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Children's

A collection of 15 issues

Reading with Ella - Book 15

Ivy and Bean (#1) - by Annie Barrows This is our first Ivy and Bean book, and we actually started a series at no.1! I've never generally been a fan of books featuring "naughty kids" as protagonists. I wasn't an especially naughty kid

Reading with Ella - Book 14

Sophie Mouse (#5) - The Maple Festival by Poppy Green This is our first Sophie Mouse book, and I thought it would be a winner since it's about baking. Ella and I are full into our autumn bake off baking kick right now, so a mouse with a

Reading with Ella - Book 13

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

Reading with Ella - Book 12

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

Reading with Ella - Book 11

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

Reading with Ella - Book 10

Magic Tree House (#1) - Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne The second installment (for us) of Jack and Annie. This time to go back in time to the Cretaceous era. You can definitely tell this is the first in the series and it's a bit toooo

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