If you haven’t read Sideways Stories from Wayside School, you’re missing out. Big time. As in 19 times big time. You see, Wayside School was supposed to be built on one floor with thirty classrooms, but due to some construction errors, it was instead built with thirty floors and one […]
Book of the Week
When Lyra and her daemon discover the master of Jordan College trying to poison Lord Asrael (her uncle), she has no idea the dangerous step she’s taken towards discovering the truth about Dust, daemons and disappearing children. There’s no reason to assume everything is connected in ways that could prove […]
Book of the Week: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Before Harry Potter came along, books for children were basically very simple. Kids weren’t out saving the world, intentionally or not. They were busy idling the time away, mere creatures not humans. Okay, I exagerrate, but I think the quintessential example of what I mean can be found, not in C. […]
Book of the Week: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by ...
I discovered Hatchet by accident. One February or March when they passed out those Scholastic order forms in class, I placed an order for a book I really wanted. One month later, to my horror and outrage, they’d sent me a completely different book that sounded outright boring (Hatchet). Yes, […]
Book of the Week: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
How about a quick read this week? Amelia Bedelia can do no wrong because she does everything literally. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers hire her as their maid, and before they go out for the day, Mrs. Rogers gives Amelia a list of chores to do. Finding this list odd, Amelia Bedelia […]
Book of the Week: Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Around third grade I became fairly obsessed with a series of books about a bear not called Winnie. This bear came from Darkest Peru and wound up in London, and A Bear Called Paddington lays out this stowaway’s first adventures there. Mr. and Mrs. Brown know their children will never […]
Book of the Week: A Bear Called Paddington by Michael ...
Okay, Goosebumps is an entire series of books and I’m not sure if anyone knows off the top of their heads how many books are even in the series, but it’s a great set of books for Halloween time. Better yet, you don’t have to read them in a specific […]
Book of the Week: Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
The Last Apprentice is Tom Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son. John Gregory, “the Spook,” is the mentor. The profession? Fighting things that go bump in the night, ghosts, ghasts and witches among the lot. Perhaps there would be no tale were it not for the girl with […]