Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Now We Are Six (and Other Books for the Six-Year-Old)


Johnny Boo turned six last week!

And now that he's six, we're reading Now We Are Six:

Author/illustrator: A.A. Milne/Ernest H. Shepard
First published: 1927
Category: Poetry








Here are some other recent favorites:

Author/illustratror: James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost 
Publisher: First Second (March 2009)
Categories: Action & Adventure; Graphic Novel

Author: Kirsten Mayer
Publisher: LB Kids (November 2011)
Categories: Action & Adventure; Easy Reader








The Adventures of Tintin: The Mystery of the Missing Wallets
Author: Kirsten Mayer

Publisher: LB Kids (November 2011)
Categories: Action & Adventure; Easy Reader

Author/illustrator: Scott Sonneborn/Art Baltazar
Publisher: Stone Arch Books (August 2011)
Categories: Action & Adventure; Easy Reader
Author/illustrator: Catherine Siracusa
Publisher: Hyperion (November 1995)
Category: Easy Reader








Author: Steve Tribe
Publisher: BBC Books (May 2009)
Category: Science Fiction








Earth to Clunk
Author/illustrator: Pam Smallcomb/Joe Berger
Publisher: Dial (May 2011)
Category: Science Fiction; Picture Book
Author/illustrator: Ann Cameron
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (June 2004)

Category: Chapter Book


Author/illustrator: Annie Barrows/Sophie Blackall
Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 2011)
Category: Chapter Book
Author/illustrator: Sango Morimoto
Publisher: Viz Media (November 2010)
Category: Graphic Novel








Author/illustrator: Paul Hoppe
Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 2011)
Category: Picture Book
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Monday, January 2, 2012

8-Year-Old Boy Review: Spiderwick Chronicles


Review by Tintin, age 8

Author/illustrator: Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (September 2004)
Source: Home library/public library/school library

The Spiderwick Chronicles are about a boy named Jared, a girl named Mallory, and another boy named Simon. Jared found a book in which creepy, terrifying, and terrible things would happen. Here are some of the creatures you will find in these books: brownies, goblins, trolls, hobgoblins, griffins, elves, dwarves, and of course Mulgarath the ogre. Now these books have one very important book called Arthur's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You. There are more creepy and exciting creatures, so have fun with The Spiderwick Chronicles. I would recommend these books to any child ages 7 to 11 years old all around the world.



Mulgarath from the books (top) and from the movie (bottom):

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