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Slappy's Tales Of Horror: A Goosebumps Graphix Novel #4:, Amanda Morgan Mar 2022

Slappy's Tales Of Horror: A Goosebumps Graphix Novel #4:, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Slappy would like to present to you four absolutely horrifying stories. Erin and Josh test a roller-coaster based off of a horror movie. When the ride comes to an unexpected stop, the two learn there's more to the monsters than just special effects. In the next story, tall-tales of a werewolf circulate Grady's new neighborhood. He ends up fighting for his life in this story's twist ending. In the third story, Terri and Jerry planned on a normal vacation. However, following rumors of a ghost, the siblings end up risking their lives to learn the truth. In the final story, …

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One Of A Kind, Alyssa Hurst Mar 2022

One Of A Kind, Alyssa Hurst

Children's Book and Media Review

Lysander Singleton is the only kid at Twin Oaks Elementary who is not a twin. He tries his best to fit in and play with the other kids, but they already have a built-in best friend. Every year, Twin Oaks Elementary has an individuality competition, and this year, Lysander has an edge. As he sings his solo, writes about his unique qualities, and makes quick ice cream decisions without the help of a twin, he scores higher than anyone else. In the end, being the only kid without a twin pays off.

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How To Care For Your T-Rex, Jessica Mellor Mar 2022

How To Care For Your T-Rex, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

How do you care for your T-Rex? That’s an excellent question! This story follows one boy as he teaches his T-Rex tricks, feeds him, and even brushes his teeth. Readers soon discover that T-Rexes can be hard to train; he might lick things up off the floor—or even try and eat the floor! But even in the hard times, you and your T-Rex can share a fun little song.

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Giant Tess, Ariel Woodbury Mar 2022

Giant Tess, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

A fairy couple in the city of Myth-hattan adopt a baby, Tess, and when she grows to be a car-sized toddler they know she is a giant. Tess, however, just wants to be like everyone else. When she tries to help set up for the big parade, she accidentally crushes one of the floats and runs off to hide. Soon she hears someone else who is sad and goes to help, finding a dragon, who happens to be just her size. After she pulls a thorn from his paw, the new friends go to watch the parade from a distance—until …

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Harold And The Purple Crayon, Jessica Reynolds Mar 2022

Harold And The Purple Crayon, Jessica Reynolds

Children's Book and Media Review

Harold takes a walk on a blank canvas with his purple crayon. He then takes the necessary precautions to take care of himself: he draws light when he cannot see, a boat when he’s in high water, and a picnic when he gets hungry. However, when Harold discovers he is lost, he draws a hill, a hot air balloon, and a police officer to help him make his way home. He is not sure he will ever find his room again, but perhaps his purple crayon can still help him.

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Monkey And The Little One, Jessica Reynolds Mar 2022

Monkey And The Little One, Jessica Reynolds

Children's Book and Media Review

Monkey likes the lonely life he lives in the jungle—until the Little One shows up. The Little One copies everything Monkey does, and Monkey becomes very annoyed, especially at night when the Little One plays loud music. Monkey hopes to find some peace at a cool lake, but the Little One still shows up. Monkey gets so frustrated that he tells the Little One to leave him alone. Soon, Monkey finds that he is lonely, and searches for the Little One, hoping to win his friend back with some bread and jam.

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My Sister Beth's Pink Birthday: A Story About Sibling Relationships, Beverly Jones Mar 2022

My Sister Beth's Pink Birthday: A Story About Sibling Relationships, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

Preparations are in order for a special day at Jen and Beth's house. It is Beth's third birthday. Everyone is celebrating and bringing lots of presents for Beth, but her sister Jen feels forgotten. Jen gives in to her jealousy and takes Beth's gifts to try them on for size. Even though Jen does something selfish, Beth still looks up to her big sister and sees her strengths instead of her weaknesses. Jen learns an important lesson about love and sharing from her little sister. She realizes that Beth is not just a baby, but she is growing up to …

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Now What?: A Math Tale, Jessica Mellor Mar 2022

