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The Magic Shop #2: The Incredible Twisting Arm, Aylea Stephens
The Magic Shop #2: The Incredible Twisting Arm, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Learning magic has made Mike’s life a lot easier, but he wants to be able to spend more time at the White Rabbit. He decides to try to prove to his parents that he’s more responsible so that they will allow him to ride his bike to the magic store, but he keeps messing up. When his teacher announces in class that there will be an extra credit opportunity for anyone who can come up with a demonstration about everyday science for everyone in the fourth grade, Mike decides to use magic to earn extra credit and prove that he …
The Magic Shop #1: The Vanishing Coin, Aylea Stephens
The Magic Shop #1: The Vanishing Coin, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Mike wonders if something is wrong with him. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t sit still and focus. When he finds an old joke shop one day, he realizes that this shop also sells supplies for magicians. The owner of the shop, Mr. Zerlin, promises to teach Mike a trick if he can answer a riddle for him. When Mike shows off his first magic trick at school, most of the kids are impressed and he feels more popular than he ever has before. His new hobby also helps his make friends with his new neighbor, Nora, and …
Magic School Bus Presents: Dinosaurs, Liz Kazandzhy
Magic School Bus Presents: Dinosaurs, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jump on the Magic School Bus and come explore dinosaurs! Ms. Frizzle will take you on a prehistoric tour and introduce you to dinosaurs big and small, predators and prey, some with feathers and others that swim underwater. Thanks to fossils left over after the mass extinction caused by a huge asteroid, scientists have discovered many interesting characteristics about these unusual creatures. There are several dinosaurs covered in this book, some of which are sure to be familiar and others that will surprise and intrigue you.
Lots Of Lambs, Liz Kazandzhy
Lots Of Lambs, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
This book shows you lambs in all kinds of conditions, with all sorts of personalities, and engaged in all types of activities! Whether they’re happy or grumpy, sitting or standing, on the phone or all alone, these lambs are irresistibly cute and entertaining. This is a book without a plot but with lots of great words and a lot of fun to be had.
Little Tug, Sydnee Burr
Little Tug, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Little Tug is the smallest boat in the harbor. There are a lot of things he can’t do. When comparing himself to the other ships in the harbor, he’s not the tallest, he’s not the biggest, and he’s not the longest or the strongest. But Little Tug has an important job to do. He helps other boats when they’re in a pickle and can’t do things on their own.
The League Of Princes #1: The Hero's Guide To Saving Your Kingdom, Aylea Stephens
The League Of Princes #1: The Hero's Guide To Saving Your Kingdom, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s not easy being a Prince Charming, especially when the bards can’t get your story right and things don’t work out with your princess. In spite of being called “Prince Charming” by the bards, four princes have to leave their homes when the bards focus on the unheroic parts of their stories. Liam finds out that Sleeping Beauty is actually a cruel leader, Prince Frederic cannot impress Ella (Cinderella) because he’d rather dance than fight with a sword, Gustav has to be rescued by Rapunzel, and Duncan isn’t settling into married life with Snow White as well as he would …
King Arthur's Very Great Grandson, Aylea Stephens
King Arthur's Very Great Grandson, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Henry Alfred Grummorson is the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King Arthur, and he wants to live up to that heritage. On the day that he turns six-years-old, he woke up early and went with his trust donkey, Knuckles, to find an adventure. He goes to fight a dragon, but the dragon wants to have a smoke ring competition instead of fighting, so Henry goes to try the Cyclops. The Cyclops just wants to have a staring contest. The Griffin simply wants to play chess, and the leviathan also just wants to play a game. He decides that because he has come face-to-face …
Key To The Catalyst #1: A Riddle In Ruby, Aylea Stephens
Key To The Catalyst #1: A Riddle In Ruby, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Ruby Teach is a trained thief, a good liar, and the daughter of a fake pirate. When she meets the young lord Athen, her life changes forever. Her father’s boat is attacked by mysterious people, and Ruby learns that she has been on the run from both the Royal Navy and secret societies, both of which are now chasing her. Ruby has to learn who to trust and who not to trust as she tries to stay safe, find out who has kidnapped her father, and the secret behind why everyone seems to be after Ruby and her family.
