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The Hungry Caterpillar #100books
This set, as linked to, was one of Smallest’s first presents. The soft caterpillar annoys me slightly, as it’s been changed from the illustrated one to make it more educationally interesting, and I really didn’t feel that was necessary. We carted it around for a few months, and Smallest didn’t squidge the interesting sounding bits,…
Elmer #100books
Book 10. 10% of the way towards 100 books.And, pyschologically quite important, double figures, finally 🙂 Elmer is a library book. This is a shame in a way, as Smallest is extremely fond of him, and is probably not really going to want him to disappear off home. I feel that like previous favourite borrowed…
Life of Pi #100books
I’ve seen this book around a few times, it crops up on suggested book lists as a *good thing to read* but I’d never been tempted. So I was actually quite pleased to receive it as a Christmas present and have it to stretch my boundaries a bit. Without blowing the plot too far (given…
Voyager #100books
I already read and reviewed Riding Tycho (I’ll wait while you go and look), and I was desperate to find out how the story continued, which has got to be a good sign yes? So I was very happy to find this in our library yesterday, and brought it home and started it last night.…
All Join In #100books
The first time I read this book to Smallest I was amused when the other two drew near and listened from behind me. It seemed appropriate given the title 😉 This isn’t a story book – it’s a set of short and slightly noisy poems. Not a book to be read quietly either, this is…
Tidy up Trevor #100books
Yet another of our bargainous books from the Red Cross, and yet another that Smallest really enjoys. It’s not one I like quite as much as the others, as the anthropomorphic turtles are poorly drawn and I find it annoying. The story is fine, and probably familiar to most parents – a child who is…
Riding Tycho #100books
Book 5 for our 100 books challenge. I picked this one up at the library a few weeks back. I think I’d seen the sequel somewhere and realised that it was a sequel, so looked for the first one and was lucky. I wish I’d grabbed the sequel at the same time as my complaint…
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies #100books
This was the book I picked up from the British Mummy Bloggers Christmas lunch book exchange. I thought I’d made a note of who I got it from, but I can’t find it now! Anyway, although I’ve heard a lot about The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency before, I’d never actually read one, so I was…
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail #100books
We love Katie Morag. Somewhere in a box in the garage we have a large edition of several of the stories combined, given to Big, iirc, by friends some years ago. And these stories and pictures do stand up well to larger editions. In fact, that would be my only complaint about this particular version…
That's not my bear #100books
Book 2 – 98 to go. I need to set up a counter! Smallest was very fortunate to get two of this series from her aunt and uncle this Christmas. They are lovely books – we’ve had many of them from the library in the past. That’s not my bear is pretty popular – it…