Mrs. Pine Takes a Trip2 reviews

Purple House Press, 2005

Mrs. Pine Is Finally Here!

+ Nana recommends Mr. Pine!

This book Mrs. Pines takes a trip brings back very fond memories of my childhood(1970's). My youngest brother ordered it from a book club at school. I would often read the book to him at bedtime. It helped me improve on my reading skills with it's repetition. Mrs. Pine leaves Mr. Pine a to do ...
  
  











  



  
Miss Suzy102 reviews
Miriam Young

Purple House Press, 2004

Childhood favorite revisited

+ I love Miss Suzy!
+ childhood favorite
+ An Absolute Favorite
+ Miss Suzy she loves her house she loves her home!
  
  











  



  
Big Susan13 reviews

Purple House Press, 2002

Childhood revisited

+ Let's Pretend
+ My very favorite dollhouse book
+ My favorite book from childhood
+ BIg Susan
  
  











  



  
Twig29 reviews

Purple House Press, 2002

Pure magic!

+ and I thought I was the only person that knew about this book......
+ A Wonderful Surprise!
+ Twig
+ Wonderful Story!
  
  











  



  
David and the Phoenix79 reviews
Edward Ormondroyd, Joan Raysor

Purple House Press, 2001

So glad its back

+ Rising from the Ashes of Forgetfulness
+ Phoenix
+ An Irish WAIL on St Pat's!!
+ After the first 50 reviews who needs another???
  
  











  



  
Misty of Chincoteague73 reviews
Marguerite Henry

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1990

My daughter loved it!

+ good memories
+ A great horse story!
+ This book literally changed my life
  
  











  



  
The Duchess Bakes a Cake12 reviews
Virginia Kahl

Purple House Press, 2002

Amazing! Its back in print!

+ My favorite childhood reading
+ Love this story!
+ What a fun book!
+ Most fun children's book ever!
  
  











  



  
Ann Likes Red38 reviews
Dorothy Z. Seymour, Nancy Meyerhoff

Purple House Press, 2001

family mantra

+ Wonderful Book
+ Ann likes Red--republished
+ LOVE IT
+ A Great Book
  
  











  



  
Pickle-Chiffon Pie24 reviews
Jolly Roger Bradfield

Purple House Press, 2004

I absolutely love this book!

+ Another Great Book!
+ One of my true favorites
+ The Platinum Standard
+ One of my absolute favorites as a child
  
  











  



  
The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek18 reviews
Evelyn Sibley Lampman

Purple House Press, 2001

The Shy Stegosaurus

+ A great book for children
+ fond memories for me, too
+ Which way did they go, George?
+ Excellent Book. Just as advertised.
  
  











  



  
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler309 reviews
E.L. Konigsburg

Aladdin, 1998

A proper mystery!

+ Still good after all these years
+ A delightful classic
+ 2nd favorite book
+ From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
  
  











  



  
The Borrowers51 reviews
Mary Norton

Harcourt Young Classics, 1953

The Borrowers by M. Norton

+ great book
+ The Borrowers: Fiftieth Anniversary
+ What would they "borrow" from your home?
  
  











  



  
The Big Chunk of Ice: The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientist Club)8 reviews
Charles Geer, Bertrand R. Brinley

Purple House Press, 2005

The Mad Scientists Retire

+ Fun action and plausible geological science, but some cartoonish characters
+ The Big Chunk of Ice: The Last Known Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club

If you enjoyed Bertrand R. Brinley's three previous books in this series: The Mad Scientists' Club, The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, and The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club, then you'll certainly want to read "The Big Chunk Of Ice", lost and ...
  
  











  



  
Mr. Pine's Purple House54 reviews
Leonard Kessler

Purple House Press, 2005

The lessons of life and learning how to read are ones that all children should learn

+ Purple with nostalgia
+ Childhood
+ 41 years ago..
+ One of our favorite stories....
  
  











  



  
The Surprise Doll9 reviews
Morrell Gipson

Purple House Press, 2005

A....B O O K...F O R...T H E...W H O L E...W O R L D...T O...R E A D..!

+ An old favorite makes a hit!
+ A book good through the ages
+ favorite childhood book
+ A Well-Loved Book from Childhood <(*v*)>}}}}}}}~~*
  
  











  



  
Tal: His Marvelous Adventures With Noom-Zor-Noom9 reviews
Paul F. Cooper

Purple House Press, 2001

Best Loved

+ one of the best children's chapter book ever
+ Wonderful book for boys as well as girls
+ Beloved Book
  
  











  



  
No Flying in the House (Harper Trophy Books)48 reviews
Betty Brock

Topeka Bindery, 1999

My Absolute Favorite Children's Novel

+ A Special Secret
+ LOVE this book!!
+ Fanciful, Fun, Mysterious
+ enchanting
  
  











  



  
The Brothers Lionheart52 reviews
Astrid Lindgren, Jill Morgan

Purple House Press, 2004

The mysterious beyond

+ One of the most tender stories ever...
+ beautiful book 30 years ago as well as now

What happens when I die? Will I be all alone? Where will mom and dad be when I die? Will they be sad? What will happen to me after I die? These are questions children wonder about. When my daughter was about 5-6 years old she kept talking about "the mysterious beyond" where you go after you die. We ...
  
  











  



  
The Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientist Club)66 reviews
Bertrand R. Brinley

Purple House Press, 2001

The Mad Scientists' Club

+ excellent all-round
+ An inspiration to me
+ Well loved children's book is back in print
+ Loved this series
  
  











  



  
Mr. Pine's Mixed-Up Signs15 reviews
Leonard P. Kessler, Lilian Moore

Purple House Press, 2001

My favorite and most memorable book as a child and adult.

+ Blast from the past
+ Mr. Pine's Mixed up Signs
+ What a wonderful memory!