La isla de las sorpresas (Spanish Edition)

I was going to read Surprise Island, and then comment on it, but every page is such a treasure trove of clichés, naïveté, and ridiculousness, that I think I might have to grace you with a running commentary. Chapter One: The First Surprise The book begins with Grandfather lovingly telling his grandchi......more

The story of the Boxcar Children continues with Surprise Island. The kids have grown accustomed to their new life with their grandfather. But sometimes they miss the days where they had adventures and lived on their own in an abandoned boxcar. So their grandfather has a surprise for them. They get t......more

I was absolutely obsessed with these books when I was younger and decided last year that I was going to slowly reread them. Very slowly apparently as I think I read the first one 4 or 5 months ago. Anyway, these first two are definitely not standing up to the memories I had of them, but they are als......more

I enjoyed revisiting this, a childhood favorite that I both read to myself and to my siblings. I may just keep reading through the whole series (at least the ones by the original author).......more

Not as good as the first but still such a sweet picture of children growing up together :)......more