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Who's Hiding On The Savanna?, Amanda Morgan
Who's Hiding On The Savanna?, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
From sunset to sunrise, the savannah is full of interesting animals. In the morning, female lions can be found in the shade with two or three cubs. In the afternoon, hippos hold their breath for up to five minutes underwater. In the evening, vervet monkeys eat leaves and flowers as they lurk in branches. At night, superb starlings gather in large groups to sleep in trees.
Truly Devious, Karen Abbott
Truly Devious, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Stevie arrives at Ellingham School determined to solve a decades-old crime involving the school’s founder. After an abduction, the bodies of the founder’s wife and one of the school’s star students were recovered, but evidence of his child’s fate was never found. Then, when one friend in Stevie’s small group dies a mysterious death that is ruled an unfortunate accident, Stevie’s instinct drives her to discover details that prove that her friend's death was a homicide. Stevie soon uncovers one possible culprit, but there is still strong evidence that others may also be involved.
What I Like Most, Jennifer Pagett
What I Like Most, Jennifer Pagett
Children's Book and Media Review
A girl takes stock of all the things that bring her happiness. There’s the window through which she sees the mailman, children at play, and trees that will elongate as time passes. There’s her grandmother’s sweet apricot jam, spread across her toast and eaten with delight. There’s the river that flows gently and houses ducks and fish. There’s also the special book with a girl who looks like her on it, and the teddy bear she’s had since she a baby. All these things will change over time. They’ll get used up, or simply wear out. Some, like the river, …
Time Twisters: Amelia Earhart And The Flying Chariot, Taran Burnett
Time Twisters: Amelia Earhart And The Flying Chariot, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
Doc, Abby, and Amelia Earhart have traveled through time to the ancient Olympics. History has been altered, and it is up to the team to untwist history and make it right. Luckily, Amelia Earhart is willing to replace an injured chariot driver to fix history. However, she finds that the state-of-the-art chariot is splintered in wooden shards across the hippodrome. Thankfully, chariots are no match for her plane, so she takes the air to win the race.
Three Lost Seeds: Stories Of Becoming, Jennifer Padgett
Three Lost Seeds: Stories Of Becoming, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
Three seeds become lost in disparate parts of the world. In the Middle East, a bird discovers a cherry seed and carries it away, dropping it in a free-flowing creek while in flight. When floodwaters propel it downstream, it finds refuge on dry land. There, it blossoms, bearing sweet and plentiful fruit. In the distant land of Australia, an acacia seed is transported by a team of ants and buried deep beneath the soil where no sunlight can possibly extend its rays. A wildfire soon ravages the nearby acacia groves, enabling the seed to surface and at last receive the …
Thundercluck! 2 Recipe For Revenge, Amanda Morgan
Thundercluck! 2 Recipe For Revenge, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Like the first Thundercluck book, this is a wild ride of adventure and humor. Not quite as engaging as the first because the conflict feels a bit drawn out, it does, however, teach wonderful lessons about not giving up on friends. Suited for readers ages eight through twelve, it is a good book for children needing a chapter book with large text, small paragraphs, and illustrations scattered throughout. While the peril faced is relatively mild, the story remains thrilling and should capture the attention of a range of readers looking for adventure novels.
