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Disney Princess Chapter Book: Jasmine—The Jewel Orchard, Liz Kazandzhy
Disney Princess Chapter Book: Jasmine—The Jewel Orchard, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
When Jasmine comes to breakfast with her father, she finds the Sultan disappointed at the lack of his favorite breakfast foods. After Jasmine attempts to cheer him up, she goes to the market with Abu to investigate the situation, and they soon discover that there’s a real problem in Agrabah—there’s no fruit! When Jasmine returns to the palace to tell Aladdin about it, they find that Abu seems to have stolen a bunch of precious jewels from when he was in the market, but when they go back to find the owner, nobody claims to have lost anything. Perplexed, the …
The Devil's Only Friend, Amanda Shrum
The Devil's Only Friend, Amanda Shrum
Children's Book and Media Review
John Wayne Cleaver has found a use for his psycho and sociopathic tendencies in working for a special branch of the FBI that hunts down demons they call the Withered. While struggling to confront his own inner-demons and past, John and his team are confronted with a cannibalistic Withered who leaves messages addressed to John, insisting that they are both alike. Through the course of the investigation, John must figure out who to trust, often striking out on his own, and protect his friend Brooke, who is the only person left he cares about. At the final showdown between John …
A Pocket Full Of Murder, Tessa Mcmillan
A Pocket Full Of Murder, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Isaveth’s world is turned upside down when her father is wrongfully arrested for murder. Isaveth and her new friend, Quiz, hunt for the real killer to prove her father’s innocence. As they find and follow clues, their evidence points to several untouchable political leaders. These heads-of-state and Quiz’s hidden identity, almost derails Isaveth’s investigation. But when the two friends give each other another chance, their healed relationship helps them solve the case and free Isaveth’s father.
A Dog Called Homeless, Liz Kazandzhy
A Dog Called Homeless, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
A Dog Called Homeless is a story of a young girl named Cally Fisher who wants nothing more than to feel close to her mother who tragically passed away a year previously, but nobody seems to want to talk about her, especially her father. In school Cally is a bit hyperactive, which has a negative influence on her relationships with both teachers and peers, but her character begins to change the day she volunteers in a “sponsored silence” at school. Though it was designed that participants remain silent for just a few hours, Cally discovers something about silence during that …
Zoomer's Out-Of-This-World Christmas, Aylea Stephens
Zoomer's Out-Of-This-World Christmas, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
On Christmas Eve, Hooper, Cooper, and Zoomer are looking for flying reindeer when something lands in their backyard. At first they think it is Santa, but they soon find out that it is a spaceship instead with a family from outer space. The space family invites Zoomer and his brothers to have a panic of their favorite space foods and then to play a new sport. While at first everyone has a great time, they learn that the saucer was damaged and the only way to fix it so they can get home in time for Santa’s visit is to …
Year Of The Jungle, Liz Kazandzhy
Year Of The Jungle, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
The Year of the Jungle is a children’s book written by Suzanne Collins (author of The Hunger Games) about the mental journey of a little girl, Suzy, trying to make sense of her father’s deployment into Vietnam. At first, ideas about “the jungle” where he’s located are pleasant and interesting, but over time, Suzy starts to get worried. People react funny when she tells them where her father is, and his postcards start coming more rarely and have a worried tone to them. One day, Suzy sees on TV what’s really going on in Vietnam and becomes more and more …
We Were Liars, Sydnee Burr
We Were Liars, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Three cousins and one friend, nicknamed The Liars, spend summer after summer splashing in the water on the Sinclair family island off the coast of South Carolina. Growing up in a world where money isn't an object, The Liars soon find out that possessions can take hold of hearts, and can turn sister against sister and father against daughter. At the end of a particularly argumentative summer where nearly all the adults were focused only on the estate and inheritance, The Liars, now fifteen, come up with a plan to remind everyone what is actually important. Cady, one of The …
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier In Hitler's Army, Sydnee Burr
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier In Hitler's Army, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Georg Rauch's maternal grandmother was a Jew, thus making him Jewish by tradition. Because his father was a captain in World War I, Rauch's family was spared the concentration camps, but not the horrors of battle. At age 19, Rauch leaves his family, and the other Jews hiding in their attic, to fight for Hitler. When he makes his heritage known to his superiors, he is sent to the front lines. In a detailed, but non-grotesque, account, Georg Rauch helps the reader experience first hand what it would have been like to fight in the trenches during World War II, …
Tullulah's Toe Shoes, Whitney Troxel
Tullulah's Toe Shoes, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
