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Send-A-Story from Houghton Mifflin. I don’t usually write posts like this one, but I think this line of books is genius!  Specially designed mailable paperback versions of backlist titles.  Kids love to get mail, and these could also be sent instead of greeting cards in some cases or just because.  The current list price for [...]

Bibliography:  Scott, Michael. (2009).  The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Sorceress.  New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers.  ISBN: 978-0385735292 (hc) 978-0385735308 (pb) Plot Summary:  Leaving a destroyed Paris behind them, Nicholas takes the twins Josh and Sophie (and the pages of the codex) to London, dangerous territory of Dr. John Dee, in hopes of finding Gilgamesh the King [...]

As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wifein an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through  the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Cleary, Beverly. (1977). Ramona and Her Father. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0688221140 (hc) 978-0380709168 (pbk) I read [...]

As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through  the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Levine, Gail Carson. (1997). Ella Enchanted. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0060275105 (hc) 978-0064407052 (pbk) It [...]

Bibliography: Scarrow, Alex. (2010). Time Riders. New York: Walker Books. ISBN: 978-0-8027-2172-3 Plot Summary:  They should all be dead.  But when a mysterious man offered them a chance to live, they took it.  Maddy escaped a plane crash, Liam the sinking of the Titanic, and Sal a horrible fire.  From different times, they come together [...]

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