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Anne And The Tiger Raja, Rebeca Wallin
Anne And The Tiger Raja, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
Anne is having trouble on the playground with two bullies. She wants to fight back violently, but she meets Isaac who tells her that “violence never really solves anything. You have to use your imagination to come up with other solutions.” The children proceed to work together, taking on characters that suit their personalities, to tell the story of the Tiger Raja in Java, based on the Indonesian folk tale Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo. When food becomes scarce in Java, the Tiger Raja sends a messenger to Borneo to demand that the tigers either send food or …
Counting By 7s, Sydnee Burr
Counting By 7s, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Sloan masterfully creates distinct characters that stay with you long after the last page of the book. Willow Chance doesn't fit in. She's adopted and different from her parents, but she likes that. She's a genius and different from the kids at school, but that mostly doesn't bother her either. Instead, she dives into her garden and other eccentricities developing humor, intelligence, and inner-peace along the way. When Willow's world gets torn apart, it's up to her to find a new source of peace and a new place to belong. In doing so, she helps those around her feel more …
Curious George, Amanda Durrant
Curious George, Amanda Durrant
Children's Book and Media Review
In this Curious George movie, we are introduced to Ted, a guide at a museum (who we learn is the man in the yellow hat). He is on a mission to save the museum by finding the forty foot tall lost shrine of Zagawa in the African jungle, but his plans are being thwarted by the museum owner's son. Ted goes to Africa and finds a small red statue that he thinks is the shrine, and meets a curious little monkey who loves playing peekaboo with Ted. When Ted talks to the museum director, the size of the shrine is …
The Marvels, Whitney Troxel
The Marvels, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Joseph Jervis runs away from his boarding school hoping his Uncle Albert, who he’s never actually met, will help him find his best friend, Blink. Blink’s father took him away from school unexpectedly and left no forwarding address. Blink and Joseph always talked about running away to find Joseph’s long lost uncle. But Blink’s sudden disappearance finally gave Joseph the courage to try. He arrives on the doorstep of Uncle Albert’s strange but beautiful house, soaking wet and freezing cold. Albert only intends to let Joseph stay for one night, but the two form a strong bond as Joseph discovers …
Ask The Storybots: How Does Night Happen?, Kristie Hinckley
Ask The Storybots: How Does Night Happen?, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
This episode revolves around Spencer’s question, “How does night happen?” The StoryBots decide to follow the sun to find out. When they are on the beach and the sun looks like it disappears into the ocean, they go underwater to find it…with no luck! Mr. Whale teaches them that the sun is always in outer space, even though it may look like it disappears when it sets. The StoryBots travel 93 million miles to the sun to find out why night happens. The sun teaches them about how earth revolves around him and night happens on the side of the …
Hopping Ahead Of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science, And Survival, Tessa Mcmillan
Hopping Ahead Of Climate Change: Snowshoe Hares, Science, And Survival, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Deep in the woods of Montana, biologist Scott Mills notices a big problem with a small animal. The snowshoe hares he has studied for most of his career are not changing their coat colors fast enough to protect themselves from predators. With season lengths fluctuating due to climate change, many snowshoe hares are getting killed off quicker because they haven’t molted fast enough to match their environment. Without any outside aid, snowshoe hares could become a threatened species. To learn more, Mills is studying coat-changing animals in a variety of climates. In Washington state, not all snowshoe hares molt to …
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Abigail Packard
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Mr. Morris Lessmore is an avid reader and writer. But his peaceful, book-filled life is interrupted by a tragic storm that whisks him and his books away. His colorful life becomes a dreary, black and white shell of what it used to be. But one day he sees a young woman flying away with a handful of strings attached to flying books. She sees him and sends him one of her favorite books to cheer him up. He becomes fast friends with the book and meets many other books in a building where they all “nest.” Morris takes care of …
A Hundred Horses, Cynthia Frazier
