Gabriella just finished Time Cat (235 pages), Lloyd Alexander, and said, "It was one of the best chapter books I've ever read." When asked why, she replied, "Because I learned about Don Diego. It was funny that the Egyptians thought Gareth was a god. Also, I liked the ending because it was all a dream."
Marcus just finished The Lost Flower Children (188 pages), Janet Lisle. He said he loved it because, "There was a book within the book that said there was a horseshoe garden and children were playing inside it. Green-skins did a transforming spell and the children became droopy flowers. To break the transforming spell, you must find eight cups and one teapot. This is hard to do. If you find one or two it does not count. The story is a 'come true' story because there are eight cups and a little teapot in Aunt Minty's garden."
Other completed books:
Marcus: Pirate School-Ahoy, Ghost Ship Ahead! (64 pages), Brian James, Pirate School-Attach on the High Seas (64 pages), Brian James.
Lella: The Persian Cinderella, Shirley Climo, Snoring Beauty, Bruce Hale, The Rooster Crows, A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles, Maud and Mishka Petersham.
Finally, for those adults (and possibly teens) out there who enjoy a good mystery, I just finished a delightful, very British, book called The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley.
Flavia De Luce, the 11-year old heroine in this story, is not only a chemist with a passion for poisons, but also a bike-riding detective who manages to solve a murder mystery even better than the detectives! This was a very fun and easy read.
