Magic Treehouse (#31) - Summer of the Sea Serpent by Mary Pope Osborne This Magic Treehouse was the best yet. Ella absolutely loved it. She made me read it through 2 times in a row. The selkies were amazing. Sometimes we can get a little bored of unicorns and magical
The second installment from Ernest was as good - better? than the first. As before Stevenson picks a fantastic location for his mystery - this time the Ghan train crossing Australia. As before, Ernest breaks the 4th wall constantly, keeping the reader informed of the rules of golden age crime
Magic Treehouse (#5) - Night of the Ninjas by Mary Pope Osborne This Magic Treehouse book was actually a little scary for Ella. Although the Ninjas turn out to be the good guys, the fact that they don't talk, wear masks and the intimidating front cover were too
Hunger Like a Thirst by Besha Rodell Finishing off the year with more easy reads! Thanks to Caledon Books and Goodreads for the ARC of this book. This is totally outside my usual ouevre but I enjoyed it. Besha is a food critic who has written for the New York
Amelia Bedelia & Friends (#1) - Beat the Clock by Herman Parish The second Amelia Bedelia chapter book that we have read. This time to dig outside. A fun little book and nice to talk about the idea of 100 years ago. Since we were reading it on Thanksgiving, we