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Deadly, Pat Frade
Deadly, Pat Frade
Children's Book and Media Review
New York City in 1906 many people were falling ill and dying of typhoid fever. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski decides to leave school and finds a job to support her mother and herself. She gains employment with the Department of Health and Sanitation where she is an assistant to Mr. Soper, the sanitation engineer. Mr. Soper is trying to determine how typhoid is spread, and as Prudence types up Mr. Soper’s notes it is concluded that many cases had one common element—a cook. The department tracks down the cook, Mary Mallon, and declares her a healthy carrier of the typhoid fever, …
Dead End In Novelt, Pat Frade
Dead End In Novelt, Pat Frade
Children's Book and Media Review
Twelve-year-old Jack Gantos has big plans for his summer vacation until he is grounded because of a feud between his parents. He resigns himself to a summer of reading history books and digging a bomb shelter for his dad. His only freedom away from the house is to help his elderly neighbor, Miss Volker. Miss Volker has arthritis in her hands and has an unusual task for Jack—writing and typing the obituaries for the town newspaper. Any time Jack gets nervous, scared or excited, his nose would bleed, which happens quite often. The two make quite the team: Jack driving …
Won Ton And Chopstick: A Cat And Dog Tale Told In Haiku
Won Ton And Chopstick: A Cat And Dog Tale Told In Haiku
Children's Book and Media Review
Won Ton is a house cat who loves living the typical cat life and spending time with his master “Boy.” But one day everything changes when Boy brings home an unexpected and unpleasant surprise—a puppy named Chopstick! This adorable pup seems to steal everything that Won Ton loves: attention, food, and space. After several little cat-dog skirmishes, Won Ton and Chopstick get put together, and Won Ton comes to realize that his canine companion isn’t so detestable after all. In fact, they actually have some things in common! The story resolves to find Boy, Won Ton, and Chopstick finally together …
What's New? The Zoo!: A Zippy History Of Zoos
What's New? The Zoo!: A Zippy History Of Zoos
Children's Book and Media Review
Where did zoos come from? This book takes you on a journey through history, from the first zoo 4400 years ago in present-day Iraq, to zoos all around the world that expanded throughout the last several centuries until just recently. Little snippets of zoo history are presented with the year and place of the event as well as illustrations.
The Darkest Minds
Children's Book and Media Review
This dystopian novel begins as a disease sweeps across America, killing most children but having a much different effect on those who survive: the development of supernatural abilities. Ruby is a young girl who manifests these abilities and soon finds herself in one of the government’s many “rehabilitation camps” called Thurmond, where she spends the next several years as a prisoner with other teens who are similar to her (labeled “Psi”). Eventually she escapes with the help of the Children’s League, an anti-government program, but quickly escapes from them as well upon realizing that their intentions not entirely trustworthy. She …
Special Delivery
Children's Book and Media Review
As everyone should know, you can’t just drop an elephant in the mailbox—you have to go to the post office. Sadie is determined to mail an elephant to her Great-Aunt Josephine who Sadie feels is lonely and “could really use the company”. It takes a lot of stamps to send something so fragile in the mail so Sadie decides to find another way. It takes borrowing an airplane, being guided by an alligator, riding a train, and spending some time with bandits, but Sadie is able to achieve her goal in the end.
Pete The Cat’S Groovy Guide To Life
Pete The Cat’S Groovy Guide To Life
Children's Book and Media Review
Pete the Cat presents quotes from the greats—Confucius, Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, and more—while providing his own thought-bubble interpretations using both words and images. A total of 24 quotes are included, and Pete’s “groovy” personality shows through in all of them.
Orion And The Dark
Children's Book and Media Review
Orion is scared of a lot of things—like closets, oceans, popping balloons, and girls—but what scares him more than anything else is the dark. He tries to solve the problem by doing things like staging a protest and dressing up as an owl but nothing works. Finally he is fed up with the dark and the scary noises and demands that Dark go away. Then outside his window, Dark comes alive and comes to talk to Orion. Together they explore the dark, scary areas and find where the noises that make Orion nervous are coming from. In the end, Orion …
Oh So Brave Dragon
Children's Book and Media Review
When little dragon shows off his bravery by letting out a fearful roar, he ends up frightening himself as well. He starts asking his woodland creature friends if they’ve seen or heard the monster, and they band together to overcome the imagined monster… and their own fear.
Night Owl
Children's Book and Media Review
While up late one night, little Night Owl loses track of Mommy Owl and tries to listen in order to find her. Every time he hears a noise, he wonders if it’s Mommy Owl, but finds other things instead—a woodpecker, a train, a cricket, and a toad. After flying home and braving a storm, he finally finds Mommy Owl, “the nicest sound of all.”
