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| Okay, okay, I get it. Just because you're big and tough doesn't mean you don't have a tender side. It also doesn't mean your story is very entertaining. Once again, I found myself less-than-wowed by a book that has great reviews. Such is life. | |
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| Cute book about different things a child dreams of being when he grows up. But these aren't the traditional policeman, firefighter, nurse, singer dreams. These dreams include bubblegum popper, make-believe critter, dandelion blower, and honeysuckle s...more | |
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| Classic. Toad is my favorite. (Of course, if I knew Toad in real life, he would make me crazy. Also of course, if I knew Toad in real life, I would probably be institutionalized for talking to toads. Anyway. Such is the beauty of literature.) | |
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A little girl named Lucie goes out looking for her lost handkerchiefs and finds Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, a hedgehog who happily takes care of the mending and ironing for her woodland friends. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's tale is a more difficult read than Peter Rab...more |
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“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
― A.A. Milne
― A.A. Milne
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis
― C.S. Lewis
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
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babyhippoface has
completed her goal of reading 200 books for the 2011 Reading Challenge!
babyhippoface has
completed her goal of reading 300 books for the 2012 Reading Challenge!
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