"So You Want to be a Wizard" +
Nov. 15th, 2009 05:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiefoeI don't remember why I gave up on the audiobook the first time around. It could be because it was too frustrating to listen to Nita's problem with bullies at the beginning. At least now I won't confuse Diane Duane with Diana Wynne Jones any more.
Plot summary: Nita and Kit have to confront the Star Snuffer/ Engender of Rust on their very first wizardry project, even though their original intention is only to retrieve Nita's favorite pen (which is put to good use later on) from Fred. (Fred, a white hole who moved away from his previous 'sitting there, emitting X-rays for billions of years' peaceful lifestyle, has a very cute 'gentle giant' voice in the audiobook, and is my favorite character in the book.)
Other nice bits: the baby helicopter creatures; a fire hydrant that doubles as an evil toad; blank check spells.
"Have You Heard the Cricket Song" is this very slim volume with words by Winston O. Abbott and delicate nature drawings by Bette Eaton Bossen.
__ If each of us could have a brook
__ Only because these trees have / shared their growth with me - do I / appreciate and understand - / that my life too has been gently touched /- and often - by the shadow of the - taller -
Plot summary: Nita and Kit have to confront the Star Snuffer/ Engender of Rust on their very first wizardry project, even though their original intention is only to retrieve Nita's favorite pen (which is put to good use later on) from Fred. (Fred, a white hole who moved away from his previous 'sitting there, emitting X-rays for billions of years' peaceful lifestyle, has a very cute 'gentle giant' voice in the audiobook, and is my favorite character in the book.)
Other nice bits: the baby helicopter creatures; a fire hydrant that doubles as an evil toad; blank check spells.
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"Have You Heard the Cricket Song" is this very slim volume with words by Winston O. Abbott and delicate nature drawings by Bette Eaton Bossen.
__ If each of us could have a brook
__ Only because these trees have / shared their growth with me - do I / appreciate and understand - / that my life too has been gently touched /- and often - by the shadow of the - taller -
