storyteller for children and all who are young at heart
By K.A. Reynolds. (254 more pages towards my page challenge hosted by Book Dragon's Lair) I found this book on MG Book Village’s book club list. I was hoping to join their Twitter discussion but ended up not being available at that time. All I knew was that it was a story about dealing with … Continue reading The Land Of Yesterday
Poppy Mayberry by Jennie K. Brown is my first 194 pages towards my Page Challenge from Book Dragon’s Lair. In case you didn’t read my previous post about this challenge, I’m only aiming for Bonsai Level which is 12,000 pages. So I just have to read about 65 more books this length. EEEK. Can I … Continue reading Poppy Mayberry
Recently I finished The Starblade Chronicles series by Joseph Delaney and did not come to the end with the usual sadness and grief I have when finishing a well-loved book. I enjoyed them, but as my nephew said when I asked how he liked them, they were “eh”. This could, of course, be because Delaney’s … Continue reading A New Darkness
by Richard Peck When I think back on this book it is very much like thinking on old friends. Such an incredible book that it absolutely has to be on my list of the three most influential books from my childhood. Previously I wrote about Prince Ombra and Out of the Bug Jar. They were … Continue reading Remembering the Good Times
by Roderick MacLeish In my previous post, I discussed one of three books that influenced me as a child. This book, "Prince Ombra" is the second. While the hero is a child, the enemy is unclear throughout the majority of the story. There is no one thing or person to defeat, just an ever-present evil … Continue reading Prince Ombra
Someone once asked me "What are three books that influenced you the most?" And I had an immediate answer. He wasn't expecting, however, for them to all be children's books. Perhaps I wasn't either, but there you have it. When we were children my parents brought us to the library on a very regular basis. … Continue reading Out of The Bug Jar
