I have to say that this is the kind of book I woul...

2009-10-08T12:38:16.977-04:00

I have to say that this is the kind of book I would buy for my kids, thinking they SHOULD love it, and it stayed on the shelf, totally unred. Now -- the "you might also like" selections look like ones they would have loved, when they were little! (I especially like the looks of the "Under the Night Sky," but maybe that's the cover. Isn't it funny how kids love books with animals in them -- Berenstain Bears were huge favorites, and I'm gradually buying the great-nephews their own libraries of them. And a new "animal addition" is the Runt Farm series by Amanda Lorenzo, about a group of animals who come together and form a family. The Peep hatches and claims a boy cat as his "mom," the bunny is adopted, the squirrel (with impeccable flair -- something I never dreamed possible of a squirrel!) is rescued from under a rock -- and two mice who have escaped from an infamous animal research facility. (I wonder if PETA knows of this series!) It's great fun, and has lots going on behind the scenes, too.

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I have to say that this is the kind of book I woul...