Granddad gets so disappointed with Sally when she comes in from playing outside looking like a mess. She usually has leaves in her hair, bugs on her face, and twigs behind her ears. Sally would love to please her Granddad, but how can you climb trees, fight dragons, and make forts without getting a little dirty. Granddad tells Sally that when he was her age, he never got so filthy...or did he? When Sally accidently winds Granddad's watch backwards, Granddad goes back in time to when he was a child. It is then that we discover the real truth about Grandpa. The young reader will be able to identify with this fun-loving little girl and her Granddad in, 'The Backwards Watch' by Eric Houghton.

Similar authors: Patricia MacLachlan; Mercer Mayer; Harriet Ziefert

Similar books: Grumpy Grandpa by Heather Henson; Good Morning, Sunshine: A Grandpa Story by Sharon McKenna; Grandpa Loves by Rebecca Kai Dotlich; Grandpa's Surprise by Rosalind Beardshaw; William and Grandpa by Alice Schertle; Gus and Grandpa by Claudia Mills; Grandpa's Quilt by Betsy Franco

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 8/3/2011

ISBN-10: 0531059685

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'Whennone of her favorite foods were at hand Kitty was forced to dine on Asparagus, Beets, Cauliflower, and Dill....' It's an alphabet book. No, it's a book about cats. Wait, I mean vegetables. It's definitely about good and bad behavior. When Kitty's family runs out of cat food and decide to give her vegetables, she retaliates in ways that are less than pleasant. After they supply her with her normal meals, she becomes, once more, her very sweet, cuddly self.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 7/6/2009

ISBN-10: 1596430699

ISBN-13: 9781596430693

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Poor Kitty! After a garbage can tips over on her, she really and truly needs a soap and water bath. If you just follow the simple instructions listed, you will be in for an easy and fun way to bathe your cat. To start out, cats really love baths, and secretly would like you to bathe them every day. Just turn on the water, fill out the tub and they will come running and dive right in! P.S. As cat owners know, the paragraph above is pure fiction.

Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2011

Reviewed by: ewl

Date read: 5/3/2010

ISBN-10: 1416954171

ISBN-13: 9781416954170

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Weary of the war, a Union lieutenant recalls his life with his twin brother on their family's Virginia plantation, and the events that led them to fight on different sides in the Civil War.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0060273623

ISBN-13: 9780060273620

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In post World War I Australia, twelve-year-old Paul feels distant, from his fellow students, his father, and basically, from everyone else in his life. When a stranger shows Paul how to carve a bamboo flute, he begins to find his place.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0395665957

ISBN-13: 9780395665954

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