Showing posts with label Charlie Brown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlie Brown. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

Friends and Brothers by Dick King-Smith

A simple book about two brothers. William is finding it difficult to get along with his younger brother, Charlie. he thinks he is a show-off, asks far too many questions and is always saying the word "absolutely." It is a little bit dated but anyone who finds younger siblings pesky might relate to this little book. Some of it would be considered politically incorrect these days. Their mum threatens to hit William if he hits Charlie again. There are seven chapters in the book and each chapter is basically a separate story. The chapter called Snapdragon is quite a nice story about Charlie's pet beetle which he has named Snapdragon. One day William is looking in the matchbox where Charlie keeps him and accidentally lets him go...

Monday, October 31, 2011

Life's Answers by CharlesSchulz

Are you pondering life? This has been the task of many of the world's greatest philosophers, including Charles Schulz. What is the secret of life? Read along and live and learn with characters like Charlie and Sally Brown, Lucy and Linus Lucy Van Pelt and of course Snoopy. This is light-hearted reading just right for one Silent Reading session.