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Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Talking Bone

Bibliographical Information: Steig, W. (1976). The Amazing Bone. New York, NY. Harpe Collins

Brief Annotation: Pearl the Pig comes across a talking Bone in the woods. They become friends and Pearl finds out the Bone is somewhat magical. Pearl and Bone come across some challenges on the way home from the woods. Robbers want to steal Bone from Pearl but, Bone scares them and they run away. Then a hungry fox wants to take Pearl home for dinner, but Bone saves the day again. Bone shrinks the hungry Fox to the size of a mouse. Pearl and Bone live happily ever after as best friends.

Genre: Animal Fiction

Grade: 1-4

Readers who will like this book: Children who like adventure and suspense.

Rating: 3/4 The language in the book was interesting but, the robbers with the guns were a bit drastic.

Questions I would ask: Do you have a best friend?
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