Archive for the ‘Conceptual: age 5 and up’ Category

Book review: The Bat Poet

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

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Author:Randall Jarrel
Illustrator:Maurice Sendak
Reading Level (Conceptual):Children 5 and up
Reading Level (Vocabulary):Children 5 and up
Genre:fiction
Year of publication:1997

Kind of like "Are you my mother?" but with an artistic consciousness. Encourage your children to read this before they get too mature. A lovely simple story of a Poet and yes, he does happen to be a bat, who is looking for his Audience.
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Book review: Junie B. Jones (series)

Monday, March 13th, 2006

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Grandpa strongly objects to the grammatically incorrect language used by the star and first-person narrator of this series of many volumes.

But our daughter delights in Junie’s adventures and loves reading the Junie B. books aloud, and she also enjoys observing to see adults’ reactions.

See also:

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: Reviewed

Book review: Peter Pan

Monday, May 18th, 1998

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Full review by Miriam Devlin, age 11