A Hundred Horses, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Eleven year old Nell leads a very busy life full of classes and clubs that she hates. Now she is being forced to spend her spring break in the country with an aunt she can’t remember and two small cousins she doesn’t even want to get to know. On top of that, a suitcase containing a special project has been stolen by someone riding a big black and white horse. Somewhere between Maggie the pig having piglets, rescuing flying chickens, and tracking down a missing goat Nell meets an unlikely friend in a girl named Angel. People say that Angel …
The Geography Of Me And You, Aylea Stephens
The Geography Of Me And You, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Lucy and Owen might never have talked if the city hadn’t experienced a long blackout, leaving them stuck together between the tenth and eleventh floors of their apartment building. After they are rescued, they wander the dark streets together until the power comes back on. Shortly after the blackout, Lucy moves to Edinburgh with her parents and Owen moves to the West. They both find other people they are interested in, but they still miss each other. They keep in touch with postcards and emails as they travel to different places around the world, waiting for the day when their …
The Littlest Pilgrim, Annie Huish
The Littlest Pilgrim, Annie Huish
Children's Book and Media Review
Mini, the smallest pilgrim in the village, has always been good at looking for things she could to do to help with the village chores. One day, Mini decides to be extra helpful. She goes to different people in the village to see what she can help with: her brother making a woodpile, her sister mending some clothes, her mother making some bread, the village boys fishing in the river. But everyone says that Mini is too little to help. Mini is determined to find something special she can do. On her way back home, she decides to pick some …
There's A Giraffe In My Soup, Aylea Stephens
There's A Giraffe In My Soup, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
One boy has terrible luck in a restaurant when animals keep ending up in his soup! First it’s a giraffe, but even after he gets a fresh bowl of soup, the new bowl has an alligator in it. It’s followed by an elephant that can’t swim, a yak, walrus, and many other animals as the boy and the waiter try to get a bowl of soup that the boy can eat without any animals in it. When the waiter gets tired of the boy’s complaints, they finally discover why there are so many animals in the soup.
Kubo And The Two Strings, Abigail Packard
Kubo And The Two Strings, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Each day Kubo descends from their mountain cave to visit the villagers. He tells them stories about Hanzo, a samurai warrior, that he weaves with his shamisen and origami paper that magically folds itself into the characters to act out the stories. Each evening he returns to the cave, making sure to return before dark. One late evening Kubo is approached by two masked women come to bring him to the Moon King, but his mother rescues him. Kubo wakes in a far-off place with a monkey. They embark on a journey and along the way find a man-turned-beetle who …
Storybots Super Songs: Outer Space & The Body, Kristie Hinckley
Storybots Super Songs: Outer Space & The Body, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
The StoryBots are five adventurous robots who find answers to the inquisitive questions children have. In this episode, they discover answers about outer space and the human body. They travel to the sun, moon, stars, and planets. The Bots present interesting, complex, and sometimes goofy pieces of information together in a simple, entertaining, and memorable way that children will appreciate. They even have a song for every part of the human body! They teach all kinds of facts about the heart, brain, bones, lungs, brain, and stomach!
The Lone City #1: The Jewel, Corie Darrington
The Lone City #1: The Jewel, Corie Darrington
Children's Book and Media Review
The Jewel is the first book in Amy Ewing’s The Lone City series. Violet is a young teenage girl who has been groomed to serve a specific purpose. Violet, and many other girls like her are sold off to be surrogates for royalty. These girls are chosen because they possess a specific power called the auguries. The auguries allow the girls to change or create something--like a child. Violet is bought by the Duchess of the Lake who wants Violet to use her strength in the augury of growth to create a child in record time. Meanwhile, Violet is struggling …
X, Carlie Smith
X, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Before he was X, Malcolm had many titles: son, brother, Negro, dancer, Detroit Red, and thief. This novel explores Malcolm’s early years before he became one of the most influential civil rights activists. Haunted from an early age by the injustice of his father’s assassination and his mother’s confinement in a mental institution, Malcolm quickly learned street survival skills. He leaves Lansing, Michigan for the progressive Roxbury neighborhood of Brooklyn and falls in love with the dancing clubs, zoot suits, and “cool cat” hustlers. He sheds his small-town identity to become Red, a petty criminal, the boyfriend of a white …
Caddy's World, Cynthia Frazier
