture Books, Quick Read, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Dr. Seuss, Foxes, Insects, Theodore Geisel
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In a series of increasingly more difficult tongue twisters, a Fox tries to find something that Mr. Knox can say.
If you can’t say “Fox in socks on Knox in box” ten times fast, your tongue may need lubrication. What better way than to read straight through Seuss’ book without one mistake? Take courage, though. The book ends with a (relatively) easy section on Tweedle Beetles.
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