JustOneMoreBook.com's comments (member since Jul 25, 2007)

JustOneMoreBook.com's comments from the Children's Books group.

We'd love it if you would ever like to send us your thoughts (via voice mail or .mp3 file) on a favourite children's book so we can include your audio in our show.

Andrea

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www.JustOneMoreBook.com

Here are a couple of good books:

My Best Friend; by Mary Ann Rodman
Not Norman; by Kelly Bennett
Oh, Theodore; by Susan Katz
The Call to Shakabaz; by Amy Wachspress

Ok. 4.

Oh ya, I should mention, these books do not take place in North America.

Another good book is the thoroughly effective picture book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61219...

I'll give the north american setting some thought, and let you know if anything eventually comes to mind.

Andrea

Vancouver author Deborah Ellis has a 3 part series for children which I would imagine are fabulous.

Here is a review of one of them:
http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/book.php...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82801...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83401...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51547...

We own these books but have not yet read them as our children are 6 and 8. Thanks for the reminder, though, as they're getting to a good age now for digesting novels.

Andrea
www.JustOneMoreBook.com

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Thanks to all for the chapter book ideas. We've read Charotte's web a few times but our Beverly Cleary books have been sitting gathering dust so we started into the first one this morning and both girls are enjoying it. I'll keep an eye out for the others you kindly mentioned.
Thanks again,
Andrea

Welcome Deborah!

Got to say one of my favourite of Mary Ann Hoberman's is "And to think that we thought that we'd never be friends". What a feel good book.

My problem with books like Magic Treehouse (I do appreciate many aspects of this series) is that children who have been read lots and lots and lots of wonderful books, like Chrysanthemum, full of meaty, beautiful, powerful, evocative language CAN read the meaty, beautiful, powerful, evocative language and yet they are too often encouraged to read the flat "age-appropriate" and often (though not in the case of the treehouse) whiny, isn't-life-boring books (or sometimes the way-to-sugary life-is-about-pretty-fairies-and-magic) that have been aimed at those who can't.

This is one good reason for keeping picture books alive for as long as possible.

I'd love a list of great "chapter" books that can be read by the 7-9 year old who doesn't need flat language but is not ready for the 12+ books (and without the extremely bored or blissful attitude)...

Welcome Heidi!

You're very welcome for the invitation -- I'm glad you accepted.

I look forward to lots of inspiring news, reviews and conversations.

Andrea

I would have to say that I've been a bit spellbound by "The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell" by Kathy-Jo Wargin and Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen of late(http://www.justonemorebook.com/2007/07/2...)

Despite the fact that I grew up with knowledge of this event, this book brings the tragedy to life so effectively it seems like it happened yesterday.

Andrea

Welcome Marsha!

Andrea

I also love that it is completely bilingual (filipino, as I recall). I think it is so generous of publishers when they provide the entire text in 2 languages.