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Andre The Giant: Life And Legend, Jarrett Bell
Andre The Giant: Life And Legend, Jarrett Bell
Children's Book and Media Review
Standing tall at seven foot four, Andre "The Giant" Rousimoff was a Frenchman known for his WWE wrestling career, but more recently identified by his role as Fezzik the giant in Rob Reiner's film The Princess Bride. Those who knew him personally often referred to to him as the "gentle giant." While Andre did have considerable success in the limelight, his feats also caused him great physical pain and cruel remarks; he was considered a modern freak show in 1980s sports. This is the first and only graphic novel adaptation of Andre Rousimoff's life.
Map My Home, Ariel Woodbury
Map My Home, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
A little boy learns about fire drills in school. He makes a map that shows the exits for his house and where his family meeting spot is in case of a fire. He labels all the rooms in his house. The map also has a key and compass rose to help people read the map.
The Glittering Court, Abigail Packard
The Glittering Court, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
The young Countess of Rothford does not want to marry her distant cousin. So when handsome Cedric Thorn arrives on her doorstep pitching a glamorous life in the Glittering Court to her lady’s maid, the countess takes her maid’s place as Adelaide Bailey. Adelaide travels to a country cottage with the other recruited girls to learn to become a lady. Adelaide does her best to fit in by pretending she doesn’t know any of the genteel skills that the girls are supposed to learn. But as she becomes better acquainted with her roommates, mysterious Mira and fiery Tamsin, and more …
Yours Sincerely, Giraffe, Sarah Rawle
Yours Sincerely, Giraffe, Sarah Rawle
Children's Book and Media Review
Giraffe is so bored that he decides to do something about it. Pelican is starting a new mail service, so Giraffe decides to write a letter to whomever it reaches on the other side of the horizon. Pelican delivers the letter to Seal, who then delivers the letter to Penguin. Even though Giraffe does not know what Penguin looks like and Penguin doesn’t know what Giraffe looks like, they continue to send each other letters and become great friends! Giraffe decides to visit his new friend, so he dresses up in what he thinks Penguin looks like. When Giraffe arrives, …
Michael Vey #6: Fall Of Hades, Abigail Packard
Michael Vey #6: Fall Of Hades, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Michael and his friends are to capture the Joule to cut off the Elgen’s money and power. Michael and the Electroclan go to Taiwan to rescue Hatch’s ex-right-hand man, Welch, who has extensive knowledge of Elgen protocol. They also rescue Tara, Torstyn, and Quentin, three of Hatch’s rogue electric children. Michael and the crew head to Hades, a newly rechristened island that hosts the Elgen’s main headquarters. But on the way, Gervaso’s friend betrays them and their plan is compromised. The team is able to make it to Hades and into the prison that dominates the island. They recruit the …
Brain Game Treasure Hunts: Jungle Puzzles, Ariel Woodbury
Brain Game Treasure Hunts: Jungle Puzzles, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Imagine you are walking on the Inca Trail on your way to Machu Pichu when you fall and find yourself trapped in a clearing with an ancient temple! Unable to find a way back to the trail, you enter the temple. You have to solve puzzles as you make your way through the temple. After you finally make your way through the temple, you wake up mysteriously back on the Inca Trail.
Who's For Dinner? Predators And Prey, Ariel Woodbury
Who's For Dinner? Predators And Prey, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
If you've ever wondered how predators use teamwork, teach their young to hunt, or trick and trap prey then you should read this book! There are three different sections that are about predators, prey, and animal eating habits. Each is full of fun and interesting facts about a wide variety of animals.
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great, Jarrett Bell
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great, Jarrett Bell
Children's Book and Media Review
Entrepreneur. Rule-breaker. Designer. Inventor. While other authors have attempted to create a biography about the man behind Apple appropriate for children, this is the first biography, presented as a graphic novel, written and drawn from the perspective and level of a sixth grader. The life of Steve Jobs is a story of revolutionary change; a man who significantly affected how the technology industry perceives design, functionality, and the power of thinking outside the box.