After watching the Lilac Fairy dance in the Sleeping Beauty ballet, Tallulah desperately wants to learn to dance on pointe—on her toes. However, Tallulah’s mom and dance teacher tell her she needs to wait until she’s a little older. Determined to prove them wrong, Tallulah takes a pair of old pointe shoes out of the trash after dance class. She tries on the pointe shoes once she gets home, but she can’t seem to stay up on her toes. When she does manage to dance on pointe her feet hurt terribly. Feeling discouraged, Tallulah returns to dance class the next …
That Is Not A Good Idea!, Liz Kazandzhy
That Is Not A Good Idea!, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
When a fox spots a scrumptious-looking goose in the street, he invites her over for dinner. Despite the chicks’ protests that “that is NOT a good idea!” the goose agrees. They go for a stroll, then go further into the deep dark woods, and soon they’re in the kitchen boiling water for soup. All the while the chicks are adamantly protesting, and just when the two of them realize a key ingredient is missing… the goose pulls the fox into the soup! And then she and her children enjoy the fox soup together.
Stolen Magic, Bryn Stephens
Stolen Magic, Bryn Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
The Replica has been stolen! Without this magical object Zertrum Mountain will explode, putting the island in grave danger. Luckily, Elodie is traveling to her home on the island with her Masteress, the dragon Meenore, and her friend Count Jonty Um, an ogre. Since Meenore specializes in finding lost items and people, they immediately volunteer their services in finding the thief and the Replica. Count Jonty Um travels to warn the people near Zertrum Mountain to evacuate while Meenore and Elodie join up with young Master Robbie to search for the thief and question everyone in the Oase. After investigating …
The Snow Show, Aylea Stephens
The Snow Show, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
In the Snow Show, Snow White, Chef Kelvin, and Jack Frost are live with a studio audience going to the North Pole to make a fresh batch of snow. The chefs talk about the ingredients needed to make snow, the instructions for making snow, and the types of snow that can be made. One of the chefs even goes through the process himself to show what is happening at each step of the journey to make snow.
Serafina And The Black Cloak, Sydnee Burr
Serafina And The Black Cloak, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Serafina hides in the basement of the Vanderbilt estate with her father. No one but him knows of her existence. Her father works as a maintenance man for the Vanderbilt family, but lives, uninvited, in the basement, hence the hiding. Serafina longs for company, for friends and for the elegance she so often spies on. When children start disappearing from the Vanderbilt parties one by one, nobody knows who the perpetrator is or what happens once they disappear. Serafina is the only one with a clue, due to a close encounter with the man in the black cloak herself, and …
Santa Claus And The Three Bears, Aylea Stephens
Santa Claus And The Three Bears, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
On Christmas Eve, Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear are busy getting ready for the holiday the next day. They decorate the house and make Christmas pudding, but when they sit down to eat the pudding is much too hot. They go on a walk to see the Christmas lights while their pudding cools. While they are gone, Santa Claus comes to their house. He tries the pudding, but only one is just right, and only one of the chairs is just right too. When the bears come back and discover that someone is in their house, they get …
Pivot Point, Nancy Haight
Pivot Point, Nancy Haight
Children's Book and Media Review
Life is good for Addie, living in a city for those with extra-abilities, until she arrives home from school and her parents announce that they are getting a divorce. Dad will be moving out to the normal world and Addie must make the decision of whether to live with her mother or her father. Addie’s extra-ability is that she can see two different results of a decision for herself and then decide which future she wants. She rarely uses this, but decides this is a good time to check ahead six weeks. After seeing both options for her future, Addie …
Pivot Point #2: Split Second, Nancy Haight
Pivot Point #2: Split Second, Nancy Haight
Children's Book and Media Review
Addie moves to the normal world, where no one has special abilities, to live with her dad. The difficulty is that she previously saw how a different decision (in Pivot Point) would have put her together with an attractive boy at her new school. Now, she must figure out how to make that attractive future happen without scaring him off. Along the way, she discovers that her grandfather, who supposedly died in heroic circumstances, is living in the normal world. Can she trust her father who has perpetuated this lie? When her friends arrive for a visit, complications develop and …
One-Dog Sleigh, Aylea Stephens
One-Dog Sleigh, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When her dog wants to play, she decides to let him come along in an adventure in a one-dog sleigh. As they start off on their journey, a squirrel wants to join and jumps into the sleigh. Soon they are also joined by Owl, Lynx, Deer, Bear, Mouse, and Moose in the sleigh to form a one-pony, one-mouse, one-bear, one-deer, one-lynx, one-owl, one-squirrel, one-dog sleigh. Their new friends help the girl and her dog get home before a blizzard.
