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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

November 16, 2007 – 7:59 am

Rating: (227 reviews)
Author: Robin Mckinley
Publisher: Eos
Amazon.com
This much-loved retelling of the classic French tale Beauty and the Beast elicits the familiar magical charm, but is more believable and complex than the traditional story. In this version, Beauty is not as beautiful as her older sisters, who are both lovely and kind. Here, in fact, Beauty [...]

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic

November 15, 2007 – 1:00 am

Rating: (22 reviews)
Author: Betty Macdonald
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a trick up her sleeveMrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves everyone, and everyone loves her right back. The children love her because she is lots of fun. Their parents love her because she can cure children of absolutely any bad habit. The treatment are unusual, but they work! [...]

By admin | Posted in Ages 9-12 | Also tagged A.A., Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, All 4-for-3 Deals, Asterix, Betty, Betty MacDonald, David, Fiction, HarperTrophy, Hilary, Humorous, James, Junie B. Jones, Knight, MacDonald, Manners, Marshall, Martchenko, Mayer, McPhail, Mercer, Milne, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Paperback, People & Places, Series, Social Situations, Stores | Comments (5)

Sarah, Plain and Tall

November 13, 2007 – 6:43 pm

Rating: (163 reviews)
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Amazon.com
MacLachlan, author of Unclaimed Treasures, has written an affecting tale for children. In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children–Anna and Caleb–advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses greatly. The children fear that [...]

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

November 12, 2007 – 4:30 pm

Rating: (54 reviews)
Author: Betty MacDonald
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Amazon.com
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has been wildly popular with children and adults for over 50 years. Children adore her because she understands them–and because her upside-down house is always filled with the smell of freshly baked cookies, and her backyard with buried treasure. Grownups love her because her magical common sense [...]

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