Fundamental Experiments: Color, Ariel Woodbury
Fundamental Experiments: Color, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Sunlight is made up of a bunch of colors all mixed together, but when sunlight passes through water it separates and we can see all the colors of the rainbow! Lots of colors are made the same way, and you can discover what colors are used in your markers by doing an experiment with just water and a paper towel. Darker colors absorb light and lighter colors reflect light, so wearing a white t-shirt on a hot day can help keep you cool. Animals use color to stay safe with camouflage.
The Magician's Bird, Sarah Rawle
The Magician's Bird, Sarah Rawle
Children's Book and Media Review
Bud and Laurie soon find themselves fighting to save their school, Tuckernuck Hall, from closing down. This time, Walker LeFranco, former school board president, claims that that the founder of the school is a murderer. Bud and Laurie stumble upon a secret room in the school and find the Marchetti’s bird, the only proof that could save the school’s reputation. Walker LeFranco tries to pass off a fake Marchetti’s bird, unaware of Bud and Laurie’s discovery. The seventh graders and the school librarian prove Maria Tutweiler’s innocence and save the school by revealing that LeFranco’s bird is false.
Bomb: The Race To Build-And Steal-The World’S Most Dangerous Weapon, Robyn Lee
Bomb: The Race To Build-And Steal-The World’S Most Dangerous Weapon, Robyn Lee
Children's Book and Media Review
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon takes young adult readers through the years leading up to the first use of the atomic bomb by the United States against Japan in World War II. Bombreads like a thriller as you follow the story lines about the scientists in the United States trying to build a functional bomb, their counterparts in Great Britain, and the espionage the Soviets used to successfully steam information. Steve Sheinkin takes you behind the scenes to learn about some of the most influential people in scientific history and what they had to sacrifice …
Crown Of Three #3: A Kingdom Rises, Tessa Mcmillan
Crown Of Three #3: A Kingdom Rises, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
While Elodie is imprisoned by Lord Vicerin, she uses her powers to summon the dead warriors Vicerin had killed. With the dead’s help, Elodie and her friends escape and fight their way to Melchior and the troops loyal to the triplets. Meanwhile, Gulph wakes up from his fatal jump into the chasm fully healed by Celestis’s waters. Returning to Celestis, Gulph overthrows Lady Redina and leads Celestis’s inhabitants up to Idilliam. Tarlan soon arrives to fly Gulph and their mother to Elodie. Together the siblings lead an army of local men, the dead warriors, and animals to contend with Vicerin's …
Flashfall, Carly Schmutz
Flashfall, Carly Schmutz
Children's Book and Media Review
Set in a futuristic, dystopian society, Flashfall is an adventurous, fast-paced read telling the story of two oppressed teens, Orion and Dram, who rebel against their overlords and change the course of their world in the process. Orion and Dram are Subpars, assigned to mine a precious element called Cirium, which the central government collects—they are told—to create a barrier that protects their world from the intense radioactive rays of the sun. The barrier does not protect the Subpars and they are dying from over-exposure, or Flash Fever, every day. Orion and Dram are exiled to a dangerous outpost where …
Baking With Dad, Ariel Woodbury
Baking With Dad, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Baking with dad is awesome! Make sure to pick the right ingredients, like sugar, and not the wrong ingredients, like spiders! This little girl and her dad have fun and make a mess! They wait patiently as their creation bakes and then carefully decorate it once it cools. Their cake is done just in time for the birthday party!
Brain Benders: Think Outside The Box, Ariel Woodbury
Brain Benders: Think Outside The Box, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
This book challenges you to solve many different kinds of puzzles with just the power of your mind. It includes many games, anything from mazes to solo versions of Tic-Tac-Toe and Battleship! Some puzzles are about perception: In one challenge you have to figure out how to make 3D objects with certain pieces, and another game teaches you to write so you can read through a mirror!
