The Brickbat Kid

NEW ARRIVAL: My Little Golden Book of Manners

2009-07-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

My Little Golden Book Of Manners, Peggy Parrish & Richard Scarry $4.95

Conversation between kid two and father:

"My favorite part is when they eat watermelon. I like the flamingo best because it's pink."

"What do you think of this picture?" (it's a picture of a strange looking boar)

"EEEEEEEEEEEEWW!"

"Dad what is your favorite part of the book?"

"I like the elephant with a one-way train ticket and pink checkered pants. He's also my favorite character because of his snappy hat."

"Dad, what part don't you like?"

"I don't like the alligator because he might bite somebody and he's not doing a good job covering his mouth. "

"My least favorite part is when the alligators sneezes too."

FEATURED: Emily's Art

2009-07-17T09:33:00.000-07:00

Emily's Art by Peter Catalanotto (HB) $9.95

Um, they all drawed and painted. My favorite part was when one of them painted a butterfly. I didn't like it when they went to the nurse, 'cause I was kind of afraid of when they drawed the dinosaur they would get in trouble. The person who looked at their paintings was not very nice and the dog ripped her dress. Their teacher liked all of them (the pictures) and the judge didn't like the dog. When the nurse stuck a Popsicle stick in her mouth she said (Emily) that her heart hurted. A good book.

FEATURED: Sam And The Firefly

2009-07-16T08:38:00.000-07:00

Sam And The Firefly by P.D. Eastman

Hardcover. $6.95

"I like it because the firefly makes all kinds of words with his light. Lightening bugs can make words. Well, the owl's a little weird. Um, the owl is telling the firefly he's doing bad stuff, but he's not and then he goes zoom, zoom, zoom... and then up, down, up, down! Then he's making these words: Stop! Go! and Stop! Go! and then these cars crash!"

2009-02-16T17:09:00.000-08:00

On the fifteenth, at a baptism, I saw my godfather (he suggested that I write this)

He thinks, and my father agrees that I should make him give me more presents (weird that he doesn't give me presents, yet he tells me to make him give me presents), but the thing is what should I make him give me??????????????????? He suggested a pony (where do I keep a pony in Philly?) or a hot air balloon. My dad suggested 1,000$ What do you think he should give me? Leave a comment letting me know.

I'll give a list of things I like:

Books (obvious)

Dolls

Money to buy my own gifts

Fashion designing

School (weird right? I used to be in love with it, and couldn't wait for the weekend to be over, but now in fifth grade I don't even mind summer vacation)

Clothes (better let me pick my own)

Target gift cards

Movies (Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, e.t.c)

Vacations/ plane tickets (I'm saving for Minnesota, Colorado, or Florida)

I guess that's it. I saw a cute blog the other day called Fifi Lapin (check it out)
also check out my mom's blog
Alright please comment on what you think I should ask him for

As always, thank for reading

--

Brickbat Rox

Cornelia Funke

2008-10-18T17:54:00.000-07:00

Cornelia Funke is German, and a month or two ago my grandma took me to a reading at the Free Library.
She read from her newest book, Inkdeath, part of the Inkheart trilogy. Ink: heart, spell and death.
I bought Inkdeath and got it, and Inkheart, signed!
That was a lot of fun.
If you haven't read any of her books, buy one of her books!!!!
More about Cornelia and her books later!!

LITTLE SISTER AND THE MONTH BROTHERS

2008-10-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

LITTLE SISTER AND THE MONTH BROTHERS
by Bearice Schenk de Regniers, Pictures by Margot Tomes (Out of Print)

PB $5.95 SOLD!

HB $19.95

This is just an old favorite.
This is pretty much a version of Cinderella.
So, Little Sister lives with her evil stepmother and vain stepsister.

She's really pretty, so they want to get rid of her.
It's winter, and there's a blizzard. They send her out to gather non-existent violets.
Sister can't go back without them. She is about to give up and freeze, when she sees the fire of the month brothers.
Brother April gives her violets, and she goes home.
When she is sent back in the blizzard for non-existent strawberries, she knows what to do. June gives her berries and she leaves.
The steps love the berries and want more. The stepsister goes and the brothers won't give her the berries. she gets lost in a new blizzard. The Mother goes to look for her and gets lost too.
Little sister lived alone for a few months until a farmer proposes to her. They get married, and as you might guess, they live as happily ever after as is realistic.

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MY BOOKS

2008-09-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

As most of you can tell from my blog, I LOVE to read.
In fact, my two favorite books fell apart, Betsy and Tacy go over big hill, and Harry Potter 5. This list also includes HP 3 and the full Chronicles of Narnia.
My next review about Harry Potter 5 will include a picture showing my copy split at the middle exactly at chapter 15, The Hogwarts High Inquisitor.
By the way, if anyone hasn't read Harry Potter or the Betsy-Tacy series, they really should.
We have some new arrivals at the store, including: Isabel, Jewel of Castilla, Camp Princess, The Last Girls of Pompeii, and more. I also got two books for my book club that I will review: Annie Between the States, and January 1905.

