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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) 2593 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Scholastic, 2004
PCE Student Review
My Favorite book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. This book is funny. My favorite characters are Harry Potter and Ron Weasly. Harry's funny and adventurous. He's fun and likes to try new things and has lots of courage. Ron is funny also, and likes to do almost what Harry does. Ron and Harry make the Harry Potter series joyful.
The author's writing style is joyful ...
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul473 reviews
Jack Canfield
Scholastic Inc
A great gift!
I bought this book as a gift for my 16yr old niece. The very next day, she told me how much she loved the book. She even cried reading it. I think it's nice to find reading materials that can move the minds and feelings of teenagers.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)5165 reviews
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic Press, 2000
Success Number 4
The Goblet of Fire is truly a special book. Delving even deeper (and darker) into the villainy that lies just below the calm surface, so to speak, Rowling succeeds...yet again.
The plot of the series thickens, what with fellow students turning their back on Harry, who is taking part in an old, old, old Wizard Tournament. It all culminates in a climatic battle with the flesh and blood Voldemort ...
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Click, clack, moo: Cows that type194 reviews
Doreen Cronin
Scholastic, 2001
Great letter book
Every year, I use this book to help teach fourth graders to write letters- they really get it from this book! It's funny and appealing. I highly recommend it!
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Where the Wild Things Are345 reviews
Maurice Sendak
Scholastic
Heirloom Stuff!
After having read a copy of this to my oldest grandson, and having the pages worn and dog eared, I had to buy one each for my other 2 grandsons. They are as mesmerized as the 1st was. Can't get enough of it. Fascinated by the little boy's antics. Constantly amused.
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Wild Magic (Immortals)269 reviews
Tamora Pierce
Scholastic Point, 2004
Captivating
Wild Magic, a book by Tomora Pierce and the first book in the series The Immortals, is about a girl named Daine. Daine was always good with animals. Then she leaves her home and realizes she is more than good with animals; she has magic. Her magic allows her to talk to them and they obey her. Her magic is about to run away with her when her new job sets her in the company of a kind mage named ...
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Alanna, the First Adventure (Song of the Lioness)566 reviews
Tamora Pierce
Scholastic Point, 1998
Life Changing at 12
When I first picked up this book, I was the typical bookworm. I knew every corner of my middle school's library. Most often, I'd find myself in the mythology section or classic plays. However, one day, I took a fateful journey into the fantasy section.
I was 12 years old, timid and accepting of even the worst opinions of me.
When I read it, I was enlightened. A whole five foot one, (four foot ...
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Dealing With Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)295 reviews
Patricia C. Wrede
Scholastic, 1992
One bored Princess is about to have a ball!
Princess Cimorene is the daughter to the king of Linderwall...where the knights keep their armor polished for show considering nobody's seen a dragon there in years...
Cimorene HATES it at Linderwall. And she wants to do things, not learn exactly how and when she's supposed to scream if someone decides to come and kidnap her. Cimorene takes classes behind her fathers back for extreme fun. She ...
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The last of the really great whangdoodles255 reviews
Julie Andrews Edwards
Scholastic, 2000
A delightful tale
I would say that I'm very much like Professor Savant. I need a dose of the imagination of a child to help me along the way. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles was the kind of book I would have loved reading as a child. I would have read it over and over again savoring each nuance of color and flavor that this book has to offer. As an adult, I feel that there are some lessons in the story ...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)5402 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Scholastic Trade, 2000
First and Second Readings
Writing a review on the first Harry Potter book seems superfluous, as it must surely be one of the most reviewed books in the history of literature.
I will therefore refrain (more or less) from summarizing the story, and instead compare my first reading to my recent re-reading of the book.
In my first reading, I met a boy called Harry, who was the quintessential "uncool kid." He grew up at ...
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Animorphs: The Invasion171 reviews
Katherine Applegate
Scholastic, 1999
Excellent series
Note: This review pertains to the entire Animorphs series, rather than this specific book.
When I read most of the Animorph books several years ago, I thought it was very suspenseful and entertaining.
Now, as I look back, it seems that these books, although targeted at 4th-6th graders, have suprising depth, with often tenebrous themes concerning free will, sentimentalism, and morality.
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The Andalite Chronicles165 reviews
KA Applegate
Scholastic, 1999
Reader over 25
Here I am back again on my quest to reread and review all of the Animorphs books in the series. I noticed there are other reviewers who are older than the target audience, and I'm one of Those out there who enjoyed the series even though it "was for kids." This novel has a broad based appeal to it, for many reasons, and on many levels. This book is more in depth and has better character ...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon145 reviews
Crockett Johnson
Scholastic, 1993
amazing book!
this is one of those books where not only do the children in my life enjoy this book, but i do as well. for a kid's book, it's pretty existential. A boy goes through this world where nothing exists and with his purple crayon, creates his world. What makes it more than just a kids book, what gives it the philosophical premise is that even though harold starts the story with this crayon, and has ...
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Good Night, Gorilla (Mathematics Focus)153 reviews
Peggy Rathmann
Scholastic, 1994
LOVE it and so does my son
My son just turned one and this is his first favorite book! We've already broken the binding on our first copy (my son gets so excited to point to the gorilla he manhandles the book) so now I'm going to order the box set with the book and the toy gorilla. This has also become MY favorite kids' book. It is so clever and I just love the sneaky gorilla character who just wants to snuggle up in ...
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You Are Special168 reviews
Max Lucado
Scholastic, 1997
excellent product!
LOVE this book - perfect gift for an adult or a child - beautiful pictures and wonderful, meaningful story.
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The little prince190 reviews
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Scholastic, 1975
Little Prince speaks to the child in me
I was an adult when i read this book, and i really appreciated the lessons in life that Saint-Exupery shares through the Little Prince.
A great book, full of beautiful illustrations, easy to read, while fun and sad at the same time.
I personally read it as if Exupery is sharing with us the conversations he has with his own inner child, in the image of the Little Prince. That is why the ...
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Into the Land of the Unicorns (The Unicorn Chronicles, Book 1)167 reviews
Bruce Coville
Scholastic, 1994
Fabulous story.
My kids really enjoyed me reading a chapter from this book every night after their meditation time. I am about to start reading The Song of the Wanderer to them now that we have finished this book.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs165 reviews
Judi Barrett
Scholastic, 1976
Loved it Then and Now
This book is my proclaimed favorite book of all my childhood. I read this book so much that I had to buy a replacement for it when I was 18 because the original was falling apart. I cannot wait for the birth of my daughter so I can read to her about the silly story of a town that receives its food from the sky until the weather makes a turn for the worse. The pictures still crack me up, and the ...
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell (Dear America)164 reviews
Kristiana Gregory
Scholastic, 2003
Wonderful
I love 'Oregon Trail' stories and this one was no exception. The story is stunningly written, and a careful line is trod between emphasizing the dangers and discomforts of the trail without making the story seem scary or unpleasant to the reader.
My only real gripe about this book (and not even a big enough gripe to drop a star, so take it for the whining that it is) is that the adult ...
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