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Kate DiCamillo: Raymie Nightingale

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Kate DiCamillo’s Raymie Nightingale. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Kate DiCamillo Tags 2010s, 2016, Children's Books Leave a comment

Otfried Preussler: The Little Water Sprite

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and his four-year-old son Calvin review Otfried Preussler’s The Little Water Sprite. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Otfried Preussler Tags Children's Books, German 4 Comments

Otfried Preussler: The Little Witch

October 22, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

To celebrate Halloween, let’s let a little guy come in an review Otfried Preussler’s children’s book The Little Witch, translated from the German by Anthea Bell. My wife and our four-year-old son review the book. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Otfried Preussler Tags Children's Books, German 2 Comments

Jenny Offill: Sparky!

August 29, 2014 by Trevor Berrett

Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation, one of the best novels of 2014, has also come out with one of the best children’s books of 2014. Trevor reviews Offill’s latest children’s book, Sparky. Read the full post.

Categories Jenny Offill Tags Children's Books 3 Comments

Dorothy Kunhardt: Junket Is Nice and Now Open the Box

August 12, 2014August 15, 2013 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and his sons, Carter and Holland, review two Dorothy Kunhardt children’s books from the 1930s, Junket Is Nice and Now Open the Box. Read the full post.

Categories Dorothy Kunhardt Tags Children's Books 2 Comments

A.A. Milne: The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh

November 3, 2017February 20, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne.

Categories A.A. Milne, Book Reviews Tags 1920s, 1926, 1928, Children's Books 33 Comments
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