#16 The Indian In The Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
A magic cupboard/key can turn plastic people into real live flesh and blood people.
Read it to my daughters as one of our bedtime stories. They loved it.
#17 DogSong by Gary Paulsen
Inspired by the Eskimo shaman, Oogruk, Russel leaves civilization behind to run a dog sled team into the north.
I was less than impressed with this one. The adventure seemed too short lived and the tie in between Russel's dreams to reality was hokey at best.
#18 Bad Food: Game of Scones by Eric Luper and Joe Whale
Everything in the Belching Walrus Elementary School comes to life when no one is around. One day, the Main Office Supplies decide to take over the Cafeteria and it's up to the food to wage war against the invading tyrants.
My other daughter thought the book was hilarious, and since her sister read The Twits to us, she decided to read to Mom and Dad for a bedtime story. The book was mildly cute at times, but not something I would have read even as a kid.