Mila 2.0 #2: Renegade
Children's Book and Media Review
After the murder of her mother, the girl android Mila follows a lead with the hope of discovering who she really is. She is joined by Hunter, the boy she met in her hometown just weeks earlier, and together they travel around the eastern U.S. searching for answers. Because of her own insecurities and the desire to protect Hunter, Mila struggles to be honest with him, and this causes rifts in their relationship as Hunter slowly realizes that Mila and her life are far from ordinary. After making their way from one lead to another, all the while running from …
The Last Days Of Jesus: His Life And Times
The Last Days Of Jesus: His Life And Times
Children's Book and Media Review
In this historical account, Jesus Christ’s life from birth to death is portrayed in chronological story form. The book includes a prologue that sets the scene for the characters and political situation of the time, a section that covers what little is known about Christ during his childhood, a second section that outlines the major teachings and miracles of Christ, a final section which focuses in on Christ’s last days before the crucifixion, and finally an afterword which wraps up the stories of Christ’s apostles and adds several tidbits of information related to Christ’s life. Throughout the pages can be …
Inside Out Thought Bubbles
Children's Book and Media Review
Disney’s newest game, based on Disney Pixar’s film Inside Out, is a twist on the classic bubble shooter game. Riley’s emotions need to match and sort Riley's memory bubbles, and the player is taken to locations inspired by the film with the help of those emotions. Characters are unlocked as the player progresses through the levels, and each character has power-ups that are unique to him or her. The voices are done by the voice actors from the movie. The game has four different modes and over 125 levels.
If You Were A Dog
Children's Book and Media Review
If you were a dog, what kind of dog would you be? Would you howl at the moon? In just a few words, this book takes you through the interesting lives of dogs, cats, fish, birds, bugs, frogs, and even dinosaurs, complete with sound effects for each. It ends with the best sort of thing to be: a kid!
I See A Pattern Here
Children's Book and Media Review
I See a Pattern Here is a book that explores the nature of patterns in all their varieties. Explanations and examples are given of slides, turns, flips, symmetry, sizing, and tiling, and the final page presents a mosaic of all the patterns together.
I Love Dogs!
Children's Book and Media Review
As a little boy meanders through a park to adopt a dog of his own, he passes dogs and owners of all shapes, sizes, colors, and varieties, and with all sorts of personalities! Page after page, this canine-loving kid observes the comical scene around him that subtly hints of the joys and quirks of owning a dog.
Hi, Koo! A Year Of Seasons
Children's Book and Media Review
Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons is about a panda named Koo during the seasons of the year. Instead of a specific storyline, it is a collection of haiku about different events throughout the year. Each poem is accompanied by an illustration of Koo with his friends doing something related to the haiku. The author’s note in the beginning explaining that the traditional 5-7-5 pattern of haiku is hard to accomplish in English so the emphasis in this book is the feeling of the poetry rather than the pattern of it.
From The Notebooks Of A Middle School Princess
From The Notebooks Of A Middle School Princess
Children's Book and Media Review
Meg Cabot is back in the Princess Diaries world with a new series about Princess Mia’s long-lost sister. Olivia is average in every way except that she lives with her aunt and her husband and his two kids after her mother died. When her classmate Annabelle threatens to give Olivia a beat-down after school, Olivia is saved when a limousine pulls up and Princess Mia comes out of it to tell Olivia that they are sisters. They go to New York to meet her dad and Grandmere, but her aunt and uncle don’t want her to go to Genovia with …
The Fly
Children's Book and Media Review
This poor housefly doesn’t seem to understand why nobody likes him. First, the boy in the story tries to swat him just for wanting some of his breakfast. Then, even animals can’t seem to get along with him—cows are annoyed with him, frogs try to eat him, and birds try to catch him. When the fly returns home for another meal, the boy yet again flaps his swatter with the hopes of swatting the poor fly.
Fancy Nancy
Children's Book and Media Review
Nancy loves being fancy. She dresses in a fancy way, uses fancy words, and wants to learn French because it sounds so fancy. Unfortunately, her family is not fancy at all and her family doesn’t understand how much better being fancy makes life. Then she gets a stupendous idea—she’ll give lessons on being fancy! With Nancy’s help and a few accessories, she and her family go out for a fancy dinner. When Nancy has an accident and doesn’t feel so fancy anymore, she learns that there isn’t a fancier way to say “I love you”.
