A Little Princess (Wordsworth Children's Classics)
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by: Frances Hodgson Burnett

June 30, 1994
This is a real good book, however the old english can sometimes be confusing especially for younger readers but it is understandable once you get into it. Sara Crewe loses all her money and has nothing left and you just can't wait to find out what happen's next, the author of the book descibes evrything in very good detail that you can imagine the things that go on in the story. The ending was a bit obvious to me (hence the 4 stars) but the good thing is I kept wanting to know what was going to happen ... Read More:

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Oxford Student Texts: Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock (Oxford Student Texts)
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by: Elizabeth Gurr

September 13, 2007
This is a real good book, however the old english can sometimes be confusing especially for younger readers but it is understandable once you get into it. Sara Crewe loses all her money and has nothing left and you just can't wait to find out what happen's next, the author of the book descibes evrything in very good detail that you can imagine the things that go on in the story. The ending was a bit obvious to me (hence the 4 stars) but the good thing is I kept wanting to know what was going to happen ... Read More:

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Carrie's War (Puffin Modern Classics)
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by: Nina Bawden

October 28, 1993
My Daughter is Home Schooled due to illness, her Tutor read this to her as part of her English lessons. The first chapter was captivating and got her hooked on the story, each week they would read a chapter and even I became interested.

The Story is about a teenage girl who is evacuated to Wales with her brother to live with a Shop owner and his sister.

Its an interesting read although not one I would have chosen for myself but as the book progressed I became more and more interested, ... Read More:

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Five Little Ducks (Classic Board Books with Holes)
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by: Penny Ives

2002-09
My Daughter is Home Schooled due to illness, her Tutor read this to her as part of her English lessons. The first chapter was captivating and got her hooked on the story, each week they would read a chapter and even I became interested.

The Story is about a teenage girl who is evacuated to Wales with her brother to live with a Shop owner and his sister.

Its an interesting read although not one I would have chosen for myself but as the book progressed I became more and more interested, ... Read More:

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Adventure Series: "The Castle of Adventure" , "The Island of Adventure" (Adventure Series)
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by: Enid Blyton

March 22, 2002
This griping book by Enid Blyton is yet another excellent story for anyone who enjoys a good adventure. The story features four children; Philip,Jack,Lucy-Ann,Dinah and a comical talking parrot Kiki.
In the first story The Island of Adventure the four children are saying at Philip and Dinah's home for the holidays when they fall into an amazing adventure on the mysterious Isle of Gloom.
In The Castle of Aventure the four children are excited by an old castle on the hill but they are no longer excited ... Read More:

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The Story of Ferdinand (Reading Railroad Books)
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by: Munro Leaf

2000-10
This children's picture book has stayed with us for 20 years now since it was given to our daughter by her grandma.
Somehow it seems like a small jewel in book form - so simple in its story, words and drawings it delivers a simple message to " be as you are!" And not to succumb to "what people say or think or what is "right" in the public eye...or what your peer group tries to indoctrinate - a valid thought to contemplate on.....This book is timeless....a real classic and a lovely 5 minute meditation also for ... Read More:

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What Katy Did at School and What Katy Did Next: AND What Katy Did Next (Wordsworth Classics)
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by: Susan Coolidge

October 05, 2001
Katy and her younger, Clover go to New England boarding school by "What Katy Did at School." They get many great friends. I become the feeling from which I became Katy's classmate.
In "What Katy Did Next", Katy's European tour is written interestingly. However, I do not so like the parent and child who are the companion of Katy. Moreover, the classmate of nostalgic Katy also appears. And we are excited by the whereabouts of the romance of Katy.

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Peter Pan
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by: J.M. Barrie

September 13, 2004
This is a book of its time and I challenge any modern reader to not to experience a cringe at some of the attitudes expressed on its pages. Credit where it is due - a marvellous story - but some of these children are quite horrible little snobs by 21st century standards.

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Little Black Sambo
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by: Helen Bannerman

January 03, 1998
I have read what some of the other reviewers have had to say about the book but I would point out that the title of the book is not 'The Little Boy Who Played With The Tigers' but 'Little Black Sambo'. It is extremely naive to think that the story is charming without any reference to the historical context in which the words, that make up the title of this book, were originally used. The story would be charming if it were a story of a little boy and some tigers but it is not. Would the same reviewers be as happy to pass on the same ... Read More:

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Emil and the Detectives (Red Fox Classics)
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by: Erich Kastner

April 05, 2001
This is a subtle and careful book that also is able to make some very good points. The boys in the story live in Nazi Germany before the war breaks out. They are just boys hanging together (in the same class....) and facing a thief that steals but belongs to another world and another class, but not a school class...

Read it with Treblinka and Leningrad and the battle for Berlin 15 years later on the same streets at the back of your mind. Where were Emile and his friends during those days...if they survived that long....see ... Read More:

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