Monthly Archives: July 2020

Next-Door Neighbors

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Next-Door Neighbors Author: Sarah Ellis Jacket Illustrator: Jacqueline Garrick Publisher: Yearling, republished 1992 ISBN-13: 978-0689504952 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0689504950 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0440406204 Paperback ISBN-10: 044040620X Paperback Related website(s): http://www.SimonSaysKids.com (publisher) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common … Continue reading

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Fox Farm

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Fox Farm Author: Eileen Dunlop Jacket Illustrator: Mary Dinsdale Publisher: Holt Rinehart and Winston, republished 1979 ISBN-13: 978-0192714282 ISBN-10: 0192714287 Language level:  3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; … Continue reading

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Glimpses of Eternity: Studies in the Parables of Jesus

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Glimpses of Eternity: Studies in the Parables of Jesus Author: Paul Earnhart Cover Illustrator: Jonathan Hardin Publisher: DeWard Publishing, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1936341412 ISBN-10: 1936341417 Related website(s): http://www.deward.com (publisher) Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms … Continue reading

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No Promises in the Wind

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: No Promises in the Wind Author: Irene Hunt Cover Illustrator: Lisa Falkenstern Publisher: Berkley, reissued 1986 ISBN-13: 978-0425099698 ISBN-10: 0425099695 Related website(s): http://www.penguinputnam.com (publisher) Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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Darcy’s Wild Life #5: The Play’s the Thing 

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Darcy’s Wild Life #5: The Play’s the Thing  Author: Sierra Harimann Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap, 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0448443522 ISBN-10: 044844352X Related website(s): http://www.penguin.com/youngreaders.com (publisher) Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; … Continue reading

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Black Suits from Outer Space

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Black Suits from Outer Space Author: Gene DeWeese Jacket Illustrator: Elise Primavera Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1985 ISBN-13: 978-0399212611 ISBN-10: 0399212612 Language level: 2 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing and/or profanity; … Continue reading

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Weasel

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Weasel Author: Cynthia DeFelice Publisher:  Avon Camelot, republished in 1991 ISBN-13: 978-0780708983 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0780708989 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0380713585 Paperback ISBN-10: 0380713586 Paperback Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing … Continue reading

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The Wizard of Iz: A Parody of the Democrats by Dr. Truth

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Wizard of Iz: A Parody of the Democrats by Dr. Truth Author: Loren Spivack Illustrator: Patrick Fields Publisher: Free Market Warrior Publications, 2015 ASIN: B075JWSX9B Related website(s): http://DrTruthBooks.com (author), https://www.fmwarrior.com/ (publisher) Language level: 1 … Continue reading

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The Ghost in the Picture

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Ghost in the Picture Author: Meg Schneider Publisher: Apple Paperbacks, 1988 ISBN-13: 978-0590416702 ISBN-10: 0590416707 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 … Continue reading

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Into No Man’s Land: The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Into No Man’s Land: The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty, United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 Author: Ellen Emerson White Cover Illustrator: Steve Stone Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, reprinted 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0606262156 Hardcover ISBN-10: … Continue reading

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