My six-year-old daughter and I have been staying with friends this past week. I read Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell, in the space of two evenings and a short span of afternoon, to my daughter, her five-year-old friend, and her almost 12 year-old friend. All four of us enjoyed the story -- which, in my opinion, is a real feat for any single book.
Though Isabelle Bean is the type of child who is always ready for something magical to happen, she doesn't expect to fall into another world on the way to the principal's office. But that's exactly what happens when she opens the door to the nurse's closet. Isabelle makes her first friend, encounters a witch, cares for an entire campful of sick children, meets the grandmother she didn't know she had, and is surprised to learn that her mother has some magic of her own. All in all, a very fun read.
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