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The Secrets of Droon
The Secrets of Droon. Book 1: The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet. Book 2: Journey to the Volcano Palace. by Tony Abbott. Read by Oliver Wyman This occupies the small but growing niche of long...
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Hiro Dragon Warrior
Hiro Dragon Warrior by Bobbie JG Weiss and David Cody Weis. Pictures by Robbie Short. It might not be perfect for every child, or even every little boy, but here is a book that is, according to my son,...
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Crab Cab
So the boy can read a little bit on his own right now, with much effort. He’s not too much interested in putting out the effort, however – the books at his level are nearly universally unappealing to...
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Puff Flies and Queen Ella’s Feet.
Puff Flies by Sally Grindley. Illustrated by Valentina Medicino. Queen Ella’s Feet by Sally Grindley. Illustrated by Sandra Aguilar. I’m always on the lookout for easy readers that work for my smart...
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Penny and Her Song
Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes Henkes creates another winning little mouse character, this time in a short-chaptered easy reader book. Penny comes home from school with a Song, a song that fills...
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Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover
Rabbit & Robot: the Sleepover by Cece Bell. Rabbit is planning a sleepover with his friend Robot. He has made a list of everything that he plans for them to do together. This list both appears in...
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Mostly Picture Book Cybils Finalists
I’m realizing that the Cybils awards will be announced next week already, and I’d better try to catch up with my reviewing before then. Here’s one Easy Reader and three Picture Book finalists. I’ve not...
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Cybils Easy Reader Finalists
I read all of the Cybils easy reader finalists that I could get my hands on for the Armchair Cybils (hosted as always by the lovely Amy of Hope is the Word) and I thought I should maybe tell you …...
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Cybils Countdown – Easy Reader Finalists
The winners of the Cybils awards will be announced in just a couple more days! My daughter is in first grade right now, and though she prefers to check out early chapter books for herself, easy...
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