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The Vanderbeekers To The Rescue, Jazmin Gomez
The Vanderbeekers To The Rescue, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
It is spring break for the Vanderbeeker family, and it is off to a promising start. Isa is practicing for a big violin audition. Oliver is building an epic treehouse with his uncle. Jessie, Hyacinth, and Laney are helping their mom prepare for a photo shoot that will feature her small baking business in a big lifestyle magazine. When the kids unintentionally ruin an inspection for their mother’s baking license, they set about to make things right before their parents find out. When they aren’t able to fix things, the photo shoot is cancelled and things seem bleak. Not giving …
Tickled Pink, Taran Burnett
Tickled Pink, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
Filippo is a pink flamingo that does not want to be pink. When Zac the zebra and Poncho the panda do not accept the color of Filippo’s feathers, Filippo just wants to gain acceptance. He tries to reason with them and even resorts to painting his feathers black and white. After an entire day of failure, Filippo is approached by a lemur who encourages him to accept himself the way he is. Together, they embrace pink and even get the other animals to join in on the fun.
The 117-Story Treehouse, Erica Sonzogni
The 117-Story Treehouse, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Andy and Terry are back at it again, adding 13 more levels to their previous 104-story treehouse. Along with adding a mini horse floor, a traffic school, and an all-you-can-eat level to their abode, the boys are tasked with creating another story for their publisher, Mr. Big Nose. Terry, who is usually the illustrator, wants to oversee writing this book but has a challenging time creating the ending. When the Story Police come to arrest the boys due to their story’s lack of closure, they work together to evade the police while finishing a worthwhile story to publish.
Peanut Goes For The Gold, Amanda Morgan
Peanut Goes For The Gold, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Peanut the hamster is very unique, doing silly things that some people don't understand. Even though they are sometimes called weird, they don't mind, especially because most people just think it’s fun. One day, Peanut decides they want to be a rhythmic gymnast. Dad makes a costume, Mom practices choreography, and their sibling arranges the music. Practicing hard everywhere when the day comes, Peanut forgets to tie their shoes, but they don't let that stop them from doing the best routine they can.
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys, Jennifer Padgett
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
Annually, a variety of species spanning the globe make amazing and courageous voyages. A humpback whale swims with its mother from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean near Australia to the frigid coast of Antarctica. Some travel as many as 15,000 miles per year, more than any other creature on earth. Emperor penguins trek each year from their breeding grounds into the sea to search for fish. Globe skimmer dragonflies migrate from India to eastern Africa and back again, making them the farthest-traveling insect in the world. African elephants march from the dry lands of the Kalahari region to …
Literally: Amazing Words And Where They Come From, Rachel Wadham
Literally: Amazing Words And Where They Come From, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Discover the origins and meanings of twelve English words that come from a wide range of languages all over the world. From finding out that the origin of the world ukulele has to do with fleas to seeing how the use of the world royalty has changed over time, it is clear that the origin and history of words shape their meanings both in the past and in the present.
Good Guys 5-Minute Stories, Deborah Le Starge
Good Guys 5-Minute Stories, Deborah Le Starge
Children's Book and Media Review
From summer camp, to space, to a boy at his grandpa’s Chinese restaurant and a mustached baby that has to decide if he has a “good guy” or a “bad guy” mustache, along with odes to brothers and cowboys, some boys are adventurous, some are quiet, and others may even be superheroes in disguise. But either way, one thing you can count on is that each boy is a good guy.
Helga Makes A Name For Herself, Amanda Morgan
Helga Makes A Name For Herself, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Helga the Viking has always wanted to be a warrior. Every chance she gets, she asks for stories about her favorite warrior, Ingrid the Axe. She wants to be just like her, but Helga’s parents say that Vikings from small farming towns like theirs don't become warriors. Then one day, a fleet of ships arrives with Ingrid and her crew, and they're looking for warriors to join them. Helga’s time to shine has finally come, but as she competes for her spot, not everyone thinks she is worthy of joining the crew. So, Helga works her hardest to prove that …
Dear Treefrog, Rachel Wadham
Dear Treefrog, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Exploring her new home after a move, a young girl encounters the wanders of the treefrogs that hide all around her property. Engaging with the small creatures helps her to feel a little less sad as she works to fit in. But it is not until she finds a true friend who shares her wonder of the treefrogs that the girl finds herself fully embracing all the joys around her.
Crossing On Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, And A Journey To The New World, Maryn Wheeler
Crossing On Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, And A Journey To The New World, Maryn Wheeler
Children's Book and Media Review
The SS United States was built for crossings—the crossings of oceans, the crossings of people’s paths, and the crossings of technological limits. The designer and engineer, William Francis Gibbs, dreamed of building the fastest and safest steamship. A passenger, young David Macaulay, dreamed of seeing the Empire State Building as he immigrated with his family to the United States. Their two stories, as well as a century’s worth of industrial ship history, converge with the 1957 Atlantic crossing of the SS United States from Southampton to New York City. Macaulay narrates his personal stories of adventure and Gibbs’s triumphs alongside …
Curious George And The Summer Games, Taran Burnett
Curious George And The Summer Games, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
A commotion on the field outside of George’s house makes George very curious. Wandering over to the excitement, George and the man with the yellow hat learn that the recreation center is hosting their annual summer field day. George experiments with many new sports but feels a little overwhelmed with the rules and technicalities of most of them. Then, when the participants encourage him to try gymnastics, they find a good fit for George, who then helps his newfound friend, Stella, overcome stage fright in the final competition as they do the first ever doubles routine.
Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids, Maryn Wheeler
Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids, Maryn Wheeler
Children's Book and Media Review
Discover how life creates a writer in this picture book biography of ten well-known authors. Beginning with a watercolor portrait, timeline, and a beloved passage from one of his or her books, the narratives highlight notable life and world events that inspired or influenced the author’s writing journey. Also included are quotes and advice these authors offer to future writers.
A Girl Named Hillary: The True Story Of Hillary Clinton, Erica Sonzogni
A Girl Named Hillary: The True Story Of Hillary Clinton, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Hillary Clinton is one of the many influential women in United States history, and her story is told from birth until present day. Anecdotes from her life including being bullied as a child, finding joy in childhood activities that were common to boys, volunteering for families that were less fortunate, being rejected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program for being a girl, losing the school council presidential race when she was in high school, and speaking at her college graduation. These stories all show how Hillary accomplished all that she has, since all these situations influenced her …
Astro Girl, Erica Sonzogni
Astro Girl, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Astrid is a little girl who wants to be an astronaut so she can explore the magic and mysteries of space. Astrid tells her father and all her friends about her passion for the universe, but her father tells her that there will be challenges. But Astrid insists that this is her dream, because even if there are difficulties, she knows she can be just like her mama, who is an astronaut and Astrid’s hero.
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, Cynthia Frazier
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Minli lives with her mother and father, Ma and Ba, in the shadow of the Fruitless Mountain, a desolate place where they eke out a living by working in muddy rice paddies from dawn until dark. The only bright spot of Minli’s day is hearing one of Ba’s stories before she goes to bed each night. The stories fill her heart with wonder and hope, so she decides to find the Old Man of the Moon, a character in one of Ba’s stories who lives far away in the Never Ending Mountain, to ask for help for a better life …
Tomorrow, Jennifer Padgett
Tomorrow, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
Torn apart by the manifestations of war, a child can no longer live as children often do. Yazan finds himself surrounded by loneliness and boredom, spending days making paper planes, doodling on paper, and making formations out of pillows. One day, when he cannot stand the monotony and isolation of being inside, he dares to venture outside into the dangerous streets on his little red bicycle. As loud sounds explode all around him, he contemplates if he should continue on to the nearby park. His father finds him, and silently, they walk home together hand in hand. His mother is …
Three Ways To Trap A Leprechaun, Amanda Morgan
Three Ways To Trap A Leprechaun, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Claire is sure she can convince everyone that leprechauns are real by catching one. Using whatever craft supplies she can find, Claire builds a trap. It’s empty the next morning, but there’s a note beside it from a leprechaun named Finn, informing her he can't be caught. Claire isn’t about to give up, so she and her brother make more traps, hoping they can prove once and for all that leprechauns are real.
The Pencil, Amanda Morgan
The Pencil, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Susan lives in an iglu with her Anaana, Ataata, sister, and brother. One day when their mother is out, Susan and her siblings get bored. They draw on the ice and play with dolls until they get tired of their old games. Then Ataata suggests they use Anaana’s pencil. Excited because they have never used a pencil before, they each carefully take a turn drawing and writing on paper. Every so often Ataata sharpens the pencil with his knife until it is just a stump. Proud of their drawings, the children learn the importance of enjoying and conserving the things …
Sneaky Beak, Amanda Morgan
Sneaky Beak, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Bear’s life is just fine until he sees a commercial for the Snores-Galore Mega bed. The salesbird Sneaky Beak makes him feel like his bed just isn’t bouncy enough. So, Bear buys a Snores-Galore Mega bed. When Sneaky Beak shows up, he points out that Bear’s tub isn’t bubbly enough. His cereal isn’t crunchy enough. And maybe Bear needs a vacation rocket to take him to space. Bear buys everything Sneaky Beak offers him, but his life doesn't seem to get any better. Then, up in space, Bear realizes that everything he thought was important is so small. When he …
Kids Get Coding: Programming Awesome Apps, Danielle Dallas
Kids Get Coding: Programming Awesome Apps, Danielle Dallas
Children's Book and Media Review
We interact with apps every day. they're not only for entertainment, they help us do a variety of tasks. Programming them requires thinking critically about small, progressive steps. This process is demonstrated by making an app to solve Timmy’s real-world responsibility of feeding his pet. Choices are made at each programming stage, from planning, visual design, to deciding on factors like weather and temperature. These all create the potential outcomes of taking care of a digital pet.
