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The Magician's Elephant
Animal stories
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The Magician’s Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant, another DiCamillo gem. Oh, what a pleasure to recommend a new Kate DiCamillo book. Don’t be fooled by it’s being targeted to

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Children’s early and middle readers
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Flora & Ulysses, a truly squirrelly novel

Flora & Ulysses, The Illuminated Adventures Having recently finished reading children’s author Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal winning Flora & Ulysses, I’m going to go out

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Louisiana's Way Home
Children’s early and middle readers
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Louisiana’s Way Home

Louisiana’s way home is longer than she thinks. Kate DiCamillo’s character Louisana Elefante is not new to her many fans who have read Raymie Nightingale

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Children’s early and middle readers
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Good Rosie!

GOOD ROSIE! As a book reviewer, I have no favorite genre; if a book is well-written, I will unabashedly tout its merit. In the case

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GREAT JOY
Children’s picture books
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Great Joy

Great Joy, a Christmas picture book by Kate DiCamillo, really is a great joy, and between DiCamillo’s words and Bagram Ibatoulline’s illustrations, it deserves to

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Reading Journal
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Reading Journal 7

Reading Journal 7 – How Important is Age or Grade Level as a Marketing Tool? In the past couple of weeks I have had the

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The Thanksgiving Visitor
Autobiography/Memoir
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The Thanksgiving Visitor

The Thanksgiving Visitor My annual reading of Truman Capote’s beloved story, The Thanksgiving Visitor, a tale of the spirit of giving, is my bellwether that

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