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Mastering Comics, Olivia Hales
Mastering Comics, Olivia Hales
Children's Book and Media Review
Mastering Comics is an instructional text created by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden that provides a closer look at what it takes to make engaging stories in the comic book medium. The book is adapted to be used in a classroom by students and teachers or by the individual. The book is comprehensive in its choice of subject. Topics range from linear perspective drawing to methods of coloring, print history, and contemporary distribution considerations, to name only a few. At the end of each chapter, a homework and extra-credit assignment are proposed to give the reader an opportunity to apply …
The Little Prince, Liz Kazandzhy
The Little Prince, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
When a pilot crashes in the desert, he is surprised to find that he’s not alone. The first night, he comes across a strange little fellow who he calls the little prince. Soon he begins to hear about all of the little prince’s adventures—the small planet which he came from where there is a rose he loves and three little volcanoes; his short visits to other asteroids with the king, the vain man, the drunkard, the businessman, the lamplighter, and the geographer; and his journey to earth where he discovers other roses and tames a fox. Suffering from thirst, the …
The Leveller, Aylea Stephens
The Leveller, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Nixy Bauer’s job is going into a virtual reality game and dragging her classmates back to the real world. Normally it’s a great way to earn money, but when the game’s developer contacts her to fetch his son from the game, called the MEEP, Nixy has a bigger challenge than she has ever had before. Soon she discovers that her target, Wyn Salvador, doesn’t want to be found. He’s left a suicide note and challenges that are almost impossible to beat. When she fights her way through the game to retrieve him, she discovers that Wyn is being kept there …
If You Want To See A Whale, Liz Kazandzhy
If You Want To See A Whale, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
A boy and his dog go on an adventure to see a whale. Using his imagination, he and his canine friend go to the seaside, only to be distracted by a curious bird, sweet pink roses, possible pirates, a sitting pelican, a scooting caterpillar, and floating clouds. But they try to pay little attention to these fascinating things, and soon they row into the sea to wait, wait, and wait… until they finally see a whale!
Hedgehug's Halloween, Whitney Troxel
Hedgehug's Halloween, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Hedgehug completely forgot about Reginald's Halloween party and he has no costume. He goes to each of his friends for help, but the costumes either rip, pop, or fall apart. Discouraged, Hedgehug decides to go home. His friend's work together to come up with the perfect costume for Hedgehug. Hedgehug goes to the party as a cactus and everyone cheers.
How To Live Like A Roman Gladiator, Kiersten Carr
How To Live Like A Roman Gladiator, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
This picture book follows the adventures of Felix, a Gaulish rebel who is captured by the Roman army and sent to Rome to be sold as a gladiator. It is divided into short sections that cover the history, lifestyle, training, and techniques of Roman gladiators from Felix’s perspective. It relates Felix being bought at the slave auction, where he is told tales of the slave revolt led by Spartacus, and then shifts to his training and life at the school for gladiators, including a close look at the Coliseum and the tradition of gladiator fighting in ancient Roman culture. The …
His Fair Assassin #3: Mortal Heart, Whitney Troxel
His Fair Assassin #3: Mortal Heart, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Annith anxiously awaits her chance to serve outside the convent of Saint Mortain as a handmaiden of Death. Annith’s dreams of leaving the convent are shattered when the abbess announces Annith is to become the convent's new seeress. When the abbess leaves the convent to join Duchess’ council, Annith follows to confront her, convinced that the abbess is putting her own will above Mortain’s. Annith runs a group of hellequin, a group of men bound to serve Mortain to atone for their sins. Their leader, Balthazaar, offers her protection as they travel toward the same destination. Balthazaar is strangely familiar …
His Fair Assassin #2: Dark Triumph, Whitney Troxel
His Fair Assassin #2: Dark Triumph, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Sybella found sanctuary at the convent of St. Mortain until they sent her back to the monstrous house of Count d’Albert, her father, and the family that nearly drove her insane. After six months, the convent finally sends her a message, but to her dismay it is not a mission to kill d’Albert. Instead, she is to rescue the Beast of Waroch (one of the Duchess’ knights) who was imprisoned by d’Albert. Sybella knows she must move quickly when her father announces he has men placed within the Duchess’ army that will help him take over Brittany. She plans to …
His Fair Assassin #1: Grave Mercy, Whitney Troxel
His Fair Assassin #1: Grave Mercy, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
After three years at the convent of St. Mortain—the god of death—Ismae is a highly skilled assassin, ready to serve her god and her country. Her assignment, however, is less than ideal. Ismae is to play the part of Gavriel Duval’s mistress. Duval is the Duchess of Brittany’s half-brother, and Ismae will need to be connected to him to gain access to the Duchess’s court. Ismae is meant to weed out traitors and dispose of them, including Duval should he step out of line. As Duval and Ismae work together to keep the Duchess safe, Ismae can find no evidence …
Hellhole, Aylea Stephens
Hellhole, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Max starts his life of crime when he impulsively steals a cat knickknack for his mother who is dying of heart failure. Unfortunately for Max, this means that he’s opened himself to the influence of the devil. Or, one devil specifically (one of the 666 devils and is the Associate Imp of Salty Snacks) that he digs up when he’s looking for fossils. The devil’s name is Burgundy Cluttermuck, but he goes by Burg and promises to heal Max’s mother if Max can find him a house. Max learns that making deals with a devil is going to create bad …