Blackhearts #2: Blacksouls, Tessa Mcmillan
Blackhearts #2: Blacksouls, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Finally reaching Nassau, Anne and her friends, Cara and Coyle Flynn, seek out their uncle, Alastair Flynn, for work and safety. Meanwhile, Teach’s ship, the Deliverance, is attacked by pirates. The captain refuses to fight and is killed, causing Teach to take command. Teach and the crew are arrested for mutiny in Nassau by Governor Webb. Webb releases Teach but holds the crew hostage to force Teach into capturing the pirate, George Easton. Anne and Beth discover Mrs. Webb's secret, but she kills Beth and tortures Anne to hide her crimes. Teach rescues Anne and locates Easton, but realizes Webb …
Flat Stanley: On Ice, Kristie Hickley
Flat Stanley: On Ice, Kristie Hickley
Children's Book and Media Review
On a cold winter day, Stanley Lambchop and his brother, Arthur, decide to play in the snow. Arthur wants to make snow angels with his brother, but ever since his brother was flattened, Stanley can't making snow angels. They decide to go ice-skating on the frozen lake instead. Stanley doesn't need skates because his flat feet glide perfectly across the ice. As it begins to get warmer, people start to leave the lake. Stanley keeps on skating, but the ice suddenly cracks! The bystanders instruct Stanley to lie down on the ice while they make a rope to reel Stanley …
Lucy's Lovey, Ariel Woodbury
Lucy's Lovey, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Lucy loves all of her baby dolls, but she loves Smelly Baby the most. Lucy does everything with Smelly Baby, but this makes Smelly Baby very...smelly! Lucy holds Smelly Baby out the car window after her family complains about her smelling, but Smelly Baby's arm rips off and Smelly Baby is lost! They stop the car, but no one can find Smelly Baby. A few days later, a package arrives with Smelly Baby! But Smelly Baby isn't smelly anymore. Someone must have washed her before returning her, so Lucy has to give Smelly Baby extra attention to get her back …
Wolfie And Fly, Aylea Stephens
Wolfie And Fly, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Renata has the nickname Wolfie because she's a lone wolf who is more interested in nonfiction books than she is in people. Friends just get in the way of what she wants to do! One afternoon while she is building a submarine out of an old refrigerator box, a neighbor boy nicknamed Flu (he always buzzes around annoying people) knocks on her door. Together they go on an amazing adventure in the submarine that teaches Renata about pretending and friendship.
America Is Under Attack, Kristie Hinckley
America Is Under Attack, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
America is Under Attack is a picture book about the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In this book, Don Brown portrays the ordinary day on which these terrible events occurred and the ordinary, innocent people that were affected. Readers will get an inside look of this day in the life of a firefighter, a worker in the world trade center, and an army officer at the Pentagon. Strangers who worked many floors away from one another suddenly became friends and allies as they tried to escape the burning building in one piece. By the end of this book, readers …
Magonia #2: Aerie, Aylea Stephens
Magonia #2: Aerie, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Aza Ray is on earth living a normal life for the first time. Her boyfriend, Jason, and her family are happy to have her back, but part of Aza still wants to be involved in the amazing invisible world of Magonia in the sky. When Jason's worry about protecting Aza causes him to accidentally give the enemy exactly what they need to control Aza, she becomes a fugitive in Magonia and needs to find a way to stop her mother's terrible plan. She searches the world for a legendary weapon called the Flock that can help her find her place …
The Bear Who Wasn't There, Leuyen Pham
The Bear Who Wasn't There, Leuyen Pham
Children's Book and Media Review
Bear doesn’t show up for the book about him! But Duck is there to suggest you read the book about him anyway. The other animals in the book suggest some places that you could look for Bear. Bear is not there, but Duck is. Where is Bear? Even the author can’t find Bear! Finally, some muddy paw prints lead to Bear!
