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Shutter, Amanda Shrum
Shutter, Amanda Shrum
Children's Book and Media Review
Micheline Helsing, the descendant of Professor Van Helsing, has been trained since infancy to fight against the forces of evil with a camera as her only weapon. After a disastrous encounter with a particularly malevolent entity, Micheline and her ghost-fighting comrades are stricken with a life threatening sickness that will have them dead within a week. In order to save herself, her friends, and to prove herself to her distant, controlling father, Micheline tracks down the ghost only to find out it has a personal vendetta against her. Micheline is forced to face grotesque monsters, violent Ouija boards, and seductive …
Seven Wonders #4: The Curse Of The King, Tessa Mcmillan
Seven Wonders #4: The Curse Of The King, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
After the Loculus of Healing is smashed, Jack, Cass, and Aly think that their quest is over. So the three tweens return home to live out their last months. But when Jack and Cass’s Loculus shards fuse together, they realize their mission is still possible. However, the Massa took the remaining shards back to their headquarters on Karai’s island. To get the Massa’s attention and be returned to the island, the three friends pursue the Loculus of Strength held by the statue of Zeus in Olympia. Once they touch the Loculus, Zeus’s statue comes to life and the tweens lose …
Piggies In Pajamas, Liz Kazandzhy
Piggies In Pajamas, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
While Mama Piggy is busy on the phone and getting ready for bed, these five little piggies in pajamas want to do anything besides sleep! Jumping, climbing, scooting, and whirling around their room, the playful piggies have all sorts of adventures, all the while listening to make sure Mama isn’t coming down the hall toward them. Soon, a noise outside their window frightens them, so they crawl and sneak toward Mama’s room and snuggle into her bed. She finds them there and joins them for bedtime, kissing each one goodnight.
Otter In Space, Aylea Stephens
Otter In Space, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Otter goes to the museum—the best place ever!—and gets to see a lot of fun things about space. She even gets to see a moon rock that came all the way from the moon. Otter Keeper doesn’t let Otter buy everything she needs from the gift shop, so she decides that she should get a moon rock from the same place the museum did: the moon! Otter and Teddy build their space suits, do some training, and build a spaceship. They find the best moon rock they can before going back to earth to play with it.
Nursery And Fairy Tales Collection, Sydnee Burr
Nursery And Fairy Tales Collection, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
All of your favorite nursery rhymes are matched up with Mary Englebreit’s bright, fun, and eye-catching illustrations in her collection of nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Teach your children all of your beloved stories and be enamored alongside them with the beautiful illustrations in this children’s collection.
My Dog Is The Best, Liz Kazandzhy
My Dog Is The Best, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
My Dog Is the Best is a short picture book that illustrates the bond between a boy and his dog. Despite the dog being intent on sleeping, the little boy enthusiastically finds plenty of activities to participate in with his canine friend and gives several reasons why his dog is truly the best.
Marty And Grace #4: Mutation, Tessa Mcmillan
Marty And Grace #4: Mutation, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
After Grace and the dinosaur hatchlings are rescued from Noah Blackwood, Wolfe and Ted take Marty, Grace, Luther, and Dylan to Brazil to aid in the search for Marty’s missing parents. The tweens and the two adults split into two traveling parities as they head towards Dr. Lansa’s jaguar preserve. Before and after the two groups arrive, several members of the preserve disappear into the rainforest with no trace. Finally only Marty, Grace, Dylan, and the hatchlings are left behind. But the hatchlings, who imprinted on Luther, follow Luther’s trail with Marty, Grace, and Dylan close behind. Together, they find …
Mothman's Curse, Aylea Stephens
Mothman's Curse, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Josie lives in one of the most haunted towns in America, but she’s never seen anything paranormal until now. At one of the auctions her dad does, her brother Fox discovers a Polaroid camera that always has a picture of the ghost of John Goodrich. John tries to warn them against a curse that has been in the area of Athens, Ohio, for over a hundred years. Josie gets cursed by Mothman, an insect creature bent on proving that humans are selfish and will always choose to save themselves before saving someone else. Josie has to find out the history …
Minions, Kiersten Carr
Minions, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
The minions need a bad guy to serve in order to be happy, but they have a tendency to accidentally kill off the villains they serve. Stuart, Bob, and Kevin decide to go on a quest to find a big boss for all of the minions to serve. They go to Villain Con where they fight to be the newest minions for the greatest female super villain of all time, Scarlet Overkill. When they try to steal Queen Elizabeth II’s crown from her, Bob inadvertently becomes the king of England. They have to defend themselves from a now furious Scarlet …
Marilyn's Monster, Kiersten Carr
Marilyn's Monster, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
All the kids in Marilyn's class are getting monsters. She wants one too, but your monster has to find you. That's just the way it works. Marilyn tries everything to get her monster. She pretends not to look for her monster at the playground. She loiters around the library. She tries to seem pretty and friendly and nice and fun so that her monster will want to be around her. But her monster doesn't come. As time passes and everyone else gets their monsters, Marilyn starts to lose hope. Maybe she just needs to go and find her monster herself, …
Magic School Bus Presents: The Rainforest, Liz Kazandzhy
Magic School Bus Presents: The Rainforest, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jump on the Magic School Bus and come explore the rainforest! Here you’ll find all sorts of trees, vines, and other plants, which are home to thousands of species of mesmerizing bugs and animals. You’ll also learn more about apes, monkeys, birds, frogs, tigers, and snakes, and why it’s so important to preserve the rainforests to keep these animals safe.
