Monthly Archives: March 2015

Babyface

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Babyface Author: Norma Fox Mazer Cover Illustrator: Michael Deas Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks, reissued in 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0688087524 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0688087523 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0152062774 Paperback ISBN-10: 0152062777 Paperback Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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This Time, Tempe Wick?

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: This Time, Tempe Wick? Author: Patricia Lee Gauch Illustrator: Margot Tomes Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, republished in 2003 ISBN-13: 978-1590781791 Hardcover ISBN-10: 1590781791 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1590781852 Paperback ISBN-10: 1590781856 Paperback Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; … Continue reading

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Trail of Apple Blossoms

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Trail of Apple Blossoms Author: Irene Hunt Illustrator: Don Bolognese Publisher: Silver Burdett Press, republished in 1993 ISBN-13: 978-0382243684 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0382243684 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0813672205 Paperback ISBN-10: 0813672201 Paperback Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common … Continue reading

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Bringing Up Ziggy: Lessons from a Helping Hands Monkey Mom

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Bringing Up Ziggy: Lessons from a Helping Hands Monkey Mom Author: Andrea Campbell Publisher: Renaissance Books, 1999 ISBN-13: 978-1580630856 ISBN-10: 1580630855 Language level: 5 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or … Continue reading

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Hurry Up, Houdini!: Magic Tree House #50

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Hurry Up, Houdini!: Magic Tree House #50 Author: Mary Pope Osborne Illustrator: Sal Murdocca Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, republished in 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0307980458 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0307980456 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0307980489 Paperback ISBN-10: 0307980480 … Continue reading

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Freckled and Fourteen

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Freckled and Fourteen Author: Viola Rowe Illustrator: Jacqueline Tomes Publisher: Scholastic Book Services, republished in 1974 ASIN: B0007DKI16 ASIN: B000K05H9Y ASIN: B001CZR30C ASIN: B00510V9OK Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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Seventy Years In Dixie: Recollections and Sayings of T. W. Caskey and Others

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Seventy Years In Dixie: Recollections and Sayings of T. W. Caskey and Others Author: F. D. Srygley Illustrator: J. D. Kelley Publisher: Guardian of Truth Foundation, republished in 2006 ISBN-13: 978-1584271659 ISBN-10: 1584271655 Related website: … Continue reading

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The Monkey and the Bee

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Monkey and the Bee Author: C. P. Bloom Illustrator: Peter Raymundo Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1419708862 ISBN-10: 1419708864 Related website: http://www.abramsyoungreaders.com (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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Christmas with Ida Early

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Christmas with Ida Early Author: Robert Burch Illustrator: Richard Williams Publisher: Scholastic, republished in 1990 ISBN-13: 978-0670221318 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0670221317 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0590439510 Paperback ISBN-10: 0590439510 Paperback Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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Mystery of the Secret Dolls

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Mystery of the Secret Dolls Author: Vicki Berger Erwin Publisher: Apple, 1993 ISBN-13: 978-0606054898 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0606054898 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0590444125 Paperback ISBN-10: 0590444123 Paperback Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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