Harold And The Purple Crayon, Chelsie Troxel
Harold And The Purple Crayon, Chelsie Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Harold is an adventurous little boy who decides to go for a walk with his little purple crayon. While on his walk he needs something to walk on, so he draws a walk way. He then imagines up all of the different things he sees and will need to have while on this night walk. He even finds himself head to head with a dragon! This gets him into the water where he draws up a boat. He gets lost for a while and is able to draw himself out of the trouble he gets into. A the end he …
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, Roger Layton
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, Roger Layton
Children's Book and Media Review
Few characters are as famous as Frankenstein's Monster, but the character you see in films and cartoons is not the real Frankenstein. Gris Grimly has taken Mary Shelley's original text from the 1800s and surrounded it with amazing drawings that draw you into the story. The original text of Frankenstein is a classic work that deals with lots of ideas that are very complex. While the ideas are important, the book doesn't have all the action you expect in a modern book. Grimly's work stays true to the text but adds richness. For example, many of the important points in …
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Chelsie Troxel
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Chelsie Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
After a long day of working hard on the construction site, these big and tough working trucks need to sleep. Each truck has a different job and works the whole day through-- Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator. They build and make, clean, and fix all day long. Each truck has a specific job they do and then it is time to turn off their engine and lay down to rest. Shh... goodnight, construction site, good night.
Goodnight Selfie, Whitney Troxel
Goodnight Selfie, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
After receiving a hand-me-down camera phone from her brother, a young girl learns how to take pictures of herself or selfies. She then spends the day taking selfies in every situation imaginable. Before long it’s time for bed and she takes one final goodnight-selfie.
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Boy, Whitney Troxel
Girl Meets World: Girl Meets Boy, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Afraid she’ll embarrass herself, Riley refuses to talk to her new friend, Lucas. Instead she sends him text messages from across the hall. Meanwhile, Cory is fed up with his students’ lack of emotion and inability to communicate without technology. He collects their phones assigns the class to split up in teams and figure out if new technology has made people better. Riley teams up with Lucas, much to Cory’s dismay. They meet up with Maya and Farkle and go to the New York Public Library. Riley has a difficult time talking to Lucas without her phone until she gets …
Ghosts In The House!, Aylea Stephens
Ghosts In The House!, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
A little girl goes to live in an old house at the edge of town, but the house is haunted. It’s a good thing that the girl isn’t just any girl. She’s also a witch! She knows how to catch ghosts, which is a good thing because she has quite a few that she needs to catch. She puts them in the washing machine and then hangs them on the clothesline to dry. Afterwards, they become great curtains, tablecloths, and blankets so that they can all live happily ever after.
Ghost Knight, Aylea Stephens
Ghost Knight, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When John Whitcroft is sent off to boarding school, he’s not expecting to have to confront ghosts that are determined to make him pay for the mistakes of his ancestors. However, no one else can see the ghosts that are threatening him except for the quirky girl, Ella. John and Ella team up to try to stop the ghosts from making John’s life miserable. They recruit the help of a ghostly knight, Sir Longspee, who can protect John, but wants a favor in exchange. John and Ella agree to help the knight, answering both questions about John’s family history and …
The Extra, Tessa Mcmillan
The Extra, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Like many Gypsy families, Lilo Friwald and her parents are shipped off to concentration camps where they encounter the horrors of the Third Reich. Separated from Lilo’s father, Lilo and her mother glean survival skills from Lilo’s new friend, Django. But their camp life is disrupted when Hitler’s favorite director, Leni Riefenstahl, visits Lilo’s camp. Leni is seeking extras for a movie she is making on the Reich’s dollar. Lilo, her mother, Django, and several other Gypsies are selected and the group is shipped out to Leni’s first filming location. But life on Leni’s set is just as dangerous as …
Dragons Love Tacos, Chelsie Troxel
Dragons Love Tacos, Chelsie Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
You might not know this, but dragons love tacos! All sorts of tacos both big and small. No one knows why dragons love tacos so much, but there is one ingredient that they hate: spicy salsa. If they eat spicy salsa their ears will smoke, their tummy rumbles, and it can be very dangerous. They love all of the normal toppings on their tacos, just not spicy salsa. If you ever host a taco party for dragons you will need lots of tacos to feed them all. In this case, the dragons accidentally ate the spicy salsa on their tacos! …
The Day Louis Got Eaten, Sydnee Burr
The Day Louis Got Eaten, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Louis and his sister Sarah are walking and playing in the woods one day when a monster comes out from the shadows and swallows Louis whole. His sister Sarah then follows the monster to save her brother, but the monster gets eaten and then that monster gets eaten and then that monster gets eaten and so on. Sarah has quite the adventure chasing one monster after another in order to save her brother Louis.
