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Children's

A collection of 9 issues

Reading with Ella - Book 9

Billie B. Brown (#3) - The Midnight Feast by Sally Rippin Oh jeez, annoying Billie B Brown is back again. This time to get scared in the dark outside. It was a little bit better than the swimming one but not by much. Will avoid these books in future whenever

Reading with Ella - Book 8

Rainbow Magic (#14), Weather Fairies (#7) Hayley the Rain Fairy by Daisy Meadows We found this in a bookbox without realizing that this is the seventh and final book in the weather fairies series. That's a bit of a pity as it was actually pretty good, and now

Reading with Ella - Book 7

Dolphin School (#4) - Flip's Surprise Talent by Catherine Hapka We're back with the dolphin friends again. I didn't think Ella especially liked the last book but she was up for trying another one. This was extremely similar to the last. Same dolphin kids,

Reading with Ella - Book 6

Zoey and Sassafras - Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro So it is possible to find new children's books that are as good as the classics. It's not all Billie B Brown and weird dolphin stories. This was fantastic. Pro-science, pro-feminist, and pro-magic! Zoey loves science

Reading with Ella - Book 5

The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl I was beginning to wonder if my dissatisfaction with the kids books we have read recently was due to me being, well, not a kid. I am happy to report that is not the case. We picked up a favourite from my childhood, and

Reading with Ella - Book 4

Billie B. Brown - The CopyCat Kid by Sally Rippin Another short one, and better than the last one in this series. There was a moral to the story, I'm never sure if I should mark up or down for that. We like stories with action (especially magic)

Reading with Ella - Book 3

Billie B. Brown - The Deep End by Sally Rippin Better than those dolphins, and at least it is very short. Billie can't swim and feels embarrassed. Finds out at the swimming lessons that another girl cannot swim either. They bond. The end. At least it was short.

Reading with Ella - Book 1

The Littles by John Peterson Ahhhhhhhh! This is so exciting, Ella is ready to listen to me read real chapter books! This was written in the 1960's but I had never heard of it before. The littles are tiny miniature borrower like people with tails. They live in

'25 February - theme: Black History Month

Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes I was sent this book for free as an Arc from goodreads. It was called Will and contained no illustrations so I don't know if they are any good! It was a great read for black history month,