This might be the last Newbery I read (okay probably not because I have a mission to read them all and I'm not a quitter) because I am totally OUTRAGED by this book. This mangled, sidetracking, lack of interest and shallow character filled story is the book that beat out "Charlotte's Web" the yea...
The Invisible Piano Player Rufus did not think about the invisible piano player all the time. He ate, drank, slept, went to school, went to Sunday School, read his postcard from the soldier Al, hiked up East Rock with Joey, and played, most of the time. Still, whenever he went past a certain hous...
Food for All Miranda suddenly realized that she was very hungry, too. Before she could rest and sleep, she must find food for her and for Punka. She started on a tour of the quiet Colosseum. Suddenly a look of delight spread over her bright little face. She began to drool. She smelled cooked or c...
Monstrous Every day when Jimmy McGee came home from his rounds, it made him happy always to see Little Lydia, that do-nothing doll, lying below him in her splendid sand castle gazing straight up at him at the top of the dune. He was glad to have something else to think about besides the hero busi...
The Painting Field Today, Amy and Clarissa were drawing pictures of the Easter Bunny and the eggs he was painting in the painting field. Old Witch happened to be in Amy's picture, too. She was up in the corner, sitting on the glass hill. She had her telescope in her hands and was looking down. "S...
Joe and Rufus resumed their stilt-walking. Their sister Jane sometimes did extremely curious things, they agreed. Mama called to Jane to hand her her duster. Mama was still disturbed about Jane walking under that horse. Of course, she was used to unexpected things happening. After all, with four ...
The Typewriting Cat For a while Pinky's chief pastime was sparring with Ginger. These sparring matches were spectacular, and it was hard for any member of the family to get any work done, for of course everyone had to watch. The minute Ginger and Pinky got out in the morning they started their sp...
Jane on the Eight-Fifteen In the beginning, Jane's trip on the eight-fifteen went exactly as she and Mrs. Price had practiced it yesterday in their conversation over the back fence. She woke up when the sun rose and the rooster crowed. There was bound to be a surprise or two, especially for someo...
KATY'S LAWS "Where would the Alley be without Katy's laws?" That's what Connie wondered all along. Now, while she and Billy were swinging, they heard Katy's voice, "Everybody come up to the Circle! Meece! We're going to play Meece." She was cruising up and down the Alley saying, "Come on ... Meec...
Best Friends Again "Best friends" was over. At least so it seemed to Jane, for Nancy had not spoken to her in over a week. She had spoken at her—"Jane is a pain"—but not to her. Not since one night during a game of cops and robbers when Jane had sided with Beatrice in a dispute, instead of siding...
Get up, dress, have breakfast, clean teeth, do chores—empty trash, garbage, and such (Steve and Star are piling some of their chores on me, capitalizing on my disgrace)—go to school—strike's temporarily settled, thank goodness, so at least it's some place to go—come home, have snack, go up to my ...