Entries Categorized as 'All Ages'
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Picture Books, Review
Tags:Animals, Badgers, Brian Jacques, Hares, Mice, Moles, Poetry, Redwall, Squirrels
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“Oho!” you say. “Sarah finally gets to read Redwall books!” Not quite. This can serve as a hold-over picture book for younger readers who can’t read the Redwall Series yet. (Like me.) There’s another Redwall picture book called A Redwall Winter’s Tale. Older readers who can read the Redwall Series will probably enjoy these picture books, as well as younger readers. I didn’t have much trouble understanding the mole-talk. (Except once, and then I finally got it figured out.) And now, here is a delightful summary of The Great Redwall Feast!
The animals in Redwall are preparing a secret feast for the abbot. After the abbot wakes up from his nap, he goes with Constance, Foremole and Matthias on a Bobbatan Quest for a Weary Nod. Is the abbot turning old and silly?
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Cats, Dogs, Horses, Meindert DeJong
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George and Catherine, two children, bought a little puppy and took him home when he was too young to be away from his mother. They named him Candy. Living at their house, Candy learned an overwhelming terror of the broom, as the children’s mother would go after him with a broom when he was bad. One day, just when things were starting to get better, the family got a flat tire and while George and his father were fixing it, Catherine took Candy down to the creek. While they were down there, a storm started up and Catherine lost Candy. Now Candy has been living for about a year as a thin, fearful stray. Will Candy ever find a home?
I like this book. Hurry Home Candy, as well as many others of Meindert DeJong’s, is illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Horses, The Black Stallion, Walter Farley
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When Alec’s fiancée is killed in a car accident, Alec just snaps. Desperation drives him toward the west. Taking the Black with him, he travels on, looking for answers in the wrong places. Once they reach a desert, Alec and the Black meet a herd of wild mustangs, and Alec turns the Black free. All alone, Alec is in bad shape when a Native American boy finds him and tells him of a startling prophecy. A rider on a black horse will appear at the end of the world, and lead the tribe to safety. Convinced he is not the person, Alec tries to explain who he is, but the boy is stubborn, and the appearance of the Black matches the description of the horse. When a meteorite strikes, Alec must conquer his fears and lead the tribe to safety.
Unfortunately, this whole story is rather unbelievable. It makes interesting reading, but there are a lot of coincidences in it. It dwells a lot on the prophecy part of it, and on Alec’s psychological turmoil. Not to deter you, of course, do please read this. Every series has its highs and its lows. Of course, the Black figures prominently in all things, and there are some interesting things, like the water underground.
Posted by Becca
Categories: All Ages, Historical Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Meindert DeJong, Pigs
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Tien Pao and his family have left their old village in China because of the invading Japanese. They come to the town of Hengyang and there Tien Pao’s mother and father work all day at an airfield, leaving Tien Pao alone in the sampan. On only the second day at Hengyang, the stake securing the sampan to the shore comes loose because of a small herd of water buffaloes and Tien Pao is swept down the river, back to the Japanese-held territory.
This is another great book by DeJong. DeJong describes everything from Tien Pao’s viewpoint. English, for example, is described as the “Strange language of the Americans.” One note, because this book is set during WWII, there are some rather scary parts, so keep that in mind if you are considering reading this.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Animals, Horses, The Island Stallion, Walter Farley
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Okay….This book took me completely by surprise. When I picked it up, I was expecting a standard Walter Farley. The description on the back even pointed to it, by saying that Steve gets a chance to race Flame, but has trouble at the races with Flame attacking the other horses. That’s all true, however, it failed to mention that his opportunity is derived from two aliens/men from another planet. Yes, you read that right. Walter Farley goes science fiction. That sort of weirded me out. Actually, most of the story is based around the men from another planet, and the race is only in the last few chapters. I only rated it one star, but if you like sci-fi stuff, (and expect it coming!) it might be worth two stars.
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