Read Your Way Homewood

Little Bo Peep and Her Bad, Bad Sheep: A Mother Goose Hullabaloo by A L Wegwerth, Luke Flowers (Illustrations) This picture book is decidedly NOT for the very young, unless they are one on one with an adult that has at LEAST a half hour of uninterrupted time time pore over the pages AND they are already familiar with a large selection of Mother Goose rhymes. Rather, this picture book is perfect for the older reader (3rd - 6th grades and over) who enjoys a fracturing of the familiar, and Where's Waldo style chaos. The art is beautifully bright and sharp, and the style reminds me of Rocky & Bullwinkle in some ways. I could also see this book being adapted for a Reader's Theater presentation. It would accommodate QUITE the cast of characters with minimal lines (for those still struggling with their reading) and would also accommodate more than one narrator with heavier vocabulary building. Four stars for the older readers / readers theater. If I were reviewing for t...

The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) by Lev Grossman Oh. My. Goodness. On someone else's recommendation, I have wasted HOURS of my life listening to some rich privileged kid whine and wallow in ennui... Ugh... Don't waste your time... It is talked about as if it is "Harry Potter for grown ups" but it isn't. At least, not any group of grown ups I want any part of. There is now a show based on these books on SyFy channel. If you see those previews, where there are a bunch of late teens doing magic to get high and throw people across a room and graffiti a wall... yeah. I prefer not to. I did read the whole thing. And I wish I hadn't. Gouging my eyes out with a meat cleaver would be less painful. -Miss Kelly