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Young Widows Club, Liz Smith
Young Widows Club, Liz Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
At seventeen years old, Tamsen Baird (Tam) is already a widow. Her world is torn apart when her husband of six short months suddenly dies in his sleep. Noah was her world and when he dies, Tam is suddenly faced with trying to find out who she is and what to do next. While dealing with her grief, Tam makes some poor choices that land her in jail. In court, the judge orders her to move back home with her father, attend a monthly support group for young widows, and finish high school. Tam is less than thrilled but complies. …
Scientists In The Field: The Manatee Scientists: The Science Of Saving The Vulnerable, Aylea Stephens
Scientists In The Field: The Manatee Scientists: The Science Of Saving The Vulnerable, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
In this book, scientists detail their work with manatees and what goes into deciding that a species should be on the endangered list. In the Amazon, Dr. Fernando Rosas specializes in manatees and how to help them survive in that area. He tracks manatees with a transmitter so he can study manatee physiology in the wild along with his studies of manatees in tanks when baby or injured manatees are brought to the scientists. For him, a major challenge is finding a safe place to release these manatees into the wild. Other scientists study Florida manatees and do population surveys …
A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill: Part Two, Lisa Packard
A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill: Part Two, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Klaus is acting strange after meeting with the lumber mill optometrist. Violet, unable to figure out how to help Klaus, decides to discover the truth behind the fire of the mill. When Violet says a certain word, Klaus is back to himself and they figure out that Klaus has been hypnotized. The children are told they have a visitor, but it turns out to only be Count Olaf! They barely escape his clutches, only to have Klaus under hypnosis again. Violet discovers how to free Klaus and stops him just in time from hurting someone, only to have Count Olaf …
Mark Of The Thief, Abigail Packard
Mark Of The Thief, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
All Nic wants is freedom. But he’s a slave working in the mines of the Roman Empire. His father died when he was a child, his mother was sold years ago, and his sister is the only reason he’s remained in the mines. One day he’s approached by Radulf, the general of the Roman forces, and asked to go into a sealed cavern that contains Julius Caesar’s lost treasure. He’s told to touch nothing but a bulla, a childhood accessory that signifies status. But the bulla contains magic and when Nic takes it a gryphon guarding the treasure marks him …
A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill: Part One, Lisa Packard
A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill: Part One, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny escape Count Olaf as well as Mr. Poe. They discover a picture of their parents standing in front of a lumber mill and decide to go there, hoping for help and answers to questions no one seems to want to answer. When they arrive at the lumber mill and reveal their identities, they discover that someone is spreading lies and accusing Mr. and Mrs. Baudelarie for starting a fire that destroyed most of the town. Count Olaf knows where the orphans are and enlists the help of an old lover who may not be everything she …
Little Blue Truck, Ariel Woodbury
Little Blue Truck, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Little Blue Truck passes by many of his animal friends and beeps a greeting to them. They moo, oink, and peep back to the friendly truck. Then a loud dump truck rudely drives by Blue going very fast. He has important things to do and does not have time to talk. Dump drives around a corner too fast and gets stuck in the mud! He calls for help, but since he was rude to all the animals he passed, they do not come to help him. Blue goes to Dump's assistance even though Dump was not very friendly and gets …
Nemesis, Abigail Packard
Nemesis, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Instead of becoming a slave to her father King of Serubel, Princess Sepora flees to Theoria, the neighboring enemy kingdom. But finding a new life is difficult, particularly since she is the last known Forger—someone who can produce spectorium, a commodity used to power nearly all of the five kingdoms. Despite her determination, she is captured and sold as a slave into the Theorian king’s harem. Outraged, she confronts Theoria's new king Tarik, who inherited the throne after his father's death by an incurable plague sweeping the kindgom. Serubel has cut off all trade of spectorium and a war looms …
Some Monsters Are Different, Ariel Woodbury
Some Monsters Are Different, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
There are all kinds of monsters! Some monsters are shy, but other monsters are not. Some monsters are picky eaters, but some monsters aren't. But it doesn't matter if a monster is afraid or brave, blue or green, all monsters are wonderful just the way they are! This is a great book that shows us that its okay (and GOOD) to be who we are, whether we're different or the same as other 'monsters'. The type is in a fun font that is very large, in all caps, and changes colors from page to page making it a larger part …
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries For Children, Aylea Stephens
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries For Children, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When most people thought girls should stay inside and do quiet activities, Annie Carroll Moore thought otherwise. She liked to play outside and read stories. Children weren’t allowed in libraries, and most people thought reading wasn’t important for girls. When she was older and both her parents died from the flu, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, when she found out that libraries were starting to hire female librarians. As a librarian, she encouraged children to check out books and encouraged other librarians to let children read the books. She wrote book reviews and helped people find good books for …
Lives Of The Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (And What The Neighbors Thought), Aylea Stephens
