STARTED & FINISHED:

Butler, Ellis Parker. (1906). Pigs is pigs. New York : A. L. Burt Company.

[Watched the Disney cartoon version of this from 1954 and just HAD to read the source material. Dubbed as "A story about guinea pigs, bureaucracy and multiplication". Perfect description. If you're interested in reading the whole short story yourself, click on the reference above or
HERE.]

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FINISHED:

Konigsburg, E.L. (2007). The mysterious edge of the heroic world. New York : Simon & Schuster.

[Bold and controversial...]

STARTED:

Wilkinson, Carole. (2005, 2007). Garden of the purple dragon. New York : Hyperion.

[Reading so that I can review it for ACL...]


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FINISHED:

Orr, Wendy. (1999). Nim's island. New York : Dell Yearling.

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STARTED:

Konigsburg, E.L. (2007). The mysterious edge of the heroic world. New York : Simon & Schuster.

[One of my favorite children's authors and her new book. One of my goals has been to read her entire collection of titles. She's a two-time Newbery winner and this one is already causing a buzz...]

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FINALLY FINISHED:

Buckley, Michael. (2005). The sisters Grimm: The fairy tale detectives. New York : Amulet Books.

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STARTED:

Orr, Wendy. (1999). Nim's island. New York : Dell Yearling.

[Went to a wedding a few weekends back for two people who are currently working for CafeFX in Santa Maria. One of the guests also worked there and was talking about this film...]

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