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Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Ava and Pip by Carol Weston

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Rating: WORTHY! I am not much of a fan of series, so I have to warn up front that this is the first in a series of (so far) three. A...
Monday, July 27, 2020

A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Joy McCullough

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Rating: WORTHY! This was a middle grade novel about two young kids with single parents who happen to be dating and getting serious abou...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Thank You, Miyuki by Roxane Marie Galliez, Seng Soun Ratanavanh

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Charmingly written by Galliez and illustrated beautifully ...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall

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Rating: WORTHY! This is another audiobook, read sweetly by Susan Denaker, but once again I learned after I picked it up at the library ...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Hope by Corrinne Averiss, Sébastien Pelon

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Hope is a gently-written (by Averiss) and beautifu...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Dad, I Love You Because... by Rhea MacCallum, Laura D. MacCallum, Fabrice Florens

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Written by the MacCallums and illustrated by Fabri...
Friday, May 3, 2019

The Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynn Rae Perkins

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Rating: WORTHY! Read by Brittany Presley, this audiobook was entertaining. I came to it after having really enjoyed the author's N...
Thursday, May 2, 2019

The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas

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Rating: WORTHY! And for my 3,000th review on this website in less than six years, I can't think of anything (my own novels and chil...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson

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Rating: WORTHY! This was a story first published in 1958 and was recommended to me by a friend and while it wasn't the most origina...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

One Day So Many Ways by Laura Hall, Loris Lora

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Written descriptively by Hall and illustrated well...
Saturday, July 7, 2018

Lizzy and the Good Luck Girl by Susan Lubner

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was an entertaining book about Lizzy, her fri...
Friday, June 1, 2018

Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

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Rating: WARTY! This book sounded interesting from the blurb, but turned out to be boring and I gave up on it after about a third of it....
Friday, May 18, 2018

Beyond the Green by Sharlee Glenn

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Not to be confused with Beyond the Glenn by Sharle...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Rebecca Finds Happiness by Gina Harris, Hayley Anderson

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a short, sweet tale which I thoroughly en...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Turkey Monster Thanksgiving by Anne Warren Smith

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Rating: WORTHY! Nine-year-old Katie and school friend Claire, who is also Katie's across-the-street neighbor, both have in common t...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

The Facts of Life by Paula Knight

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Rating: WORTHY! This was another library book. The author, Paula Knight, changed her name to Polly in the book as she changed everyone...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse

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Rating: WORTHY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Amanda Prose would work well as this author's ...
Sunday, September 3, 2017

Bunny Drop Vo 2 by Yumi Unita

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Rating: WORTHY! How could I not pick this up at the library when the author's name might sound like 'yummy' and the title i...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Every Family is a Little Nuts by AJ Cosmo

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Rating: WARTY! On balance I've liked this author's children's books, but I didn't get the point of this one! I mean, y...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The Sisters Chase by Sarah Healy

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Rating: WORTHY! Note that this is based on an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a charming story from start...