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Thanksgiving On Thursday
by Mary Pope Osborne
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I read this book with my 4.5 year old. In this story, Jack and Annie go to the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans in Plymouth. Squanto was the strongest presence but otherwise I felt this was a lot of unrealized potential.

Field Notes From A Catastrophe
by Elizabeth Kolbert
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Book published in 2006 and the data was scary then. It is horrifying now. There must be enough smart politicians in this country to see the science and the obvious disaster awaiting the next generation. We all have to work together toward the same solution and not accept the defeatist attitude 'If that country doesn

Good Morning, Gorillas
by Mary Pope Osborne
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My 4.5 year old loved this book and would rate it 5 stars. I thought this was one of the hokier books in the Magic Treehouse and did not find it as interesting and educational as some of the other more historical tales.

The Deading
by Nicholas Belardes
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Had to DNF this one halfway through after reading it on my bus ride every morning and falling asleep every single time. I can only describe this book as exhausting. Desperately in need of an editor that could rip the heart out of this book and cut out all the fatty tissue. Has an all-timer bad line in it: "I'm seventy-five and falling apart. My body, not my womanhood, nor my Japanese Americanness." With a line that bad you know this author is not a woman nor is he Japanese-American because genuinely what does that even mean?

Let's Go For A Drive!
by Mo Willems
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The book is funny, I like elephants, it is creative.

Papa's Coming Home
by Chasten Buttigieg
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This is a sweet story about children welcoming their parent home from a trip with the things they think are important to him. When they arrive at the airport with all of the things, their dad lovingly accepts the grand gesture and also lets them know they are the best part of coming home. The illustrations are bright and fun.

Double Down (diary Of A Wimpy Kid #11)
by Jeff Kinney
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This book is a very interesting and a fun book to read. There are a lot of cliff hangers that make me want to read it more and more. The book is about Greg that plays video games too long and his mom wants him to get off of a screen. One day, his school does a balloon challenge to see how far it goes. It turns out to be a big problem of stealing. Halloween is around the corner and he wants to go to some girls party. So he joins the band because she is inviting the whole band. But it is the woodwinds only. He is a brass, and sneaks into the party. At the end, he films a movie but his friend, Rowley, gets scared and climbs up a tree. The fire truck has to get him down and then he becomes famous. I give this book 5 stars ?? ???????? and a good book if you want a challenge.

Warm Hearts Day
by Rebecca Elliott
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A really good book. It was about a friend, they were going to have a party and they made a mistake, she forgot her family’s present. They gave all the presents to the animals in the forest while she was looking for her family’s present.

The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
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Like the gospels but worse. Supposedly his masterpiece too bad his masterpiece is garbage. One star though because under the dust jacket is a beautiful cover with gold embossing and text is done with a letterpress.

Sunday
by Olivier Schrauwen
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Real streak of winning books lately, absolutely incredible work on display, the large size and gorgeous illustrations really help you get lost in the paranoid, anxious, and nothing-ness of an unproductive Sunday. Firmly planted some James Brown in my ear despite being a book--also proof that you can have a protagonist that is being incredible unlikeable from start to finish and you can still see yourself in them, or maybe just seeing yourself see yourself in them. Good stuff. Been reading lots of graphic novels that are acclaimed lately that I actually don't like so it's nice to read one that WAS actually enjoyable.
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