Lion’s Lair

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Entries from April 2006

Intelligent Rats by Anne Marie

April 11th, 2006 · Comments Off

We all know that rats can think and talk to each other, but have you ever heard of rats that can read and write?  In “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH”, a fictional book,  Robert C. O’Brien depicts the story of  Mrs. Frisby, a mouse, and some rats.  The story takes place on a [...]

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Next to the last

April 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off

From my granddaughter, Anne Marie
 
Lemony Snicket Explains his “Realistically saddening fiction tale” the Penultimate Peril to be the next-to-last book you’ll ever want to read. This semi modern book is set at a hotel, Hotel Denouement. Through the hotels confusing corridors the Baudelaire orphans find themselves caught up in a confusing mystery filled with sorrow.
 
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