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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated Frankencrayon in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Frankencrayon
Michael Hall | 2016
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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The crayon lead production of Frankenstein is all ready to go until the giant squiggle appears in the sky. Can they solve the problem, or will they have to cancel this book before we even get a chance to read it?

This is a delightfully funny picture book that parents will definitely appreciate. It breaks the fourth wall as the crayons tell us the story of why they can’t tell us the story of Frankenstein. After things are resolved, we get a couple of fun and appropriate morals that don’t lecture us. I’m not sure the very youngest of kids will understand all the jokes, but older picture book fans should get them with some help from their parents.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/02/book-review-frankencrayon-by-michael.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Investigations, #1)
Cara Black | 2003
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
When Aimee Leduc takes a decoded picture to a client in the Jewish quarter of Paris, she finds the woman dead and things quickly unravel from there. Honestly, I found the book too busy, which left not enough time to wrap everything up in the end.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-murder-in-marais-by-cara.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Yoko Ono recommended JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters in Books (curated)

 
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
James W. Douglass | 2013 | History & Politics
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"I was crying reading the secret letter exchange Kruschev and John Kennedy quite extensively. Together, they thought they could create World Peace. They almost did, just before Kennedy was assassinated. If you want to read all the correspondence between those two, there is a separate 200 page book of it. This book only mentions a few. But it gives the picture of John Kennedy we didn’t know"

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Sean Lennon recommended Ada in Books (curated)

 
Ada
Ada
Vladimir Nabokov | 2000 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"“I’m not sure if a book can actually change a person. I’m not even sure if people truly ever change. But I like this book very much. It’s about a drawn-out incestuous love affair between brother and sister. It’s one of the most well-constructed pieces of art I’ve ever encountered. I also love The Picture of Dorian Gray for the same reason."

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

May 14, 2020  
Today I have a very beautiful children's picture book on my blog! Check out THANK YOU, GARDEN by Liz Garton Scanlon. Be sure to enter the #GIVEAWAY to #win a personalized copy of the book as well as Liz's other children's book Another Way to Climb a Tree!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2020/05/book-blitz-and-giveaway-thank-you.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
A community garden unites neighbors in this celebration of all the things that grow there, from flowers and fruits, to friendships!

This ode to working together for a better world will have young readers wanting to plant gardens of their own!