Etiqueta: Children’s Lit
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Review: The Jungle Books
This month Disney’s giving us a remake of its 1967 movie The Jungle Book. I don’t know when or why Disney decided to take its classic films and make them live-action, but after Maleficent, which I hated, and Cinderella, which I liked, I am ready to watch The Jungle Book in a couple of days, and Beauty and the…
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Reseña: Los libros de la selva
Este mes, Disney estrena la película El libro de la selva, una adaptación de la película animada de 1967. No sé en qué momento Disney decidió relanzar sus películas clásicas, pero después de Maléfica, que odié con intensidad, y Cenicienta, que me gustó bastante, estoy lista para El libro de la selva y para La Bella…
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Review: The House of Hades
So, a few years ago I read the «Percy Jackson and the Olympians» saga, by Rick Riordan, and I absolutely loved it. The main character is fun, the story is interesting, quick and easy (it’s for children and teenagers), and I never got bored. You won’t find a post on it, though, because I read…
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Reseña: La casa de Hades
Hace algunos años leí la saga completa de Percy Jackson y los dioses del Olimpo, de Rick Riordan, y ¡cómo la disfruté! El personaje principal es divertido, la lectura es rápida y la historia nunca aburre. No van a encontrar el post en el blog porque leí esos libros mucho antes de siquiera pensar en abrir un blog,…
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Review: The Hobbit
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” If you watched the films,…
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Books of February (2014)
The Mark of Athena Rick Riordan again (I warned you): «The Mark of Athena», the third book in «The Heroes of Olympus» series. I’ll be honest, it was kind of boring. I finished it because I really want to know how Riordan is planning to end this series, but I did not enjoy it as…
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Books of January (2014)
The Son of Neptune The Son of Neptune, by Rick Riordan is the second young adult adventure novel from «The Heroes of Olympus». I must warn you guys, you’ll be seeing a lot of Riordan here, since I’m going to read the whole series. Ok, maybe a lot is exaggerated, just three more books. It picks…
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