Title: Kele’s Secret Author: Tololwa M. Mollel Illustrated by: Catherine Stock Length: 14 pages ISBN: 9780525675006 Published in: 1997 Genre: children’s fiction Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Around the World in 12 Books (I had originally planned on reading Paradise by Abdulrazak, but my library didn’t carry it, even through interlibrary loan. This was the closest I could [...]
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Around the World in 12 Books (#4 Tanzania)–a bit late
Posted by Kristie on May 16, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/around-the-world-in-12-books-4-tanzania/
Around the World in 12 Books (#3 Guatemala)
Title: The Honey Jar Author: Rigoberta Menchu Illustrator: Domi Dates Read: February 29 Genre: children’s non-fiction (Mayan myths) ISBN: Length: Published: 2008 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Around the World in 12 Books
Posted by Kristie on March 30, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/around-the-world-in-12-books-3-guatemala/
Mary Poppins by PL Travers
Title: Mary Poppins Author: PL Travers Narrator: Sophie Thompson Genre: children’s fiction ISBN: 9780739366790 Length: 3.75 hours Published: 1934 Source: public library Rating: 3.5/5 Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: I had just finished reading Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews and she ended the memoir right before she started working on the film Mary Poppins so I just thought [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 9, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/mary-poppins-by-pl-travers/
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Title: Harriet the Spy Author: Louise Fitzhugh Narrator: Anne Bobby Genre: kid’s lit ISBN: 9780739338995 Length: 7 hours Published: 1964 Source: public library Rating: 3/5 Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: In the 1990s, Nickelodeon came out with a movie, Harriet the Spy. And I loved it as a kid. So I thought I’d see how the book was Summary (from [...]
Posted by Kristie on August 2, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/harriet-the-spy-by-louise-fitzhugh/
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (reread)
Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Author: JK Rowling Genre: children’s/YA fiction (fantasy) ISBN: 07807306991 Length: 309 pages Published: 1997 Source: personal collection Resolutions/Challenges: the Harry Potter Reading Marathon 2011 hosted by Shannon at Giraffe Days Reason for Reading: I’ve been really wanting to reread some of the Harry Potter books for the last few months. I don’t know [...]
Posted by Kristie on June 29, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-by-jk-rowling-reread/
The Rescuers by Margery Sharp
Title: The Rescuers Author: Margery Sharp, illustrated by Garth Williams Genre: fiction (children’s fiction) ISBN: none Length: 149 pages Published: 1959 Source: public library Rating: 4/5 Reason for Reading: Disney made a movie in 1977 called The Rescuers and is based on this book. I always like to read books that spur some of my favorite movies, [...]
Posted by Kristie on March 17, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/the-rescuers-by-margery-sharp/
Lisa & Lottie by Erich Kästner
Title: Lisa and Lottie (originally Das Oppelte Lottchen) Author: Erich Kästner Genre: children’s fiction ISBN: none (old edition) Length: 136 pages Year Published: 1949 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Years of Books Goal Summary: Lottie Horn and Lisa Palfy meet at a summer camp for girls when they are nine years old. The surprise is, [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 25, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/lisa-lottie-by-erich-kastner/
Holiday Children’s Books: Part III (Finale)
Happy Festivus! Holiday Children’s Books: Part I & Holiday Children’s Books: Part II My last post–at least this year–about children’s holiday books Hershel and the Holiday Goblins by Eric A Kimmel, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman This was a funny little story. Goblins are keeping a small village from celebrating Hanukkah, just because they don’t like it. So [...]
Posted by Kristie on December 23, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/holiday-childrens-books-part-iii-finale/
Holiday Children’s Books: Part II
I’ve been reading some children’s books about the holidays recently and I already wrote one post about them, located here: Holiday Children’s Books: Part I. There is a assortment of books for this post as well, although they are sort of grouped into categories. Hanukkah/Jewish Stories The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm by Eric [...]
Posted by Kristie on December 7, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/holiday-childrens-books-part-ii/
Holiday Children’s Books: Part I
One thing that I always find interesting are children’s books. I find that more often than not, the stories have morals/lessons to them, for the youngsters who read them to actually learn something from reading them (or having the books read to them). So I find children’s books something to sort of research a little. [...]
Posted by Kristie on November 30, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/holiday-childrens-books-part-i/
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