Posted by Sarah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Lions, Quick Read, Shel Silverstein
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Once upon a time there lived a young lion (later named Lafcadio) with a lot of other lions. One day, a band of hunters comes to the jungle. Lafcadio confronts a hunter and, after a hilarious turn of events, eats him up — including his red fur cap. The gun and bullets are too hard to eat, so he carries them back with him. He learns to use the gun and eventually becomes the best sharpshooter in the world. (Every time he needed more bullets, he went and ate another hunter.) A circus man comes to the jungle and offers Lafcadio a job. So the lion goes with the circus man to the big city — and most importantly, to taste a marshmallow!
An enjoyable book! Whatever your first impression was, this is not a horrid story about the Ferocious Man-Eating Lion. The eatings of hunters are not told in a grusome way and the lion in the city is rather funny. This book has an interesting ending. (I won’t say any more about that. Now you have to read it!) This is one of those long short books where it’s a little too long to be a picture book, but a fairly quick read. Relax in a chair (maybe some hot chocolate?) and enjoy the story of Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Dick King-Smith, Dogs, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Pigs, Quick Read
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When Farmer Hogget guesses the weight of a piglet at the fair, he has no idea that he will win the contest. But once he brings the pig home, things start happening. Who would have thought that his sheepdog Fly would adopt the pig? And who would have thought that the pig would be better at herding sheep than the dog?
Lots of fun here. If you’ve seen the movie, you will notice some differences between book and film. Babe is enjoyable, lovable, and a great family book. Kids love it, adults laugh more than the kids (but at wholesome jokes), and therefore, we have a winner.
Posted by Becca
Categories: Fiction, Picture Books, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Clyde Robert Bulla, Easy Read, Good Read Aloud, Out of Print, Quick Read
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Torr, a young boy, has been abandoned at a miller’s house because his mother can no longer care for him. The miller and his wife adopt the him readily, thinking that Torr will be useful around the mill later in his life. One night, however, the miller and his wife wake up to the sound of Torr singing outside. After being reprimanded for singing in the middle of the night, and maybe waking up the entire village, Torr goes out into the woods to sing. His fame as a singer spreads and he ends up at the queen’s palace. But he cannot sing in her presence, so he is sent back to the village. Torr is driven out of the village, too, and forced to wander.
This is a rather nice story, as Clyde Robert Bulla’s usually are. It’s a little longer than some picture books, but it’s still short. I enjoyed this story very much.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Funny, Good Read Aloud, Hyperlinkz, Quick Read, Robert Elmer, Sports
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Ashley and Austin Webster are finally out of the World Wide Web and life is going on normal back at Normal, Illinois – well, not really. The Chiddix Junior High School is holding an annual Young Vocalist Competition, and Ashley is one of the top ten finalists that have a chance at winning the prize: a spot in the televised national Young Vocalist Competition, and a pro Yamaha keyboard. Only a while before it’s her turn to sing, Ashley is accidentally sucked back into the Internet, and Aunt Jessi persuades Austin to send her after the girl. Austin tries to find them both and get them out, but the “perfect” Tucker Campbell, a girl competing for the prize, is out to make sure Ashley doesn’t get back in time.
This book doesn’t have any of the series’ main bad guys, but I still found it enjoyable. The ending is perhaps actually a bit different from one you may predict. I like Jessi and Ashley’s adventures on the web. The online concert is rather fun.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Hyperlinkz, Quick Read, Robert Elmer
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Austin and Ashley Webster are still stuck in the World Wide Web, only this time with Ms. Mattie Blankenskrean’s handheld computer. With the PDA (the handheld) maybe the kids have a chance at getting back Outside, but Ms. B. is after them to get back her handheld so she can continue erasing faith and Christian-related things on the Internet. Bouncing through Old Testament Stories, World War history, a fudge kitchen, (all digital versions on websites) and more, can Ashley and Austin keep the PDA away from Ms. B., find Applet, and get back home?
There are a few things in Fudge Factor that I don’t appreciate and wish Robert Elmer would have left out. But besides that fact, I like this book very much. It has humor, action, and more Internet fun. As with the other Hyperlinkz books, you can learn a little about various history from different websites Austin and Ashley visit.
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