Disney Princess Chapter Book: Jasmine—The Missing Coin, Liz Kazandzhy
Disney Princess Chapter Book: Jasmine—The Missing Coin, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jasmine wants to surprise her husband Aladdin for his birthday with the final missing coin of his beloved coin collection. The day of his birthday celebration, she and her tiger Rajah fly on the Magic Carpet to a nearby city Zagrabah to retrieve it. All seems to be going well until the Magic Carpet all the sudden breaks down, leaving the Princess and Rajah stranded in the desert. After moving past some dangerous creatures and enlisting the help of some kind camels, they arrive in Zagrabah, find the man who gives them the coin, find another man who fixes the …
If You Plant A Seed, Ariel Woodbury
If You Plant A Seed, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
A rabbit and a mouse plant carrot seeds, tomato seeds, and cabbage seeds, but when the plants have grown the birds want some too! They learn that if they plant a seed of selfishness that it will grow and make them unhappy, but if they plant a seed of kindness that will grow into something sweet. When they decide to share with the birds, they all begin to help each other and the garden grows to be very large and fruitful.
How To Live Like A Viking Warrior, Kiersten Carr
How To Live Like A Viking Warrior, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
This picture book follows the adventures of Olaf Sharpaxe, a the son of the local jarl (earl), as he goes on his first raid as a Viking. Olaf introduces the history and lifestyle of Viking raiders as he prepares and trains in preparation, giving readers a first-hand look at Viking weapons, equipment, and customs, including the life stories of famous Vikings. He and his clan build longships, successfully raid a monastery and capture treasure and prisoners, fight the Scots, participate in Viking funerary rites, and explain the Viking afterlife.
How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz, Aylea Stephens
How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
This book tells the poetic story of Jelly Roll Morton in a creative way. When he was a baby, his godmother, a voodoo queen, put a spell on him and then got arrested with him when he was just a baby. Music is the only thing that can stop him from crying in jail, and later in life he learns to play the piano so well that he’s playing with the grown-ups in bars. He is thrown out of his house because his great-grandmother doesn’t want a lowlife musician in her home, but he goes back to the one thing …
The Hero's Trail, Tessa Mcmillan
The Hero's Trail, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
T. A. Barron takes readers on a mountain hike that is unlike any trail they have ever encountered. This climb is not about testing physical abilities or enjoying the view. This special path leads readers to the heights of true heroism. But that footpath needs to be strictly defined. The media is confusing youth with false tracks leading them to think that famous celebrities are real heroes. With Barron’s guiding hand, readers traverse a well-trodden, safe route showcasing the attributes of both past, present, and fictional heroes. These attributes are courage, perseverance, generosity, compassion, and hope. With each section of …
Green, Liz Kazandzhy
Green, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
How many types of green are there? In this book, the author uses stunning illustrations that span every page to show the many kinds of green. From sea green to pea green, khaki green to wacky green, every page depicts a new scene with a new shade. There’s even a few pages in which there’s no green at all! The story ends with a boy planting a seed which turns into a massive, “forever green” tree.
The Greatest Dinosaur Ever, Liz Kazandzhy
The Greatest Dinosaur Ever, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Which was the greatest dinosaur of them all? Page by page, this book takes you through all the greatest dinosaurs—the fastest, tallest, smartest, and even weirdest dinosaurs, and dinosaurs with other unique and fascinating characteristics. From the well-known Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus to the unfamiliar Therizinosaurus and Troodon, you’ll learn about all sorts of remarkable creatures and what they were capable of when they lived on the earth.
