Landon is an eleven-year old boy who likes to have reasons for everything. In this story, his mind is occupied with this riddle:
That man eats cow eats grass eats soil
And then man dies, and when he lies
To soil he does return?
Landon learns that the word auctor is a Latin noun meaning creator or originator. Follow Landon's adventures in a fantasy sub-world of his local library as he learns the answer to this riddle.
If you have an 8-12 year old child on your Christmas list, why don't you look for this book? It would make a great gift. More Landon Snow adventures are forthcoming from Randy, starting with Landon Snow and the Shadows of Malus Quidam in the spring of 2006. I have no idea what a Malus Quidam is. Do you?
5 comments:
Hmmm... This looks readable, and very cute!
I agree, it was a nice book. As for the meaning of “Malus Quidam”. My Latin stinks but I think it roughly translates as “Evil Dude”.
Evil dude, huh? Hmm. Karen, your daughter number one would probably love to have this read to her. :)
Hey! Here from the blog alliance. In my review, I also talk about Alice in Wonderland. How curious. :-)
I'd love to read it to her, but our library is not as open to suggestion as yours... Maybe one day.
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