My boys refused to read Harry Potter.
But here’s how we broke the Potter-Boycotter spell. Read more…The boys who wouldn’t read Harry Potter
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What do Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and 007 have in common?
I have to confess I had no idea myself until we picked out this awesome audiobook for a listen and checked out the cover. Read more…What do Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and 007 have in common?
Audiobook review: The Graveyard Book
Title: The Graveyard Book
Author: Neil Gaiman
Narrator: Full cast recording (Derek Jacobi, Neil Gaiman, Julian Rhind-Tutt et al)
Length: 7h 47m
Format: Full length story
Age Group: 10+
This is a superb, full-cast reading that brings to life a luminous book by Neil Gaiman. It is not for the faint-of-heart though. The book starts with a murder. While the murder scene is swift and more implied than described, it is quite scary. The lone survivor, a toddler, wanders into a nearby graveyard, where he is adopted by its otherworldly inhabitants and given the name Nobody Owens, or Bod for short. And from there the tale turns into a spooky, but absolutely enthralling, coming-of-age tale. Read more…Audiobook review: The Graveyard Book
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