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We are Allison & Emma
& We Love Books

But what about those books we loved in our youth? Are they really as good as we remember? We are on a mission to reread all of our favorite books from our younger years to see if they still hold up to our fondest memories.

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December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019

Episode 33: Ida Early Comes over the Mountain by Robert Burch

This week we take on a "heartwarming tale about the Great Depression" called Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. The cover calls it a "Mountain Mary Poppins" but is that REALLY how it is?
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019

Episode 32: Dark Visions: The Strange Power by LJ Smith

Psychics, romance, bad boys, an evil plan... this series has it all! We take on another of LJ Smith's famous paranormal romance trilogies: Dark Visions!
October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019

Episode 31: The Worst Witch (1986)

It's Halloween at last! We're ending this spooky month with a movie centered around the wizarding school that started it all - The Worst Witch! This was a favorite childhood movie for both of us and started our life long crush of Tim Curry. Did YOU watch this movie?
 
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Reading Schedule

June 24

The Neverending Story

by Micheal Ende

The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a new name. But the journey to her tower leads through lands of dragons, giants, monsters, and magic and once Bastian begins his quest, he may never return. As he is drawn deeper into Fantastica, he must find the courage to face unspeakable foes and the mysteries of his own heart.

July 22

Punky Brewster at Camp Chipmunk

by Ann Matthews

Although she's always wanted to go to camp, once Punky arrives she is homesick and begins to wonder if Henry plans to leave her at Camp Chipmunk forever..





August 5

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

by Bruce Coville

If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop. And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg?And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it.

August 19

Stranger in the Mirror

by Lynn Beach

Stacy James is pulled through the mirror into a terrifying nightmare! Now her twin, Tracy, has to pretend to be both sisters, as she desperately tries to get Stacy back. Can the twins figure out the secret to the mirror before time runs out? Or will Stacy have to face the girl with the ax alone?