PAT THE BEASTIE

2008-09-21T12:10:00.000-07:00

This book is about two kids and a beastie. The kids names are Paul and Judy. They like to torture poor beastie by pulling on him and poking him. Poor Beastie.
$19.95 (out of print!)

All titles can be purchased from:

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Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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CARDS

2008-09-18T11:48:00.000-07:00

Dolphin Party
Mouse Pants
Owl Shoes These are some collage cards. They were birthday and thank you cards.

My best one was Dolphin Party and I like all of them. In fact, some one is having one custom made.

WINTER OF THE RED SNOW: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777

2008-09-12T11:47:00.000-07:00

WINTER OF THE RED SNOW: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory (Hardcover) $7.95

Abigail Stewart lives in Valley Forge in 1777. The American soldiers come and set up camp right near her house. Her sister Elisabeth is obsessed with a boy named Pierre.
George and Martha Washington even come and Martha Washington becomes quite close to the Stewarts. Throughout all of this, the family hopes the new baby makes it through the winter, and the soldiers leave.

All titles can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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BETSY and TACY by Maude Hart Lovelace

2008-08-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

BETSY and TACY by Maude Hart Lovelace (Hardback w/Dustjacket) $11.95 SOLD!

These books are the same books, but look at the difference!

Look at the nice old-fashioned Lois Lenski cover, then look at the ug-u-ly 60th anniversery addition and compare. I like the top one. There are even worse copys of some of this series, like the Diane Goode cover for Betsy's junior and senior years, they don't suit the books at all.

Which of these two would you rather have???????????????????

All titles can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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HALF MAGIC by Edward Eager

2008-08-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

HALF MAGIC by Edward Eager (New HB) $14.95

Four children, Jane, the oldest, Mark, the only boy, Katherine, the middle child, and Martha, the youngest and quite difficult, were walking home from the Library, when Jane sees a nickel, or so she thinks. The nickel turns out to be a magic talisman that works by halves (e.g. I wish i were twice as far as home, then you go home). but when the children's mother borrows a nickel, and wishes she were home, she only gets half way home luckily a little man with a little beard driving an automobile comes along and drives her home, but at the end of the book that drive becomes a lot more than a way to get home.

All titles can be purchased from:

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709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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NEPTUNE PRINCESS by Ingrid Tomey

2008-08-11T14:22:00.000-07:00

NEPTUNE PRINCESS by Ingrid Tomey (HB) (First Edition) $12.95

Poppy Field is really excited for the Neptune Carnival, where she will compete to be the Neptune Princess.
But when she goes up on the roof to spy on Mean Mrs. Kootabelli (cootie) she thinks Cootie put a curse on her, and falls off the roof, breaking her leg.
She has to get a cast put on. AND WON'T BE ABLE TO SWIM FOR NEPTUNE PRINCESS!!! How can she survive without swimming???

All titles can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
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Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew

2008-08-07T13:29:00.000-07:00

ALFRED HITCHCOCK Witch's Brew (Out of Print HB)(Random House) $12.95
SOLD!

In this delightful, and somewhat spooky children's book, famous film director, Alfred Hitchcock, puts together a book full of tales of witches, vampires, and other supernatural beings.
Tales of modern vampires; A young woman becoming a witch; A barber who can tell people's futures by touching their head, and More!!!

All titles can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
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Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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WHEN AGNES CAWS by Candace Fleming and Giselle Potter

2008-07-19T14:06:00.001-07:00

When Agnes Caws by Candace Fleming and Giselle Potter (NEW HB) $9.95

Agnes, daughter of a famous ornithologist, Prof. Octavia Peregine, could do the courtship dance of the blue-footed booby at age three. When she was five she could copy the flight of the yellow bellied sapsucker. But her real talent appeared when she was eight. In Borneo on a bird watching trip, a shriek came through the air. It was the cry of a golden fronted leaf bird. "...'you mean this?' said Agnes 'Cawaak caweek eek eek eek'" and a flock of the birds came fluttering down to the ground.

The Newspaper, after hearing of this amazing team, sent them on a quest to find THE BEAUTIFUL, THE RARE, Pink-headed duck! But can they save it before evil Colonel Pittsnap finds it, and stuffs it for his collection?

And, in addition to all this, it has great pictures by Giselle Potter.

All titles can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

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Kay Thompson's ELOISE

2008-07-19T07:37:00.000-07:00

Kay Thompson's ELOISE (NEW HB) $11.95

Eloise is a crazy little six-year-old girl, running around N.Y.C's Plaza.
From scaring Nanny to opening packages in the Package Room to see if they are for her; Calling room service to throwing a fit: Yep, that's her, ELOISE.

All titles can be purchased from:

Brickbat Books
709 South Fourth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 592 1207

Open every day, 11am to 7pm.
We accept Visa, MC, Amex, and cash.
We ship anywhere.