Posted by Sarah
Categories: Fiction, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Easy Read, Good Read Aloud, P. D. Eastman, Quick Read
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When a mother bird leaves her egg to look for some food, the baby bird hatches and goes on a search to find his mother, even though he doesn’t know what she looks like. He meets a kitten, then a hen, a dog, a cow, a car, a boat, an airplane, and a big thing. But where is his mother?
This book is fun to read aloud but is also good for beginning readers. A five-star picture book.
Posted by Becca
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Cats, Eleanor Estes, Funny, Good Read Aloud, The Moffats
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The Moffats are very happy in their little yellow house on New Dollar Street. One day, a sign is put up saying that the house is for sale. After going to see the owner of the house, Mrs. Moffat discovers that it is not a mistake. While waiting for the house to be sold, the Moffats have many adventures. These include scaring the neighborhood bully, losing the Salvation Army man out of his own wagon and dancing the sailor’s hornpipe with a dog.
This book is a very good beginning to the four-book series about the Moffat family. Each chapter is a different adventure, sometimes only being connected by the main story line. That is not to say that the chapters don’t go together. In fact, ever since I first read the books in the Moffat series, they have been some of my favorite stories. I think that you will enjoy them too.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Mysteries, Review
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Easy Read, Good Read Aloud, Monsters, Natalie Babbitt, Quick Read
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The small village of Instep lies at the foot of Kneeknock Rise. All of the villagers are frightened of a monster that they call the Megrimum, which lives on the rise and howls every time it rains. But the villagers are also proud of the monster, so they have a fair every year to show off the monster. One year, young Egan comes to visit his aunt and uncle at fair time, and his cousin dares him to climb Kneeknock Rise. Is the Megrimum really up there?
Although this story is quite predictable (you probably know how it ends), it is also enjoyable enough to read while waiting for the next book blockbuster. Babbitt spins a tale that will delight readers, which should influence them to read one of her better stories.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Cats, Patricia Maclachlan, Quick Read
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Now that Anna and Caleb’s father is married to Sarah, a new problem arises: drought. More and more neighbors pack up and leave. Will the rain come in time, or will they have to leave too?
As with the book before this, Sarah, Plain and Tall, this isn’t one of my favorites. As a warning, one of Sarah’s aunts goes skinny-dipping, but nothing really bad comes of it.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Cats, Chickens, Dogs, Good Read Aloud, Horses, Patricia Maclachlan, Quick Read
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Out in the country of early America, Anna and Caleb’s father puts an ad in the newspaper for a wife. His previous wife died not long after Caleb’s birth. A woman named Sarah answers the ad and comes to live with them for a month for a trial period. But often she misses the sea, where she came from. Will Sarah stay, or will she return to the sea?
A somewhat simple, short story. I read Sarah, Plain and Tall in about an hour, if I remember correctly. This book might be a little better for people younger than me. It’s alright, but not my favorite. Oh, and Sarah, Plain and Tall is the beginning of a trilogy. There are two more books after this one.
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