(I read this book as part of the Back to the Classics Challenge.) Claudia Kincaid does not like discomfort. So when she decides to run away, she makes two decisions: to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and to bring her penny-pinching—and therefore wealthy—little brother with her. This adventure alone would be enough…
Tag: children’s literature
Review: Howl’s Moving Castle
Sophie Hatter lives a quiet, boring life in Market Chipping, Ingary, working in her family’s hat shop. But her life takes a turn for the bizarre when the Witch of the Waste turns her into an old woman. Afraid her family won’t recognize her, Sophie turns to the only person who may be able to…
Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland…
September is tired of being at home, washing the same pink-and-yellow cups and playing with the same small, amiable dog. So when a Green Wind (atop the back of a flying Leopard) offers her a trip to Fairyland, she accepts. But Fairyland is in trouble, taken over by a Marquess who, although evil, wears a…
Top 10 Tuesday: Childhood Favorites
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) Every bookish person has a book (or two, or 50) that they read over and over as a kid. Here’s ten…
Have you dreamed of owning a dragon? Now you can.
Title: How to Raise and Keep a Dragon Author: “John Topsell” (Joseph Nigg) Genre: Children’s Literature Publication Date: 2006 How to Raise and Keep a Dragon is the go-to guide for anyone who is interested in purchasing, keeping, training, and showing a dragon. Written by John Topsell, descendant of the great historian Edward Topsell, this…