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The Grumpling Written by Stephen Cosgrove Illustrated by Robin James The Gist: A children’s story using anthropomorphic (personified) animals to teach the value of manners. Story Review: Growing up I loved all of the Serendipity books my dad would bring home. Even though I knew they were teaching lessons like manners and kindness, [...] The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe Written by Edgar Allen Poe Disclaimer: The book I read was actually a very old copy of Great Tales and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe that was in horrible condition but it looks like that might be out of print. Trivial fact: The copy [...] The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone By Written by Robert Kirkman Illustrated by Tony Moore Published by Image Comics The Gist: While Officer Rick is in a coma from being shot in the chest, an undeadly virus sweeps through the nation, possibly the world. Rick wakes up to find everything changed and [...] In Bartholomew + the Oobleck King Derwin curses the sky for only giving four things (fog, snow, rain and sunshine) and commissions his magicians to make something new. In the book that turns out to be a bad idea called oobleck. However in real life it’s a great science experiment for children (and [...] Bartholomew and the Oobleck Written by Dr. Seuss (Warning! The site is noisy.) The Gist: King Derwin it tired of rain, snow, fog and sunshine, so he commissions his magicians to make something new fall out of the sky and things go incredibly awry. Story Review: Life is a humdrum world until oobleck [...] Make Way For Ducklings Written by Robert McCloskey The General Gist: Children’s story about how a family of ducks comes to live on the island in Boston Public Garden’s pond. Story Review: This is an OLD story. The art and the the text are simplistic which is good for a bedtime story. It [...] Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir Written and Illustrated by Graham Roumieu The Gist: Bigfoot is a bad person. A really, really bad person who considers himself an artist and has grammar issues that rival the Lolcats. However when he explains his life, it’s hilarious in a schadenfreude way. Story Review: The combination [...] Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere Written by Mike Carey Illustrated by Glenn Fabry The General Gist: Underneath London isn’t only the sewer system and earth. Underneath London there is also London Below. London Below is like a carnival mirror reflection of London Above– or vice versa. In this world lives Door, a woman who is [...] I Kill Giants Written by Joe Kelly Illustrated by JM Ken Niimura The Gist: Barbara Thorson, a strong-willed fifth grader at Birchwood Elementary School, has problems. Barbara’s home life is askew and at school she’s a frequent flier in both the principal’s and school psychologist’s offices. Barbara also sees supernatural things like fairies [...] |
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