Rapunzel Reads
  • Fiction
  • NonFiction
  • Who We Are
  • For Older Readers
  • Submit a Review
  • Author Interviews
  • Books of the Year
    • 2019 Books of the Year
    • 2020 Books of the Year
  • A Note to Authors
  • Audiobooks
  • Picture Books
  • Book Group Reads

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles - by Julie Edwards (1974)

4/1/2015

0 Comments

 
By Piranha T.

One day, two days before Halloween, Benjamin, Thomas and Melinda Potter go to the zoo. There, they meet a little man who tells them about a creature called a Whangdoodle. When the Potters arrive home, Tom looks up "Whangdoodle" in the dictionary, and it is described as "a fanciful creature." Benjamin is sure that means that Whangdoodles are imaginary, but when they meet him again he tells them again about Whangdoodles, as well as about a whole land where the magical creatures live, hidden away from this world. So when together the Potter children and their friend get to Whangdoodle land they journey through it in the hopes of seeing the Whangdoodle - but will they be able to?

I liked this book because it has magic, and I liked the characters. I recommend it to readers!
0 Comments

OLIVER AND THE SEAWIGS By Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

1/5/2015

1 Comment

 
- by A the Bull, 6 years old (almost 7), Virginia

Oliver has had ten years of exploring with his parents (since he was a baby).  Finally, his parents can not find anything else to explore so they decide to move back home.  When they get home Oliver's parents discover there are new islands near their house that are not on any maps.  So they decide to explore those islands but his parents become missing at sea! Oliver goes to find them and on the way he meets some unsuspected friends, a seabird, a mermaid and a moving island called Cliff.  Then it becomes a big adventure to try to find his parents! 

I loved this book because it's really exciting.  The whole adventure is out at sea and I like swimming so that's why I enjoyed the story.  I would recommend this book to others, kids and adults, because it's a great mystery and you won't want to put the book down! 
1 Comment

    Book Reviews By & For Kids

    Everyone knows that Rapunzel spent her early years locked up in a tower. We’d like to think she had plenty of books to while away the time, and that she’d appreciate our own favorites.

    Founded in 2014, our reviews focus on great books for middle grade (MG) readers. Beginning in 2018, we began adding selected Young Adult (YA) books as well, but only if we really love them and think Rapunzel Reads followers will too. Favorite picture books have their own page.

    Tweet, tweet!

    Get notified via twitter every time we post a review! Follow: @RapunzelReads

    New Reviews: 
    For Older Readers 

    Click on the titles to read our recent reviews on our 'For Older Readers' page. 

    Categories

    All
    Adventure
    Ages 10+
    Ages 11+
    Ages 12+
    Ages 5+
    Ages 6+
    Ages 7+
    Ages 8+
    Ages 9+
    Animal Stories
    Audiobook
    Author Interviews
    Bookgroup Pick
    Books Of The Year
    Classic
    Diversity
    Fairytales
    Family
    Fantasy
    Fiction
    Friends
    Graphic Novel
    Historical Fantasy
    Historical Fiction
    Horses
    Humorous
    In Verse
    Magic
    Mystery
    Realistic Fiction
    Series
    Short Stories
    Siblings
    Sisters
    Superheroes
    Young Adult

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    September 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.