Darkbeast, Tessa Mcmillan
Darkbeast, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Like all the children in Keara’s world, she was blessed with an animal companion or darkbeast at her birth. The darkbeast has a magical connection to take upon themselves the faults and flaws of their human child. At the age of twelve, children sacrifice their darkbeasts to show they have left childhood and entered adulthood. But when Keara turns twelve, she cannot kill her darkbeast, Caw. Her failure causes her family to shun her and sets the religious order of the Inquisitors after her. She runs away with Caw and joins a caravan of actors called the Travelers. She keeps …
Curiosity House #1: The Shrunken Head, Aylea Stephens
Curiosity House #1: The Shrunken Head, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up in Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders as some of the freaks. Philippa can read people’s minds. Sam is unnaturally strong. Thomas can contort his body in ways that no one else can. Even though the museum isn’t financially successful, they are happy there. One day, another child, Max, joins the group as a knife thrower, and life changes for all of them. The museum’s Amazonian shrunken head is stolen, and people involved with the disappearance keep getting murdered. When their father figure, Mr. Dumfrey, is accused of the murders, Philippa, …
Cruel Beauty, Whitney Troxel
Cruel Beauty, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
For 900 years, Arcadia has been ruled by the Gentle Lord, Ignifex—a powerful demon willing to bargain to grant his subjects wishes, but there are always unexpected costs. Nyx is the result of one of those bargains. In order to have children, her father agreed that one of his daughters would become Ignifex’s bride. The unexpected cost was his wife’s life. Determined for revenge against the Gentle Lord and free Arcadia from his cursed rule, Nyx’s father trained her to seduce, disarm, and kill her future husband. But when Nyx goes to live with Ignifex she discovers there is more …
Creepy Creatures: Werewolves, Kiersten Carr
Creepy Creatures: Werewolves, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
This picture book is divided into short sections that cover the concept, history, and tradition of werewolves, both historically and in popular culture. The text is accompanied by short “Did You Know?” text boxes that provide additional facts and information, and features a weathered-looking layout and intriguing stock photography of animals, Hollywood monsters, and art. A short glossary in the back of the book contains definitions and pronunciations of words that young readers may not have encountered before.
Creepy Creatures: Ghosts, Kiersten Carr
Creepy Creatures: Ghosts, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
This picture book is divided into short sections that cover the concept, history, and tradition of ghosts, both historically and in popular culture. Featuring a blue-washed layout and intriguing stock photography of old houses, historical events, and people, the text is also accompanied by short “Did You Know?” text boxes that provide additional facts and information on the examples of ghost culture provided. A short glossary in the back of the book also contains definitions of words that young readers may not have encountered before, complete with guides to pronunciation.
Connect The Stars, Aylea Stephens
Connect The Stars, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Audrey and Aaron both have special gifts that make life difficult for them. Audrey can tell when people are lying and she can’t understand why everyone lies. Aaron remembers all the facts he comes across, but he has no understanding about how feelings work. They meet at a wilderness adventure camp with other kids who have challenges and been sent by their parents to deal with their individual struggles. They meet Kate, a girl who is sad all the time but has the ability to understand those around her, and Louis who has hypersensitivity to such an extreme that it …
Clark The Shark Afraid Of The Dark, Aylea Stephens
Clark The Shark Afraid Of The Dark, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Clark the Shark is trying to get ready for his first sleepover, but he’s worried because it will be his first time sleeping outside without his glow-fish night-light. He and his friends play games until it’s time to go outside. Clark’s friends tell scary stories and Clark’s friends all start to feel a little scared. Clark realizes that all of them are a little bit afraid of the dark. Soon they all find a way to help themselves not be afraid of the dark anymore.
Bounce Back: How To Be A Resilient Kid, Liz Kazandzhy
Bounce Back: How To Be A Resilient Kid, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
This nonfiction self-help book for children contains sound advice and practical strategies to help children learn resilience, or “the ability to bounce back from tough times.” Divided into ten chapters, the material covers an impressive variety of topics, for example understanding the role of emotions, using self-talk and calming strategies to handle stress, dealing with social conflicts, coping with unchangeable situations, and building a support network to lean on in tough times. The purpose of the book is to both motivate children to learn resiliency skills and then teach those skills, focusing on the fact that resiliency can be learned …
Book: My Autobiography, Aylea Stephens
Book: My Autobiography, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Book: My Autobiography is the story of books as told from the perspective of a unique character, Book itself. Between black and white illustrations and an occasional quote about books, Book describes its history from the days of storytelling before writing was invented to the burning of books. It discusses the invention of paper and the alphabet, the evolution of copying books to the printing press, the development of libraries, and the potential future of books in the digital age. All of these things help provide a broad, simple overview of the history of books, writing, and storytelling.
Bo At Ballard Creek, Sydnee Burr
Bo At Ballard Creek, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
When Mean Millie asked a gold miner for a favor, he had no idea she would hand him a swaddled, blond haired, tiny bundle and recite the name of an Alaskan orphanage. Outside the orphanage gates, the two gold miners who agreed to the task fell in love with the baby's charm, were disappointed by the strict damp look of the place, and enthusiastically decided to raise the child themselves. They named her Bo, and set out on their way to raising a child on the Alaskan frontier.