Yes...it has been a LONG time since I had a topic for a top ten and a list on that topic with ten in it! This one took a lot of thought...These books are all in a series. I have read most if not all of the books in the series with them (OK, the only series I haven't read all of represented on the list is Captain Underpants...now you know). These are the ones I like more than the other books in the same series. Only one is a first book (one other is kinda of a first book; just not written first). Two are graphic novels. Two are hybrid graphic/text. And two are SADLY out of print at present. These are series books that prove that not all series (serieses?) are fluffy and sub-par fiction. Try them all--Mr. Tim guarantees they is good books! Series books · Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor PP Poopypants by Dav Pilkey · Lamp from the Warlock’s Tomb by John Bellairs · Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe · Magician’s Nephew by C S Lewis · Bad Kitty: Drawn to Trouble by Nick Bruel · Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angelberger · Ghost in the Third Row by Bruce Coville · And Then There Were Gnomes by Colleen AF Venable · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling · Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires |
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EVERYWHERE but on the bed that Chloe bought for her. Chloe is sad...until SHE sleeps on the bed...Kitty sees her, and the two of them snuggle up together on the cat bed. I like this book very much. It is obvious that Yasmine Surovec knows kitties very well. And I like the illustrations. Daddy Tim says the book is too new to have many pictures on the Internet for us to pick from...so you will just have to buy the book or get it at your library when it comes out. Your little cat-loving humans will like reading it with you! Daddy Tim found Yasmine Surovec's webpage www.catversushuman.com and she has a lot to say about kitties and humans...even more to say about where kitties sleep! All of these are fine places to sleep. Banjo and I are teaching Daddy Trent the skill of sleeping anywhere. He mostly sleeps in furniture now in front of the glowey box or with a book...but he's learning. Today's Tip for Cat Children of Human People (CaCHuPs) comes with an illustration thanks to Yasmine Surovec! Humans may need some help learning your schedule. Even if they are asleep, jumping on their human bed will eventually get your dish filled. Jumping on their heads should only be used as a last resort. This is the exact time that I need to be fed. (Yasmine must really have kitties like me!) This training may take a few days or even weeks...but your human will learn if you are persistent. To ward off yelling, be extra loving and cute when they do get up to feed you. This will stop them from making disagreeable noises...and act as positive reinforcement. They'll learn. Humans are very trainable! Late last year, "Hattie Big Sky" and "Hattie Ever After" (among others) author, Kirby Larson asked me to guest blog on her Blog in celebration of the publication of my novel. WOW! Especially when others she has asked are the likes of Rodman Philbrick and Kathi Appelt and Ann Ursu!! I mean WOW! So, I did and here are the results: http://kirbyslane.blogspot.com/2014/02/friend-friday.html Probably not a lot of new info for some readers of this blog, but in a new place :-)
One of my favorite poets, Sharon Olds, said recently that it is more painful to not write than it is to write about painful topics. I don’t know if the truth of that statement for me is the same as the truth of that statement for her; but when I heard it, I thought, “Truer words were never spoken.” She often writes about painful realities especially of the relationships in her family. She’s very good at being completely naked and raw in her verse (that’s one reason she won the Pulitzer). I don’t write anything like that, on any subjects that approach that…and I’m not good at being naked and confronting harsh realities…but if I go for long periods without writing, I become depressed. I feel worse when I don’t write than I do when I do. Writing is like exercise for my brain; it works the kinks out. It’s like meditation; it evens out my interior life. Sometimes it’s even like a shunt in a wound letting the poison out. When I don’t have a project that I am working on (like now when I am waiting for early readers to return to me with their opinions of the current title I am working on…and I don’t want to start something fresh) I feel aimless and groundless and scared. I feel more fragile than when I am in the thick of a project. I can write in my journal or edit an old story…but it’s not the same as creating a life and a world in a new story or book. When I really fit the words together in the right way, when I am surprised by the actions of a character who has taken over the story, when the story itself says, “here’s what’s going to happen” I am working, writing and I am happier. |
About MeTim is a writer, book reviewer and Librarian. He has a Master's of Library Science and was on the Newbery Committee twice. Technology scares and often annoys him, but he is always game for a silly costume! Archives
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