Lisa’s Comments (group member since Sep 23, 2009)

Lisa’s comments from the Should have read classics group.

Katy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I started reading this to my daughter yesterday, and she really enjoyed so far. She thought the pictures of the outside and inside of the boa constrictor were perfect."

I carried thi..."

I liked the exchange between the fox and the prince, but to be honest, I did not get the snake. Can you help me?

I'm almost done and it is one of those books that has lots of depth to it. The prince's visit to the six planets and the occupants on those planets are wonderful illustrations for different grownups on our planet.

I started reading this to my daughter yesterday, and she really enjoyed so far. She thought the pictures of the outside and inside of the boa constrictor were perfect.

Alright, who is ready to start this book?

I have been lax and will read this one during the week, sorry about that!

This is the November children's group read. I have not actually read this one(gasp) and I'm looking forward to it. Thanks Sorento62 for the nomination!

Sorento62 wrote: "Lisa wrote: "It is time to nominate some more books for the children's read in November and December. Make your recommendations below and try to keep the nominations to only 2 per person. Thanks!..."

The next monthly read-thanks for nominating Sorento62!

I'm not going to read this one, and I'm thinking that not many others are either. Is anyone reading this one?

Just some ideas for Halloween, if you are looking for something!

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It is time to nominate some more books for the children's read in November and December. Make your recommendations below and try to keep the nominations to only 2 per person. Thanks!

It is time to start the read on this one, so I will be off to the library to get my copy.

Alright, it is time to get reading! Hope that you enjoy the book and remember spoiler alerts.

Yes, the idea that they were cursed and tied to a hat was a twist that made sense. I liked how every kingdom had a different color to represent them. Always a certain sense of nationalism even in Oz!

I finished this book last week and it was interesting to see how different the book was from the movie. I forgot that the slippers were silver in the book. I must admit I like the ruby slippers better. I found the idea that the wizard made the people wear glasses to make everything green in the Emerald City an interesting comment in a kids book. Loved the flat-headed people that hit the everyone with their heads. The china city was fun. Just lots of fun and description that you can not get from the movie. My kids found the explanation of how the woodman became tin just cool, although they could not wrap their heads around the idea that he could live long enough after his head was removed to have his head tin. I have much more to say about the book, but this post is long enough!

I have not read the other books in the series, but hoping to get to them. This book is hard to separate from the movie, but what do you think about the writing compared to other classic children's novels?

Hello and welcome Maggie and Zahra! I do believe that you will need bigger shelves when it comes to classics, Maggie! I hope that you enjoy the group and that you find some wonderful new books to fall in love with as well!

Katy wrote: "Hi. I was so used to the Lon Chaney movie that I hadn't really picked up on all of the other plot lines. I saw a few in the movie version of the Broadway production, but it's interesting to see t..."

What do you think of it so far?

I started to read this to my 5 yr old and he was confused on the use of cyclone in the story. We had a tornado this summer near our house and it made much more sense to him after a little verbal clarification.

I used to get so excited when the movie would come on TV! I also had the records to play on my record player, love those memories!

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