Magic School Bus Presents: The Human Body, Liz Kazandzhy
Magic School Bus Presents: The Human Body, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jump on the Magic School Bus and come explore the human body! Ms. Frizzle is ready to take you on a ride starting in the inside of a cell and ending with an overview of what makes a body run and how to take care of it. You’ll ride right on through all the vital body parts (skin, hair, nails, bones, muscles), senses (touch, eye, ear, mouth, nose), organs (brain, heart, lungs), and systems (nervous, digestive, circulatory), making for a truly exciting journey.
Magic School Bus Presents: Sea Creatures, Liz Kazandzhy
Magic School Bus Presents: Sea Creatures, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jump on the Magic School Bus and come explore sea creatures! Starting at the beach and then taking you further and further and deeper and deeper, this journey will introduce you to a vast and beautiful world of sea animals and plants. You’ll see fish and sharks, whales and dolphins, turtles and snakes, jellyfish and octopuses, seals and sea lions, and so much more. You’ll also find out who lives by the coral reefs, in the kept forest, and at the bottom of the sea.
Magic School Bus Presents: Polar Animals, Liz Kazandzhy
Magic School Bus Presents: Polar Animals, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jump on the Magic School Bus and come explore polar animals! The first stop is the Arctic, where you’ll see polar bears, artic foxes, whales, seals, walruses, artic birds, musk oxen, and so much more. Then, on the other side of the world in Antarctica, you’ll be greeted by vast colonies of penguins, flocks of other birds, huge whales, and plenty of sea creatures that can withstand the harsh Antarctic climate. Finally, you’ll learn how global warming is putting many magnificent animals at risk of becoming extinct.
Magic School Bus Presents: Insects, Liz Kazandzhy
Magic School Bus Presents: Insects, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Jump on the Magic School Bus and come explore insects! Besides seeing beetles, butterflies, and bees up close and personal, you’ll fly with crickets, mosquitoes, and dragonflies, crawl around with ants and cockroaches, and discover the remarkable defensive tactics that help insects stay alive. The amount of bugs and details included in this book is very impressive, as every page highlights several insects at once.
Little Elliot Big City, Aylea Stephens
Little Elliot Big City, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Little Elliot is different from all of the other elephants. For one thing, he is white with pastel polka dots. For another, he’s only a few feet tall. He lives in a big city, but sometimes it’s hard living in such a big place when he is so small. Getting around can be difficult without getting stepped on, and he has to make adjustments at home to be able to reach things. Elliot loves cupcakes more than anything, but when he goes to buy one, he’s too small to be noticed. This makes Elliot sad, but he discovers that he …
The Last Time We Say Goodbye, Whitney Troxel
The Last Time We Say Goodbye, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Lex used to be happy. But that was before her brother, Tyler, killed himself. Now Lex just feels empty and isn’t sure she can ever be happy again. Therapy doesn’t seem to be helping, her mother is not coping well, and while her friends want to be there for her they just don’t understand. Ty sent her a text the night he died and if she had responded, Lex feels she could have saved him. She can’t help all the “maybes” and “what ifs” that run through her mind. No matter how hard Lex tries to pull her life back …
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Pat Frade
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Pat Frade
Children's Book and Media Review
Killing Lincoln is a non-fiction (though it reads like historical fiction) account of the end of the Civil War, the assassination of Lincoln, and the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators (time period between March 4, 1865 thru July 7, 1865). The book is divided into 4 parts: total war, the ides of death, the long good Friday, and the chase. Part 1 describes the final days of the Civil War as Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant are locked in battle. John Wilkes Booth is introduced as a Northerner who is a southern sympathizer and is …
The Keepers #1: The Box And The Dragonfly, Aylea Stephens
The Keepers #1: The Box And The Dragonfly, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When Horace F. Andrews sees a sign from the bus with his name on it, he goes to investigate what it could mean. The sign leads him to a warehouse full of mysterious objects. There he receives a strange gift: a box that he soon discovers allows him to see the future and send small objects into the future. This box causes him many problems, however. Seeing the future can have difficult consequences that will put him, his family, and his new friend Chloe—a girl who has a magical object herself—as he finds himself in a conflict between two powerful …
Junonia, Sydnee Burr
Junonia, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Alice is about to celebrate her tenth birthday. It's a special birthday; not only is it double-digits, but she gets to celebrate it with her parents and all their friends at their winter vacation home on the beach in Florida. Alice tries to behave adult-like, but her childish anticipation can't help but keep bubbling over. When things don't go as planned, special friends get snowed in and can't make it, and a new young face tries to fit in, Alice's parents and elderly neighbors do their best to create wonder out of a seemingly dull situation.
