http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/ A School Library Journal Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 21:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2754 Jess Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:02:12 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2754 I KNEW I recognized "the lee of the stone" from somewhere - thanks! I had my hands on this the other day and couldn't put it down - and since we routinely get parents thanking us for having plenty of graphic novels for younger kids, I know this will fly off the shelf. I KNEW I recognized “the lee of the stone” from somewhere – thanks! I had my hands on this the other day and couldn’t put it down – and since we routinely get parents thanking us for having plenty of graphic novels for younger kids, I know this will fly off the shelf.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2755 Fuse #8 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:29:14 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2755 I wanted to try to find a way to point out that "the lee of the stone" allusion but it was too difficult to put in the review. I'm glad you noticed it anyway. I wanted to try to find a way to point out that “the lee of the stone” allusion but it was too difficult to put in the review. I’m glad you noticed it anyway.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2756 Kate Coombs Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:06:58 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2756 I can't believe the fish panel you posted above has a literary allusion to "the lee of the stone" from Mrs. Frisby after recent comments on that phrase during the countdown! (Will look for this book, thanks.) I can’t believe the fish panel you posted above has a literary allusion to “the lee of the stone” from Mrs. Frisby after recent comments on that phrase during the countdown! (Will look for this book, thanks.)

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2757 Jennifer Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:24:13 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/03/29/review-of-the-day-guinea-pig-pet-shop-private-eye-hamster-and-cheese/#comment-2757 I have solved the skinny-book problem - I just put it on display every time it comes back and zzzzip! it's gone! if it doesn't disappear in five minutes, I hand it to random children and say "a guinea pig named Sasspants investigates a mystery with a koala who's not a koala" and they obediently trudge off with it clutched in their hot little hands. I have solved the skinny-book problem – I just put it on display every time it comes back and zzzzip! it’s gone! if it doesn’t disappear in five minutes, I hand it to random children and say “a guinea pig named Sasspants investigates a mystery with a koala who’s not a koala” and they obediently trudge off with it clutched in their hot little hands.

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