Monthly Archives: February 2013

The Bear's Toothache

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Bear’s Toothache Author and Illustrator: David McPhail Publisher: Live Oak Media, republished in 1980 ISBN-13: 978-0316563123 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 0316563129 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0874990829 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 0874990823 (Paperback) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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This Year's Garden

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: This Year’s Garden Author: Cynthia Rylant  Illustrator: Mary Szilagyi Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, republished in 1987 ISBN-13: 978-0027779707 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 002777970X (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0689711220 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 0689711220 (Paperback) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; … Continue reading

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Fool Moon Rising

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Fool Moon Rising Authors and Illustrators: Kristi and T. Lively Fluharty Publisher: Crossway, 2009 ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-0582-6 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-1-4335-2282-6 (ePub) Related websites: http://www.foolmoonrising.com (book), http://www.crossway.org/blog (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish … Continue reading

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Super

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Super Author: Matthew Cody Cover Illustrator: Geoffrey Lorenzen Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0375868948 ISBN-10: 0375868941 Related website: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids (publisher) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some … Continue reading

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The Prisoner of Zenda

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Prisoner of Zenda Author: Anthony Hope Publisher: Penguin Books, reissued in 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0141033747 ISBN-10: 0141033746 Related website: http://www.clearwaterpress.com (publisher) Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or … Continue reading

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Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier Author: Joseph Plumb Martin  Publisher: Dover Publications, republished in 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0486451466 ISBN-10: 0486451461 Related website: http://www.doverpublications.com (publisher) Language level: 3 (barely) (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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Gabriela and the Widow

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Gabriela and The Widow Author: Jack Remick Publisher: Coffeetown Press, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1603811477 ISBN-10: 1603811478 Related websites: http://www.jackremick.com (author), http://www.coffeetownpress.com (publisher) Language level: 5 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or … Continue reading

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Even That Moose Won't Listen to Me

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Even That Moose Won’t Listen to Me Author and Illustrator: Martha G. Alexander Publisher: Trumpet Club, republished in 1992 ISBN-13: 978-0803701878 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 080370187X (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0440847328 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 044084732X (Paperback) Language level: 1 (1=nothing … Continue reading

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I Want a Blue Banana

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: I Want a Blue Banana Authors: Joyce and James Dunbar  Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1991 ISBN-13: 978-0395575796 (Hardcover) ISBN-10: 0395575796 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 978-0460880558 (Paperback) ISBN-10: 0460880551 (Paperback) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish … Continue reading

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Susan Perl's Human Body Book

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Susan Perl’s Human Body Book Author: Leslie McGuire  Publisher: Platt and Munk, 1977 ISBN-13: 978-0448465159 ISBN-10: 0448465159 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or profanity; 4=a lot of … Continue reading

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