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Hitty Her First Hundred Years
Submitted by SarahKate on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 15:59.SarahKate's Notes:
Published in 1929 this book is a classic, a story of a wooden doll carved in the early 1800s. In 262 pages we read about her first 100 years, being lost and found by one little girl after another. Her adventures were fascinating and the girls (ages 5 & 8) begged for more each time. In each chapter we encountered at least 2 words we had to look up in the dictionary. This is an outstanding story! We each give it 5 stars.
 | author: Rachel Field rating:  asin: 0689822847 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Presented for the first time in audio, here are the charming and adventurous memoirs of an exceptional doll named Hitty. Her story begins in Maine in the early 1800s, where she is transformed from a piece of sturdy mountain-ash wood into the valued playmate of a young girl named Phoebe Preble. When the inseparable pair join Phoebe's father on a journey aboard his whaling ship, Hitty's one hundred years of exciting adventures begins! Join this doll of great charm and character as she travels all over the world, from India to Philadelphia to New York. Whether she is traveling with a snake charmer, attending the opera, meeting Charles Dickens, becoming a doll of fashion, posing as an artists' model, or being stolen away on a Mississippi riverboat, one thing is certain... no doll has led a life like Hitty's! The 1930 Newbery Award winner.
The Five Sisters (Puffin Chapters)
Submitted by SarahKate on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 16:03. | author: Margaret Mahy rating:  asin: 0141303344 binding: Paperback list price: $3.99 USD amazon price: $3.99 |
A row of five linked paper dolls is whisked away by the wind before Sally's Nana can draw all their faces. Tossed by winds, drenched by water, and scorched by fire, the five sisters search for a mysterious island on the edge of the sea— and acquire their own names, faces and unique personalities along the way. "Mahy's multilayered tale pays loving tribute to the power of story and imagination." — School Library Journal, starred review
Tatterhood and Other Tales
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 22:13. | rating: asin: 0912670509 binding: Paperback list price: $10.95 USD amazon price: $8.76 USD |
All the central characters in these folk tales are spirited females-decisive heroines of extraordinary courage, wit, and achievement who set out to determine their own fate. Some of their stories are comic, some adventurous, some eerie, and some magical. The 25 traditional tales come from Asia, Europe, India, Africa, and the Americas; detailed information about their sources is given. "A sparkling gathering or traditional, yet little-known tales."-Chicago Sun Times
The Town in the Library
Submitted by SarahKate on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 15:12. | author: E. Nesbit rating:  asin: 0803704771 binding: Hardcover list price: $10.95 USD amazon price: $10.95 |
Russian Fairy Tales (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
Submitted by SarahKate on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 14:59.SarahKate's Notes:
This collection of classic Russian fairy tales is fascinating. Expect this book to be as violent as other classic fairy tales, complete with witches that threaten to eat you if you don't do her chores, heros that get cut up in pieces but somehow come back to life, evil step mothers and step sisters are burnt to ashes from a glowing skull, and so on. There aren't too many pictures, but the ones they do have are exquisite. This was a favorite of our (then) 5 year old, who was particularly fond of the tale "Vassilissa the Beautiful and the Witch Baba Yaga", which I think I've read over a dozen times.
 | author: Gillian Avery Ivan Bilibin rating: asin: 0679436413 binding: Hardcover list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 USD |
Notable for their magnificent, jewel-like color illustrations by Bilibin, these traditional tales include "The Frog Princess," "Vassilissa the Beautiful," and "The White Duck." Though Russian Fairy Tales in the Pantheon Folklore Library is a book for adults, it has sold over 30,000 copies.
Eloise: The Ultimate Edition
Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 17:03.SarahKate's Notes:
These four long stories of silly Eloise adventures are a favorite of our girls (then ages 5 & 8). Eloise is raised entirely by her Nanny, only getting a phone call from her mother on Christmas Eve. She is allowed to wander about and has many interesting adventures with a great abundance of silly details. Eye candy galore.
 | author: Kay Thompson rating: asin: 0689839901 binding: Hardcover list price: $39.99 USD amazon price: $26.39 USD |
If youlove love loveEloise (who doesn't?)and you cawn't cawn't cawn't get enough of her(who can?)then you simplyMUSThave this absolutely enormousbookIt has everything Eloisenot just The AbsolutelyEssentialand jolie Parisand fa la la la la Christmastimeand dear gray Moscowbut a lovely new dustjacket by Mr. KnightEven if you have all the Eloise booksyou need this one tooSo charge it please and THANK YOU VERYMUCH
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Submitted by SarahKate on Tue, 11/06/2007 - 16:34.SarahKate's Notes:
This is a heartwarming story of a little girl's wish upon a star that came true. "North Star, star of the sea, I wish for a ship named after me, to sail for a day, alone and free, with someone nice for company." The ship is small and marvelous, with a farm and animals on the poop deck! The good company turns out to be her little brother, who she cares for so lovingly. Magical illustrations.
 | author: Irene Haas rating: asin: 0689500211 binding: Hardcover list price: $18.95 USD amazon price: $12.89 USD |
Gracie, The Pixie of the Puddle
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 08:16.SarahKate's Notes:
This the last book in the series that began with The Prince of the Pond, and it is a good ending. The first book is the best, and we enjoyed reading them all.
 | author: Donna Jo Napoli rating:  asin: 0525472649 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $16.99 USD |
The acclaimed Donna Jo Napoli's beloved and hilarious series about Pin, the (frog) Prince of the Pond, continues with more funny language, wild adventure, and magic. As Gracie the frog picks up the story, she knows her friend Jimmy is special, but even she can't believe his wild stories about his human father and his own adventures as a boy in the palace. Still, she follows him when he leaves the pond. But can she overcome a wicked hag-turned-crocodile, a bratty princess, a menacing cook, and her own froggy instincts to rescue Jimmy and win his love?
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:00. | author: Roy Gerrard rating: asin: 0374369623 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $15.00 |
Jocasta Carr Movie Star
Submitted by SarahKate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:01. | author: Roy Gerrard rating: asin: 0374437777 binding: Paperback list price: $4.95 USD amazon price: $4.95 |