Entries Categorized as 'Fiction'
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Howard Pyle
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This is the second book of Howard Pyle’s stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This volume tells of Sir Launcelot of the Lake and his first meeting with King Arthur (where he is made a knight) and how he rode errant with Sir Lionel of Britian and Sir Ector, and the many adventures that befell them. Then Pyle tells the story of young Sir Tristram and how he suffered greatly from court plots. Finally, we meet Sir Percival, whose happy life is blighted by tragedy. Strewn with jousts, chivalry, fighting and adventure, this is a great book.
Trust me, my review doesn’t do the book justice. There is so much more to it! I really appreciate how Howard Pyle doesn’t even include the possibility of Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere having a “Camelot” type relationship. (Those who have seen Camelot the movie will understand what I mean.) I really enjoyed these books, and it was from them that I first learned that one could be “greatly be-dizzied” from a buffet on the head. This book is a classic from beginning to end, and it even has great illustrations! (That’s hard to beat.) Please read these books. A wonderful experience lies right inside the cover. All you have to do is open it and begin!
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Cats, Easy Read, Funny, L. Frank Baum, Oz
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Ojo the Unlucky and his Unc Nunkie visit the Crooked Magician on their way out of the Blue Forest. There they witness the Patchwork Girl being brought to life. All seems well, but an accident occurs. Unc Nunkie and the Crooked Magician’s wife, Margolotte, are turned into marble statues. The precious Powder of Life, which could have restored them, is wasted on a phonograph. Ojo sets out with the Patchwork Girl and a Glass Cat to find the necessary ingredients to bring the statues back to life. The quest takes them all over Oz, and they, in the company of the Scarecrow and Dorothy (the Glass Cat stayed behind for fear of breaking), visit many interesting new races, including the Tottenhots, the Hoppers, the Horners, and a large giant!
This is a fun book with quite a few puns. (Nowhere near as many as in The Emerald City of Oz.) Scraps, the Patchwork Girl, is quite a character. Also, this is the same Crooked Magician who gave the Powder of Life to Old Mombi in The Land of Oz.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Award Winner, Funny, Good Read Aloud, William Pene du Bois
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When Professor William Waterman Sherman begins his long-planned balloon voyage, he hopes to take a long trip (about a year) on which he might easily end up being the first to fly across the Pacific Ocean, but when his planning goes awry, he ends up on the supposedly uninhabited island of Krakatoa. Far from it! The society and lifestyle established on the island is extremely unique, packed with amazing inventions, and containing a giant diamond mine.
This is a book I enjoy reading again and again. A highly imaginative story, based off of scientific facts and absolute nonsense. I definitely recommend this one.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Dogs, Easy Read, Funny, P. L. Travers, Snakes
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In this, the first Mary Poppins book, Mary Poppins comes to be the governess of the four Banks children, Jane, Michael, and the Twins. Strict and stern she may be, but when it comes to having tea up next to the ceiling, telling stories, putting stars back in the sky and talking to Hamadryads, Mary Poppins is an amazing person.
The Mary Poppins books are different from the movie. In the books, Mary Poppins is much more stern. Oh, and I’m sorry, but the dancing penguins are not included in the books. It’s fun how Jane and Michael are never quite sure if their adventures were real or not.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Funny, John Peterson
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Almost everything is ready for the new baby—almost. Aunt Lily, who had helped when Tom and Lucy were born, hasn’t arrived yet. Cousin Dinkey tries to fly Aunt Lily over, through the snow storm, and Aunt Lily falls out of the glider, as she didn’t have her seatbelt fastened. The Littles organize a search party and Little men, including Tom, set out to try to find Aunt Lily.
This probably isn’t one of my favorite Little books. I think I like The Littles and the Lost Children better.
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