Entries Categorized as 'All Ages'
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:L. Frank Baum, Oz
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Trot, Cap’n Bill, and an Ork, by way of a tunnel, find themselves on an island, on which lives Pessim, a grumpy little man. Then they are flown to the Land of Mo, where it snows popcorn and rains lemonade! Eventualy, they arrive in Jinxland, which is in the Quadling country of Oz, but separated by a row of mountains. There they, with the aid of the Scarecrow, defeat Blinkie the witch, Googly-goo, and King Krewel and Jinxland appoints a new king and queen.
I like this book. Button-Bright is also in this one! Enjoy!
You can also buy The Scarecrow of Oz from Amazon in the United Kingdom and Canada.
Posted by Becca
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Chickens, Dogs, Meindert DeJong
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The only red hen in the man’s henhouse has frozen her toes off. The man’s boss advices him to kill the hen, but the man is very attached to her. He decides to keep the hen. Unfortunately, the red hen is repeatedly mobbed by the other hens. Her only protector is a large black dog who even steals eggs for her. But the man doesn’t trust the dog. He tries to lose it in the city. But the dog has appointed himself to protect the red hen, his only companion.
This is a very heart-warming story. It’s more about the hen and the dog than the man, so the man doesn’t really have a name. Not quite as good as some other books by DeJong, but still enjoyable. I very much recommend this book.
Posted by Becca
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Meindert DeJong, Storks
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Lina, a girl in the little Dutch village of Shora, wonders why the storks no longer come to nest on the roofs of the houses. With a little thought, Lina realizes that all the roofs are too sharp. They need wheels on top for the storks to nest in. So she sets out, with the help of the other six school children, to find a wheel. But it’s not that easy. There are no usable wheels in Shora, Nes, or any other near-by village! How will they find one?
This is one of the best books that I have ever read. There’s plenty of action, and I like the way the whole village has to work together to get a wheel on the schoolhouse roof. The only bad thing I can think of about this book are the character names, which are a little different from what you would normally see. But what do you expect from a book set in a Dutch village? I definitely recommend this book as a must-read.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:J. R. R. Tolkien, Quick Read
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In a tiny medieval town, the Feast of the Cake is approaching, and the baker, when searching for an old recipe, discovers a small shiny star on the page of a book. The baker is clueless, but his apprentice knows very well that it’s a fae-star. It is stirred into the cake, and a young boy, Smith, swallows it quite unaware. The star shines on his forehead, and when he grows up, he ventures into faeryland where he meets the faery queen herself and receives a surprising message from her.
A short, enchanting fairytale from J.R.R. Tolkien. It seems like a book that he wrote just for the fun of writing. It doesn’t have much plot, and it’s rather like something you might dream, but it does prove an enjoyable read.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: All Ages, Picture Books, Review
Tags:Animals, Horses, Marguerite Henry, Quick Read
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Charlie is an old workhorse. His owner, Mr. Spinks, thinks he is too old to work, so he retires him and gives him a field that only grows chickweed and thistles. Charlie misses his working days. He misses especially the times when Birdie, the cook at the Boar Head Inn, rang the bell, telling that the apple tarts were ready, and the people would come to eat them, including Mr. Spinks. So, one day…
A cute book. Though a pretty quick read, it’s still a good book! I like it.
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