Witch at Blackbird Pond

 

Do you believe in witches? What about the little old lady that lives by herself and depends on no one? Would you point at her and whisper witch?

            When America was first being settled this happened. Many ‘witch hunts’ were held. The accused would then go through a series of tests to prove that they weren’t a witch.

            The Witch of Blackbird Pond takes you back to that time. Kit, being recently orphaned, finds her way to her aunt and to America. Her self-confidence and her ways of doing things makes her find herself in trouble again and again.

            Her first true friend is Hannah. Hannah is a little old lady who lives alone. Hearing of this friendship, her uncle forbids her to see Hannah again. Against his will Kit secretly sees the old woman and grows fonder of her.

            Walk through Kits’ first year of America, through the greatest ordeal of her life and find the most unlikely of heroes.

            The Witch of Blackbird Pond is written by Elizabeth George Speare, and is a winner of the Newbery Medal.

 

 

Speare, Elizabeth George

Witch at Blackbird Pond

Houghton Mifflin, 1958

ASIN: B000NZKKG6

Tales at the Mousehole

A cat, two mice, and a dog… an unlikely group of friends? Just the opposite in Tales at the Mousehole.

            Come meet Bob and Ozzie, two mice who are bored with their posts. They are so bored that they will even listen to a cat. July is a big house cat who loves to talk and is always trying to coax Bob and Ozzie out of their mouse hole. And let’s not forget about Maximilian, the Chihuahua. He’s a puppy out to have a great adventure.

            Together, you get a wonderfully spun tale of four friends who love and depend on each other more than they realize.

            Tales at the Mousehole is written by Mary Stolz.

 

 

Stolz, Mary

Tales at the Mousehole

Illustrated by Pamela Johnson

David R. Godine Publisher, 1992

ISBN# 0879237899

Walk Two Moons

            Go on a car trip with Gram, Gramps, and Sal and listen to the story that Sal has to tell. It’s a story of her friend, Phoebe, who thinks everything can be harmful, who meets a “lunatic”, and has her mother to disappear. Although Sal talks of Phoebe, underneath Sal discovers it is her own story. The real reason why she finds herself going across the country with her grandparents, taking the route her own mother had gone when she left. Ride along in the adventure as they ride onto Idaho to find Sal’s mother who hasn’t returned and the reason why.

            Walk Two Moons is written by Sharon Creech. It won the Newberry Medal in 1995.

 

Creech, Sharon

Walk Two Moons

Scholastic, 1995

ISBN# 0590649434