Caddy's World, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Caddy and her three friends Alison, Ruby, and Beth have been inseparable since the first day of school when they were five. Now they are twelve and each is dealing with her own challenges that include a new baby sister born too early, moving to another country far away, going to a new school where she knows no one, and growing taller, bigger and faster than everyone else her age. On top of all these complications, Dingbat, their communal boyfriend has decided to dump three of them and focus on only one of the four girls. How each of them …
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Aylea Stephens
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
In 1926 New York, a young wizard from London arrives in New York City, accidentally bringing chaos with him in the form of a bottomless suitcase full of illegal magical creatures. Newt Scamander intends to release one of his creatures into the wild, but when his Niffler gets out and causes trouble in a bank he accidentally swaps suitcases with Peter Kowalski, a No-maj who accidentally unleashes more magical creatures into New York. Their troubles attract an ex-auror, Tina Goldstein, who wants to use Scamander as a way to get back into the good graces of the wizarding government. Meanwhile, …
El Deafo, Abigail Packard
El Deafo, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
At four years old, Cece is rushed to the hospital by her parents and she is treated for meningitis. As a result of this disease, Cece loses the ability to hear. Because Cece has grown up speaking, listening, and hearing her parents decide to help her by getting her hearing aids and taking her to a special kindergarten where she learns to lip-read. She is later integrated into the regular school system and she uses the Phonic Ear, a hearing aid that she wears under her shirt and connects to her ears with cords, amplifying the voice of her teacher …
How To Bicycle To The Moon To Plant Sunflowers: A Simple But Brilliant Plan In 24 Easy Steps, Nicole Davis
How To Bicycle To The Moon To Plant Sunflowers: A Simple But Brilliant Plan In 24 Easy Steps, Nicole Davis
Children's Book and Media Review
The author laid out a realistic but fantastical twenty-four step plan to cheer up the moon. Since he is currently busy with school, soccer practice, and other activities, he’s writing the plan for us as readers to follow. Using average household items we’ll build a slingshot connecting 238,900 miles of garden hose to the moon. Then, with a little help from NASA, we’ll hop in our space suit and pedal the distance to plant sunflowers. Don’t forget to pack snacks and a shovel! We’ll be celebrated as heroes when we return and the bright flowers that were planted will certainly …
The Wrap-Up List, Lisi Hong
The Wrap-Up List, Lisi Hong
Children's Book and Media Review
Gabriela doesn’t quite know what she wants to be when she grows up. But after receiving her departure letter—the notification that she will be guided to the afterlife by the mystical, gray creatures called Deaths—she might not have time to figure it out. She only has seven more days to live, and in that short week she decides to help her and her three friends finally receive their first kisses, try to gain a pardon, and avoid death. In order to achieve all these things, Gabriela must figure out the cryptic hints her Death, Hercule, sent her. With the help …
Reading Journal For Kids: A Reading Log For Kids Aged 7 - 11 Years (And Their Book Loving Parents), Ashley Roggow
Reading Journal For Kids: A Reading Log For Kids Aged 7 - 11 Years (And Their Book Loving Parents), Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
This book is a journal or review book for kids and the books they read. Reading is fun, but sometimes children do not get the full reading comprehension just from reading. By learning to retell the story or discuss it, kids can better understand each story and develop their critical thinking skills by keeping a diary of books they've read and to write reviews of each one. At the beginning is a note to the parents where it describes the book, it's purpose, and it's benefits. The book also includes a list of twenty books it recommends that children read …
The False Prince, Abigail Packard
The False Prince, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Sage insists that he wants nothing to do with becoming Carthya’s missing prince when he is taken from the orphanage by Conner, a nobleman of the court. However, Sage quickly becomes entangled in Conner’s plan to train the four boys he's taken and then choose one to pose as the lost Prince Jaron to take the throne after the murder of the king, queen, and crown prince. Sage and the other boys undergo a rigorous two weeks of classes and information, intrigue and competition in hopes of becoming the prince of Conner’s plan. But Sage has his own plan; at …
Dreamland, Shelly Darrington
Dreamland, Shelly Darrington
Children's Book and Media Review
Odea Donahue has always been different. She and her mother are dreamwalkers--individuals who are able to visit the dreams of normal people. While on the surface this seems like an exciting superpower, Dea has to dreamwalk just to survive. The more time that passes between walks, the weaker and sicker Dea becomes, so visiting dreams became a necessity. Dea never questioned her mother’s strict rules of never interfering, never being seen, and never visiting the same person’s dream more than once, but things change when a boy named Connor moves to town. Dea finds herself drawn to him and his …
