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#73466 - 04/07/10 06:54 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: Littlewisestone]
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Registered: 10/31/08
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Littlewisestone, I've not read any of these myself, but someone I know and love recommends Fidra Books' list for reprinted horse-book classics ( www.fidrabooks.com). Hope that helps! peace minnie
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#73467 - 04/07/10 07:07 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: minniemarx]
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Registered: 10/10/09
Posts: 247
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I posted this on another thread about books, but thought I'd share it here, too, might help people looking for specific books. Go to www.scholastic.com - click on the teacher tab, and then "book wizard", and you can search for books in many different ways. Check it out - it's cool ! 
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#73476 - 04/07/10 08:54 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: minniemarx]
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Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 90
Loc: TX
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Minniemarx - thank you so much for all of the suggestions. I will be very busy searching out some of these - hopefully the library will have some of them. We go through a lot of books and this really gives me some great ideas.
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#73477 - 04/07/10 08:59 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: Mia]
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Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 90
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Mia, GD5 and I read "Scaredy Squirell" tonight for a bedtime story and she absolutely loved it. Thanks for the suggestion.
One of her recent favorites was Groundhog Weather School - really cute!
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#73546 - 04/08/10 05:51 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: GM5]
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Registered: 02/26/10
Posts: 6
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My children, DD6 and DD8, just finished
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman.
I read it too to make sure it was appropriate for my sensitive DD and it was not scary at all. The writing was very good (no surprise given the author), especially for a J book. I found the book a little on the girly side, but my DS said "Mom, are there any more books like this?"
This is not an animal or picture book, but good if you need safe well written novels for your precocious 6 year old.
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#74135 - 04/16/10 07:23 AM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: coelacanth]
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Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 90
Loc: TX
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Coelacanth - thanks for the recommendation - I'll check it out.
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#74999 - 04/28/10 01:34 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: onthegomom]
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Registered: 06/29/09
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For early teen girls: The Beekeeper's Apprentice, by Laurie King. It is about a 13 year old girl who becomes Sherlock Holmes' apprentice. Again, I think my D loved it so much because she is very like the gifted female girl in the story. There are several more in the series, but that is the one that D read until it fell apart. Has anyone read through the whole series? DD9 just read the first book, loved it, and I know she's going to want to read more. Is there anything inappropriate for a pre-teen that I need to be aware of as we work our way through the books?
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#75001 - 04/28/10 01:46 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: Trillium]
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Registered: 12/16/09
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I read them all (and am the OP about my D reading them). Eventually Holmes falls for her and marries her. But if I remember correctly, there is really no s** (sorry, posting at work  ), I think a kiss is about it. Although I believe the book that happens in has Russell (the girl) becoming a heroin addict in the hands of evil captors, and Holmes rescues her. There are definitely scary moments in the books. My D was probably 12 when she read them. She is not a particularly sensitive kid in that respect, so it was okay for her. So it depends on your daughter. The newest one just came out yesterday, my D is begging for a trip to the bookstore!
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#75954 - 05/12/10 06:27 PM
Re: The Ultimate Book Thread?
[Re: crazydaisy]
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Registered: 07/28/09
Posts: 1743
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Optical illusions : the science of visual perception / Al Seckel.
We just borrowed this from the library. I had a fun time looking at this with DS9. try it.
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