Monthly Archives: November 2012

By the Way

          HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: By the Way Author: Paul Devantier Publisher: By the Way, 2007 Related website: http://www.bythewaytoday.org/ (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or profanity; … Continue reading

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Orphan Train West Collection

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Orphan Train West Collection Author: Jane Peart Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Co., republished in 1991 ISBN-13: 978-0800754174 ISBN-10: 0800754174 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or profanity; 4=a … Continue reading

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The Hatmaker's Sign: A Story by Benjamin Franklin

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Hatmaker’s Sign: A Story by Benjamin Franklin Author: Candace Fleming Illustrator: Robert Andrew Parker Publisher: Scholastic, republished in 2000 ISBN-13: 978-0329216894 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 0329216899 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0531071748 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 053107174X (Paperback) Language level: 1 … Continue reading

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A Drake A. Halifax Chronicle: When Darkness Falls

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: A Drake A. Halifax Chronicle: When Darkness Falls Author: Murasaki Hideki Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1477635933 ISBN-10: 1477635939 Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or … Continue reading

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The Giver

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, reissued in 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0547995663 ISBN-10: 0547995660 Related website: http://www.randomhouse.com/teens (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing … Continue reading

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Knights of the Round Table

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Knights of the Round Table Author: Gwen Gross Illustrator: Norman Green Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, reissued in 1985 ISBN-13: 978-0590402316 ISBN-10: 0394875796 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang … Continue reading

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Snakes

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Snakes Authors: Erik D. Stoops and Annette T. Wright Publisher: Sterling, 1994 ISBN-13: 978-0806984834 ISBN-10: 080698483X Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or profanity; 4=a lot of cursing … Continue reading

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Gettysburg

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Gettysburg Author: MacKinlay Kantor Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, republished in 1987 ISBN-13: 978-0394891811 ISBN-10: 0394891813 Related website: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids  (publisher) Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing … Continue reading

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The Adventures of Charlie Pierce, Volume 3: The Last Calusa

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Adventures of Charlie Pierce, Volume 3: The Last Calusa Author: Harvey E. Oyer III Illustrator: James Balkovek Publisher: Middle River Press, 2012 ISBN-13: 9780985729523 ISBN-10: 098572952X Related website: http://www.theadventuresofcharliepierce.com/ (series), http://www.middleriverpress.com (publisher) Language level: … Continue reading

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Bats: Bat Magic for Kids

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Bats: Bat Magic for Kids Author: Kathryn T. Lundberg  Illustrators: Merlin D. Tuttle and John F. McGee Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub., 1996 ISBN-13: 978-0836816280 ISBN-10: 0836816285 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish … Continue reading

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