The Naughty List, Aylea Stephens
The Naughty List, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Bobbie used to love Christmas, but this year she’s certain that Christmas is bullying her so she decides to just ignore the bully. When her decision to ignore Christmas interferes to the point that her little brother is put on the Naughty List, Bobbie travels to the North Pole to talk to a half-lazy, half-Ninja Santa Claus, incontinent reindeer, rogue elves, and angry abandoned snow angels to save Christmas for her brother and the rest of the world. Because of her adventures, she learns that there is more to Christmas magic than she had previously supposed.
My New Teacher And Me!, Ariel Woodbury
My New Teacher And Me!, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s Billy’s first day of school and he is excited to meet his new teacher, but is his teacher excited to meet Billy? His teacher, Mr. Booth, seems to dislike Billy from the start and reprimands him for wearing a dirty shirt. Billy tries to explain that he was digging a hole to China when he discover a dinosaur skull and he hadn’t had time to wash up without being late to school. Mr. Booth thinks his story is “highly unlikely” so Billy sets to show him that the best things in life often are! As he tells stories of …
Mimi And Bear In The Snow, Melanie Curtis
Mimi And Bear In The Snow, Melanie Curtis
Children's Book and Media Review
If forced to make a choice, we all have that ONE thing in the world we can’t live without. For Mimi, it’s Bear. Wherever Mimi goes, Bear is always there. From playing outside in the snow, to ice skating, and even fancy tea parties, Bear is always by her side. But what does Mimi do when Bear suddenly isn’t there? The hunt begins as she retraces her steps looking for her beloved toy.
Merry Christmas, Splat, Aylea Stephens
Merry Christmas, Splat, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Splat the Cat knows that it is important to write a letter to Santa and be good so that he can get what he wants for Christmas, but he (and especially his little sister) aren’t convinced that Splat has been good enough to get the really big present he wants. Splat decides to do everything he can to help his mom get ready for Christmas. He even washes the Christmas dishes that aren’t dirty. When he’s still not sure if he’s been good enough, he decides to wait for Santa so he can tell Santa how good he has been. …
Masterminds, Tessa Mcmillan
Masterminds, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Serenity, New Mexico, seems to be the best town in the United States. There isn't any crime, poverty, or secrets. But Serenity's clean streak is smeared when Randy Hardaway accidentally takes his best friend, Eli Frieden, outside the city limits. Eli almost dies and Randy is immediately shipped out of town. But Randy leaves Eli a secret note stating that Eli and several other kids are "special" and that Serenity isn't what it appears. Eli and four of his classmates--Tori, Hector, Malik, and Amber--start seeing behind Serenity's spotless façade. The classmates execute a reconnaissance mission to the local plastic's works, …
Lulu And The Brontosaurus, Tessara Garrett
Lulu And The Brontosaurus, Tessara Garrett
Children's Book and Media Review
All Lulu wants for her birthday is a brontosaurus, and to her utter indignation her parents tell her “No!” So she runs away from home to find her brontosaurus, singing all the way, and all along her journey she faces off with a variety of creatures, telling them off with her bossy attitude and demanding personality. In the end she does find her brontosaurus, and it teaches her a bit about manners, humorously showing her that making demands of others isn’t very nice. In a nutshell, she learns a bit of what it means that “honey draws more flies than …
Little Elfie One, Aylea Stephens
Little Elfie One, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Everyone is busy getting ready for Christmas in the North Pole. One elf celebrates by leaping and laughing. Two little mice nibbled and gnawed. Three gingerbread kids run. Four little carolers sing songs. Five polar bears swim and dive. Six little snowmen shiver, seven little stars wink, Santa calls his eight helpers, and then he flies with his nine reindeer. As everyone gets ready to celebrate Christmas, Little Elfie One waits for Santa so that they can all enjoy Christmas.
