Sonderbooks #56: Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

Sonderbooks #56

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June 17, 2003

Nonfiction

****Traveling While Married, by Mary-Lou Weisman
***Uncle Tungsten, by Oliver Sacks

***8 Minutes in the Morning for Real Shapes, Real Sizes, by Jorge Cruise
**My Life in Jokes, by Bob Hope with Linda Hope

Fiction

****Tears of the Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith

Young Adult Fiction

****Millicent's Gift, by Ann Rinaldi

Children's Nonfiction

****Casey at the Bat, by Ernest L. Thayer. Illustrated by C. F. Payne

***Things Will Never Be the Same, by Tomie dePaola

***Beatrix, by Jeannette Winter

***Math Appeal, by Greg Tang. Illustrated by Harry Briggs

***Talkin' About Bessie, by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis

**Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? by Brian P. Cleary. Illustrated by Brian Gable

**Imagine You're a Fairy, by Meg and Lucy Clibbon

Children's Fiction

**Stanley, Flat Again, by Jeff Brown. Pictures by Scott Nash

Old Favorite

(Young Adult Fiction):

*****Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling

Picture Book Pick

***Pancake Dreams, by Ingmarie Ahvander. Pictures by Mati Lepp.

Quotation of the Week

“We could all do with a few laughs.
I have a feeling we’re going to need them more than usual before long.”
–Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling

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