Assassin's Heart #2: Thief's Cunning, Rachel Wadham
Assassin's Heart #2: Thief's Cunning, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Thief's Cunning by Sarah Ahiers is the companion novel to Assassin's Heart, set eighteen years later. Allegra is raised by Lea Saldana, her aunt, as an assassin. Feeling caged in, Allegra is excited to go to Lovero, where Lea was raised. Lovero is exciting and everyone revels at night, however, Allegra learns of her true heritage while there: she is a Da Via. She is half Saldana and half Da Via. All her life she wanted to know about her heritage, but finding out that she is from the rival Family was not what she wanted. Seeking solace in a …
Magnificent Macaws, Amanda Durrant
Magnificent Macaws, Amanda Durrant
Children's Book and Media Review
This short book introduces readers to Macaw basics and interesting facts about Macaws. Readers learn about Macaw size and diet and their physical and mental abilities. The second portion of the book has a short fictional story about a macaw in a pet store that escapes, goes on adventures exploring, and ultimately finds a friendly little boy that will provide the macaw with a forever home. The book ends with some interesting fun facts about macaws, a reading comprehension quiz, and a glossary of terms.
Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life, Lisa Packard
Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
After being kicked out of school after school, Rafe has one last chance before he has to go to a military school. When he arrives to his new middle school, he discovers the principle is crazy about rules and keeping all creativity out, which Rafe disagrees with. Leo, Rafe's best friend, comes up with a crazy plan to break all the school rules so that the students can have more fun. Slowly, things start to spiral out of control until Rafe and his entire homeroom is suspended and his teacher fired. Trying to fix the problem, Rafe tells the truth, …
Cleonardo The Little Inventoroutstanding, Primary, Mary Grandpre, Inventor, Girl, Cynthia Phillips
Cleonardo The Little Inventoroutstanding, Primary, Mary Grandpre, Inventor, Girl, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
Geonardo is an inventor like his parents and his ancestors before him. He lives in a house on a hill with his father and his daughter, Cleonardo Wren. Cleonardo is always in her father’s workshop helping him. As Geonardo is preparing for the town’s festival of inventions, Cleo Wren helps her father by handing him all sorts of sticky vines and treasures from the forest to help with his invention. When her “helping” seems unneeded, Cleo Wren decides to make her own workshop and inventions. When it comes time for the festival, Geonardo takes his invention and Cleo Wren takes …
The House Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams, Kristie Hinckley
The House Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Jane Addams was a wealthy young woman who dreamed of making a difference in the lives of impoverished people in her hometown of Chicago. She opened a settlement house called the Hull House in a poor part of town. She opened Hull House doors to anyone and everyone. Jane taught skills, held clubs, instructed classes, and fed those in need. Later, when people needed a public bath and a safe place to play, Jane made sure the commodities were built. After many years, a total of thirteen buildings helped transform the community. Jane Addams’s childhood dream came true and she …
Daughter Of The Pirate King, Aylea Stephens
Daughter Of The Pirate King, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When Alosa, daughter of the famed pirate king, is captured by a group of enemies she's not worried. After all, she planned her own capture so that she could find a legendary treasure map that her father desperately wants to uncover an incredible treasure. She uses this opportunity to search her captors' ship and learn more about her father's enemies while building her own reputation for the day that she will take over from her father. She has more than enough skill and cunning to find the map and escape, but when she starts to fall in love with Riden, …
That's Not How You Do It!, Ariel Woodbury
That's Not How You Do It!, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Lucy knows how to do everything right. She knows how to eat with a fork and a spoon, how to build a tall tower, and how to fold a perfect star. Then Toshi arrives. He doesn't eat with a spoon or fork, or build towers like Lucy. He can't even fold a paper star! Lucy can't take it anymore and tell him, "That's not how you do it!" Toshi gives her a paper crane he made and Lucy discovers that there is more than one right way to do things.
They Both Die At The End, Bethany Stevens
They Both Die At The End, Bethany Stevens
Children's Book and Media Review
Mateo and Rufus are two ordinary teenagers and total strangers with nothing in common . . . except that they’re both destined to die in the next twenty-four hours. They Both Die in the End is set in an alternate version of our world where science has cracked the code to predict death. A company called Death-Cast calls individuals destined to die within the next twenty-four hours so that they have time to set their affairs in order, say your goodbyes, and fully live out your End Day. Death-Cast is never wrong and no one has ever lived after receiving …