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Of mice and soup

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

September 26, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr14bingo Cozy “being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread” This charming Newberry Award winning story is about a heroic little mouse and the princess he loves. It’s also about the pitfalls of being an outsider and the power of forgiveness. Despereaux’s family marks him as different and doomed from the moment he is born. Too small, with ears too big and born with his eyes open (an ill omen), everything about the little mouse disappoints his parents […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, cozy, ElCicco, Fiction, Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:45 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, cozy, ElCicco, Fiction, Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux ·
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This artist made me want to see the world

The Illustrators: Miroslav Sasek by Martin Salisbury

July 21, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr14bingo Minds I think this review fits the category since the book explores the life and work of artist Miroslav Sasek. It is the story of a creative mind. When I was little, my parents kept our books in a cupboard right outside my bedroom. I used to sneak out after bedtime, grab some books and bring them back into my room to read. Among those books were several of Miroslav Sasek’s “This Is …” travel books for children. I loved them and still have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, ElCicco, Martin Salisbury, Minds, Miroslav Sasek, non fiction, The Illustrators: Miroslav Sasek

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, ElCicco, Martin Salisbury, Minds, Miroslav Sasek, non fiction, The Illustrators: Miroslav Sasek ·
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Finally read this classic children’s book!

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

July 17, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR BINGO 14: Verse, because it’s a collection of classic children’s poetry My father likes to send me little Brain Teaser quizzes, and recently we had one about matching the covers of classic books to their titles. I told him I got all of them correct, but I had read only 7 out of 10. I jokingly blamed him for my never having read Where the Sidewalk Ends, because for some reason I never owned that book as a child. A few days later, I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Poetry Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, children's poetry, KimMiE", poetry, Shel Silverstein

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books, Poetry · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, children's lit, children's poetry, KimMiE", poetry, Shel Silverstein ·
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“You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?”

How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

February 1, 2022 by anana Leave a Comment

I first put How Do You Live? by Ganzaburo Yoshino in my library queue after seeing a blurb on the internet stating that it is Hayao Miyazaki’s favorite children’s book, and it had only recently been translated into English because he was planning to come out of retirement to adapt the story as his final film. Thinking that this would be a whimsical, quick read, I looked forward to it becoming available in my Libby app.  The story was not what I was expecting, which […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: children's lit, Fiction, Genzaburo Yoshino, Hayao Miyazaki

anana's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: children's lit, Fiction, Genzaburo Yoshino, Hayao Miyazaki ·
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“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.”

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia, #5) by C.S. Lewis

October 31, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

I always liked this one as a kid, but it was never my favorite. It had an edge of This Is Too Real about it at the time, which looking back now is hilarious because there is nothing realistic about this book. But as a kid, I found the constant mentions of death and the afterlife (even if just a metaphorical afterlife) disturbing. Which is weird, because in other contexts, I didn’t mind reading about those things. There was just something strange to me, I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, C.S. Lewis, children's lit, narfna, re-reads, The Chronicles of Narnia, the voyage of the dawn treader

narfna's CBR13 Review No:160 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, C.S. Lewis, children's lit, narfna, re-reads, The Chronicles of Narnia, the voyage of the dawn treader ·
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“My good Horse, you’ve lost nothing but your self-conceit.”

The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, #3) by C.S. Lewis

August 3, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was always my least favorite book in this series. So far at least, it remains that way, but I think for different reasons. I’m not quite sure why I never really warmed to it when I was a kid. I’d like to think that my subconscious was responding to what my conscious mind is cringing at now, but I also think that a large part of it might be that this isn’t really a portal fantasy, like the rest of the books are (The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, C.S. Lewis, children's lit, narfna, re-reads, The Chronicles of Narnia, the horse and his boy

Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, C.S. Lewis, children's lit, narfna, re-reads, The Chronicles of Narnia, the horse and his boy ·
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