Excellent guessing, Riddlers! Tune in Monday to receive our unique communication about various circumstances drawn in short scenes. We'll have a special guest too! See you all around the book block. ~ F
What's the sum of your cells? A sense of you that seeks and dwells. Many glom onto few— they are them, we, and who. Up and down, charm and strange, top and bottom rearrange. Stuff for thought is story bound—cast with characters lost aground. Glassy humor in thick light reveals truth by insight. An interactive state of goo that feels things the same as you.
Hello, Riddlers! Can you guess our theme? Finding emotional connections enhances this unique experience. 😃~ F
What's the sum of your cells? A sense of you that seeks and dwells. Many glom onto few— they are them, we, and who. Up and down, charm and strange, top and bottom rearrange. Stuff for thought is story bound—cast with characters lost aground. Glassy humor in thick light reveals truth by insight. An interactive state of goo that feels things the same as you.
What am I referring to? Stop by Friday for the answer.
Hello, Readers! We'll be on a blog break until January. We wish all of you a wonderful holiday with lots of bright spirits and warm cheer. See you in the new year! ~ F & L
'Tis the season to wrap up in mystery and get cozy with a story.
For all those who like to find themselves lost in books, welcome to the Begonia House.
The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow (book 1) Publish date: 12/1/15 Publisher: Delacorte Press Illustrator: Roman Muradov Ages: 8 and up Grade Level: 3-6 Available: Hardcover, Paperback, E-book
FEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED.
Eleven-year old Fairday Morrow moves from Manhattan to a small town in Connecticut, where her parents have bought a big, spooky, crumbling manor called the Begonia House. They want to turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, but when Fairday moves in she finds out that an unsolved mystery had taken place in the home. She and her friends in the Detective Mystery Squad try to piece together the clues and sort out what happened in the house. The young sleuths enter into a world where anything is possible, and the danger is most definitely real. Can they solve the puzzle before it's too late? Or will whatever's causing trouble find Fairday and her friends first? Praise for the book
This paranormal mystery will be of interest to young readers looking for something spooky but not violent or scary.
~Booklist
DMS CASE FILE #2
Fairday Morrow and the Talking Library (book 2)
Publish date: 10/23/17
Publisher: Willow Press
Illustrator: David SanAngelo
Ages: 8 and up
Grade level: 3-6
Available: Hardcover, Paperback, E-book
ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE
Fairday Morrow had no clue that moving from Manhattan to the small town of Ashpot, Connecticut, would lead to an unsolved mystery. Her parents’ dream of renovating a crumbling Victorian called the Begonia House into a bed-and-breakfast had seemed like treachery at the time. But Fairday found out that her new house kept secrets, and once inside its twisted front gates, anything was possible. When mysterious notes start showing up warning that a librarian is in trouble and a bookworm is devouring words, Fairday thinks the Begonia House has more secrets in its closets. She and her friends in the Detective Mystery Squad open up a new case and fall into a world of literary magic. What happens when words in stories are eaten by a hungry bookworm?
Praise for the book
This fine combination of clever kids, arcane mysteries, and witty conundrums falls nicely in-line with other novels featuring riddle-solving kids and literary and linguistic references.
Jess and Stephanie met freshman year of high school. It was in English class where they first discovered they liked the same books. Their friendship grew, and over the years they went on to work as servers together, go to the same college for a short time, and they even became roommates for a while. Many books were discussed, but none were ever written. Today, the authors are working on the third book in the Fairday Morrow series, Fairday Morrow and the Master's Emporium, and they know in their bones that anything's possible.
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Years ago, when Red was
still a very young tree, a girl tied a wish to her branches. The girl said this was
the tradition where she came from. Since then the wishtree has seen many
families come and go over her long life. Red knows she’s not supposed to
interact with the people who come to sit and wish by her. The animals that
live in and around the tree have a close relationship and watch out for one
another. When a new family moves into a nearby house and someone carves the
word “leave” into the wishtree, Red becomes concerned. Who would do such a
thing? Why? What does it mean? It’s soon apparent that a little girl is looking
for a friend, and the wishtree wants nothing more than that for the girl,
especially considering there seems to be people who want the girl and her
family to leave the neighborhood. After Red hears that she may be cut down
because of the vandalism and the trouble her roots are causing, she thinks she
may have no other choice. What will Red do? Will she intervene? What will
happen if she breaks the rule? And is it even possible for a wishtree to help a
little girl make a friend? You’ll have to read this book to find out. Wishtree by Katherine Applegate drew me in because the cover looks so
magical. I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them.Reading a book from a tree’s point of view
was definitely interesting, and it really made me think. I always feel like I can
talk to trees, so I’m not surprised that they can hear us and listen to our
wishes. I liked the lessons in the story as there were many- some about
friendship, some about how we treat our planet, and others about understanding
people from different cultures and places. This is a fast book and one that won’t
take more than a few hours to read. I recommended this book to kids and adults ages
eight and up who enjoy a good story about friendship.
Has anyone else read Wishtree? Or another book by Katherine Applegate? We’d love to hear
your thoughts.
Excellent guessing, Riddlers. We'll be traipsing through talking trees next week. Tune in Monday for Lizzy's book review and find out how the answer ties into the story. See you all around the book block. ~ F
A canopy view from above; cooing song of brushy dove. Stick and move in subtle ways, branching out through sun and haze. Weeping willow, fir, oak, beech; who hears their secret silent speech? Shwooshing, pattering, tinkling words are carried on the wings of birds. What am I referring to? Answer: Trees!
Hello, Riddlers! Can you guess our theme? These are a few of my favorite things. :) ~ F
A canopy view from above; cooing song of brushy dove. Stick and move in subtle ways, branching out through sun and haze. Weeping willow, fir, oak, beech; who hears their secret silent speech? Shwooshing, pattering, tinkling words are carried on the wings of birds. What am I referring to? Stop by Friday for the answer.
