Title: Seven-Day Magic Author: Edward Eager File Under: Read-Aloud, Kids’ Problems, Magic Age Range: 8 and up* “The best kind of book,” said Barnaby, “is a magic book.” “Naturally,” said John. There was a silence, as they all thought about this and how true it was. “The best kind of magic book,” said Barnaby, leaning… Read More »
Booth Tarkington’s Penrod ~ Library Project
Title: Penrod* Author: Booth Tarkington File Under: Read-Aloud, Humor, American Memory Age Range**: 9 and up If you sense that a boy is a creature whose behavior, though accompanied by disaster and dirt, does not really need to be medicated out of him, however uncomfortable a future this consigns you to, this is the book… Read More »
The Delightful Astrid Lindgren ~ Library Project
Title: The Children of Noisy Village and others Author: Astrid Lindgren File Under: Naughty Antics, Kids’ Problems; Read-Aloud I could be wrong, but I think we won’t be starting a movie list anytime soon. Just a little matter of so many irons on the fire being a few too many. Probably shouldn’t have brought it up. I feel… Read More »
Library Project: Pepper & Salt and The Wonder Clock
Title: Pepper & Salt and The Wonder Clock Author: Howard Pyle Filed Under: Read-Aloud, Fairy Tales, Great Illustrations When I was a child, I actually had very few books. But they were wonderful books. I like to think, now, of my guardian angel curating my library for my ultimate spiritual, emotional, and intellectual development, encouraging my… Read More »
Library Project: The Wind in the Willows
Title: The Wind in the Willows Author: Kenneth Grahame Filed Under: Read-Aloud, Chapter Book A. A. Milne famously said, One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and, if she does not like it, asks her to return his letters.… Read More »