Fancy Nancy And The Wedding Of The Century
Fancy Nancy And The Wedding Of The Century
Children's Book and Media Review
Nancy loves glorious occasions and her Uncle Cal’s wedding is going to be a great occasion. Dawn, Uncle Cal’s fiance, has a fancy name so Nancy assumes that the wedding will also be fancy. She imagines staying in a hotel like a palace, spend time at beauty parlors, and dance at the reception. Unfortunately, the wedding is in the wilderness and Uncle Cal and Dawn don't want it to be traditional. How can it be the wedding of the century under those circumstances? Nancy manages to help add a little bit of fanciness and enjoy the wedding of the century …
Curious George Discovers The Sun
Curious George Discovers The Sun
Children's Book and Media Review
On a hot summer day, George the monkey learns about the sun and all the neat things it can do. When a power outage occurs in the city due to a heat wave, George and the man with the yellow hat walk to the nearby museum and discover that it miraculously still has electricity! Professor Wiseman shows George and the man solar panels on the roof that power the building. George later tries using the sun to recharge his toys at home, but to no avail. However, he comes up with a brilliant idea to make a solar cooker to …
Curious George Discovers The Rainbow
Curious George Discovers The Rainbow
Children's Book and Media Review
Upon finding a picture of a rainbow in his friend Betsy’s book, George the monkey becomes intent on discovering a rainbow himself. Using a flashlight and a fishbowl, Betsy shows him a miniature, indoor rainbow, but George looks forward to a hike in the forest with his friends with the hope of seeing a real one. George and Betsy chase down the rainbow but get lost in the process, while their friend Steve gets separated from them and stumbles across a moose. Thanks to the man with the yellow hat, the group becomes reunited after their exciting adventures in the …
Curious George Discovers The Ocean
Curious George Discovers The Ocean
Children's Book and Media Review
Professor Wiseman takes George and the man with the yellow hat on a journey to find a lost satellite. After flying in a helicopter and descending into the ocean in a submarine, the crew discover a large and beautiful coral reef. George gets his scuba suit on and swims through the reef, amazed by all the sea creatures he finds, including a friendly sea turtle. He saves the day when he retrieves the satellite, which thankfully is still in perfect condition.
Curious George Discovers Germs
Curious George Discovers Germs
Children's Book and Media Review
George gets sick with a cold, but that doesn’t stop him from being curious—he’s determined to find out all about germs and sickness! When he dozes off in bed, he dreams that he’s exploring inside his own body and comes across the germ culprits, promptly kicking them out of his body with a sneeze. Though George recovers, the man with the yellow hat also becomes sick, and this time George tracks the same germs in him and they escape when the man wipes his nose with his hand. Instead of making their way to yet another person, these germs are …
Book Scavenger
Children's Book and Media Review
Emily has moved every year for most of her life, but this time moving might not be so bad. She is going to San Francisco where her hero, Garrison Griswold, lives and creates puzzles based on books. Emily spends most of her time playing Book Scavenger where she finds books by solving puzzles. When she learns that Griswold was attacked and no one knows what his plans were for his newest game, she feels convinced that the odd book she found in the BART station where he was attacked is part of the new game. Emily and her new friend …
Big Bad Bubble
Children's Book and Media Review
When a bubble pops, it doesn’t just disappear—it goes to torment the monsters in La La Land. Yerburt, Froofle, and Wumpus are terrified of bubbles, and Mogo is constantly warning his friends about the dangers that bubbles present. The monsters learn to use their unique abilities, their fangs, claws, and even their fingers, to get over their fear of the bubbles and live happily in La La Land. Well, until Mogo realizes that butterflies might be even worse than bubbles.
Witherwood Reform School
Children's Book and Media Review
When Tobias and Charlotte Egger play one too many pranks on their terrible governess, their father takes them to a place that he hopes will scare them into good behavior. He only means to leave them there for a short time, but a car accident leaves him with amnesia and unable to come get them. Tobias and Charlotte find themselves stuck in Witherwood Reform School, locked in their room with more questions than they have answers. When they sneak around looking for answers, their memories are taken from them. They get their memories back and try to escape, but they …
Tomorrowland
Children's Book and Media Review
Casey Newton is a brainy, idealistic teenager whose dad has to bail her out of jail after she gets arrested trying to sabotage the demolition of a NASA launchpad near her home. As her personal effects are returned to her at the police station, she comes into possession of a mysterious T-shaped lapel pin that, when touched, enables her to enter the world of Tomorrowland, an alternate dimension populated by a handpicked group of scientists, artists, and innovators who have been happily inventing and creating their dreams since the early 1900’s. Casey takes off on a journey to gain permanent …
Stardines Swim High Across The Sky And Other Poems
Stardines Swim High Across The Sky And Other Poems
Children's Book and Media Review
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky is a charming anthology of short poems describing various imaginary creatures that are punny combinations of real animals with inanimate objects and quirky personality traits. Presented as discoveries from the author’s travels into “far-flung places,” this book introduces us to such delights as the jollyfish, “radiant, ebullient blobs of mirth,” the fountain lion, “the only lions no one dreads,” and the titular stardines, that “illuminate the darkest nights,” along with thirteen other creatures in short verse form.