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A Hunger For Learning: A Story About Booker T. Washington (Creative Minds Biographies)

Sunday, 16 October 2005 5:33 P GMT-05
Careful depiction of a controversial and still painful time in the history of the United States

Amazing Athletes series

Sunday, 16 October 2005 4:59 P GMT-05
reviews 4 titles: Dale Earnhardt Jr, LeBron James, Micahel Vick and Tom Brady

First Son And President: A Story About John Quincy Adams (Creative Minds Biographies)

Sunday, 16 October 2005 4:18 P GMT-05
Review of First Son And President: A Story About John Quincy Adams (Creative Minds Biographies)

The Scarecrow and His Servant

Thursday, 8 September 2005 5:22 P GMT-05
Review of The Scarecrow and His Servant

The Penderwicks : A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

Thursday, 8 September 2005 4:57 P GMT-05
Review of The Penderwicks : A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel (Puffin Graphics)

Monday, 15 August 2005 8:24 A GMT-05
Less sensational that the Classics Illustrated version, this version may well hook students who might not be otherwise exposed to the story, and (hopefully!) whet their appetites for the real thing at a later date.

Fantasy! Cartooning

Sunday, 14 August 2005 8:38 P GMT-05
Former Marvel Cartoonist Caldwell delivers just the right mix of instruction, basics and background for creating memorable characters in comic book style.

Whales on Stilts (M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales)

Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:08 P GMT-05
Techno-gadgets coupled with slapstick comedy and absurd footnotes make this hyperbolic tale completely silly, but the underlying plot structure and character development support the goofiness well enough for us to just suspend our disbelief and hang

A Froggy Fable

Sunday, 31 July 2005 1:51 P GMT-05
A frog enjoys his idyllic pond life until things change.

Me, All Alone, at the End of the World

Sunday, 10 July 2005 3:47 A GMT-05
Civilization and its din invade the sanctuary of a barefoot boy and his mule who hunted fossils and listened to the wind before a Inn (orchestrated by one Mr. Shimmer, Professor Visionary) blossoms on his cliff at the End of the World.

A Week in the Woods

Thursday, 7 July 2005 9:39 P GMT-05
Review of A Week in the Woods

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