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Welcome to Sonderbooks, an e-zine of book reviews by Sondra Eklund.
In this site, you can find good books for yourself or for friends.
You can hear about books to read, talk about books you've read, and order your own copies.
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Today's posting on Children and Books is about Books and Bedtime.

Happy reading!

*****My Descent Into Death, by Howard Storm
****The Other Side of the Dale, by Gervase Phinn
***Miracles of Our Lord, by George MacDonald
***Bringing Tuscany Home, by Frances Mayes

****The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, by Louise Murphy
***Jane and the Man of the Cloth, by Stephanie Barron

Young Adult Fiction

*****Girls in Pants, by Ann Brashares
****The Golem's Eye, by Jonathan Stroud

Children's Nonfiction

****The Princess and the White Bear King, retold by Tanya Robyn Batt, illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli
****Under the Spell of the Moon

Children's Fiction

***The Pepins and Their Problems, by Polly Horvath

(Children's Fiction): ****Jimmy:  The Pickpocket of the Palace, by Donna Jo Napoli

****Momma's Magical Purse, by Paulette Bogan
 

“Is there a greater joy than a man who cooks?”

—Frances Mayes in Bringing Tuscany Home

Sonder is a German prefix meaning "special."