Posts Tagged ‘book recommendation’
PPBF # 2 from the Archives — Woodland Nutcracker
This was first posted in November 2011 on my old blog. Title: Woodland Nutcracker Author: retold by Avril Tyrrell Illustrator: Frances Tyrrell Publisher: Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1999
Read MorePPBF #1 from the Archives — Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
This was first posted in November 2011 on my old blog. Title: Chrysanthemum Author/Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: New York, Mulberry Books (an imprint of William Morrow & Co), 1991
Read MoreAugust Augmented Fifths — 3/5 — Dragon: Hound of Honor by Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton
It’s an August Friday, one-fifth of the Fridays in August 2012, and that means that I’m sharing with you an “augmented fifth” middle grade novel — a book that has augmented my life, has enriched my life, and that I am happy to recommend to others. Since my Monday post this week talked about writing…
Read MoreAugust Augmented Fifths — 2/5 — Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
As a reminder of what these “augmented fifths” are all about, I quote from last Friday’s post: For the five Fridays of this month of August, I’m going to introduce you to some middle grade novels that to me are particularly noteworthy, that have augmented my life and led me to growth and discovery. I…
Read MoreAugust Augmented Fifths — 1/5 — The Keeper of the Trees by Beverley Brenna
The word spelled a-u-g-u-s-t has at least two meanings. The most obvious is the month we are currently in, the eighth month of the year. August. But “august” can also mean something particularly noteworthy, something esteemed. In music, an augmented fifth is a type of chord that uses a note slightly higher than a normal…
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