Inuk And The Sun, Rebeca Wallin
Inuk And The Sun, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
Based on characters from Inuit mythology, this original story follows a young boy named Inuk as he journeys to save his people and become a man. Inuk is the Inuit word for “human being” and the plot echoes the universal experience of growing up and coming to terms with life and death. Inuk and his father set off to hunt during the cold winter season. The family and tribe are starving and Inuk is convinced that he must capture the sun and bring it back in order for all to survive. In pursuit of food and the sun, Inuk’s father …
I, Malvolio, Rebeca Wallin
I, Malvolio, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
In this riff on one of Shakespeare’s famous secondary characters, we find Malvolio from Twelfth Night immediately after the events of the play. Having been cruelly used in a practical joke, he relives in memory the events of the play from his perspective and then tries to recover from the horrible situation he was placed in. His primary coping technique being revenge, he plots it on everyone including the audience in the theater. The one-man show relies heavily on audience interaction; Malvolio goes as far as ordering audience members around and bringing them up on stage. Familiarity with Twelfth Nightwill …
I, Banquo, Rebeca Wallin
I, Banquo, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
One of (currently) five in the I, Shakespeare series by Crouch which retell plays from the point of view of lesser characters, this one-man show retells the story of Macbeth through the all-seeing eyes of Banquo’s spirit. Banquo narrates the story from a unique perspective, repeatedly pronouncing “It could have been me,” leading the audience through his journey trying to make sense of Macbeth’s actions. He compares those actions to what his own might have been in the same situation. Perfect for a Shakespeare enthusiast, a familiarity with the original work is preferable for a deeper understanding of this play.
Hunter, Rachel Wadham
Hunter, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
From a young age Joyeaux trained in a remote monastery to destroy the infestation of fay that plagues the world. Now the walls built to keep the people safe no longer hold the Otherworlders back and Joy is called to the capital city to join their team of hunters. As cameras broadcast her every move to legions of adoring fans, Joy must learn to navigate her newfound stardom and the rocky political climate. Even though the powerful elite are trying to hide reality from the populous to keep them complacent, Joy realizes that it’s becoming impossible to cover up the …
Hot Diggity Dogs, Liz Kazandzhy
Hot Diggity Dogs, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Kate and Lucie are no ordinary girls… nor ordinary dogs! After buying special necklaces at a thrift shop, they realize that they can transform into dogs together with just the clap of a high-five. The book begins with them exploring the city as dogs, ordering “Hot Diggity Dog” hot dogs as girls, then playing at the park as dogs again. Soon they discover that the hot dog stand owners’ dogs, Ketchup and Mustard, have gone missing, and they join the community in searching, transforming between being human and canine depending on what’s most convenient. Once Ketchup and Mustard are safely …
Herman And Rosie, Aylea Stephens
Herman And Rosie, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Herman Schubert and Rosie Bloom live in a very busy city in two very small apartments. Herman plays the oboe and likes watching films about the ocean. Rosie likes to sing and watch films about the ocean. They both like living in the big city, but sometimes it can be a lonely place to be by themselves. Although Herman occasionally plays oboe and Rosie hears it, and sometimes Rosie sings and Herman hears it, they never meet. One day Rosie is told that she can’t sing in the club anymore and Herman loses his job. Both are sad and stop …
The Testing #3: Graduation Day, Pat Frade
The Testing #3: Graduation Day, Pat Frade
Children's Book and Media Review
Graduation Day is the third and final book in Joelle Charbonneau’s The Testing series. It follows Cia on her journey to finally end the Testing, a brutal series of tests aimed at picking the best and brightest to become leaders. As the rebels move into place, ready to fight against the government, Cia must decide who is truly on her side and who is not. Tasked with a mission by the president, Cia selects a few of her classmates to help her, never sure who she can trust. Risking her life and the lives of others, Cia must put faith …
Frog And Toad Storybook Treasury, Liz Kazandzhy
Frog And Toad Storybook Treasury, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
All of Frog and Toad’s adventures are now found together in one volume. In this storybook treasury, friendly Frog and the more serious Toad find themselves in all sorts of interesting situations as they discover the world around them. Among other things, they search for a lost button, go swimming, plant a garden, learn how to be brave, eat ice cream, and fly a kite. The stories are simple, sweet, funny, and insightful and always highlight the special bond between Frog and Toad.
Don’T Spill The Milk, Sydnee Burr
Don’T Spill The Milk, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
A young girl carries a bowl of milk on top of her head on a long journey to bring it to her father who is herding sheep far away. When Penda’s mother tells her she wants to bring a bowl of milk to Penda’s father who is away in the grasslands, Penda volunteers to do it for her. Penda feels both brave and important as she carefully winds through obstacles to deliver the milk without losing a single drop.
Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection Of Cartoons To Make Your Tail Wag, Liz Kazandzhy
Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection Of Cartoons To Make Your Tail Wag, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Dave Coverly, the creator of the comic Speed Bump, has compiled this collection of hilarious dog-related single-panel cartoons. Each section pokes fun at different facets of canine life, and a few chapters highlight some fun facts and interesting historical stories about dogs. Also included are several recollections from the author’s own life about the dogs he has owned and loved.