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Willoughbys
Willoughbys | Lois Lowry
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Soon to be an animated film starring Ricky Gervais, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, and Sean Cullen! From the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars, comes a "hilarious" (Booklist, starred review) and wonderfully old-fashioned story about a mother and father who are all too eager to be rid of their four children . . . and four children who are all too happy to be rid of their parents. The Willoughby's--Timothy; his twin brothers, Barnaby A and Barnaby B; and their little sister, Jane--are old-fashioned children who adore old-fashioned adventures. Unfortunately, the Willoughby parents are not very fond of their children, and the truth is that the siblings are not too keen on their parents either. Little do the Willoughby kids know that their neglectful mother and father are hatching an evil plan to get rid of them! Not to worry--these resourceful adventurers have a few plans of their own. But they have no idea what lies ahead in their quest to rid themselves of their ghastly parents and live happily ever after.
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Consuelo238
Willoughbys | Lois Lowry
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Me encanta la película, sobre todo me llamo la atención que existía un libro en el que se basaron. Super entretenido, fácil y muy rápido de leer, completamente para niños, no tan pequeños, hay cosas que debes explicarles, sin duda leería la segunda entrega y más de este autor. Recomendable si lo que quieres es entretenimiento “chapado a la antigua” guiño, guiño. Para nada es una trama que puedas predecir, incluso te recomienda más libros!

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mamareading
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@TheAromaofBooks Someday I‘ll get fancy, but for today here is my October #bookspin If it ends up being The Willoughby‘s, I‘ll read it to my kids!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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alisiakae
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Watched this tonight, and I had no idea it was based on a satirical book by Lois Lowry! Now I need to read the book.

Great movie, by the way!

AkashaVampie I've been looking at that movie and wondering if I should watch it. I might just give it a try 4y
wanderinglynn I loved the movie too and now want to read the book 👍🏻 4y
Daisey I have this book in my class library but had no idea there was a movie. 4y
alisiakae @AkashaVampie I really liked it. @wanderinglynn my library has it on Hoopla, I just checked it out. 😃@Daisey It's a Netflix original that just came out this year! 4y
Curiouser_and_curiouser I watched this with my young girls recently too, no idea it was a book. Must check it out, thanks. 4y
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KristenDuck
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I loved it. Just an easy and pleasant way to pass the time!

The Willoughby children do not exactly have the parents of the year. While they are away on vacation, a real estate agent is sent to sell their home, and the only adult they have to trust is their nanny. Will they ever have a happy ending?

Even as an adult (and maybe even moreso because of it!), I really appreciated the humor is this book along with each unique character!

cmastfalk I‘ve heard about this one twice this week! 4y
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Fortifiedbybooks
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I stayed in my PJ's for the whole #readathon, so I decided to wear my book leggings while I recover from a major readathon hangover. Can you believe I don't feel like reading?! I don't want to do anything; not even look at a book. The tagged book is one I started reading during the 'thon.

NeedsMoreBooks Those leggings look great and comfy. May I know where you bought them from? 4y
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TracyReadsBooks
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I had no idea this fun, quirky book was made into a movie! The story is about parents madly in love with each other...the problem is, they are much less enamored of their children. The children encourage their selfish & generally uninterested parents to travel leaving them in the care of a nanny. Of course things start to go wrong, of course the kids have to decide who really has their best interests at heart, & of course I‘m going to watch it!

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Becca.in.a.book
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Vacation day: 3, books read: 0.... Disney + is deadly to my leisure reading. Hopefully I can stay away from the Christmas movies today.

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MargaretPinardAuthor
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Bahahahahahha! On. Point.

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Clwojick
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So many good finds today. And all for $10 😍
#librarysale #booksale #bookhaul

Rachel.Rencher You got a Colleen Hoover 😍😍 Have you read Slammed yet? 5y
Clwojick @Rachel.Rencher No! but i've read 3-4 others. 5y
Vivlio_Gnosi Few sales are more satisfying. 5y
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SaturnDoo Nice haul 😍 BTW Slammed is my favorite series by Hoover 😊 5y
BeansPage OMG girl, "Where the Red Fern Grows" ??? 5y
Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid I‘ve never read it 🙈 5y
BeansPage Read it with several boxes of tissues. I cried so hard I couldn't breathe 5y
BeansPage Don't get me wrong though it is so good! Such a good sweet little story and I would never take back reading it for all the world. But once you read it you never forget it. 5y
lesliemarie You guys I still cannot read animal stories because of Where the Red Fern Grows. It wrecked me when I was a kid. I'll be interested to see what you think of it reading it as an adult. 5y
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Blueberry
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This was such a fun book by the wonderful Lois Lowry. I loved it.

#readingresolutions #siblings @Jess7

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Clwojick
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Another great one from Lois Lowry.💙

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Blueberry
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This is the funniest children's (middle school age) chapter book about 3 children abandoned by their no-good parents. It's definitely time for a reread.

@NataliePatalie
#jubilantjuly #family

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Blueberry
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Lemony Snicker calls this a parody, a word which in this case means "a short novel mocking the conventions of old-fashioned children's books stuffed with orphans, nannies and long-lost heirs."
I throughly enjoyed it, what with parents trying to get rid of kids and kids trying to get rid of parents.
@NataliePatalie #dysfunctionalfamilies #photoadaynov16

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