Favorite Fiction Books

I would have to say that my favorite fiction book is the "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."  It was written by C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), a well known Christian writer.  I remember reading this book when I was a child.  I could not put the book down because its captivating.  Your imagination runs wild with the book's characters and events.  After reading the book, I saw the original movie and I was so excited to see how the characters I had imagined in the book were portrayed.  Then a few years ago, I was at the theater and I saw the previews to the remake of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," and I remember thinking to myself....why does this story line sound so familiar?  I finally realized it was that same book I read as a child and loved so much. 

The book is about four children Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.  Lucy finds a whole new world through a wardrobe closet by accident when she was playing hide and seek with her brothers and sister.  The magical land and fantasy world Lucy finds is called Narnia.  You won't be able to put the book down once you start it!  At least, I couldn't. 

You can find more information out C.S. Lewis and his stories at http://www.cslewis.com/. 

I have also enjoyed reading "Playing with Boys" and "The Dirty Girls Social Club," by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.  I really enjoyed the characters Valdes creates in her books.  Each character is different from the other, but it makes each character interesting and the story line a whole lot better.  Valdes writes about each character separately in their own chapter and you can't wait to read the following chapter to see what is going to happen next. I will hopefully be buying another of her books soon and I can't wait to read it.  Here is a website to get more information about the author and her books, http://www.lasbmw.com/.

Author: I found Megan McDonald on a website called http://www.kidsreads.com/.  The website is neat and useful.  It's for teachers, librarians, parents and students.  McDonald has a series of Judy Moody books.  I have listed one of her Judy Moody books below.

When school starts, Judy Moody is not all that excited. In fact, she's in a bad mood just thinking about it. But when her teacher assigns each of the students to make a collage about themselves, she thinks this could be pretty interesting. She starts gathering pictures and things that she can use to show what she wants to be (a doctor) and her favorite hobby (collecting all kinds of things). The project is going pretty well, until she has to come up with "a favorite pet," and "a club you belong to." Next thing you know, Judy Moody is the proud owner of a Venus Flytrap and a member of the T. P. Club (and you'll never guess what the T.P. stands for!)

Enjoy the antics and adventures of Judy Moody as she finds her collage project, and her life, going from bad to worse. Is she just unlucky, or is it all in the way you look at things?

Ages 6-10