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I read most of this book thinking I had it figured out, which is exactly what Louis Sachar wanted me to think, and I want to file a formal complaint about how cleanly he got me. I've read a lot of kids' books at this point (the number is...
I read the chapter about the school being built sideways, thirty stories tall with one classroom on each floor, and I felt my whole brain reorganize itself. Not because it's confusing. Because it isn't. Sachar just states the wrong thing...
I put off Dahl with my daughter longer than I should have. Not because I doubted her (she'd already inhaled Magic Tree House and half the Boxcar Children by then), but because Dahl is weird in a specific way, and I wasn't sure she was re...
I put off reading this one for years because the cover made me assume it was going to be precious. Big-eared mouse, soft palette, Newbery sticker glinting up at me like a warning that I was about to have my feelings managed. I was wrong ...
I went in braced for a dog book. You know the genre. The one where you can see the last chapter coming from page nine, where the whole enterprise is a slow machine for making an eleven-year-old cry into a golden retriever. I had my defen...
I read this in sixth grade and it rearranged something. I want to be careful with that sentence, because adults say books changed them all the time and usually they mean it gave them a vibe. This one did the actual thing. I closed it as ...
Every parent wants to get their kid to love reading. Ok, not all parents (no judgement.. mostly), but I'd say it's mostly a consensus that reading is an activity worth pursuing. Video games? That one's still up in the air (I'm pro btw, a...
Read the post →Before kids, I never once thought about myself as a performer. While I may have (definitely did) nail my lines as Narrator #2 in my 6th grade class presentation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," I've never considered myself particularly go...
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