Now What?: A Math Tale, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

Learn math, shapes, and counting with this little pupper. After finding a bag of blocks, a puppy is on a quest to make the perfect bed from the shapes, but first he has to figure out what shapes he has. Counting the sides, corners, and straight lines is the perfect recipe to finding out what each block is. After figuring out what makes a rectangle, he still needs more blocks to make his bed—but there are no more rectangles! The puppy must go on to discover what makes a square and triangle next to make the perfect napping spot that …

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Hazel And Twig: The Birthday Fortune, Cynthia Phillips Mar 2022

Hazel And Twig: The Birthday Fortune, Cynthia Phillips

Children's Book and Media Review

Hazel loves looking out for her baby sister Twig. Twig follows Hazel everywhere as they prepare for Twig’s first birthday party. All the mice families are invited to Twig’s first birthday. There Twig will pick her birthday fortune, also known as her doljabi. At her party they will put out several items and she will have the chance to pick just one. What she picks will tell a bit about her life. As the party is approaching everyone is busy with preparations, including making Twig’s beautiful dress and traditional foods and decor. The whole family arrives in anticipation of what …

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Mouse's First Summer, Jessica Mellor Mar 2022

Mouse's First Summer, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

One summer day Mouse and Minka come to play. Finding themselves at a picnic, they scamper around to discover what lies around them. Tickly green grass, kites in the sky, and juicy watermelon! Finding delicious new food and other creatures is so much fun, especially as fireworks start to shoot off into the sky. Hooray for summer!

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Cbmr May 2019 Book Reviews, Various Reviewers Mar 2022

Cbmr May 2019 Book Reviews, Various Reviewers

Children's Book and Media Review

Contains all 30 book reviews for May 2019 in one pdf.

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All Heart: My Hard-Fought Journey To The Top Of The Soccer World, Rudy Palencia Mar 2022

All Heart: My Hard-Fought Journey To The Top Of The Soccer World, Rudy Palencia

Children's Book and Media Review

Carli Lloyd dedicated her whole life to become one of the best soccer players in the world. As a young girl, she joined soccer clubs. She tried out for the regional team in South Jersey but did not make it. She was upset, but then she received a letter inviting her to join the Medford Strikers. She continued to progress in her soccer career, but she almost quit when she was cut from the under-twenty-one USA team and was told that she was not working hard enough to be at the national level. This was difficult for her, but then …

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Eddie Bauer: Down Jacket Developer, Laura Dekle Mar 2022

Eddie Bauer: Down Jacket Developer, Laura Dekle

Children's Book and Media Review

Before Eddie Bauer patented his Skyliner down jacket, he patented a badminton regulation shuttlecock. These are just two of his many contributions to the outdoors and sports world! This book takes readers step by step to explain how Eddie Bauer started out as a child in Washington and died a rich and famous inventor and sportsman. Helpful historical references are included that help readers to understand the groundbreaking nature of Bauer’s impact on society. The book ends by explaining where the state of Eddie Bauer’s brand is now, as he died in 1986, and shares that his brand still follows …

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Dogs, Liz Kazandzhy Mar 2022

Dogs, Liz Kazandzhy

Children's Book and Media Review

From the Animal Lovers series comes this adorable book of incredibly cute canines. Each turn of the page features a high-definition photo of a dog with a short caption—“Spotted Dog,” “Happy Dog,” “Silly Dog,” etc. Their poses and expressions are as varied as their breeds.

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Dav Pilkey, Laura Dekle Mar 2022

Dav Pilkey, Laura Dekle

Children's Book and Media Review

Did you know that Dav Pilkey wrote books under the pseudonym “Sue Denim”? This biography of the legendary author shares many interesting facts about Dav Pilkey’s personality, history, and works. Many readers will find his story relatable, as he has ADHD and created characters who do too. This book walks readers through Dav’s education and explains the vast differences in his elementary, high school, and college education, the challenges he faced in school, and a few of the jobs he held before becoming a published author. The book does a thorough job of speaking to all of Dav’s works, not …

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Beware The Night, Jessica Mellor Mar 2022

