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The Beatryce Prophecy, Maryn Wheeler
The Beatryce Prophecy, Maryn Wheeler
Children's Book and Media Review
In a war-torn kingdom, a lost girl is found by the monks of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Now Beatryce remembers only her name and is befriended by Answelica, the unruly goat. But, Brother Edik knows the king is looking for the lost girl because of a prophecy made many years earlier that a young girl would unseat him. Brother Edik hides her among the monks, but as she obtains the forbidden ability to read and write, memories eventually come to Beatryce. Realizing her identity, she sets out to face her future—and it is up to Beatryce and her friends to …
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.
Show Me A Sign, Maryn Wheeler
Show Me A Sign, Maryn Wheeler
Children's Book and Media Review
Eleven-year-old Mary Lambert thrives as a young deaf girl on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in the early 19th century. Many people on the island are deaf and can communicate through sign. While the islanders navigate disputes about indigenous land rights, a scientist from the mainland arrives to investigate the causes of deafness on the island. When Mary is kidnapped by the scientist to further his study on the mainland, she is mistreated and realizes how isolating it is to not be able to communicate. Eventually, Mary befriends a maid who helps her escape. Making her way to the docks, …
Ruby Finds A Worry, Amanda Morgan
Ruby Finds A Worry, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
Ruby was perfectly happy until she found a worry. At first, the worry wasn’t big, but it would follow her everywhere. Then the worry got bigger, stopping her from doing things she loved to do. Ruby begins to wonder if things would ever be normal again, and her worrying about the worry has made it huge. Then one day, she notices someone else with a worry. Learning that everyone has worries and talking with her new friend, Ruby realizes that making a worry go away isn’t as hard as she thought.
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.
My Very Favorite Book In The Whole World, Amanda Morgan
My Very Favorite Book In The Whole World, Amanda Morgan
Children's Book and Media Review
No matter how many he tries to read, Henly just isn’t interested in books. Some are too big, others are too boring, and they are just not related to what he wants to be doing or who he is. Then one day, he gets the hardest assignment: to present his favorite book to the class. Henly tries asking for help, but there is still nothing interesting in the library or the bookstore. Finally, his mom’s advice gives him a wonderful idea, and with a little thinking outside the box, Henly creates his favorite book in the whole wide world.
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.
I’Ll Be The Water: A Story Of Grief, Loss, And A Grandparent’S Love, Jennifer Padgett
I’Ll Be The Water: A Story Of Grief, Loss, And A Grandparent’S Love, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
Joshua cherishes his grandpa. Together, they eat banana and peanut butter sandwiches and travel through the sea on imaginary adventures. Grandpa is full of interesting things to share, and Joshua feels invincible around him. Then one day, Joshua notices the prominence of Grandpa’s wrinkles and a tremble in Grandpa’s hands. His fear escalates when his grandfather goes to the hospital, and even though his dad says it will be fine, Joshua remembers all the times that simply wasn’t true. During Joshua and Grandpa’s last fishing trip together, they talk about life and death and what it all means, which gives …
How To Apologize, Raechel Hornfischer
How To Apologize, Raechel Hornfischer
Children's Book and Media Review
Whether it's a beaver accidentally chopping down an owl’s tree, a giraffe borrowing a worm’s socks without permission, or a cat dropping their kite in a dog’s yard, everyone needs to know how to apologize. Apologizing can be hard. Sometimes what we did was an accident. Sometimes the person we hurt is scary or mean. Sometimes they owe us an apology too. Even so, any time we hurt someone, we need to say we're sorry. Apologies can be simple or long, in person or on a note. Then you can try to fix the mistake or at least do your …
How Trains Work, Jennifer Haltli
How Trains Work, Jennifer Haltli
Children's Book and Media Review
It all began with two wooden rails and a horse-drawn mine cart—these would ignite a technology that utterly transformed mankind. On, above, and below the ground, trains connect to tracks in various ways and are powered by wood, diesel, and electricity. The purposes of trains are highly varied. Some take passengers between cities or across continents. One train in England even carries passengers only 128 feet from a clifftop to the beach. When trains are combined with other mediums of travel, like ferry boats, bridges, and undersea tunnels, train limits disappear. Also, the ever-changing train station is the stuff of …
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.
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.
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 …
Cherry Blossom And Paper Planes, Jennifer Padgett
Cherry Blossom And Paper Planes, Jennifer Padgett
Children's Book and Media Review
Adin and Dina are the best of friends, and they love to climb the lush fruit trees surrounding them. They pick cherries, savoring their sweet taste and using their juices to draw on each others faces. Then Adin tells Dina his mom wants a job in the city, and before he heads to his new home, she hands him a bag of cherry pits. On lonely days, Adin throws some off his balcony, hoping they’ll travel far. When reunited for a visit, he places more of them inside paper airplanes and flies them through the sky. When Dina rides her …
Bridge Of Souls (City Of Ghosts #3), Karen Abbott
Bridge Of Souls (City Of Ghosts #3), Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Cassidy, Jake, and Lara are in New Orleans, ready for another mystery. Cassidy is being hunted by a servant of Death who wants to reclaim her soul. Cassidy and her friends seek help from The Black Cat Society's members on both sides of the Veil, and they formulate a plan to save Cassidy, but soon everything runs amuck. A failed ceremony affects Jacob, and then the second attempt results in the capture of Lara. Soon Jacob, Cassidy, and the members of The Black Cat Society race to the rescue. Staying true to her friends, Cassidy saves the day while realizing …
A Brief History Of Unicorns The Magical Unicorn Society, Taylor Bitton
A Brief History Of Unicorns The Magical Unicorn Society, Taylor Bitton
Children's Book and Media Review
The Magical Unicorn Society has members across the globe dedicated to discovering more about how unicorns spread their magic. Each explorer has a unique story to tell, and they document the unicorns from the tops of the Himalayas to the waters of the Mediterranean. The Golden Unicorn was discovered frozen in ice by Hana and Jakob in Norway. A Water Moon unicorn helped Selena escape from a dangerous encounter with pirates. Amber Li was even helped by a Storm Chaser unicorn when she wanted to play soccer on a rainy day.
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 …
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Twas The Night Before Christmas, Rachel Wadham
Twas The Night Before Christmas, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
The night before Christmas, everyone is asleep—that is, until the master of the house hears a clatter outside the window. Finding that St. Nick has made his yearly visit, the master watches as gifts are left. With his task complete, St. Nick goes up the chimney wishing the quiet world a very happy Christmas.
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 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 …
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 …
The Mulberry Tree, Taylor Bitton
The Mulberry Tree, Taylor Bitton
Children's Book and Media Review
A few weeks before her eleventh birthday, Immy and her parents move to a tiny town in rural England. In their new backyard grows a black and menacing mulberry tree. Local legend says the tree is cursed, that it makes young girls disappear on the nights before their eleventh birthdays. It has happened twice before, and now that Immy is living in the house, the whole village fears it will happen again. Undeterred, Immy decides to investigate this mystery. Seeking information about the two girls who went missing, Immy begins to put the pieces together and help the village find …
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 …
The Elephant's Umbrella, Taran Burnett
The Elephant's Umbrella, Taran Burnett
Children's Book and Media Review
The elephant is known to invite all to gather and enjoy the protection the umbrella provides. When the wind sweeps the umbrella into the possession of other animals, it is quickly discovered that generosity is not a virtue that everyone shares. The umbrella has no interest in providing shelter to those that want to hunt or use her protection to take honey from bees. The dazzling umbrella makes a dash into the wind and enjoys a sweet reunion with the generous elephant and his friends.
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.