I read Charlotte’s Web to pieces when I was growing up. I loved the camaraderie between the spider and “Some Pig”. Now as a twenty-something I was still enchanted by Fern, Charlotte, Wilbur and even Templeton, only this time I was a little less with Wilbur. The whining and squealing was more than I could […]
I knew Stuart Little was a book written by E.B. White and that Michael J. Fox voiced the mouse-like character but I had no idea what the actually plot was. It pretty much centers around Stuart undertaking ordinary, mundane chores exhibited as a 6 inch person, and occasionally being chased around by the family cat. […]
This has been labeled as a modern classic filled with word play being compared to the likes of Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. I’d say this was all correct. Milo, like Dorothy meets many strange characters on his way to Dictionopolis such as Tock, the watchdog and The Humbug, an over […]
I like this book, but at the same time I didn’t. I think this is because some of the magical creatures such as the talking china dolls were unnecessary and got in the way for the real reason of the story, to get Dorothy back to Kansas with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Even so, […]
Review “Do you know what I’m going to do next Saturday? Well, Sir…let me tell you! I’m going to do some things no one ever did before.” And thus beginnings this original and humorous children’s book, aptly titled Do you know what I’m going to do next Saturday. This Saturday consists of mostly eating (because […]
Why I Read It After watching Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast I was inspired to read Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont’s fairy tale of which it was based on. Impressions While Reading Beaty and the Beast is a lovely fairy tale and while it has the storyline we all know and love is […]