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Not as tear-jerky as the movie

December 17, 2014 by Robyn Robotron 1 Comment

Although, I did feel a little prickling in my eyes when I was finished.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Brave, fantasy, Fiction, Kids books, Little Golden Books, Robyn Robotron, Tennant Redbank

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:42 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Brave, fantasy, Fiction, Kids books, Little Golden Books, Robyn Robotron, Tennant Redbank ·
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Just what you wanted, more Little Golden Books!

December 17, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

I know, I know, but I want to make it to the end of this thing, and this is the only way.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Courtney Carbone, DC Super Friends, fantasy, Fiction, Flower Power!, Kids books, Robyn Robotron

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:41 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Courtney Carbone, DC Super Friends, fantasy, Fiction, Flower Power!, Kids books, Robyn Robotron ·
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My heart’s not open.

December 15, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

There are better Frozen books out there.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Courtney Carbone, fantasy, Fiction, Frozen, Kids books, Robyn Robotron, The Ice Box

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:37 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Courtney Carbone, fantasy, Fiction, Frozen, Kids books, Robyn Robotron, The Ice Box ·
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Go ahead, break that 4th wall.

December 15, 2014 by Robyn Robotron 1 Comment

My daughter just informed me that B.J. Novak has a “robot’s name”.  That might explain how he doesn’t seem to age.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, B.J. Novak, Fiction, Kids books, Robyn Robotron, The Book with No Pictures

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, B.J. Novak, Fiction, Kids books, Robyn Robotron, The Book with No Pictures ·
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Only love pads the film.

November 13, 2014 by Robyn Robotron Leave a Comment

Or more accurately, only children’s books pad the race (but if you get my reference, you get a metaphorical cookie).  I really want to make it to 52 reviews, but being only around halfway with less than 2 months left, I’ve had to resort to drastic measures.  Not to fear, however, I did include a review of a great up-and-coming artist’s book that isn’t available on Amazon (this time, I don’t have any more obscure friend’s books waiting in the hopper for any future kids’ […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, Kids books, Little Golden Book, Michael Horwitz, My Boyfriend Walt Whitman, Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas and Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine

Robyn Robotron's CBR6 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, Kids books, Little Golden Book, Michael Horwitz, My Boyfriend Walt Whitman, Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas and Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine ·
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I’m not sure using kids as spies is a great strategy, but since we did it, we might as well hear about it

March 6, 2014 by NTE Leave a Comment

Did you know that a 9-year-old boy once wandered into the camp of the British Army, took stock of their troop count & weapons hoard, convinced them he was just a dope who was lost & looking for a mill, all under the orders of General George Washington?  Yeah, me neither.  Enter Ariel Bradley: Spy for General Washington.   The book was well written, and the pictures were engaging: I think the Kindle formatting was not very accessible (it chopped up the pictures and pages […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Illustrations, Kids books, middle grade, Washington

NTE's CBR6 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Illustrations, Kids books, middle grade, Washington ·
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