pickMy Sweet Valley reading project continues with this cute one where for an unspecified school break, the second-grade twins get to take home Tinkerbell, the class hamster. Elizabeth is delighted but squeamish Jessica wants nothing to do with the rodent! Cute & fun, a class hamster sounds better than my 2nd grade class that shared a teddy bear named Cuddles—are classes even allowed to share anything like this anymore? Or does this date the series?
This time last year, I met Daniel Nayeri when he spoke about this book with #MiddleGrade readers in a program I administer. He is... just freaking amazing. He's hilarious & smart & connected with the audience. Then over winter break, I had a chance to purchase art from the book by Daniel Miyares to display at work. This Daniel was also great. The book itself is such an adventure! Strong recommend.
1. I am named after my Mom‘s grandfather, who I never met.
2. The tagged book from the 1960‘s. I remember finding these in the library and read them because one of the characters had my name.
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pickNot the tagged book, but by the same author. This horse story has languished on my shelves for decades, and I'm not sure why I've never read it. Published (and set) during the Korean War, a young man leaves for the armed forces. His younger brother, who has a club foot and is ineligible to fight, stays behind and raises the colt they're convinced can be a champion harness racer. While fairly typical horse book fare, I still really enjoyed this ⬇
panI'm a sucker for kids' books from the 50s and 60s, but this one was a dud. I don't mind a young character being kind of not-smart/ignorant so that the reader can learn alongside of them, but the girl in this book was so stupid that I worried for her overall survival into adulthood. I think it was supposed to be funny? But it was just annoying lol
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“dreams to share with everyone”
I‘m not really the type to rhapsodize my job, but this is nice!
The book is cute, though it loses me a bit when it gets into writing, but then I‘m not a writer.
I just spent an inordinate amount of time making a PowerPoint (Canva) presentation about yetis for my first Cryptid of the Month Club at the library tomorrow.
TIL that Jimmy Stewart was involved in stealing mummified “yeti fingers” from monks in Nepal. His scientist friend wanted them, and he asked the monks and they said no. So he stole them, and gave them to Jimmy Stewart, who was headed back to London. 👇🏻
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1. A card from my husband with his own words. ❤️💜🩷
2. TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE (tagged). #afavoriteofchildhood
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I feel like this is the right read for my basset hound and me :)
