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Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (1970) is far shorter than you’d think, if comparing it to the Wes Anderson film (2009). Continue reading
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The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams (1977)
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It’s been a few years since I read Watership Down by Richard Adams, but recently had a hankering for another epic adventure in the style of that bunnies’ tale. This story about two dogs and a fox on the run … Continue reading
American Buffalo by Steven Rinella (2009)
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In Search of a Lost Icon I’m a metal detectorist (yes, like you see on TV), and I love finding coins. My all-time favorite coin to find in the ground has always been the Buffalo Nickel. I have my reasons, … Continue reading
One Day in the Woods by Jean Craighead George (1988)
Pictures by Gary Allen I’m an amateur naturalist. I picked up the hobby in my early 30s and, I hope, have passed my love for nature on to my kids. Keeping a book like this in our little library can … Continue reading
The Year of the Panda by Miriam Schlein (1990)
In my own private reading, I’m enjoying an adult non-fiction study titled The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China’s Political Animal by Henry Nicholls. I was fascinated to learn from that book that pandas are a relatively … Continue reading
Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)
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If someone told me, “Hey, you’ve got to check out this great 500-page book about bunnies,” I’d think they were crazy. But that’s sort of what happened long ago, back when I was in high school. On a basketball tourney-trip, … Continue reading
Ella the Elegant Elephant by Carmela D’Amico and Steven D’Amico (2004)
When I first picked up this book, I could have sworn by its beautiful, classic illustrations that it was a contemporary of Don Freeman’s Corduroy (1968) or any of Sid Hoff’s works. So when I saw that it was published … Continue reading
Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup (2007)
This kids’ book on hygiene and friendship pulls no punches with readers: from sentence number one, Britta Teckentrup makes it obvious that this bear is a filthy, smelly beast who doesn’t care about his hygiene, and his social life proves … Continue reading
Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (2014)
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Zoo (2014) seems like a throw-away novel the incredibly prolific James Patterson. A Christian review. Continue reading
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey (1965)
I found this book at the bottom of a box of home-school materials a friend recently gave us, and I wasn’t sure how well my kids would take to. After all, it’s 15 chapters and 190 pages long! How focused … Continue reading