After that we used the phone very little, preferring our cordless phone hooked up in the other room. I quickly decided this old phone was somehow hooked up to an old-fashioned party line. Then it was silent, no voices, just a faint dial tone. Then one said, " Did you hear that?" "Yes, is someone there?" "Hi, Can you hear me?" I said. I didn't want to eavesdrop so I said "Hello? Who is this?" The ladies stopped talking. When we first moved in I picked up the receiver and heard a quiet conversation between two women about hair dye. It was a nice little house, next to the creek, and in the kitchen mounted on the wall was an old-fashioned dial phone with a coiled cord.
We drove down winding roads for 40 minutes just to go grocery shopping, and most of our neighbors were only around in the summer or on holidays. This is a great childrenââ?¬â?¢s book for a classroom library.When I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, Mike and I bought a house in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York…. The illustrations are bold and well done, the characters relatable, and the story is interesting. Her ending comments will leave readers asking questions, and hopefully, there will be another childrenââ?¬â?¢s book to answer that question.ĭragon Stones is a magical childrenââ?¬â?¢s fantasy story that captivates young readers. There is a lot of potential in this character, and I hope readers will get to see more of Aunt Edwina as I think she has a lot of mystery sounding her. I feel like Aunt Edwina could have presented so much more to the story and that the climactic moment was cut short.
I enjoyed the storyââ?¬â?¢s direction I just wanted more. The childrenââ?¬â?¢s curiosity is contagious, and readers will want to race around after them to find out how the rocks are returning to them and with a pattern on them as well. Ron and Lizzy are your typical children, and they eagerly set off on an adventure to cure the boredom of sitting around talking about lawns. The characters are entertaining and relatable for young to preteen children. What will they find lurking in the mist?ĭragon Stones by author Carolyn Watson Dubisch has written an excellent picture book illustrated in a whimsical comic book style. So the two set off around the pond to investigate the cause of the mysterious rocks. They start skipping rocks, but the stones come flying back at them! Not only are rocks come back from the pond, but they are also hot and burn to the touch. Heading into the nearby forest, they find a path leading to a spooky pond. Finally, they are told to go play outside and eagerly run out the door. A brother and sister are stuck visiting their auntââ?¬â?¢s house while listening to the grown-ups talk, they grow antsy and bored.
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