The Snowiest Christmas Ever!, Taylor Bitton
The Snowiest Christmas Ever!, Taylor Bitton
Children's Book and Media Review
It's only a couple of days before Christmas, and bear cubs Button and Mungo just can't wait for the holiday. Button wishes that it would snow for Christmas, and right before the two cubs go to sleep, they see it snowing outside. It snows all night, and when the family wakes up in the morning, the snow has piled up so high that it falls down their chimney. Button and Mungo get nervous, thinking that Santa won't be able to come to their house if their chimney is full of snow. Thankfully, Papa bear and his kids work to dig …
Smithsonian North America: A Fold-Out Graphic History, Leah Christopher
Smithsonian North America: A Fold-Out Graphic History, Leah Christopher
Children's Book and Media Review
This illustrated timeline combines the familiar and unfamiliar histories of the four North American regions: Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean. From 13,000 BCE to the present day, this book details history from indigenous people from the 1200 BCE Olmec tribe, to the first North Americans with a written language, to the first indigenous women in US Congress in 2019. It features conflicts from the invasion of European explorers to the Cold War, and cultural events from the Mexican Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement. It highlights trail blazers as diverse as Juana Inés de …
Odessa, Natalie Hatch
Odessa, Natalie Hatch
Children's Book and Media Review
This graphic novel is very inviting because it quickly piques readers’ interest. It invites readers to question the details and reasons behind all of the changes made to the post-apocalyptic California that Hill creates. The book is all in black-and-white with salmon as the only additional color, and the characters develop well. Ginny transforms from a long-haired feminine figure to a short haired, country-roaming, gang-facing fighter. Her bothers also develop and become more well-rounded. Overall, the book has strong themes of family and fighting the impossible to find what you’re searching for. This is a coming-of-age story for those who …
Seek And Find Cities: A Globetrotting Adventure, Nicole Clark
Seek And Find Cities: A Globetrotting Adventure, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
Take a trip around the globe with this seek and find travel guide. Scenes from fifteen global cities including Marrakesh, Morocco; Tokyo, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Cairo, Egypt; and Toronto, Canada provide factual information about the location and events depicted along with depictions of eight hidden items to look for. You can find the puma statue, Inca priest, and bowl of chicha hidden in the sun god festival scene of Cusco, Peru. Or you can find the gingerbread man, samovar, and hand muff in the Christmas market at Moscow, Russia. An additional section at the back of the book entitled “More …
The Legends Of Eerie-On-Sea: Malamander, Jazmin Gomez
The Legends Of Eerie-On-Sea: Malamander, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
Herbie Lemon is the Lost-and-Founder of the Grand Nautilus Hotel in the seaside city of Eerie-on-Sea. Violet Parma is an orphan looking for answers about her missing parents. Together, they set out to learn the truth about Vi’s mother and father. In the process, they become entangled in the mystery of the town’s resident myth: the elusive malamander, a monster who is half fish and half man. As they uncover more details about the creature and its magical egg, they have to fight for their lives against a man who sports a hook for a hand and against greedy Sebastian …
Greystone Secrets #2: The Deceivers, Aubrey Parry
Greystone Secrets #2: The Deceivers, Aubrey Parry
Children's Book and Media Review
With their mothers are trapped in an alternate universe, Chess, Emma, Finn Greystone, and Natalie Mayhew must figure out how to help them escape. But the tunnel between the worlds has collapsed, and they haven’t been able to figure out the clue to getting back. After several failed attempts, they put their heads together and finally get into alternate world, only to be faced with many challenging obstacles. Forced to hide from this other world’s Natalie, and trying to pretend they know what’s going so they don't stick out, the children learn how to find people they can trust while …
Gargantis Legends Of Eerie-On-Sea, Jazmin Gomez
Gargantis Legends Of Eerie-On-Sea, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
Readers who enjoyed the first book in the Legends of Eerie-on-Sea series, Malamander, will be excited to return to this world. New and interesting characters are introduced while keeping the main cast of characters that appeared in book one. A new map and black-and-white illustrations throughout add aesthetic appeal. The main plot is captivating and satisfyingly resolved. Parts of the overarching storyline that were mentioned in the previous book are fleshed out a bit more. Yet, some aspects are still not resolved, leaving readers ready for the third and final installment in the series.
