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Grown-Up Me May Have Overthought Things in Places but Wins in the End

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

August 31, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 21 (Back to School) I remember in elementary school being mightily impressed by From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler, but have no memory of what it was I liked or why I’d had to read the book in the first place. I suspect it was likely for a book report or reading hours. I kind of remember now upon a re-read over two decades later, in spite of some reactions to characters and situations that are likely the grown-up in me, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: E.L. Konigsburg, from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankenweiler, Kids books, Newbery Medal winner, NYC

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:70 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: E.L. Konigsburg, from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankenweiler, Kids books, Newbery Medal winner, NYC ·
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Yarr, Change be Harrrd (Cannonball Bingo Illustrated square)

Pirates Don't Go to Kindergarten by Lisa Robinson

July 1, 2019 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

I have no idea how to write a review of a book when the number of words required in the review are longer than the number of words in the book itself…

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Amazon First Reads, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Cute, Fiction, kid lit, Kids books, picture book

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Amazon First Reads, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Cute, Fiction, kid lit, Kids books, picture book ·
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Sarcastic Kids are Good Kids

January 27, 2017 by Melina Leave a Comment

  My son Tommy and I just finished reading Crimebiters 2 together and it was pretty cute.  I was always partial to Nancy Drew, The Charisma series (girl spies! who are models! and can do cool stuff!) and  (The New) Encyclopedia Brown books (now very old because I am very old) when I was a kid because I have always liked a good mystery.  My son seems to enjoy a good mystery too because he brought this book home from his book fair along with […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: CBR8, Crime Biters, Kids books, Melina, reading with Tommy, Tommy Greenwald

Melina's CBR9 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: CBR8, Crime Biters, Kids books, Melina, reading with Tommy, Tommy Greenwald ·
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Gods and Monster Potential

January 21, 2015 by ModernLove 4 Comments

For Christmas this year I got my 8 year old nephew the Percy Jackson books. I’ve seen trailers for the movies and heard a little bit about the books to figure he’s about the right age for them (and is already reading the first Harry Potter one.) He was happy and went on his merry way. Then a couple weeks ago, my husband is cleaning out stuff in the basement and finds the first book down there! I figure, well, might as well read it […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Kids books, modernlove, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

ModernLove's CBR7 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Kids books, modernlove, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief ·
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Last Little Golden Book, I promise.

December 17, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

Next time, there will be no reviews of small children’s books from me.  Due to expecting a baby next summer, I’ll only be doing a half-cannonball.  That’s all I’ll be able to manage with a newborn and a 3-and-a-half-year-old.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Diane Muldrow, Fiction, How Do Lions Say I Love You?, Kids books, Little Golden Books, Robyn Robotron

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Diane Muldrow, Fiction, How Do Lions Say I Love You?, Kids books, Little Golden Books, Robyn Robotron ·
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Can you tell me how to get to the end of this race?

December 17, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

Grover and Elmo make a great pair.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Another Monster at the End of This Book, Fiction, Jon Stone, Kids books, Little Golden Book, Robyn Robotron

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Another Monster at the End of This Book, Fiction, Jon Stone, Kids books, Little Golden Book, Robyn Robotron ·
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