Let Me Sleep, Sheep!, Amanda Morgan
Let Me Sleep, Sheep!, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Amos wanted to count sheep until he fell asleep, but he didn’t expect the sheep to appear in his bedroom. They are a little annoyed to be summoned without warning, but promise they’ll be out of his hair as soon as he makes them a fence to jump over. So Amos makes a fence with his toys, but according to the sheep, it’s too low. Remaking it makes it too high, then too wobbly, then too hard. Meanwhile, the sheep have made themselves at home and even start a party. Finally Amos fell asleep, and the sheep jump their way …
Green Planet: Life In Our Woods And Forests, Jazmin Gomez
Green Planet: Life In Our Woods And Forests, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
Green Planet and its companion book, Blue Planet, are part of Moira Butterfield’s Colors of the World series. The book explains the anatomy and importance of trees, as they provide homes to more than half of the world’s plant and animal population. The introduction also gives examples of different types of extreme trees. Most of the book is dedicated to the wildlife found in Earth’s woods and forests. It covers a wide range of animals, from grizzly bears and pine martens to ground beetles and goliath bird-eating spiders. The last pages are dedicated to the many uses for wood, including …
Chicken Break, Amanda Morgan
Chicken Break, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Ten chickens are on a mission to escape. There's job for everyone to do, from keeping watch to hatching the plan. With everyone doing their part, the plan succeeds. One by one they leave the coop to have some fun around the town. Eventually, they get tired and decide it's time to go back home. Traveling in various sneaky ways they all end up outside the coop so they can pick the lock and head inside for a much needed chicken break.
Cook's Cook: The Cook Who Cooked For Captain Cook, Jaimee Pease
Cook's Cook: The Cook Who Cooked For Captain Cook, Jaimee Pease
Children's Book and Media Review
Captain James Cook leads the HMS Endeavor on a 1768 voyage to search for the mysterious Terra Australis Incognita, and the ship’s cook John Thompson chronicles their perilous journey around Cape Horn and deep into the South Pacific. His culinary ability triumphs over each strange ingredient the crew discovers as they pull into new ports. The men feast on delicacies such as Kangaroo Stew and Stingray Soup. When fresh ingredients run short, Thompson gets them through with salt pork and Pease Porridge. The one-handed cook handles anything these unknown lands can give until October 1770, when malaria and dysentery descend …
Cog, Amanda Morgan
Cog, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Cog, short for cognitive development, is a smart robot. He knows how to follow a shopping list and make hot chocolate. He also feels a lot of things, like pain when he gets hit by a truck and sadness when he’s taken away from Gina. Gina was the person who cared for him, but now he has to live with other people who say that Gina was bad. Determined to be reunited with her, Cog plans an escape. He meets four other robots, Proto, Car, Trashbot, and ADA. Together they search for Gina and fight for their freewill. Cog experiences …
Ants Don't Wear Pants, Aubrey Parry
Ants Don't Wear Pants, Aubrey Parry
Children's Book and Media Review
Ants are all around us, yet few people stop to look at them and find out what they're really doing. Explore dozens of strange facts about ants, like how some ants raise and milk insects. This book describes several different phases of ants’ lives, including how they build and defend a colony and what they do on a daily basis. This book is full of information that would interest young ant enthusiasts.
The Sticky Rice Caper, Carmen Sandiego Graphic Novel, Erica Sonzogni
The Sticky Rice Caper, Carmen Sandiego Graphic Novel, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Carmen Sandiego travels to Jakarta, Indonesia to stop the Villains’ International League of Evil (VILE) from releasing a biochemical weapon onto the country’s rice paddies. If VILE succeeds, they will destroy the entire country’s main crop and force the citizens to buy VILE’s products. But with the help of her team and some camouflaged weapons, Carmen is sure to defeat the VILE operatives and save Jakarta from a horrible fate.
The Invisible Boy, Erica Sonzogni
The Invisible Boy, Erica Sonzogni
Children's Book and Media Review
Brian, an elementary school boy, feels invisible in his classroom. The teacher spends a lot of time with the children who are having difficulties or who misbehave, which leaves Brian alone. Even the other children in the class ignore Brian until one day, a new student comes into the class. Justin eats authentic Korean food and the other students laugh at him. Brian quietly writes Justin a note to tell him that he finds his food delicious. Justin appreciates this act of kindness and the two become fast friends, and Brian does not feel invisible any longer.
The Magician’S Elephant, Cynthia Frazier
The Magician’S Elephant, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Peter Augustus Duchene is a ten-year-old orphan, taken in by an old soldier who served with his father. When a fortune teller comes to town, Peter uses his guardian’s food money to ask her a question that has long haunted him. She assures him that despite what he has been told, his baby sister is alive. To find her he must follow the elephant, but finding an elephant in the small town of Baltese seems impossible. However, during a magician’s performance at the Opera House, an elephant crashes through the ceiling, injuring a patron of the arts. For this, the …
The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair, Karen Abbott
The Girl Who Wouldn't Brush Her Hair, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
A young girl washes her hair but refuses to brush it, because that's just how she is. A mouse sets up a roost in her tangles and she enjoys his company. Then there are two mice, then three, then one hundred. Living with so many mice is getting complex, but she makes it work. When teacher finally tells her she has broken the rule of one companion at nap time and must leave her beloved doll at home, our heroine is inspired. Kindly evicting the furry inhabitants, she finally washes her hair again. This time she brushes it out, because …