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Anne Robinette's avatar

Wow! That's a lot of reading, Bea. Thanks for sharing these titles; I will keep them in mind for when my grandson, Miles, is a little older. I love to read, too! My favorite books I've read this summer are Hamnet, How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, Deacon King Kong, The Man Who Lived Under Ground, and Everything I Never Told You. My favorite books I've read with Miles (this summer) are Finding Winnie, The Last Stop on Market Street, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Kissing Hand, Dragons Love Tacos, and Secret Pizza Party. My love all of you.

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Belle Boggs & Beatrice Allen's avatar

That sounds fun and like you and Miles read a lot too!

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mamie buttons's avatar

i have been staring at my phone waiting for FTT all morning ( always worth waiting for!) anyway i am blown away! as a kid i hated book reports but your reading list and”reports “ make me want to read every book on your list i just reread “ the Soul of an Octopus “ after your delightful post about octopuses! bravo!!!!

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Belle Boggs & Beatrice Allen's avatar

Waiting for the Frog Trouble Times is nothing compared to waiting for your Mamie and Grandpa to show up on Friday! Also, when you're waiting for the FTT you can read a book!

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mamie buttons's avatar

i can’t wait either meanwhile i am reading several books and my cousin Anne sent me a big box of great books for the little weans! ( that’s wee ones!)

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble!by William Steig The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H Swift and Lynd Ward Winnie(the True Story of the Bear who inspired Winnie the Pooh also Secret Pizza Party “secret handshake…BooYah!!!

these were a birthday present for me for my “Mamie’s special library for the little weans!” i will bring to get your personal approval

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Julie ricker's avatar

I love your book list, Bea, and we are grateful for some new suggestions! Our favorite this summer was Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillio, and we are excited that it will be one of the plays performed this year by UNC-G's Theatre for Young People. We are not quite finished with Just Beyond the Very Far North by Dan Bar-El, the sequel to your book club book from this past year. We just started Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, and we find it quite funny.

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Belle Boggs & Beatrice Allen's avatar

We just looked up Flora and Ulysses and it looks good! I like squirrels! (So does our cat Julius, but in a different way. He likes them as a midnight snack.)

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