This story is based on a trickster tale about Tricky Fox. Tricky brags to Brother Fox that stealing chickens is too easy: he is going to steal a pig. Brother Fox makes a bet that Tricky can't do it, and the game is afoot. Tricky starts by putting a log in an old sack. He waits until evening and then knocks on an old lady's door. He tells her how old and tired he is and asks to spend the night. When she lets him in, he makes a big deal over how worried he is that someone will touch his sack. She promises to watch the sack for him, but true to human nature, she can't help but take a peak. The next morning, the fox starts exclaiming that someone stole his loaf of bread and replaced it with an old log. The woman does not want to admit that she had looked in the sack, so she calms him by giving him a loaf of bread from her own pantry. Tricky Fox then repeats this trick several nights in a row, trading up to a chicken and finally the pig that he is after. But the last little old lady has a trick of her own to play on dear Tricky Fox.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 6/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0439095433

ISBN-13: 9780439095433

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Peter's little brother, Fudge, gets away with everything. Fudge refuses to eat, so their mom lets him eat on the floor while pretending to be a dog. Not long before, she made Peter stand on his head to try to coax Fudge into eating. There's no doubt about it, Fudge is the one who matters in this family. Can Peter ever get his parents to notice him, or will he remain a fourth grade nothing? If you like this one, look for other books starring Peter and Fudge.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 4/23/2010

ISBN-10: 0525469311

ISBN-13: 9780525469315

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Jamilah just wants to blend in at her school in Australia, so she changes her name to Jamie and dyes her hair blond, hoping her Lebanese-Muslim background will not be discovered. Her new email friend John is the one person she can open up to, but will she be able to when she actually meets him? When her Arabic-music band is hired to play at her school dance, she needs to decide who she is ' Jamie or Jamilah?

Similar books: Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 6/29/2010

ISBN-10: 0545050553

ISBN-13: 9780545050555

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What do you do when you've just finished a delicious lunch on the beach and it's too soon to go swimming? You do what best friends, Lolly, Spider, and Sam decide to do. They tell stories! Read along as Lolly, Spider, and Sam compete to see who can tell the best story. You can be the judge. Whose story did you like the best?

Similar books: The Garden That We Grew by Joan Holub; The Pizza That We Made by Joan Holub; Leo, Zack, and Emmie by Amy Ehrlich

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/22/2009

ISBN-10: 0140370048

ISBN-13: 9780140370041

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King Ethelbert is the ruler of the small country of Portocristo. When he wants a dinosaur named after him, he gets to travel in time to find that dinosaur. When he wants all desserts for his Christmas feast, he expects to get them. He considers throwing himself out the window to be the best way to test his new bodyguard. When he decides everything should be as small as he is, he commands his scientists to shrink everything and everyone in his country. What if you lived in a country ruled by a spoiled six-year-old?

Reviewed by: vfv

Date read: 11/17/2011

ISBN-10: 159643094X

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