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Picture Book Roundup – The Mud Fairy & Some Dog!

Posted by on November 27, 2010 at 7:53 am
Title: The Mud Fairy by Amy Young Publisher: Bloomsbury Emmalina is a fairy, and from the first page, you can see that her life is anything but flowers and sparkly dust.  She is working hard to earn her wings, but because she doesn’t think she has any talent, she’s getting frustrated that all of her [...]

Review: The Chihuahua Chase by A. E. Cannon

Posted by on October 22, 2010 at 5:15 am
  Title: The Chihuahua Chase Author: A. E. Cannon Illustrations: Julie Olson Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN: 9780374312596   May Contain Spoilers From Amazon: When Teddy Krebs’s speedy if homely little dog goes missing right before the town Chihuahua races, fourth-grader Addie May Jones can’t resist Teddy’s plea for help. Soon she has two mysteries [...]

Review: The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine

Posted by on September 1, 2010 at 4:32 am
  Title: The Diary of a Killer Cat Author: Anne Fine Illustrations: Steve Cox Publisher:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 978-0374317799   May Contain Spoilers Tuffy is an unrepentant murderer.  The little bird had it coming, what with landing in his mouth and all.  Besides, he’s a cat!  What does his girl, Ellie, expect?  The [...]