The Gollywhopper Games #3: Friend Or Foe, Aylea Stephens
The Gollywhopper Games #3: Friend Or Foe, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Zane isn’t that interested in the Gollywhopper Games. He is a football player, and his big dream is to play in the NFL until his second concussion prevents him from playing football for a year. He’s not sure what he’s going to be able to do with his life, so when he gets an opportunity to compete in the Gollywhopper Games, he decides to use his skills of determining strategy to win the Games to make up for not being able to play football. In these Gollywhopper Games, the challenges involve friends who can help them succeed and foes that …
The Girl At Midnight, Aylea Stephens
The Girl At Midnight, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Echo has no family except for the secret race of people that live underneath the streets of New York City. These people, the Avicen, have fathers and have been in a long war with the Drakharins, a dragon-like people. Echo lives mostly alone, spending her days traveling by magic to different parts of the world in order to steal things. When she steals something unusual, she learns the legend of the firebird, possibly the one thing that can win victory for the Avicen. In her quest to find the firebird and follow the clues, she has to team up with …
Froodle, Liz Kazandzhy
Froodle, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Little Brown Bird always says “peep,” just like Crow saws “caw,” Dove says “coo,” and Cardinal says “chip.” But one day, Little Brown Bird wants to say something else… so he does—“froodle sproodle!” Crow isn’t amused and insists he stick with “peep,” but Little Brown Bird just can’t help himself. He keeps shouting silly phrases, and soon even Dove and Cardinal join in on the silliness. Crow flies away, appalled at the silliness and convinced that there’s no such thing as a silly crow. But soon enough, he rejoins his friends with a blurted “Wuppy!” and from then on, everyone …
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Sydnee Burr
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
When Claudia, an unsatisfied 12-year-old, decides to run away from home and take her little brother, Jamie, and his piggy-bank, along, she has a plan for everything. They pack their clothes in their instrument cases and head to the Metropolitan Museum of Art instead of school. While sneakily staying at the Museum, Claudia becomes entranced with the mystery behind a new sculpture and refuses to go home until they discover all they can about its origin.
The Folk Keeper, Sydnee Burr
The Folk Keeper, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
The Folk Keeper is a bewitching tale of a young girl seeking to feel important and to find her true identity. Corinna, abandoned as a baby, is strong willed and determined. Passionate about feeling in control of herself, she changes her name to Corin and adorns boy clothes so that she can work a lad's occupation. When she is personally sought out to work at a large estate, hiding who she is becomes even harder, and finding herself becomes almost intuitive.
Famous Last Words, Aylea Stephens
Famous Last Words, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Samantha D’angelo thinks about death quite a lot, but it’s mostly because her summer job is writing obituaries at her local newspaper. Life at the newspaper keeps her busy. Although her best friend wants Sam to be spending her time going to parties and beaches, Sam discovers that she prefers to spend time with the people at the paper, especially another intern, AJ, and Michael, whose story on the mayor stirs her curiosity. Sam learns to do some investigative research on her own to learn about what the mayor is hiding while she’s dealing with how she feels about some …
Exile, Amanda Shrum
Exile, Amanda Shrum
Children's Book and Media Review
Torn between trying to please her conventional parents and following her dreams of becoming a rock band manager, Catherine Summer Carlson struggles to juggle school, music, and her love life while attending Mount Hope High’s PopArts Academy. After falling for fellow student, the dreamy Caleb Daniels, the two begin developing a new band, Dangerheart. But there is more to Caleb then meets the eye. He happens to be the son of Eli White, the lead singer of the legendary band Allegiance to the North before his drug habit lead to his death at 22. Summer and Caleb end up on …
Exclamation Mark, Liz Kazandzhy
Exclamation Mark, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
This is the story about an exclamation mark. He did everything he could to fit in with the periods, but nothing seemed to work. Eventually, when he was ready to pack up and run away, he crosses paths with a question mark, who (naturally) starts asking him questions. Annoyed by all the interrogation, the exclamation mark yells for him to stop… thus finding his true voice! He starts to experiment with exclamations, starting from a little “Hi!” and making his way to bigger and louder words like “Congratulations!” He races back to show the other grammar signs what he can …
