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The 12th Candle, Erica Sonzogni Apr 2022

The 12th Candle, Erica Sonzogni

Children's Book and Media Review

For her birthday, Sage receives a magical candle, on which she can wish for anything she desires. She knows immediately that she wants to reverse the curse that has been plaguing her family for decades. It seems only terrible events happen to her family—her dad is in jail, her mother is struggling to put food on the table, and Sage is terrible at math. On the other hand, good things happen to her family’s nemeses, the Pettys. But as the curse is reversed, Sage realizes that the Pettys’ lives are not as perfect as they seem and that she has …

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Poultrygeist, Rachel Wadham Apr 2022

Poultrygeist, Rachel Wadham

Children's Book and Media Review

When the chicken crosses the road, he might just get to the other side—the otherworldly side, that is, if he happens to be hit by a truck. Finding that he is now a ghost, Chicken consults with the other animals who have met his same fate. They want him to be scary and to haunt unsuspecting readers. Chicken, on the other hand, prefers to be a friendly ghost. That is, until his anger gets the best of him, and chicken’s scary side begins to show itself.

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Starcrossed, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Starcrossed, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Eridani is made of blood and bones, but her best friend, Acamar, is made of space and stars. Eridani waits every night for Acamar to appear in the stars, and the two good friends walk home together. While they can't touch each other, they can talk and laugh. One night, Acamar asks what a sunset is like. Then Eridani asks what it’s like to fly. Both soon know that the other will never get to experience these things. Realizing this somber truth and finding themselves even sadder that they must live apart, the friends comes up with a hopeful idea, …

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Pi In The Sky, Aubrey Parry Apr 2022

Pi In The Sky, Aubrey Parry

Children's Book and Media Review

When The Powers That Be decide to wipe Earth out of existence after one of the humans sees The Realms through a wormhole, their actions have a domino effect on Joss, seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe. His best friend disappears, and Joss gets stuck making sure the very girl who first saw The Realms doesn't find out more. When the Supreme Overlord’s second-in-command, Gluck, tells Joss he’s the only one who can recreate Earth, he is sure he is the least qualified to do the job. But when Gluck insists, Joss decides he'll try, since there …

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Peanut Goes For The Gold, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

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.

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Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys, Jennifer Padgett Apr 2022

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 …

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One Jar Of Magic, Taylor Bitton Apr 2022

One Jar Of Magic, Taylor Bitton

Children's Book and Media Review

On the night Rose was born, her father captured 161 jars of magic. Since then, he has been convinced that his daughter is destined for greatness, even giving her the nickname "Little Luck." When Rose turns twelve, she will be able to join the town’s New Year’s Day event of capturing of magic. She's been training for years so she can finally live up to everything her father expects of her. Then New Year's Day arrives, and Rose captures only one tiny jar of magic. Her father is shocked and disappointed, and Rose becomes a social outcast. But as Rose …

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Not An Alphabet Book: The Case Of The Missing Cake, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Not An Alphabet Book: The Case Of The Missing Cake, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

This alphabet book is going normally until the cake on letter C page is stolen. Bear, representing letter B, is determined to find the culprit, but he needs a little help from the readers. Bear leads the reader from page to page looking for clues. Bear thinks Fox might be the culprit, but Gingerbread Man testifies that Fox has changed since he took a bite out of him. Bear then wanders if it might be Octopus since, after all, his tentacles are all over the pages. As Bear questions more characters, the evidence piles up, and soon the perpetrator is …

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Literally: Amazing Words And Where They Come From, Rachel Wadham Apr 2022

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.

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Homerooms And Hall Passes, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Homerooms And Hall Passes, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Four hero friends—Thromdurr the barbarian, Devis the thief, Velva the paladin, Sorrowshade the assassin, and Albiorix the wizard—go on adventures every day. It’s easy for them to tire of the excitement, and they can hardly wait until they play Homerooms and Hall Passes each week. In this fun role-playing game, they can pretend they are in a mundane and ordinary middle school. After an encounter with a curse, things go awry, and the mighty adventurers end up in real life. There, the friends must learn how to be regular students and protect this newly discovered world from its own evils.

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Good Guys 5-Minute Stories, Deborah Le Starge Apr 2022

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.

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Helga Makes A Name For Herself, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

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 …

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Dear Treefrog, Rachel Wadham Apr 2022

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.

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Geology Rocks! Investigate Gems, Jennifer Haltli Apr 2022

Geology Rocks! Investigate Gems, Jennifer Haltli

Children's Book and Media Review

Gems are found in the apparel of the richest, most prominent people. From the Southwest elder’s turquoise bolo to the London starlet’s diamond necklace, gems communicate prowess. Discover how gems become a part of grand clothes and jewelry by learning what the world’s gems are, where they are found, and how they are made and transformed into wearables. Diamonds, with their different cuts and historical significance, pearls, with their living complexity, and ten other gems are explored with their definitions, environmental origins, and chemical classifications. If money is an issue, discover the power of beautiful imitations, synthetics, and cultured gems.