Beware The Night, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

Veda is told all her life to “beware the Night.” As a citizen of Bellona and as a Basso, her life is filled with the struggle to find food, survive with her grandfather, and to not be captured from the notorious Night. With her best friend Nico, Veda has to figure out what her boundaries are, as relationships between the Imperi and Basso are forbidden. After a run-in with the Imperi, Veda finds herself in the caverns of the Night with the handsome Dorian. Everything she believed is thrown on its head as she discovers that all the horrific things …

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Beautiful Yetta’S Hanukkah Kitten, Jennifer Padgett Mar 2022

Beautiful Yetta’S Hanukkah Kitten, Jennifer Padgett

Children's Book and Media Review

Yetta, a courageous and nimble chicken, escapes from the poultry farm in which she was raised. She discovers the welcoming city of Brooklyn, where there are kind people and friendly creatures. She nestles on top of a city streetlight at night with her fellow fowl friends as winter quickly approaches. As the chill of the season falls upon them, they become a team, helping each other in times of need. One day, Yetta finds a tiny kitten amidst a snowdrift, hungry and astray. She wants to offer it security, but she and her colorful parrot friends know they can't do …

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August Isle, Taylor Nelson Mar 2022

August Isle, Taylor Nelson

Children's Book and Media Review

Miranda has spent years longing to go to August Isle, the town where her mother spent her girlhood summers. But Miranda never wanted to go like this. With both parents busy with work assignments, Miranda is sent to August Isle to spend the summer with her mother's friend Clare and her daughter Sammy. Miranda and Sammy immediately connect, and the summer looks up as new friendships develop and the isle is explored. As Miranda determines to discover why her mother stopped coming to August Isle and why she distances herself from her family, Miranda finds herself tangled in a web …

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And We're Off, Amanda Morgan Mar 2022

And We're Off, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Nora Parker-Holmes is an accomplished fan-fiction cartoonist preparing for the excursion of a life time, studying art in Europe. Unfortunately, her dream of a picture perfect trip is shattered when her controlling mother decides to come along. As Nora and her mother tour Europe, they run into closed museums, confusing bus routes, and a variety of contention-causing situations. Worst of all, Nora's mother doesn't appreciate her art. Despite her mother’s presence, Nora is able to improve her skills and meet friends, including a cute boy her age. Eventually, Nora realizes she’s not sure who she is as an artist, and …

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Arc Of A Scythe, Emma Patton Mar 2022

Arc Of A Scythe, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

Citra and Rowan live in an advanced society where death is a thing of the past and population size needs to be controlled. This is the work of a scythe. Scythes are tasked with permanently killing (or “gleaning”) a certain number of random people every year. Everyone fears scythes, but they also command respect. So when Scythe Faraday asks both Citra and Rowan to be his apprentices, they hesitate. But each feels a draw to the mysterious occupation and agrees to train. However, corruption lurks in the society. The more the apprentices learn, the more they realize that their society …

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After The Shot Drops, Amanda Morgan Mar 2022

After The Shot Drops, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Bunny transfers to a private high school, leaving behind his best friend, Nasir. Offended, Nasir cuts all ties with him. Determined to one day play in the NBA, Bunny stays at the school and practices hard. Meanwhile, Nasir becomes closer to his cousin, Wallace. Wallace struggles to stay in school and out of trouble. Nasir tries to get Wallace a job, but Wallace resorts to betting against Bunny's basketball team. Bunny is so talented it's easy for people to put high stakes in his favor. Wallace knows that if Bunny slips up, the rest of the team will crumble and …

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All Is Fair, Tanya Lindquist Mar 2022

All Is Fair, Tanya Lindquist

Children's Book and Media Review

Lady Mina Thretheway breaks societal rules when she sets out to serve her country and king during WWI. She is trying various ways to entertain herself and friends at boarding school when her father sends a cryptic message urging her home to help, but she must figure out why and how she can contribute to the war effort. When Mina arrives home, she finds out that all is not as it seems. A spy may be lurking around her manor, and she discovers that her coding and language talents could be valuable in a top-secret mission.

