Entries Categorized as 'Fiction'
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Review
Tags:Animals, Dragons, Funny, Quick Read, Ron Lindahn
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When Melissa’s Uncle Fred receives some very unusual eggs for his pet shop, they prove to be lots and lots of different dragons! Melissa agrees to take them home and document their likes, dislikes, and general behaviors. For example, the Nidgets are rather timid and find comfort with small, round objects, the Dweebs tend to be a bit destructive, the Floaters are very useful in housecleaning, the Camos will eat everything in sight, and so on…
Wonderful! Find this book right away and read it! The dragons are so funny, and the illustrations are excellent. You may enjoy the special bonus of the dragons’ “latin names” in the end of the book. The Camos’ is “Gluetenous Fridgidarium.” Unfortunately, How to Choose Your Dragon is out of print, but you should check your library—they might just have it!
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Advanced Readers, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Funny, Good Read Aloud, Jan Karon, Long Read, The Mitford Years
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Now that Father Tim and Cynthia are married (you knew they would), they have to adjust to life together. Plus, Father Tim has a brand new set of things to deal with. He can’t figure out Lord’s Chapel’s new computer system, Cynthia is redecorating and moving furniture, J. C. Hogan is acting strange, he’s got to hire a chaplain for Hope House, and he and Cynthia have a life-changing experience while camping.
Whew! Father Tim is a very busy man! The third book in the Mitford series is just as enjoyable as the first two. Everybody is as real as before. I love this series, and I hope you will, too.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Horses, Sports, The Black Stallion, Walter Farley
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Jimmy Creech, owner of the mare “Volo Queen,” is awaiting the arrival of the Queen’s foal. Jimmy, his friend George Snedecker, and a young boy named Tom, hope that this foal will become a famous horse. Sired by the Black Stallion, the colt turns out to be all they hoped for, but when Jimmy’s stomach pains grow worse, racing the colt becomes their last hope for the money they need to pay for Jimmy’s doctor bills.
Wonderful! The huge race at the end is heart-pounding action clear through. Walter Farley gives his characters such depth in this story, you feel like you know them. Tom’s Aunt Emma and Uncle Wilmer are funny. Overall, I like this one very much. It’s one of the better Black Stallion books, in fact, one of my favorites, after The Horse Tamer and The Black Stallion.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Betty Macdonald, Easy Read, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Quick Read
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside down house and married a pirate. She also loves kids, and lets them look for Mr. Piggle-Wiggle’s pirate treasure, which he buried in the backyard before he died. All the parents call her for advice on how to cure their children of bad habits. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has hilarious cures for almost anything. How do you cure a boy who won’t pick up his toys? You let him make his room so messy that he can’t get out!
Every chapter is a new cure. There’s Patsy, who won’t take a bath; Dick, who won’t share; and many more. Every one of these “ailments” is cured in a delightfully silly (yet sensible) way. And all the adults and children who are not important to the story have names like “Broomrack” and “Hearthrug”!
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Fiction, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:A. A. Milne, Quick Read
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The king and queen have lots of boys, and the king wishes they had a girl. At first he had been happy to have a son, but there were so many, — well, he’d like to have a girl. One day, the queen gives birth to a girl, and she is named Daffodil. The good fairy Mumruffin casts a spell over her so that wherever the princess walks, flowers shall grow. By the time Daffodil has learned to walk, everyone has forgotten about the spell. But the king remembers when he finds his favorite courtyard dotted with flowers. Daffodil is no longer allowed to walk on paths. She must either ride or walk on the grass. But when the doctor orders that she be given exercise, what will the royal family do?
This is a good book. Please read it! This book is by the same author as the Winnie the Pooh Series… A. A. Milne! And no, no characters from Winnie the Pooh make surprise appearances in the story of The Magic Hill.
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