children’s literature

  • Always recommend….

    What is a book that you’ll always recommend if someone asks you for recommendations? Why do you recommend that book in particular? Let me know in the comments what book(s) you’d recommend if you have any…..

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  • Latest haul…

    My latest haul…..I thought I’d make a stop at my local book store today since I had to get out and run some errands on my day off. I’ve been interested in getting this series for a while now and I finally made the decisions today to get it. Luckily, my local book store had…

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  • Some people may think it’s weird for older people to be reading children’s literature. It doesn’t bother me what I read as long as the story can hold my attention. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling = Ever since this series hit the shelves, I feel like it changed things. I feel like it…

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  • Ordering books as a kid….

    When I was a kid, we use to be able to order books from this little magazine. The little magazines use to look like the image below. You’d have a few pages to look over the books they offered during that period, along with the cost of each book. Then there was a little order…

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  • Latest haul!

    My wonderful hubby let me go to the bookstore today and I got to purchase the following books. You’re probably thinking by now that my living space has got to be filled to the brim with books by now. My hubby even said to me just a few moments ago that he’s surprised I haven’t…

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  • Summer Reading

    How many of you will be engaged in a bit of reading this summer? How much reading do you think you’ll get done over the summer? Will your children be reading over the summer as well? Do you and your child/children read together or do you each do you own reading separately? My summer reading…

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  • The Ickabog

    I just found out that Harry Potter author, J. K. Rowling, has written something else called the Ickabog. It’s a story for children (something she had written for he own children) but she’s bringing it back out during the lockdown due to Covid-19 and she’s publishing it for free on a website. Anyway, there is…

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  • Well, I’ve finished reading this novel on my Kindle Fire. I enjoyed this book as well, however, I think I enjoyed the first book more if I had to choose. I’m not saying this book was bad, far from it. I just think I enjoyed the adventure in the first book a little more than…

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  • Gifts for Christmas

    Have you thought about what you want to give that book lover for Christmas? With Black Friday only a couple of weeks away, here are some ideas and suggestions from one book lover to another…. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire : The Illustrated Edition by J. K. Rowling The illustrated edition of Harry…

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  • I found another childhood favorite of mine today. It’s called “Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls” by Joan Carris. I remember liking this book as a kid but I don’t remember much about how the story went. That makes me want to re-read the book now to help jog my memory (assuming I can even…

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