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Bedtime For Little Bulldozer, Krista Alletto Mar 2022

Bedtime For Little Bulldozer, Krista Alletto

Children's Book and Media Review

It’s bedtime for Little Bulldozer, and Mom and Dad help him get ready. They give him a bath, brush his teeth, give him hugs and kisses, and say goodnight. But there is one problem: Little Bulldozer is not tired. He gets hot, then cold, then thirsty, then finally lonely, until in the end, he finds a cozy spot next to his sisters to fall asleep.

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Alphabet: Gg, Liz Kazandzhy Mar 2022

Alphabet: Gg, Liz Kazandzhy

Children's Book and Media Review

This addition to the Alphabet series about the letter G is great. Each two-page spread features a simple sentence with an abundance of the letter G, and each usage is clearly highlighted in a bold font. On the corresponding page is a full-page photograph showing what the sentence is describing. For example, “Gia gives Grandma a great big hug” shows a girl with her arms around her grandmother as they peel potatoes in the kitchen. There are nine sentence-photograph pairs, as well as additional G words and a glossary included at the end.

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Bird & Diz, Amanda Morgan Mar 2022

Bird & Diz, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

Charlie “Bird” Parker and John “Dizzy” Gillespie are best friends who love music. Together they create jazz like no one has ever heard before. They toss notes back and forth, like little kids playing, always pushing each other to be better musicians. Effortlessly their music flows between them and fills the air with excitement. Bird chases Diz, Diz chases Bird. They’ll never catch each other, but that’s what makes their music so great.

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City, Krista Alletto Mar 2022

City, Krista Alletto

Children's Book and Media Review

City takes the reader along for a colorful and comprehensive tour of town. Stops include the bookstore, the zoo, the train station, and the city pool, among others. On the way, readers pass city landmarks such as bridges, crosswalks, streetlamps, and fountains. Readers also see animals and people around town like birds and dogs, construction workers and cyclists. At the end of the tour, readers end up at one of the most important buildings of all: the school.

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A Sick Day For Amos Mcgee, Jessica Reynolds Mar 2022

A Sick Day For Amos Mcgee, Jessica Reynolds

Children's Book and Media Review

Every morning for Amos McGee is the same. He wakes up early to go work at the City Zoo. He always has a lot to do, but he makes sure to visit all his friends. As he visits a few animals in the zoo, he takes care of each of their specific needs. However, one day Amos McGee wakes up so sick that he stays in bed. When his friends realize he is not coming, they head to his home, where they take care of Amos in the same interesting ways that he takes care of them.

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A World Of Cities, Amanda Morgan Mar 2022

A World Of Cities, Amanda Morgan

Children's Book and Media Review

From London to Dubai, Dublin to Cape Town, this book describes popular places in the world on the back drop of James Brown’s amazing contemporary art. Each of the thirty cities in this book is illustrated in bold colors. Geographical facts like size and location are listed, as well as demographical facts like what language is spoken and where citizens are from. The history of the cities are also mentioned along with legends and stories told about each place. With quotes and facts carefully positioned and designed on every poster-worthy page, this book is sure to become a favorite of …

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A Big Day For Migs!, Kimberly Reynolds Mar 2022

A Big Day For Migs!, Kimberly Reynolds

Children's Book and Media Review

It's a big day for Migs. It's the first day of school, which means new things to learn and do. Migs is excited to go to school but soon realizes that he is too shy to enjoy it. As he searches for something to help him with his shyness, he finds that he can become a superhero that is not afraid of anything. As a superhero, he hurts the feelings of his new friend Rokko and has to think through how to make things right. Migs finds a way with the help of his teacher and other classmates. He creates …

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Fearsome Giant, Fearless Child: A Worldwide Jack And The Beanstalk Story, Jessica Mellor Mar 2022

Fearsome Giant, Fearless Child: A Worldwide Jack And The Beanstalk Story, Jessica Mellor

Children's Book and Media Review

This worldwide Jack and the Beanstalk adaptation draws parts of the tale from cultures all around the world, meshing them to create one fully unique story. In some places Jack is actually the youngest son of thirteen kids, and in other cultures he’s no bigger than your finger. Sometimes he steals a bell-covered pillow, a horse, or a harp. But no matter the context, as with all good tales, this one also ends with a victorious boy.

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