Finding Kindness, Amanda Morgan
Finding Kindness, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
When a little girl lets a ladybug out her window, the bug flies by a man saving a cat from a tree. The girl and her rescued cat walk past a boy raking an elderly lady’s lawn. The lady gives him a cookie, which he eats as he watches a man return someone’s keys. A train passes the man returning the keys with a lady on it giving her seat to a woman and her baby. From one place to the next, returning to the little girl who started it all, kindness is being spread, making the world a brighter …
Child Of The Dream: A Memoir Of 1963, Taylor Bitton
Child Of The Dream: A Memoir Of 1963, Taylor Bitton
Children's Book and Media Review
It's January 1963, and Sharon Robinson has just turned thirteen years old. As the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, she has many more opportunities than most people of her race at that time. She saw her first concert live at the Apollo theater, she lives in a wealthy neighborhood, and her family has many connections to major figures, like Martin Luther King Jr. But Sharon's life is far from perfect. She's not totally removed from racial prejudice at school, and her family is experiencing some turmoil as her brother Jackie Jr. rebels and struggles to find his place in …
Animal Atlas, Amanda Morgan
Animal Atlas, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
There are animals from every continent and ocean. In North America, monarch butterflies migrate from Canada and the US to Mexico. The bee hummingbird lives in what little remains of the Cuba tropical forest. In Asia, the Baikal seal can be found in Lake Baikal, where two-thirds of the plants and animals are unique to the lake. In Australia, kiwis roam among the kauri trees, and saltwater crocodiles live in the brackish rivers leading to the Indian Ocean. Deep in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, find mysterious animals like Murray’s abyssal anglerfish, and in the seagrass meadows of the Indian Ocean, leafy …
Space Maps, Jazmin Gomez
Space Maps, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
Space is a big place, housing stars, galaxies, planets, moons, and nebulae. Our solar system, which is made up of planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, is part of the Milky Way galaxy. From Earth, certain celestial objects are visible, but there is much more beyond our own solar system. We explore all this through astronauts, artificial satellites, spacecraft, and space stations.
She Dared: Malala Yousafzai, Jennifer Haltli
She Dared: Malala Yousafzai, Jennifer Haltli
Children's Book and Media Review
When the word Taliban was spoken in the Swat Valley, ten-year-old Malala watched her dreams of becoming a doctor disappear. The long-bearded men in black turbans wandered out of the mountains, advocating for the strictest parts of Islamic law in a modernizing Pakistan and often enforcing their views at gunpoint. Because she was a top student in the all-girls school her father owned, Malala’s brilliant mind starved when the Taliban forced her school to close. So, at eleven, Malala began giving covert speeches about girls’ rights to education and collaborating secretly with journalists. Following her return to her war-torn city …
Read This Book If You Don't Want A Story, Deborah Le Starge
Read This Book If You Don't Want A Story, Deborah Le Starge
Children's Book and Media Review
A red book dressed in cowboy attire is trying his hardest not to tell a story. He struggles to keep his pages in line, while they continue to pester him and offer suggestions. Even with their creative ideas and characters, he does not want to fill his pages with anything. But the book’s real problem is a lack of confidence in himself, and with a little help from the pages, characters, and reader, this book is finally able to gain the courage he needs to tell his own tale.
Monkeys Love To Eat, Kimberly Reynolds
Monkeys Love To Eat, Kimberly Reynolds
Children's Book and Media Review
Milo, Mimi, and Max are siblings who all like different foods. Milo only likes food that has a crunch to it. Mimi prefers to eat anything that is sweet. Max wants to eat bananas. Together they struggle to find a meal that they all can enjoy. Milo eats granola every morning, but Mimi goes for the stack of pancakes, and Max throws bananas on both. For lunch they try to make a sandwich, but when Mimi adds ice cream and Max adds a banana, everyone is upset. They finally find a solution by making pizza, each adding their own ingredients …
Look Again: Secrets Of Animal Camouflage, Jennifer Padgett
Look Again: Secrets Of Animal Camouflage, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
To survive in the wild, many creatures go to amazing lengths to conceal themselves. Discover how animals make themselves nearly invisible to avoid falling prey to predators or to prepare for an attack on an unsuspecting target. Some, like the trumpetfish, nuzzle in close to the coral reefs that shield them; others, like the tulip-tree beauty moth, transform to blend in with the tree bark on which they settle. Still others, like the orchid mantis, immerse themselves in the petals of flowers where they stand in wait for a tasty bite to eat.
