Books by Lemony Snicket
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review 1: A very interesting conversation between a boy and the Dark personified occurs. By making it human-like, the boy can discover that there is nothing to fear about darkness, it may look scary, but it is just its nature to be the opposite of light, it bears no ill will towards others...
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review 1: I am so glad Lemony Snicket is writing books like this again. I loved The Series of Unfortunate Events when I was in middle school. The way he writes was fun then, and is so much fun now. I feel like there were some references to the Unfortunate Events books that I didn't catch b...
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review 1: This is a Christmas story about a living lump of coal that falls off of a barbecue and wishes for a miracle to happen to him. He is very artistic and wants to become an artist. He then goes on a search and first finds an art gallery and thinks the art has been done by other lumps...
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review 1: Don't get me wrong: This is a high-quality book....but the words and art are in such a realm beyond the typical children's picture book, that the average child won't grasp their full depth (as neither do I). I myself felt I was missing something after a cold read, and needed to g...
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review 1: this is a picture book that tells the story through 13, words: bird, despondent, cake, dog, busy, convertible, goat, hat, haberdashery, scarlet, baby, panache, and mezzo-soprano. This book is good for students who are learning vocabulary words. Since the book lists the words and ...
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review 1: Interesting book, and nifty concept with having the CD to go along with it. The music/narrative interplay is a little slow and drawn-out, even for me (and I'm not very young), but there are cool benefits to following along with the CD as opposed to simply reading it - Lemony thro...
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review 1: Absolutely hilarious tale of an inspector interviewing members of the orchestra to find out who has killed the composer. This is a great way to introduce the different instruments in an orchestra to kids while keeping things amusing for adults. Even better is the CD that comes ...
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review 1: Lemony Snicket kills in this children's book about the murder of the composer. Illustrated by Carson Ellis, the intelligent and handsome detective attempts to solve the mystery by interviewing the instruments in the orchestra. Snicket demonstrates each instrument's character. ".....
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review 1: I love this book series, its recommended for children as young as 10 but I still really enjoy the series. It written so that older people can still read it and think it was written for them. Its so complicated and well strung together you just want to keep turning the pages and I...