First off I have to say that I love, love, love Kathi Appelt's "Bubba and Beau" picture books. Secondly I'll say that the reader of this audio book gave a superb performance. Thirdly I'll say that I cannot fathom why, why, why I kept listening to this repetitive, drawn-out story. I must have su...
Very well written. It made me get teary-eyed about animals! Heartbreakingly wonderful book of love, lose, and redemption
The Underneath was an amazing book. I just couldn't put it down when I was reading it. At some parts it was so sad because it felt like someone important in your family was moving to a different state. You know how some books have you cry your eyes out? Well this book is so sad at parts. You just...
Even as a 2013 National Book Award Finalist, I really had my doubts before picking this book up. I was uncertain I could really get on board with two raccoons as main characters, but Appelt weaves the raccoon story in with the story of a 12 year old boy trying to save his family restaurant and t...
Of course, like most radio stations, it was soundproof, but he could still see the flashes of lightning in the distance. He looked at the clock on his desk. Midnight. He pushed away from the microphone, took the headphones off, stood up, and stretched. He had just finished the weather report and ...
The same headband she’d been wearing when—when. Jules dashed that thought away and turned to the next one. Had a fox just given her the headband? Wait, a fox? Could that have just happened? And if it had happened, where had the fox gotten it? Her mother’s headband, the blue one with the yellow bu...