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Adventures in Bedtime Reading

How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

November 3, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

My quest for a book that appeals to both my six year old son and me continues, with the latest attempt being the first in the How To Train Your Dragon series. You may think you know this story if you’ve seen the Dreamworks movie and sequels, but I can assure you: you don’t! The novel strikes an entirely different tone and the story told within the  differs in many respects. Yes, our narrator and central character is Hiccup, future heir to the viking clan […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Bedtime Books, cressida cowell

Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:27 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction · Tags: Bedtime Books, cressida cowell ·
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I am not buying a wipe-warmer: you do not need that. Books, you need.

September 6, 2014 by NTE 3 Comments

Today you lovely people get to benefit from my 1) need to provide the newest arrivals in my family with quality children’s literature, 2) hatred for gift registries, and 3) understanding of the panic that occurs when tiny babies do not want to go to sleep. My go-to gift for any occasion is a book. Or many books. I figure you, my fellow Cannonballers, have a similar notion that there is, somewhere in the universe, a perfect book to give as a gift for almost […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bedtime Books, Picture Books

NTE's CBR6 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bedtime Books, Picture Books ·
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