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On Halloween Night (Picture Puffins)
Harriet Ziefert
Puffin, 2001
On Halloween Night (Picture Puffins)
We ordered this book for a school gift at Halloween. We read the book to the kids and they loved it. A great story for either girls or boys.
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Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Puffin, 2006
Excellent read
I first became interested in the book after seeing the film adaptation of it on TV one day as I was flipping through the channels. The character of Melinda Sordino was captivating. Soon afterwards, I bought Speak and read it in one sitting.
Although this is labeled ...
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Snakehead (Alex Rider)
Anthony Horowitz
Puffin, 2008
Alex rider Snake head
So, after 2005's Ark Angel, still an extremely good book, but not as much so as the stunning Scorpia, Anthony Horowitz diversified into his equally good Power Of Five series but now i am pleased to say, Alex Rider is back and Snakehead is a resounding success.
Far ...
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The BFG
Roald Dahl
Puffin, 2007
BFG
Great story for a read aloud. Kids love listening to and reading along with the descriptive language.
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Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2003
*I* love this book.
So does my four year old. But it is my favorite Halloween book out of his big stack. The cadence is perfect and the drawings are fun. I highly recommend this book!
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
Puffin, 2007
Sibling Rivalry
In Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Bantam, 1972), Judy Blume introduces Peter, an average fourth grader, living in an apartment in New York City with his parents; his little brother, Fudge; and his newly acquired turtle, Dribble. Three-year-old Fudge constantly ...
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The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Puffin, 1997
one of my favorite books of all time
For me, this is one of those books that you can read over and over and over, and even though you know the ending, you still can't put it down and you wish that maybe this time, there'll be a different ending.
I won't bother writing a detailed review about this book ...
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The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
Ellen Raskin
Puffin, 2004
One of my all time favorite books
The Westing Game is a compelling and insignifacent treasure that anyone would be overjoyed to dig up! This book has many main characters yet maintaines the sense that you know the characters personally, and you never get confused. A suspensful and unpredictable mystery ...
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The Outsiders
SE Hinton
Puffin, 2006
the outsiders
the book arrived in excellant time and the compostion of the print was great. Have AMD and it is hard to read some of the print in the booksthese days but this was fine.
Enjoyed the story and the talk with the author
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
Puffin, 1996
A Fresh and Funny Perspective
"Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs. Or at least they think they do. But I'll let you in on a little secret. Nobody knows the real story, because nobody has ever heard my side of the story."
This is what Alexander T. Wolf (but you can call him ...
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The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
Puffin, 1976
Absolutely timeless
So this is pretty much one of the best books ever written. The story is sweet and magical in the way of nature, and the pictures are just to die for with Keats' imaginative and surprisingly expressive design that still has not quite been beaten since. The book, story ...
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We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
Puffin, 2005
Super discussion starter!
This fun book helped me to reach my fifth grade class in a way their social studies text never would have! Catrow finds a way to take the elegant (and sometimes difficult to translate into kid-talk) language of the Preamble and not only make it simeple to understand, ...
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The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2006
Awesome Children's Book
This is a very cute story! A "must have" for all children's personal libraries. It is always so fun to get a great kids book and this is definitely one of them. You won't be disappointed! Our twin 3-year-old boys love it, and we parents love to read it!
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How to Lose All Your Friends (Picture Puffins)
Nancy Carlson
Puffin, 1997
Must have!
As a school counselor and then as a therapist, I use this book with all ages, 3-18 to teach the basics of friendship skills. It's simple, basic, practical and the most used friendship book I've owned.
One fun key, is to skip the last page on the first reading.
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Zoom (Picture Puffin)
Istvan Banyai
Puffin, 1998
fun, fascinating
A friend gave me this book when I was in a super slump. I was amused and amazed as the pictures zoomed away from each other how they put both objects and actions into perspective, not only in terms of size, but also in terms of time and space. The artist cleverly ...
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