Not to brutle

Summer reading postcards -- what are kids reading? These missives make my summer. (Spelling intact)









Mika, age 4: So You Want To be President by Judith St. George and David Small (5 stars). "I liked that there were so many Presidents and President things. I didn't like when Presidents got sick and died. I don't like that there hasn't been a girl President."

Oliver, age 5: Noah's Ark by Jerry Pinkney (3 stars). "It's a little weird because Noah went on the boat."

Ben, age 6: Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester (3 stars). "It was funny that Wodney Wat told Camilla to rest, but she thought he said go west, and she went and never came back. That was the best part."

Ellie, age 8: I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch (5 stars). "I liked this book because one time the kid gets hypnotized insted of the dog. So the kid is a cat and then later the dog is a kid."

Emma, age 9: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (5 stars). "It was good for me and I could tell the author put detil into it. But it would not recomend it to someone under 8 because it is a little inopopitet." (inappropriate?)

Jon, age 10: Mistmantle #2, Urchin and the Heartstone by Margaret McAllister (3 stars). "It was a good war book. And it was not to brutle."

Liv, age 10: Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan (5 stars). "It showed sphirit, confidence and acts of amazing courage. I can almost smell India when I read it. "

Abdul, age 11: Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L LaFevers (4 stars): "I liked it because it took me where no mystery stops and was full of secrets and evil."