Three book recommendations
Three book suggestions. I may have mentioned these in past blog postings -- but that's OK, they bear repeating. :)
GRACIE: A LOVE STORY, by George Burns. (Autobiographical, about meeting, marrying, and living with his wife, Gracie Allen; amusing, and very sweet.)
TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN, by Philippa Pearce. (Fiction, kid's book; possibly my favorite book ever; the last page always makes me tear up, it's so perfect.)
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, AND SIX MORE, by Roald Dahl. (The guy who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A bunch of short stories, and a medium-length one. In my opinion, three of the short stories are kinda slow -- but the longer one, and the other three shorties more than make up for it.)
--GG
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posted by Gye Greene @ 10:08 PM
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came upon your blog while working on my own. Thank you for the book recommendations. My daughter and I love to read and collect books. I know she will be excited to have new books to look for.
Sure thing! :)
I don't know if they're still in print, but I also always liked the series of magic books (1954-1962) by Edward Eager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Eager). All follow the theme of kids (ages about 8-12?) finding some sort of magical token that lets them do things. Usually has a female co-protaganist. :)
Also, THE MAGIC GRANDFATHER, by Jay Williams (with a female cousin as a strong secondary character) -- http://www.librarything.com/work/1859529.
--GG
More on The Magic Grandfather:
Boy who is a bit lazy and addicted to t.v. ends up pulling it together to save his grandfather, who is a secret magician.
As mentioned, by Jay Williams (with a female cousin as a strong secondary character) -- http://www.librarything.com/work/1859529.
--GG
More on Edward Eager's series on magic stuff here -- http://eager.hearts-n-stars.net/eager.htm
--GG
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