Monthly Archives: June 2018

Dragon’s Gap: Love’s Catalyst (Lars and Claire’s Story), A Novella

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Dragon’s Gap: Love’s Catalyst (Lars and Claire’s Story), A Novella Author: L. M. Lacee Publisher: Privolet Concepts Publishing, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1980950561 ISBN-10: 1980950563 Related website(s): http://www.LMLacee.com (author) Language level: 5 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading

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A Journey to Matecumbe

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: A Journey to Matecumbe Author: Robert Lewis Taylor Illustrator: Joseph Papin Publisher: Pocket Books, republished 1976 ISBN-13: 978-9997409317 Hardcover ISBN-10: 9997409310 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0671806095 Paperback ISBN-10: 0671806092 Paperback Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms … Continue reading

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Spurt: A Balls and All Story

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Spurt: A Balls and All Story Author: Chris Miles Jacket Illustrator: Lucy Ruth Cummins Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, reprinted 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1481479721 Hardcover ISBN-10: 1481479725 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1481479738 Paperback ISBN-10: 1481479733 … Continue reading

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Sod Schoolhouse

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Sod Schoolhouse Authors: Courtner King and Bonnie Bess Worline Cover Illustrator: Bruce Bealmear Publisher: Capper Press, 1996 ISBN-13: 978-0941678551 ISBN-10: 0941678555 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or … Continue reading

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Sod House Adventure or The Children Who Stayed Alone

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Sod House Adventure or The Children Who Stayed Alone Author: Bonnie Bess Worline Illustrator: Walter Barrows Publisher: Scholastic Book Services, republished 1971 ISBN-13: 978-0590085212 ISBN-10: 0590085212 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish … Continue reading

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Seedfolks

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Seedfolks Author: Paul Fleischman Illustrator: Judy Pedersen Publisher: HarperTrophy, republished 2004 ISBN-13: 978-0064472074 ISBN-10: 0590511904 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; 4=a lot of cursing and/or … Continue reading

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My Brother Who Taught Me to Fly

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: My Brother Who Taught Me to Fly Author: C. Brookins Illustrator: Holly E. Karnes Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1514809044 ISBN-10: 1514809044 Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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The Egg and I

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Egg and I Author: Betty MacDonald Cover Illustrator: Christina Schlesinger Publisher: Harper Perennial, reissued 2008 ISBN-13: 978-0060914288 ISBN-10: 0060914289 Language level: 4 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; … Continue reading

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The Boy and His Curse: Book 1, Artists and Earthian

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Boy and His Curse: Book 1, Artists and Earthian Author: Michael Philip Mordenga Cover Illustrator: Heidi Larsson Publisher: Published independently, 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1980700753 ISBN-10: 1980700753 Related website(s): http://www.missionsdoor.org/missionary/mordenga-michael/ (author) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; … Continue reading

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