Smurfs series teaches civics and vocab.

The Smurfs #3: The Smurf King by Yvan Delporte
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

With each episode I like this series more and more.

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Very light reading.

Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Not meant to be scrutinized heavily, just enjoyed. For example, a seventeen year-old female being a tutor to a fifteen year-old princess falls apart any way I try to examine it. Just overlook that.

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Another classic fantasy checked off my list.

The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Playfully erudite; a child protagonist doth not necessarily a children's story make. Best kept with the other 3/4 of The Once and Future King.

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Edward Eager does it again.

Knight's Castle by Edward Eager
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Demonstrating the great potential of imagination.

If anyone else has read this book, please add to Andy's and my forensic discussion of what Father's sickness was, since the author did not specify.

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Main character Gravella is named after gravy.

The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A tall-tale gem, in the tradition of James and the Giant Peach.

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