chapter books
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Book ReviewsBad Badger
by Maryrose Wood 2024 / 184 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give This was a wonderfully strange book that left me wondering where it was going to go next….
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Book ReviewsThe Little Riders
by Margaretha Shemin illustrated by Peter Spier 1963 / 76 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give This is a Dutch World War II story with a difference: one…
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Book ReviewsThe Great Brain
by John D. Fitzgerald 1972 / 175 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give The Great Brain is the story of Tom Fitzgerald, a ten-year-old boy living in frontier…
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Book ReviewsIn Aunt Lucy’s Kitchen
by Cynthia Rylant 1998 / 56 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give Three nine-year-old cousins are staying with their Aunt Lucy, and wondering what sort of fun they can…
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Book ReviewsMooses with Bazookas
by S.D. Smith 2023 / 160 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT I liked this book so much that right after I finished it, I read it again,…
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Book ReviewsThe Boxcar Children: Great Adventure
1. Journey on a Runaway Train 2. The Clue in the Papyrus Scroll 3. The Detour of Elephants 4. The Shackleton Sabotage 5. The Khipu…
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Book ReviewsSnow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan 1942 / 196 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give In 1940, shortly after the Germans invaded Norway, a Norwegian freighter arrived in the US city of…
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Book ReviewsEncyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
by Donald J. Sobol 1963 / 88 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Idaville is a small town with an impressive record – no one, absolutely no one,…
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Book ReviewsIn Grandma’s Attic
by Arleta Richardson 1974 / 144 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT When Arleta was a little girl she would visit her grandma, where she’d play up in…
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Book lists100+ read-aloud suggestions…
I’ve been reading out loud to my girls since they were born, and now that they are older we’re still reading, ending each day with…
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Book ReviewsThe Great Cake Mystery
by Alexander McCall Smith 73 pages / 2012 Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Precious Ramotswe must rank up there with some of the best-loved fictional detectives of all…
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Children’s fiction5 great chapter books
With the start of summer what parents everywhere need are some fantastic reads for their young’uns. The chapter books below come in all shapes and…