Entries Categorized as 'Fiction'
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 Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Donita K. Paul, DragonKeeper, Dragons, Funny
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No sooner is Kale admitted to The Hall, when Wizard Fenworth sends word that she is needed. The meech dragon has hatched and Fenworth is completely exasperated with it. And so the adventure begins. What with Risto planning to create plenty of trouble, Kale trying to find her mother, and a rebellion of dragons, this is an extremely enjoyable book. Kale, along with Bardon, a Lehman from The Hall, has quite a task to accomplish. One that can only be accomplished with the help of Paladin.
Wow! This was definitely an “experience” book. Fenworth is great in this one. Regidor, the meech dragon, was a little different than I expected, but after a while, I wouldn’t have him any other way. Unfortunately, the mordakleeps and blimmets are back, along with a new terror: Creemoor spiders. I can’t say that I enjoy spiders, and the way the Creemoor spiders are described really gets you. If you have a problem with spiders, you probably don’t want to read that part at night. (Especially if your closet door is open!) Fortunately, I was warned beforehand and I read it during the day, on the couch. But please do read this book. It’s a great sequel to DragonSpell. Oh, by the way, Gymn and Metta get some new friends in this one! (There, now hopefully you’ll want to read it.)
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 Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Funny, Lloyd Alexander
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In this newest Vesper Holly book, Vesper, Brinnie and their guest, nick-named “The Weed,” are off in search of the ancient city of Troy. Strangely, everything seems to be going as planned. Little do they know that Dr. Helvitius is very close by…
Let me see. How to describe this book. Well, it’s a Vesper Holly. What more can I say? Brinnie is hilarious as usual and Dr. Helvitius is still unpredictable. Danger, narrow escapes, explosions…Oh! One minor detail: Vesper gets married.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Charles Dickens, Good Read Aloud, Scary
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Mr. Scrooge hates Christmas and calls it a humbug. He thinks nobody should be allowed to celebrate and makes life miserable for Bob Cratchit, his clerk. Then his dead partner’s ghost appears to him and tells him that he will be haunted by three spirits, as a final chance for him to change his wicked ways.
Dickens is a fine storyteller, if you can understand what he’s saying. Fortunately, in A Christmas Carol you can! He writes as if he’s telling you the story, so he pauses every now and then to explain little details, or to comment on things. A great read out loud book, if read properly. If you’ve seen the movie, why not read the book this year? By the way, if you want to see a movie version, we’ve found that the Patrick Stewart version stays closest to the book.
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