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CherylAnnieDoucette

Learning on the Fly

Saying I love books is an understatement. I am an avid reader, bookseller, homeschooling mom, artist and wife. I have a strong opinion on independent businesses (Indie-bound for sure).

Hank Finds An Egg is that special Treasure you wait for.

9:33 pm 22 July 2013
Hank Finds an Egg - Rebecca Dudley

Hank Finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley, (Peter Pauper Press) is that rare special treasure you will share with your children and their children.  I adored the artwork in ways I can't even transcribe to words.  The way that Hank's adventure unfolds has children everywhere helping to tell his story.  This is a MUST for any new library, child or no.

 

#2013Picturebooks #RebeccaDudley

Fish, Gregory Mone

4:43 pm 20 May 2013
Fish - Gregory Mone

I have the pleasure of meeting Mr. Mone and his work is just superb.

 

Who doesn't want to read an adventure story about a boy forced to covert with Pirates!

 

"Correct! Next to him, the old fellows with the eye patches, those would be the One-Eyed Willies.  A depressing bunch, really.  I'd avoid supping with them if you can, as all they do is talk about their missing eyes, lamenting their loss of depth perception."

 

LOVE it!

Cheryl

 

#gregorymone #intermediate #pirates
4:26 pm 20 May 2013
""Why so grim, my lady?"
I glance up, surprised to see Beast riding next to me. How can someone so large move so quietly? I open my mouth to ask him that very question but surprise myself by asking a different one. "Do you know that I have killed more than thirty men?""
Dark Triumph - Robin LaFevers

Sybella, Dark Triumph

#Sybella

Leave Your Sleep

4:17 pm 20 May 2013
Reblogged from Learning on the Fly:
Leave Your Sleep - Natalie Merchant, Barbara McClintock

I loved the illustrations in this poetry book. The Illustrations by Barbara McClintock are charming and the music cd by Natalie Merchant plays in our bookstore all the time! Great choice as a new baby gift.

SPOILER ALERT!

Prairie Evers, by Ellen Airgood

8:38 am 22 April 2013
Prairie Evers - Ellen Airgood

I have to say that I thought I was going to love this book. A story of a young girl relocating, making friends, learning lessons, raising chickens!  How fun!  However, the story took a turn for me and jumped routes a little more than halfway through.  I have to say I didn't like this turn of events and thought the subject of Prairie's friend Ivy seeing her mother shoot her father not fitting for the storyline, over the top and this will actually keep me from suggesting this book to the crowd of kids I was looking forward to sharing it with.  I'm sad to say this because the writing and story were fantastic up till this point.  I understand this sort of thing happens but it didn't need to happen in this story.  

 

The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)

5:08 am 5 April 2013
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment - James Patterson Loved it.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles)

10:40 pm 4 April 2013
The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson WOW!

A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)

7:36 pm 4 April 2013
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens I loved this book!

Leave Your Sleep

8:00 pm 9 January 2013
Leave Your Sleep - Natalie Merchant, Barbara McClintock I loved the illustrations in this poetry book. The Illustrations by Barbara McClintock are charming and the music cd by Natalie Merchant plays in our bookstore all the time! Great choice as a new baby gift.
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How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

8:00 pm 25 December 2012
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You - Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal SO SO FUNNY and accurate!

No Bears

8:00 pm 15 December 2012
No Bears - Meg McKinlay I really enjoyed this book. I love that Ruby wants a story without bears because they are in every story!! Watch out, a special friend is spying in on the story!!

Bear in Love

8:00 pm 14 December 2012
Bear in Love - Daniel Pinkwater, Will Hillenbrand I really liked this book and the illustration are darling.Great Feb book to share!

Just Right for Christmas

8:00 pm 30 November 2012
Just Right for Christmas - Birdie Black, Rosalind Beardshaw I just LOVE this book!

The Mockingbirds

8:00 pm 22 October 2012
The Mockingbirds - Daisy Whitney Reading for the 2nd time with my YA Bookclub for Grown ups!!

Beautiful Oops!

8:00 pm 18 September 2012
Beautiful Oops! - Barney Saltzberg Love that mistakes can take you places!

What To Do If An Elephant Stands On Your Foot

8:00 pm 3 August 2012
What To Do If An Elephant Stands On Your Foot - Michelle Robinson, Peter H. Reynolds ok, I don't just love this book because I love Peter. I love this book because it ROCKS! I adore the story, the boy, the adventure! The illustrations really tie it all together. A MUST read for any little boy with an imagination out there. Scratch that any child with an imagination. I would have read this book a thousand times as a child and kept making up different situations!
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