The Drama Teacher's Survival Guide #2, Rebeca Wallin
The Drama Teacher's Survival Guide #2, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
Relying on her 37 years of experience teaching drama in high school, Margaret Johnson doles out her wisdom in The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide #2. The book is most useful for first year teachers, especially teachers without a degree in theatre who have been assigned to teach the drama class at their school. Still, the practical advice will spark ideas in more experienced teachers. Basic procedures and ideology for a drama classroom are laid out in detail with samples (available for use,) for letters to parents, course management and grading systems. Johnson also supplies eight units to fill the school …
Darkbeast Rebellion, Tessa Mcmillan
Darkbeast Rebellion, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
After escaping Lutecia with both their darkbeasts and their lives, Keara, Goran, and Taggart are traversing the snowy forests in search of a rumor. The rumor is that a colony of darkbeast supporters—aka darkers—is located somewhere in those woods. The three Travelers find the colony, but Caw, Keara’s darkbeast, is uneasy about the darkers. Caw’s fears are solidified when the colonists turn in Keara, Goran, and Taggart to the Inquisitors. The three are taken back to Lutecia to undergo the torturous repentance of those unfaithful to their religious traditions. While incarcerated, Keara meets Dillon, heir to the throne of Duodecia. …
Disney Princess Chapter Book: Cinderella—The Lost Tiara, Liz Kazandzhy
Disney Princess Chapter Book: Cinderella—The Lost Tiara, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Cinderella still seems to be getting used to life as a princess at the castle, a life much different than the one she lived as a servant to her step-family. One day, the Prince and King go on a trip to a neighboring kingdom, which unfortunately is also right when they get word that the King’s mother, Grandmama, is coming to town. They leave Cinderella to meet Grandmama on her own for the first time, and Cinderella is desperate to make a good first impression. Grandmama had expressed her excitement to see Cinderella in the tiara she gave as a …
Boston Jane, Sydnee Burr
Boston Jane, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Jane finds the propriety of Philadelphia society tiring. She wants to play, she wants to be silly, she wants to get her hands dirty, and she does not want to follow Lady Godey's Guidebook on how to be a young lady. When she receives an invitation from a handsome suitor to sail over to the Washington Territory and be his bride, Jane jumps at the opportunity, leaving all familiarity behind. When she arrives however, and her fiance is nowhere to be found, Jane must embark on her own life among the settlers, fur trappers, and Indians in the Washington Territory.
Bear Says Thanks, Liz Kazandzhy
Bear Says Thanks, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Bear wants to make a feast for his friends, but when he discovers that his cupboards are bare, he doesn’t know what to do. But soon Mouse stops by with a tasty little treat, followed by Hare with muffins, Badger with fish, and all the rest of Bear’s pals with other platters of scrumptious food. Bear says “Thanks!” every time but then gets disappointed that he has nothing to share with them in return. But the other animals aren’t worried about it—they’re just grateful that he’s their friend. The group settles down to a delicious feast and enjoy friendly conversations …
Baby Bear, Liz Kazandzhy
Baby Bear, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
When Baby Bear loses his way in the forest, he begins asking the other forest creatures if they can help him get home. One by one, they share advice on what they do when they get lost, and each bit of advice seems to lead to Baby Bear meeting another animal who then helps him further along. After chatting with a large mountain lion, a busy frog, a pair of squirrels, a wise moose, a friendly ram, and a loving owl, Baby Bear finds a salmon who finally leads him home.
B. Bear And Lolly: Catch That Cookie!, Aylea Stephens
B. Bear And Lolly: Catch That Cookie!, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
B. Bear and Lolly are best friends, so one day that decide to work on a new invention: the Porridge Perfecter. It turns out to be much harder to make porridge than they thought. They almost have it right when the Gingerbread Man topples over their invention. When he doesn’t stop to apologize or clean up the mess, they decide to chase him down. They set traps and try to scare him, but they just can’t catch the Gingerbread Man. Finally they decide to use their porridge to catch him. The Gingerbread Man is afraid that they will eat him. …