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Summary: best book in the universe
Review: I love these books.I read four of these cool books I want to get #5.I hope you make a #2 series.
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Summary: Recommended reading for your 6-8 year-old!
Review: This is one of my son's favorite books (he's 7). The adventures of the Grace kids are exciting, but not too scary or violent. The main characters are well-developed and totally believable. Part of the beauty of this book is it's brevity--at about 100 pages it's much more reasonable for the 6-8 age group than the Harry Potter series. The illustrations are also wonderful. I prefer this series over the Unfortunate Events books because it has a more upbeat theme and positive interactions between the main characters, which I think is better for younger readers.
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Summary: arthur rackham connection
Review: I own and have read all of these books. Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi are truly remarkable because of the way that they have incorporated the connection to the illustrator Arthur Rackham and his wonderful world of "little folk". If you are not familiar with Rackham, I encourage you to research that and then you may find out why the reference to an individual named Arthur pops up in each book...
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Summary: spooky and fun, a magical adventure
Review: My daughter is 8 and likes the Harry Potter movies but finds the books too long to read so I bought her these books. Once we opened the Field Guide, we couldn't put it down. We read through the whole book in about an hour. It has an exciting, sit on the edge of your seat plot. She immediately started the second book the very next day. The only thing that I am disappointed in is that there are only 5 and we'll be through them within a week. A great tale of faeries (as they spell it), goblins, brownies and boggarts as their called. The authors do a great job of creating imagery in their descriptions of the creepy house and all its spooky rooms. Fantastic pictures as well.
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Summary: Very, Very Slight
Review: Initially turned off by the similarity in binding to the Lemony Snicket series, I decided it was unfair to blame the author for the marketing department's attempt to copy a good thing, so I bought it.While not completely horrible, it's very, very insignificant. The illustrations are the best part of it, and the story has so many of them, and so few words, that it's more a picture book than a novel (or part of a novel), despite its tone being a little mature for those for whom a picture book would be appropriate. Essentially nothing happens, which would be all right if it didn't happen in an entertaining and well-written manner, but I'm sorry, in this case things fail to happen in a pedestrian way. It seems that magical beings may be in-and-or-around the new home of our three undeveloped (save for character tics--one fences, one collects animals) main characters. When they finally meet one near the end of the volume (you knew this would happen eventually, but the characters shouldn't be as knowing) they react with such little surprise, such lack of wonder, that any residual hope I had for the story quite withered away. (I read the second one and though slightly more filled with incident, it was no better written.) For weird houses with secrets, turn to John Bellairs. For encounters with strange magical creatures, go to E. Nesbit, or one of dozens of others much, much more enjoyable. Note: a 3 star ranking from me is actually pretty good; I reserve 4 stars for tremendously good works, and 5 only for the rare few that are or ought to be classic; unfortunately most books published are 2 or less.
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Summary: Can't wait for the rest of the series..
Review: I loved these books and can hardly wait for the others. I lent them to my mother and have forwarded them on to my nephew. We all enjoyed them. I find nothing objectionable about these books. I wonder if the other reviewers gave the same bad reviews to other children's classics that were more scary and violent. These showed the value of family staying together and helping one another under adverse conditions..a father leaving or goblins attacking. Wonderful!
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Summary: Sleezy Marketing
Review: This book is entertaining, and a promising start, BUT, it is nothing more than a start: unlike a book in a true series, this one cannot stand on its own. It is really only the first chapter or two of a book rather than a complete story on its own. The characters are introduced, the stage is set, a mystery is introduced... and the book ends. Seems like a sleezy marketing ploy to inflate the price of a book by selling it in five installments. I enjoyed the first installment, but the rest will be checked out of the library. I'd advise other shoppers to do the same, or buy it used.
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Summary: A book for all ages
Review: These books are trouble...only because they are addictive. I have read all three myself and to my four children ages 6-9. They are so excited about the series they can hardly wait for the next to be released. A quick read, charming and fanciful stories.
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Summary: WARNING TO PARENTS!!!
Review: This series is intended for children ages 8 to 12. Book One is fairly entertaining and age appropriate, BUT Book Two is totally unacceptable for this age group. It contains graphic violence towards animals (there's even an illustration of it!). The children will either be traumatized by it or intrigued by it, both of which is VERY BAD! The bad fairies catch a domestic cat and roast it on a spit over an open fire! A nice bedtime story for ten year olds!!! Skip these books and try these series: Chet Gecko Mysteries, Animal Ark Series, Secrets of Droon, Magic Tree House and A to Z Mysteries. Also books by Eager, Estes, Eva Ibbotson, R. Dahl, Judy Blume, George Selden, E.B. White and Beverly Cleary.
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Summary: My son would not stop reading!!!
Review: I have never seen my son so into a book before. He's 8 and he read the book in one night, barely stopping to eat! I would suggest this series to any parent. They are not as intimidating as other larger books and they obvioulsy capture the readers attention. He's finished book 2 and 3 with the same enthusiasm. Now, I'm going to read them too!
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