Those Darn Squirrels Fly South by Adam Rubin Artwork by Daniel Salmiere There’s a Mr. Fookwire in every neighborhood. He’s a solitary grump who likes only one thing: painting the birds in his backyard. Oh, Mr. Fookwire has lots of hates. He hates the squirrels who eat the birds’ food and outwit his diabolical squirrel […]
Trouble in Maiden Rock? Yes, it’s big trouble! Ms. Stillford, Quinnie’s teacher, goes missing! Quinnie and her friend Ben suspect almost everyone: two old admirers who’ve pined after Ms. Stillford for decades, a rocker group passing through town, even two nuns from the local convent. You’ll find yourself smack dab in the middle of the
If you’re yearning for an “Alice in Wonderland” book…
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland anyone? That’s what I channeled after a few chapters of Furthermore. Maybe it was because the story was unlike any fairy tale I’d read. Once I’d accepted that flowers were a food staple and the sky suffered from loneliness, I gladly jumped into the story. In a town where magic is
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Strong female (and male) heroes!
Every time you read a story, you’re casting a spell of magic. So, what could be better than imagining yourself yourself in a world where fairy sprites light the night, a mandrake plant becomes a man, and fairy tales are true? That’s the world of 12-year-old Sophie until the city’s leaders have decided that magic
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For anyone who has had an annoying sibling
Take your pick: FaceTime, Skype or Lap Book! Stop Following Me, Moon!
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Strong female heroes!
Strong Female Characters. Yea, Girls! Did you love Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series and C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Then Winterling should be your next read. Fer’s the kind of girl who’d rather be out in the woods than stuck in
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If your child is a math-phobe
I’m a tutor as well as writer. Common Core and EOG’s are coming SOON! This was an excellent site for a practice test in math.
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Fairy tale with a strong female hero
The Seventh Wife by T. Kingfisher Strong female characters! A dastardly villain! A sidekick who’s a talking hedgehog. Dead black birds squawking warnings. Previous wives turned into creatures like a golem, a clock, and a corpse. Poor Rhea’s promised in marriage to the sorcerer Lord Crevan, who’s in need of a seventh wife. No, this
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Is Magic worth it?
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands It’s 1665 in merry old England. Actually, it’s not so merry. Christopher’s master, an apothecary, is murdered and the authorities think he’s done it. Christopher knows he’s in danger, if not from the authorities, then from the cult of Archangel, the likely murderers. The cult wants the secret of
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