Investigators #1: Investigators, Jazmin Gomez
Investigators #1: Investigators, Jazmin Gomez
Children's Book and Media Review
World-famous cupcake chef Gustavo Mustachio has gone missing, and it’s up to investiGATORS Mango and Brash to find him. The alligator duo begins by going undercover at Gustavo’s bakery, Batter Down. Clues lead them to the science factory, where a scientific breakthrough about to be revealed has been stolen. Following their leads, the partners head to the city hospital and eventually back to the bakery. In the end, Gustavo reappears, and the case of the missing invention is also solved.
Duck, Duck, Moose, Amanda Morgan
Duck, Duck, Moose, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Goose is missing, so the girl enlists the help of Duck, Duck, and Moose to find their feathered friend. They take Tractor and search across the farm, asking for help from all the other animals. In their panic, they run into a lot of trouble and make quite a mess, and at the end of the day, they go home sad having not found Goose. Then the next morning, they are happily surprised to find out just where Goose had gone.
From 1 To 10, Amanda Morgan
From 1 To 10, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
From the bear’s one belly to the cat’s ten whiskers, all the animals have a number to teach, progressing from one to ten.
Future Engineer, Amanda Morgan
Future Engineer, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Engineers do a lot of things. They fix things, they build things, and they learn from their mistakes. Baby may not be an engineer yet, but Baby can do these things. Baby can ask questions and help others and do all sorts of other things to see what it might be like to be an engineer.
Dance Like A Leaf, Jennifer Padgett
Dance Like A Leaf, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
Amidst the beautiful autumn leaves, a girl and her grandmother sip tea together and send greetings to the trees. They sing sweet melodies and twirl aimlessly, dancing like the leaves. As months pass by, Grandma starts forgetting things. Grandma is fading as if parts of her are simply disappearing in the wind, so the girl watches over her, mentioning the beauty that surrounds them and ensuring they do the things they love. Soon, Grandma no longer gets up, watching from her bed as the girl paints a picture of the two of them playing in the gentle breeze. As winter …
A Galaxy Of Sea Stars, Maryn Wheeler
A Galaxy Of Sea Stars, Maryn Wheeler
Children's Book and Media Review
For Izzy Mancini, the beginning of 6th grade is not going as planned. Her lifelong friends, the Sea Stars, are drifting apart, her parents separated over the summer, and she has moved. To top it off, a new girl, Sitara, moved in next door. She’s an immigrant from Afghanistan, and she eats different food and wears a hijab. As Izzy struggles to accept this new friendship, she finds comfort and direction in the nearby harbor and from her role model, Marie Tharp, a scientist who made groundbreaking oceanic discoveries. Eventually, Izzy learns to navigate the changes in her life and …
The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving A Grizzly Attack In The Canadian Tundra, Karen Abbott
The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving A Grizzly Attack In The Canadian Tundra, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
When Alex and five friends set off on a canoe trip through the Canadian subarctic, they experience rapids, low food supplies, and amazing scenery. But twenty-nine days in, Alex encounters a bear while on his own. Managing to dodge the bear's initial charges, Alex eventually comes nose-to-nose with it. When the bear bites him, he loses consciousness. He awakens to the knowledge that no help is on the way, and he must make his way back to camp and warn the others. Reunited, Alex and his buddies must determine what is best for him, and the return trip to town …
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 Train To Impossible Places:The Great Brain Robbery, Aubrey Parry
The Train To Impossible Places:The Great Brain Robbery, Aubrey Parry
Children's Book and Media Review
When an earthquake stops the relaunch of The Impossible Postal Express, Suzy realizes her second stay in Trollville won’t be quite what she expected. While helping to find parts to fix up the rest home, Suzy overhears something terrible. The person who caused the earthquake is going to cause another one. She decides to do something herself after discovering that those in charge can't do anything. Traveling with her friends to a farm filled with treasure and a cave believed to be fiction, Suzy and the group gather enough clues to figure out who’s behind the earthquakes so they can …