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This sounds like a real charmer!! I'm ordering it so that I can share it with the students in my elementary library. I'm sure we'll enjoy it together. Starred reviews are always a good sign for me. I also love to show signed copies to my young readers.
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There hasn't been a book written that doesn't have its detractors. However, it doesn't matter to me nearly as much what inspired the author to write the book as much as how the book affects me. I don't know when I've been so affected by a book. Reading it gave me such a yearning for the spiritual experience described in the story. This is an account that inspires one to continue to search and grow into a deeper personal relationship with one's Creator. It is a keeper!
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Susan Danford has commented on (3) products.
There's a Hair in My Dirt!: A Worm's Story by Gary Larson
Susan Danford, January 29, 2012
This sounds like a really fun read, as well as a great gift for some avid Far Side fans I know!Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
Susan Danford, July 30, 2011
This sounds like a real charmer!! I'm ordering it so that I can share it with the students in my elementary library. I'm sure we'll enjoy it together. Starred reviews are always a good sign for me. I also love to show signed copies to my young readers.(0 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
Susan Danford, January 2, 2011
There hasn't been a book written that doesn't have its detractors. However, it doesn't matter to me nearly as much what inspired the author to write the book as much as how the book affects me. I don't know when I've been so affected by a book. Reading it gave me such a yearning for the spiritual experience described in the story. This is an account that inspires one to continue to search and grow into a deeper personal relationship with one's Creator. It is a keeper!