Just as I have Christmas books that I break out and read every year in November and December, I have this one book that I read every year as part of mJust as I have Christmas books that I break out and read every year in November and December, I have this one book that I read every year as part of my All Hallow's Read/Halloween Bingo/spoopy-months celebration (spooky-adjacent sorts of things that aren't scary but are amusing).
This is something I picked up lo! these many years ago, because of course part of the Halloween observance is giving seasonally-appropriate books. They lost interest in it ages ago, but the mix of expected (skeleton in the closet) and unexpected (octopus washing dishes) still it delights me every year. And amazingly, hardly any of the moving bits came off or tore. Some of my September and October reads are re-reads, but the only other piece I return to very often is Click-Clack the Rattlebag, the audio version read by Neil Himself.
Eh. Without being plot points I've encountered elsewhere, it felt already-done. It also felt written to a much easier level than most of the Battle ofEh. Without being plot points I've encountered elsewhere, it felt already-done. It also felt written to a much easier level than most of the Battle of the Books books, so recommended for reluctant readers, because it whips along quite fast.
I can see why kids would love it, but the tale of survival didn't entirely grab me.I can see why kids would love it, but the tale of survival didn't entirely grab me....more
I read the first two pages last night, and was amused, but not quite in that mood.
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Pretty severe autism, it turns ouThere's autism in it I think.
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I read the first two pages last night, and was amused, but not quite in that mood.
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Pretty severe autism, it turns out. Nothing really surprising, but I enjoyed Catherine, and I loved the cards, the play of words and images. An illustrated Rules would be even better....more
This was a book that screamed for the KitKatPandaBatWolf's attention, so I left off my own reading, and now I'm reading it aloud to her at bedtime. ShThis was a book that screamed for the KitKatPandaBatWolf's attention, so I left off my own reading, and now I'm reading it aloud to her at bedtime. She's loving it, and so am I.
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Well, the Offspring tired of me reading it aloud and moved on to other things. But I'll keep this in mind again for later, perhaps. It's a lovely book, incorporating many different myths into one story about Minli and her search for a different fortune for her family....more
I don't like the title, because it made me think of a school for princesses, and this is set as far from court life and princessing as possible. This I don't like the title, because it made me think of a school for princesses, and this is set as far from court life and princessing as possible. This book is grounded in a very specific region with a distinct culture built around the people's work in the quarry. As world-building goes, it's brilliant, not wide, but deep. Miri is a wonderful character....more
Well done. Green manages to disappear, so that one feels as though Johnson has just kind of sat down and told you her story. And it's all about her loWell done. Green manages to disappear, so that one feels as though Johnson has just kind of sat down and told you her story. And it's all about her love of baseball. Pretty amazing story....more
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