Entries Categorized as 'All Ages'
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Mysteries, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Jim Kjelgaard, Out of Print
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In the Mahela forest, Ted Harkness lives with his father Al in a cabin. Everybody is after Damon and Pythias, supposedly the biggest bucks anywhere. To promote his hunting lodge, Ted’s employer Carl Thornton, asks Ted to get one of the two deer for him to hang on his wall. There’s only one catch: Carl wants Ted to hunt out of season. Ted refuses and Carl fires him. When Al finds out, he and Ted open a hunting camp for deer season. However, Ted’s on his own when Al is falsely accused of shooting a man and has to go on the run.
There’s a lot going on here. I love it when you have to follow multiple plots, and this is one of Jim Kjelgaard’s best multi-plot stories. Double Challenge has a lot of interesting parts. The characters are all very real and vivid. Well worth reading. Oh, as is usual with good books, Double Challenge is out of print. See our Book Tips Page for help finding out of print books.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Easy Read, Foxes, Funny, Marguerite Henry, Out of Print, Sports, 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.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Horses, The Black Stallion, Walter Farley
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When Hopeful Farm’s main barn burns down, (and their insurance policy has ended) Alec Ramsay sets out to raise enough money to rebuild it. He takes Black Minx and the Black with him to New York. (Along with Henry Dailey.) Alec enters Black Minx in several races, but will she run like she did in the Kentucky Derby? Also, a three-year-old colt, Eclipse, has broken several records and a horse named Casey is winning himself to greatness. Will the Black be able to beat the two champions?
I found this book confusing sometimes. However, it’s still a pretty good book. You may find yourself sucked into this book near the end.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Birds, Cats, Crickets, Dogs, Funny, Garth Williams, George Selden, Good Read Aloud, Insects, Mice
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The Old Meadow is scheduled to be destroyed, and Chester Cricket has sent word to Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat in New York City. Tucker and Harry rush to Hedley, Connecticut. Chester wants Tucker to think of a plan to save the meadow, but what with Harry being adopted by a girl named Ellen, Tucker’s got his hands full.
I enjoyed Tucker’s Countryside a bit less than some of the others in this series, but it’s still very enjoyable and very fun.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Horses, The Black Stallion, Walter Farley
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The Black has recovered from his foot, er, hoof injury sufficiently to begin training for racing again. Things are all set for the Black until Alec receives a letter from Steve Duncan asking for his help in getting Flame into the race, too. The Black and Flame finally have an opportunity to race against each other! Which one really is the fastest?
Yes! Believe it or not, Walter Farley finally does say which horse is better. He avoids it for the entire series, but he seemed to have written himself into a corner. But I think it’s one of the better of the series.
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