Posted by Ruth
Categories: Fiction, Incredibook!, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Easy Read, Florence Atwater, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Penguins, Richard Atwater
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Although Mr. Popper paints houses, he can’t help but wish he had done some exploring before he married Mrs. Popper. He spends all his spare time reading about famous explorations, and especially about the Poles. One day, in response to a fan letter, Admiral Drake sends Mr. Popper a present: a penguin whom they name Captain Cook. Soon, though, Captain Cook seems lonely, so another penguin arrives: Greta. Soon they have a total of twelve penguins to look after, and Mr. Popper doesn’t have enough money to support them all. The solution to this problem? Popper’s Performing Penguins!
This is a very fun book. Learning how to accommodate twelve penguins in an ordinary household is very hilarious, and I can’t help but chuckle whenever I read about the penguins’ escapades in the theaters.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fiction
Tags:Animals, Easy Read, Foxes, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Mice, Oz
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Author: Dr. Seuss
Sam-I-Am has green eggs and ham, and he wants another person to try them. However, through all events and in all locations, he only replies that he doesn’t like green eggs and ham.
Well, if you’re looking for a book for your kids, you probably already know how Green Eggs and Ham turns out. However, for those who don’t, it contains a valuable lesson about not saying you dislike things you’ve never tried.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fantasy, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Funny, George Macdonald
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The king and queen have no children, and this makes the king angry. Then the queen has a lovely daughter, but at the christening, an evil witch casts a spell on the child, making her as light as air. Ever since that day, the princess has no gravity. The king’s advisors have a plan to make the princess become normal: she must get married. But how can they get a prince to fall in love with a floating princess? And how can a princess with no gravity fall into anything?
George MacDonald must have I-Can’t-Think-Of-Names-For-My-Characters Syndrome. The king, queen, princess, and prince don’t have names at all; and the characters that are named have names like Clanrunfort! This makes this book all the more fun, though. Highly recommended. The illustrator, Maurice Sendak, also wrote and illustrated Where the Wild Things Are and Pierre.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Cats, Dogs, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Lions, P. L. Travers
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The fantastic adventures with Mary Poppins continues in this book with a story of the Swineherd and the Goosegirl, reuniting a hunter and his lion friend, dancing with shadows, a visit to a planet with talking cats, and much more.
The sweet and amiable Mary Poppins portrayed in the movie is very different from the strict and stern Mary Poppins in the book, but the books have many more adventures, and Michael and Jane are never sure whether they really happened or not. Mary Poppins never explains, of course.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Review
Tags:Animals, Easy Read, Funny, Holly Hobbie, Insects, Pigs
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Toot and Puddle are two pigs who live at Woodcock Pocket. One day, Toot, who really likes to travel, goes on a trip to the Wildest Borneo and Puddle receives postcards from him.
A funny, well-illustrated book. There are several other Toot and Puddle books, and the first of the series is Toot and Puddle.
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