Children’s books
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The Door in the Wall is an amazing little novel with a main character who is disabled that has all the elements I want in a book, both for my children and myself. It is rightful a Newberry winner.
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The Tale of Despereaux has been around awhile, I have been wanting to read it for years. It is a children’s novel and appropriate for the young chapter book readers, but the plot appealed to me even as an adult. I also have to admit that the gorgeous illustrations drew me in as well.
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Reuben the Rooster is an engaging and heartwarming children’s book that tells the tale of a courageous rooster who learns the value of standing up for his friends.
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Discover the underwater adventure of Thorton, the Grumpy Whale, in this heartwarming tale of self-discovery, forgiveness, and redemption. Join Thorton as he navigates through the challenges of anger and pride, and learns the true value of humility and understanding. Thorton, a young and stubborn whale, becomes angry and decides to swim away from his sad
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The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a great award-winning novel for middle school and older readers. It is fantastic as a fictional classic, but also great as a discussion starter.
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I highly recommend this novel to readers of middle school age and up. Younger readers would find the content emotionally difficult, though that definitely depends on the child. The Call of the Wild is well-written, descriptive, captivating, and intellectually challenging. It is a classic children’s novel for a good reason.
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This book review is of a slightly different kind of book that what I typically review. The “Can You Survive” or the “Choose Tour Own Path” books are a series of books based on classical novels that are appropriate for young readers. I am not a fan of abridged classics, but this is more like
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The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett is a remarkable book that captures the process of grieving, even in children, in an optimistic and uplifting light. I have not seen a movie adaptation of this book that captures the depth of the very well.
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The Hobbit is a classic book for good reason. It was originally marketed for children, and it often still is, but this novel is great for any age. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is a sequel to The Hobbit and is more epic.
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Pippi Longstocking is a classic children’s book written in 1944. There are two sequels that I haven’t read. The novel was originally written in Swedish, but I read an English translation.
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Dragons at Crumbling Castle is a collection of short stories written by a seventeen-year-old Terry Pratchett when he worked as a junior reporter at a local British newspaper in the nineteen sixties.
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Pinocchio is an Italian children’s book that is well worth reading. I had never read this book until now and had only known it from the Walt Disney movie. As with most films, the book is much better. In this case, it is almost an entirely different story.
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This children’s book was written by my husband, Dr. Kerry Lee Jr. and illustrated by me over 14 years ago when we were dating. I had submitted it to many publishers because I had always wanted to write and illustrate books, but it just would get lost in the slush piles.
