Emily's Literary Gazette
A modest assortment of reviews and comments about Children's Books
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler might have filed this under U or pee.
Boot and Shoe
by
Marla Frazee
My rating:
4 of 5 stars
The surprise element at the story's climax provides the kind of aha moment I so enjoy in many picture books, and is the reason I read them!
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Sweet (but not sappy).
Charley's First Night
by
Amy Hest
My rating:
4 of 5 stars
A child narrates the events of the first night a puppy spends in the house of his new family. Just-right sweetness.
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Loads of fun
Black Jack
by
Leon Garfield
My rating:
4 of 5 stars
Enjoy the ride as you are swept through a dark 17th-century England with Dickensian characters.
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