The House With a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs.
Nothing but an enjoyable read, well-done for all ages to enjoy and cherish. One of the highlights of last year was when Jacob decided he was ready to sit & listen to the whole thing. And one of the books I made sure to keep in hardback to pass on down the road.
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C D B! by William Steig. I recently rediscovered it in my library, an it's as good as ever! C d b. D b s a bz b.... Who needs whole words?
Sounds like a great book. Thanks for the tip!
And it was one of his illustrated by the great Edward Gorey...
My favorite childhood book has always been and will remain "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodges Burnett.
It was the first book I read with a little girl who really *was* just like me in the way she thought and the things she did. Anne of Green Gables was close, but I wasn't really a clumsy girl with a big imagination... I was a storyteller with a huge imagination which I used to get me through my worst days in *exactly* the same way Sara did.
If you've seen one of the movies, it probably hasn't captured the essence of that... you'd have to read the book.
I think it would have to be The Borrowers. I also remember I liked The Coral Island very much -- which I read one summer while staying in England with my grandparents.
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