Leopardpox!, Aylea Stephens
Leopardpox!, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Sadie is pretty sure that she is sick and won’t be able to go to kindergarten. Mama tries to figure out why Sadie is sick, and Sadie starts to turn into a leopard. She has leopardpox! Sadie’s brothers suggest taking her to the doctor so they take her to a pediatrician, but the other parents don’t want a leopard there and the pediatrician says he’s only a doctor for children. Instead they go to the animal clinic, but the veterinarian doesn’t have a solution for them so they take her to the zoo. When Mama says that a leopard should …
The Impossible Rescue: The True Story Of An Amazing Arctic Adventure, Tessa Mcmillan
The Impossible Rescue: The True Story Of An Amazing Arctic Adventure, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
In September 1897, eight whaling ships get iced-in just off the northern coast of Alaska. Word spreads to the White House of the plight awaiting the 265 marooned whalers. President William McKinley orders the captain of the Bear, a ship in the Revenue Cutter Service, to send three officers overland to gather reindeer herds and drive the animals 1,000 miles to the whalers’ location near Point Barrow, Alaska. Three men are chosen for the mission: First Lieutenant David Jarvis oversees the Overland Relief Expedition, along with Dr. Samuel Call, and Second Lieutenant Ellsworth Bertholf. The icy ocean conditions cause the …
I Love To Sleep: Deluxe Touch-And-Feel (Spanish And French Edition), Liz Kazandzhy
I Love To Sleep: Deluxe Touch-And-Feel (Spanish And French Edition), Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
This quality, interactive board book introduces babies to a variety of words associated with sleep, including pajamas, a music player, crib, and night light. It’s a vocabulary book, not a story book, and features a total of 12 words, each word presented in English, French, and Spanish.
Half A Creature From The Sea, Sydnee Burr
Half A Creature From The Sea, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
In a collection of short stories, David Almond combines fact with fiction to depict his own childhood. Preceding each short story is a forward in which the author explains the inspiration behind the following story, the characters, location, and drama. The stories take place in a collection of seaside villages in England and revolve around not judging those around you, sticking up for what is right, and believing in childhood ambition.
Geek Girl, Aylea Stephens
Geek Girl, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Harriet Manners is a geek and perfectly happy that way. Her best friend, Nat, however, wants to be a model. When they go on a field trip to a fashion convention, it is not Nat but Harriet who is spotted by a top model agent. Soon Harriet is flying to Russia for a modeling shoot, even though it means Nat is upset at her, the school bully, Alexa, has more things to mock her for, she has no idea how to handle the world of fashion, and the list of people who hate her keeps growing. On top of everything …
Geek Girl #2: Model Misfit, Aylea Stephens
Geek Girl #2: Model Misfit, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Harriet Manners knows that being a model does not automatically make your life easier. She still has to juggle school, bullies, her stalker, breaking up with the handsome supermodel, Nick, friend challenges, and getting along with other models. When she goes to Japan for the summer to be the star of a new fashion line, nothing seems to be going right for her. Nick is dating one of her roommates, none of her friends or family are answering her phone calls, she accidentally keeps doing things that are culturally offensive, and it looks like someone might just hate her enough …