Never Satisfied: The Story of the Stonecutter by Dave Horowitz is a folktale about learning to be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. The Stonecutter is a good stonecutter, but it is hard work and is not satisfied with what he has. He thinks there must be something better. And there is! Being a business man sipping tea. But then he sees something else he wants even more….and after each wish he gets what he wants, but still is not satisfied. […]
Ghostbusting in Harry Potter-ville
Full disclosure: I had to read this quickly in one sitting in a coffee shop because I was going to see the author and have her sign it a few hours later. I’d pre-ordered City of Ghosts, but given when it was actually shipped (the day after it was released), I didn’t receive it until Saturday, and the talk/signing was Sunday. Mission was accomplished though, so I guess no harm done. I hadn’t realized this but City of Ghosts is actually V.E./Victoria Schwab’s first middle […]
God Bless the Gargoyles and us, too
I absolutely love the illustrations in God Bless the Gargoyles. Dav Pilkey has stepped away from his more humorous stories and gone a spiritual and Christian route. The nod to a famous painting also is a neat treat. While the story is religious (the Church, the story of gargoyles and angels), it is not “in your face” overly religious. It is more of a spiritual story. However yet, it is not for a non-believer. I would have like more history of the gargoyle. It […]
Me and the littles review The Worst Witch
We have family in England that sometimes send the children British books that I hadn’t really known very much about; in the last few years they sent us The Worst Witch, but it hadn’t really caught the kids attention. I knew that it had been a television series and that there were several books, but wasn’t super familiar with the series as well. It seemed like a good candidate for us to review together, after offering to read it aloud to my littles. I quite […]