Wordstock Bookfair

This was at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. I took pictures of some interesting sculptures which (to me) took the form of Poppies and very large Hazelnuts.

When we entered the exhibit hall there were books everywhere! Hooray!

They had a kids area that was boring to me because the main activity was creating a book and that meant a lot of writing, (which I do not like).

These are the books that I ended up buying:

Wicked Nursery Rhymes by Gris Grimly
The Slippery Slope (Number 10 in A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket (illustated by Brett Helquist)
It's All Greek to Me by Jon Scieszka (illustrated by Lane Smith).



I won an autographed copy of Where Dogs Run by Hunter Gregg.




There was a booth from a store called "Title Wave Used Bookstore" which sells retired library books at VERY cheap prices (and the profits go back to the library).

Post 4, Winchell Mink

How would you like to body morph into a baseball playing dinosaur, be judged in a court by turtles, and fight off bullies in the body of a boy named Bobby Plungerbutt?

If you said "huh?" you are exactly like Winchell Mink, the main character in this absurd story by Steve Young.

The other day at the library this book nearly jumped out at me so I took it home.
It is my new favorite because, I mean, how many books have a commercial in the middle?
How many times have you seen that? Really, tell me!

This is an absolutely absurd book.

If you like crazy books this is right for you.

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Kate DiCamillo's The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

This is a very interesting book with one main character, a rabbit. His name is Edward. Edward has many adventures, and many friends. But first he loses his best friend Abilene. Next he finds that he is being tossed overboard from a ship. Then he meets a second friend. If you want to find out who this friend is and if he ever finds Abilene again you should read this book!

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Chasing Vermeer by Blue Baillet

This is a very good book about two kids who are about to turn 12, Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay. Calder uses pentominoes to help him solve mysteries. Like pentominoes, things in this book seem to fit but don't. Calder and Petra soon get mixed up in an art mystery about a stolen Vermeer painting. To figure out who stole the painting and if Calder and Petra are successful in solving the mystery you have to read the book...

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Hello,

Here is my first review:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

This was a very interesting book but it was also a little confusing.
The main character is a girl named Meg who has a very smart brother who is named Charles Wallace. He is so smart that he is working at a Fifth Grade level when he is in First Grade. There is another character called Calvin who is on the basketball team at Meg's school.

Calvin, Charles Wallace and Meg meet someone who takes them into the Fifth dimension. Then Charles Wallace gets separated from them.

To find out why they were in the Fifth dimension and how Charles Wallace disappeared (and if he comes back) you need to read the book.