Ruzzle, Kati Penovich
Ruzzle, Kati Penovich
Children's Book and Media Review
Ruzzle is a spelling game, similar to the board game Boggle. You spell words by swiping your finger across the screen and highlighting the letters. You can highlight letters in all directions - up, down, diagonally, to the side - as long as the letters in the word are highlighted sequentially. To start a new game, you can choose to challenge a Facebook friend, a Twitter follower, a Ruzzle friend, a previous opponent, or a random opponent. You don’t need a Facebook or Twitter account to play, however—you just need to create a Ruzzleaccount (connecting to other social media sites …
The Berenstain Bears: God Bless Our Country, Ashley Roggow
The Berenstain Bears: God Bless Our Country, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
The Berenstain Bears books are great for young children and have covered many topics such as manners, responsibility, kindness, as well as holiday themes. The story is well written. It starts out as the Fourth of July holiday is nearing and the Berenstain Bears are prepping for the holiday and participating in the patriotic activities. The Bear kids start by decorating their bikes, Mama Bear sews flags, and Papa Bear tries on his old military uniform. Papa bear tells the kids during their snack how their "bear country" started. On the fourth, the Berenstain Bears attend and participate in their …
William And The Lost Spirit, Abigail Packard
William And The Lost Spirit, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
William’s father has died and his mother has remarried a power-hungry man. But William’s sister Helise insists that their father is not dead but lost in the world of spirits. After her disappearance, their stepfather Brifaut searches for her, but he quickly gives up this search and urges both William and his mother to move on. William decides to continue looking for Helise and their father’s spirit. He is joined by a knight and a troubadour on his journey to find answers. As his journey continues, the line between the real world and the spirit world blurs as magic and …
Escape From Asylum: An Asylum Prequel, Cynthia Frazier
Escape From Asylum: An Asylum Prequel, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
The year is 1968. Ricky Desmond, sixteen years old, has been institutionalized after being treated in several facilities for his anger issues and homosexual tendencies. This time, however, he is admitted into Brookline. Things are different at this asylum and he finds that he can’t charm himself out of this place like he had the others. Terrible things are happening at Brookline. The Warden is a monster, people disappear, and others are ‘cured’ with awful operations and procedures. Ricky’s only friend Kay is subjected to shock treatments to treat transgender inclinations and Ricky himself is drugged, starved, and hypnotized to …
Gryphons Aren't So Great, Olivia Hales
Gryphons Aren't So Great, Olivia Hales
Children's Book and Media Review
Knight and his horse Edward spend their days leaping from the cliffs and diving into the lake in mock flight. But one day, Knight spots a gryphon and sets out to find him. Knight meets the gryphon (whom he dubs Griffy) in the forest, and takes off in real flight for the first time. Pretty soon, Edward finds he’s been replaced as Knight’s best friend by Griffy, since Knight and Griffy now spend all their time flying together. The next day as they are swooping about, Knight urges Griffy to fly as high as he can. But Knight starts to …
Chicken In Space, Lori Cunningham
Chicken In Space, Lori Cunningham
Children's Book and Media Review
Zoey an adventurous chicken and her best friend Sam, the pie loving pig, take you on amazing journey through the power of imagination. Zoey, determined to make her voyage into space, formulates a plan with her sidekick Sam to explore the great skies above. Throughout the book her other farmyard friends have doubts, but Zoey and Sam are determined to find a way and turn their problems into an opportunity. Zoey and Sam make everyday items into something extraordinary: a spaceship, asteroids, comets, and more. Once back at the barnyard, Sam--still hoping for pie--tells all their friends of the adventure …
The Plot To Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero, Rachel Wadham
The Plot To Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Dietrich Banhoeffer, a pastor and staunch pacifist, faces dark times when his beloved country is thrust into war. A devote of Gandhi, Banhoeffer believes that peaceful means can end destruction, but as the atrocities are revealed the only logical path is violence. With their path chosen, Banhoeffer and his associates conspire to get information about what is happening in Germany out to the world while developing plans to assassinate Hitler. It soon becomes clear that sharing the evidence of hate is having little impact and when several assassination attempts go awry, allowing the enemy to flush them out, Banhoeffer and …