Deelibrarian Reading Log Blog

 Johannes is a stray dog who lives in a large park in a large city. The bison watch over the park to maintain the balance, and Johannes acts...

The mice of Redwall Abby are a peaceful group, dedicated to helping the poor and downtrodden.  Then one day an evil pack of rats show up.  T...

A family of fox kits sneaks out to hear stories that are supposed to be so scary they will "put the white in their tales."  Six y...

  In this sequel to The One and Only Ivan , we get to follow the adventures of the lovable mutt, Bob, as he enjoys his new life as a pet.  A...

Sam calls Lily a QAG, or Quiet Asian Girl.  She always does what her mom wants her to, and tries to make peace between her mom and her inc...

Murphy has always wanted to be a surf rescue dog.  When it comes time for him to earn his surf rescue badge, he finds that the waves in the ...

The origin of this book is more interesting than its story.  Mark Twain mentioned in one of his journals that his kid's would always bug...

Isaiah is the smallest, and perhaps the most cowardly of all the mice at the "horrible place," a research laboratory. It is amaz...

Star is a student at the Puppy Academy.  Her mother is a champion sheep dog, and everyone expects Star to be one, too.  Unfortunately, Star ...

My intermediate chapter book for this week is the first in the Elliot's Park series.  Elliot is a squirrel who is good at solving proble...

Maggie is a magpie who was born on a farm in Montana.  She makes friends with a young wolf, Blue Boy, who has wandered out of Yellowstone Pa...

A small mouse lives under the stables of Buckingham Palace.  He doesn't know who his parents are, or even what his name is.  The other ...

Chap Brayburn lives on the edge of the Bayou Tourterelle,with his mother in a little pie shop.  Bingo and J'miah, two faithful scout ra...

The story is told from the point of view of Ivan, an adult male gorilla that has spent most of his live in a cage in a mall.  He is friends ...

Madeline lives on Hornby Island, Canada with her very "New Age" (aka Hippy) parents.  Madeline is not like her parents, and take...

This was a better than average little fantasy.  Liza wakes up one morning to find that her little brother, Patrick, is not right. She suspec...

I am always on the look out for low age, high reading level books, and this is a great one. Fredle is a kitchen mouse who spends his days ...

Carmen Deedy is a wonderful author and storyteller.  I have seen her perform at the Timpanogos Story Telling Festival.  She has written some...

There are some kids, usually girls, who love books about horses.  I am not one of them.  I never did go "horse crazy" as a child. ...

This is a book by a local publisher and author. It was a cute story about a boy who gets changed into a mouse by a mouse wizard, and goes ...