August 2012 | Order Of Harry Potter Books

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)In September this year it was announced that BEST NEW HORROR had won the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Anthology (Original or Reprint) for the third consecutive year.It now enters its 21st volume, with the editor's website already soliciting works first published in 2010 be submitted for consideration...

Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Having been a schoolteacher now for the past eighteen years, children's literature has been a mainstay of my profesion. Choosing the literature you read and use with your children is of prime importance. Most of the time, I elect to use books that are not only entertaining, but rich with lessons or thoughts...

The Internet: An Introduction to New Media (Berg New Media) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Internet, by Lelia Green, is a must have read for those who are deeply familiar with the intricacies of the internet and for those who are newly fascinated, and a little overwhelmed, by its apparent and somewhat sudden stronghold on their everyday lives. Lelia provides the necessary introductions...

eEvil Ink Peel N Stick Wax Seals (4 Pack of Envelope Seals) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I LOVE these seals for adding a finishing touch and head-turning humor to cards, letters, etc...I use them whenever possible. The designs are great (the heart is my favorite!).Click Here to see more reviews about: eEvil Ink Peel N Stick Wax Seals (4 Pack of Envelope Seals)Click here for more information...

Wonderful Worlds of Wizards Book 1 The Little Wizard Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I read this delightful book to my fourth grade class. They loved it. They enjoyed the characters and the adventures of the characters. The adventures were easy for the students to relate to. We then embarked on some of Charlie's adventures on our own in class. We recreated the characters' journeys in...

Royal Doulton Collectables: A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Fourth Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you collect Royal Doulton, you are probably already aware of the Charlton Catalogues--as far as I know, they are the only current price reference guides. It is black and white, with 32 pages of color inserts of Bunnykins figures. The following is listed for each figure: photo of figure, photo of base,...

The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A standard for every magic libraryClick Here to see more reviews about: The Encyclopedia of Magic and AlchemyClick here for more information about The Encyclopedia of Magic and Alch...

The Black Frog's Doodles: You Know...Teapots and Stuff Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's really hard to review a sketchbook, especially if all it has are doodles. The doodles are all done in pencils. They are mainly on character designs and objects. The form is there -- it's not abstract -- so at least we know what's being drawn.This book probably should appeal more if you actually...

The Secret of Platform 13 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was written years before Harry ever wound up on a publisher's desk, and it should not be viewed in comparison to J.K. Rowling's books. The value of Platform 13 comes in the delightful opportunities for imagination and discussion when an adult and a child read it together. We used this book...

Forbidden Magic: A Druid Born Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The immense popularity of the multi-genre Harry Potter book series has opened the door for authors writing on themes even tangentially related to the bespectacled hero and his exploits. One of these authors is Christina McCarthy, a Neo-Druid of Irish descent currently living in Pingelly, a small town...

Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C.S. Lewis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Past Watchful Dragons: Fantasy and Faith in the World of C. S. Lewis" is a collection of twelve essays from the Belmont University conference of the same name in November 2005. I attended that conference, and, because I attended several of the talks in the book, I have been eagerly awaiting this volume....

Le Retour du Roi (Le Seigneur des Anneaux, Tome III) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)After reading the English version first, I went on to read this. I have to say, the wordplays for the names in the French version are quite amusing: "Rogue" for Snape, "Serpentard" for Slytherin, "Croutard" for Scabbers, and so on. On the other hand, it's not a complete translation of the original, and...

The Emerald Tablet (Forgotten Worlds) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Emerald Tablet is a science fiction novel, the first of a trilogy for middle grade readers (target ages 8-14, with an emphasis on 11+, I believe). Anyone who enjoyed discovering the world of magic with Harry Potter will enjoy diving into a different magical world with Benjamin Holt and his friends....

Witch & Wizard Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I absolutely love dystopian, end-of-life-as-we-know-it, type of novels. George Orwell's 1984 (Signet Classics) and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale happen to be two of my favorites. This novel started with great promise...And then it fell short. Very short. The novel is about Wisty and Whit Allgood,...

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)First of all this is really a review of the trilogy and not The Golden Compass on its own - (I prefer the British title Northern Lights and I wonder why it has a different title in North America?).Its been a long time since I read a book ostensibly for children, possibly the last time was when I was...

The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I happened upon this and the first book in the series (The Alchemyst) just before July 4th and have quickly polished them off. For me the use of real historical characters alongside well-researched mythology is nigh irresistible. The books move along smartly with plenty of action and a narrative that...

The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have been wating for this book for about a year now, and it was well worth the wait. I read it in one sitting. This series is fast paced, inventive, and full of very developed characters. As an adult reader, I could obviously tell the book was written for a younger set, but it is just something to...