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The Dandelion's Tale

Kevin Sheehan and Rob Dunlavey have teamed up to create a lovely new yarn, The Dandelion's Tale. An adorable sparrow befriends a dying dandelion with only ten seed pods left. She worries she will be forgotten forever.

The two decide the best way for Dandelion to be remembered is to tell her stories to sparrow who will lovingly etch them into the earth with her beak. Sparrow dutifully writes the poetic words of Dandelion. Sadly that very night Dandelion passes away during a summer storm. Sparrow sings a song of sorrow, but is pulled out of her sorrow with a special realization. Ivy and I just loved this book.

The Bobbsey Twins and the Ghost in the Computer

80's flashback alert - I had to explain to Ivy what a floppy disk was when we read this Bobbsey Twin paperback. Ivy just adored this adventure. She felt it was just packed with excitement...clowns, ghosts, hidden formulas, and even a tree house. What's not to love? The Bobbsey twins befriend young Rodney Blake, a boy with a passion for computers, on the day of the school's fun fair. When a ghost is spotted at the school, Freddy's prize is stolen, and Bimbo the clown disappears, the plot begins to thicken. Although not as well written as a mother would like, Ivy is just loving these paperback Bobbseys. She is also learning a lot of words related to solving crimes. A little sleuth in the making.