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Crossing On Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, And A Journey To The New World, Maryn Wheeler Apr 2022

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 …

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Curses, Rachel Wadham Apr 2022

Curses, Rachel Wadham

Children's Book and Media Review

Refusing to marry the man her mother has chosen because she thought the fortune-hunting scammer she loved would return, Merit receives a fairy godling’s curse for her disobedience. Now time is running out, and Merit is forced to marry whom her mother deems worthy, because surely, no one would love a beast. Turning to con artist Tevin Dumont, who is forced to pay his mother’s debt after she tried to steal a rare flower, Merit is sure that he can help her not to be deceived by a man again. Tevin, along with his brother and cousin, put on a …

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Curious George And The Summer Games, Taran Burnett Apr 2022

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.

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City Of Ghosts, Erica Sonzogni Apr 2022

City Of Ghosts, Erica Sonzogni

Children's Book and Media Review

Cassie befriended a ghost when he saved her from a drowning accident. Since then, Cassie can not only see her ghost friend, Jacob, but also interact with others in a ghost world called The Veil. On a trip with her parents to Scotland, Cassie meets Lara, who also has the same power. Soon Cassie, Lara, and Jacob accidentally get involved with The Raven in Red, a ghost who steals living souls. Together, the trio must defeat her, allowing Cassie to escape her second close encounter with death.

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Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers As Kids, Maryn Wheeler Apr 2022

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.

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Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians, Karen Abbott Apr 2022

Alcatraz Vs. The Evil Librarians, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Alcatraz has been breaking things all of his life while he is passed from foster home to foster home. So, it is astonishing when his grandfather, Leavenworth Smedry, reveals that this is a much-revered talent in the Free Kingdoms. Grandpa Smedry sweeps Alcatraz into a world where librarians are evil and control information, a world where sand is smelted into glasses that allow occulators to see things that others cannot, and a world populated by the family that Alcatraz has always wondered about. As his eyes begin to see things in a new light, choices that he never expected fall …

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Astro Girl, Erica Sonzogni Apr 2022

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.

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A Girl Named Hillary: The True Story Of Hillary Clinton, Erica Sonzogni Apr 2022

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 …

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Full Issue, Various Reviewers Apr 2022

Full Issue, Various Reviewers

Children's Book and Media Review

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Wyrde And Wayward (House Of Werth Book 1), Karen Abbott Apr 2022

Wyrde And Wayward (House Of Werth Book 1), Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Gussie is taken against her will to visit a wealthy, magical family. There, she discovers that she has a very rare gift. Gussie can bring out the latent magical qualities of those she touches. Her abilities manifest when she turns one of her hosts into an enormous dragon and another into a vampire. When the dragon takes her hostage in hopes that she can reverse her unwitting magic, it will take all of Gussie’s plucky determination to help the dragon control his shape-shifting and address the curses running amok from an enchanted book.

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Words On Fire, Karen Abbott Apr 2022

Words On Fire, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Early one morning in Lithuania, Russian soldiers invade Audra's home, capturing her parents. Urged on by her mother, Audra runs to the forest with a book her mother wants her to deliver to a woman in a neighboring town. While Audra resents books because her parents risked everything smuggling them, she learns quickly that a book is more than words on a page. Finding that books are a country's heritage, culture, and freedom, she soon joins the crusade to bring books to the Lithuanian people. Proving to be a very creative and courageous girl, she teams up with a group …

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Wild Lands, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Wild Lands, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Years ago, Travis’ family chose to stay in Alaska after the U.S. government withdrew support of the state. Now, with several raging fires and barren rivers, there is nothing left to live on. The family must brave a treacherous journey toward Anchorage, where they hope there are resources left. Everyone the family encounters is a potential threat, since the remaining residents are desperate and can rarely be trusted. Travis must choose wisely who he and his little sister can depend on as they face ravenous animals and desolate lands. With each challenge they grow closer together and more determined find …

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Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, Cynthia Frazier Apr 2022

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 …

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Voices, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

Voices, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Joan lived a simple life as a farmer’s daughter, but she longed to do more than spin and sew as a woman should. At thirteen years old, Joan received a miraculous vision of the archangel Michael, telling her she was destined to save the king of France. From then on, hearing the voices of the saints guiding her to her destiny, she leads men into war against the English to return King Charles to his rightful throne. Despite how improbable this fate would seem for a woman, Joan faces it head on. Many would hate her for it, calling her …

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Wait Till Helen Comes, Karen Abbott Apr 2022

Wait Till Helen Comes, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Molly and Michael have a new stepsister, Heather, who does everything she can to make their lives miserable and drive a wedge between her father and their mother. When the family moves to a converted church, Heather becomes fascinated by a hidden grave that has her initials on the stone. As she pulls farther away from the family, Molly begins to realize that she is in real danger from a mysterious ghost named Helen. Then, Helen tries to drown Heather in the pond. When Molly rescues and revives her, the girls find shelter in an old cottage, where they discover …

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Three Ways To Trap A Leprechaun, Amanda Morgan Apr 2022

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.

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