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Love is powerful and wonderful and ridiculous

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

March 28, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

“Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea? The answer is . . . yes. Of course it’s ridiculous. Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux’s love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.” With that sentence, this Newbery Medal winner won my heart. The Tale of Despereaux is a classic fairy tale with a knight […]

The name I can never spell right on the first try

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

October 16, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

This was a book I was sure I had read, because I feel like it’s been around forever. Nope! 2003. (Maybe I saw the movie in 2008?) It feels like an older book as well. So if the author was going for a classic feel, she got it! There is the story, but sometimes the author asks questions of the reader, often with vocabulary. Good for reading with a group! The book is set up in four sections. In the first part, we meet […]

Louise is a brave, fearless, feathered chicken. Yes. Chicken.

September 17, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Louise wants adventure. So, she leaves her cozy home and journey out into the wide world. She finds pirates, sunken ships, ferocious lions, circus fun and one exotic land where her sister chickens are held captive! Yes, chickens. Louise is a brave, fearless, feathered chicken. Kate DiCamillo and Harry Bliss had teamed up before Good Rosie! with Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken. The great humor of DiCamillo’s text is paired with the signature humorous illustrations of Bliss. Our fearless Louise’s story is […]

While I’ll miss them coming to my store, I did not miss their gem of a book!

September 11, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Good Rosie is the latest picture book by author Kate DiCamillo and illustrator Harry Bliss. It is an interesting take on a new situation scenario where the child (or in this case, dog) is lonely and would like to make friends but is nervous about making these new friends. This new situation could because the child/dog is going to a new school, it is their first day of school or they are going to the child/dog park. While you can see the illustrations are […]

The list: Publishers Weekly The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2018 has a bunch and here is one

September 4, 2018 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo is my #CBR10bingo on a list book. It is on the Publishers Weekly The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2018 While I give this book a five there were a few plot holes for me. (Spoiler) Louisiana never sees it is wrong to steal from the vending machine (or worse to get her friend to do it for her). She might be about 10 years old in the late 1970’s and her Granny might not be […]

A charming and sweet love letter to the power of story

May 8, 2016 by bonnie Leave a Comment

Back in March, we had an instructor emergency, which led me to take on an extra class mid-semester (and is part of the reason I am SO FAR BEHIND on my Cannonball reviewing). It’s always hard to take on another person’s course, especially when your own classload is fairly full, and doubly especially when their syllabus is frighteningly sparse. We muddled through somehow, and thankfully, the last unit of the course synced up with my other two classes. As a result, I got to hear […]

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