Lives Of The Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (And What The Neighbors Thought), Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Scientists have made discoveries that change our world, but they were also real people who irritated their neighbors and had favorite foods. The book details lives of scientists Zhang Heng, Ibn Sina, Galileo, Isaac Netwon, William and Caroline Herschel, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Ivan Pavlov, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Barbara McClintock, Grace Murray Hopper, Rachel Carson, Chien-Shiung Wu, James D. Watson and Francis Crick, and Jane Goodall. In each short biography, it shows an illustration of the scientist, details what contributions that scientist made to the world, and interesting things about them that will interest …
Scholastic Discover More: Rainforest, Aylea Stephens
Scholastic Discover More: Rainforest, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Even though most people don’t live close to a rainforest, these areas are important to the way everyone lives. This book explores rainforests by continent so that readers can compare the plants and animals of India, Africa, and South America. It details how people survive in these areas, how rainforest products are used in daily life, recently discovered species in these areas, and what will happen to the Earth if the rainforests are destroyed. Each page has multiple high-color photographs to help showcase what happens in these places. A glossary at the end can be used for vocabulary words that …
The Mixed-Up Chameleon, Kristie Hinckley
The Mixed-Up Chameleon, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
If you enjoyed The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, you will love Eric Carle’s The Mixed-Up Chameleon. The text is repetitive and the illustrations give children enough clues to be able to join in with adults in reading it or even filling in the blanks! Everyone dreams of being someone or something they’re not. It’s the chameleon’s turn in this picture book. He dreams of being a polar bear, or a flamingo, but with those traits, he can’t do what chameleons do best! Eric Carle uses paper collage to create the illustrations his …
Style, Aylea Stephens
Style, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
In Style, celebrity TV star, fashion designer, and writer Lauren Conrad shares her secrets to mastering fashion and style. In the first section, Fashion, she discusses how to create a wardrobe, shop for clothes, clean out your closet, accessorize, and dress for different occasions. In the second section, Beauty, she discusses tips for makeup and hair. In the final section, Lifestyle, she shares tips for work style, potential packing lists for a variety of types of travel, and how to dress for events and parties. Throughout the book, there are pictures and quotes to help reinforce the information in the …
Soccer Time!, David Christensen
Soccer Time!, David Christensen
Children's Book and Media Review
Soccer Time! is a very basic book about soccer, geared towards children that are just beginning to read. The book is very short and explains multiple basic elements of soccer. The author uses many pictures to illustrate each new concept and labels the different parts of the pictures to help children identify what the rules of soccer are. He also explains other important items such as the soccer ball, cleats, the soccer goal, and the outline of the field. This book would be great for teaching very young kids about soccer or how to play soccer. It is informative on …
Michael Vey #1: The Prisoner Of Cell 25, Abigail Packard
Michael Vey #1: The Prisoner Of Cell 25, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Michael has a secret: he’s electric. He can shock others by touching them and then “pulsing.” After a particularly bad encounter with the school’s bullies that pick on him because of his small build and Tourette’s syndrome, Michael snaps and shocks them. Another student, popular cheerleader Taylor, sees this encounter. Come to find out she is also electric; she can “reboot” people’s minds to make them momentarily confused. Michael and Taylor, with the help of Michael’s best friend and brainiac Ostin, go looking for some answers only to discover that they are two of seventeen children that survived a terrible …
Girl Rising: Changing The World One Girl At A Time, Rachel Wadham
Girl Rising: Changing The World One Girl At A Time, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
In 2013, Tanya Lee Stone saw the documentary film Girl Rising and quickly realized that there was another format in which to tell the stories the amazing young women around the world who face obstacles to obtain a basic education, and thus this book was born. Building on the field notes, photographs, and raw footage provided by the filmmakers, Stone brings to life the lives of girls from India, Nepal, Egypt, Cambodia, and other countries where there are approximately sixty-two million girls who are not in school. Organizing the stories around three barriers to education access (modern-day slavery, child marriage, …
The Stars: A New Way To See Them, Ariel Woodbury
The Stars: A New Way To See Them, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
We all look up and see the stars regularly, and yet most of us know very little about the stars and the constellations they form. Author H.A. Rey discusses why knowing the constellations and being able to read the night sky is useful. All 88 constellations are shown in star charts, a few at a time, with accompanying explanations. While the main point of the book is to make constellations more accessible, Rey also includes a chapter that discusses the whys and hows of the night sky for more curious readers. in the chapter he explains why we see certain …
The Midnight Library, Cynthia Phillips
The Midnight Library, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
Somewhere there is a library that opens only at night. Animals from all over town come to the library and the little librarian and three assistant owls help them find books to read. It is a very busy place. There are squirrels needing help finding the right music for their next concert, a wolf needing comfort, and a tortoise that needs more time to finish his book. The little librarian knows just what to do to make the library a fun and peaceful place. Libraries everywhere will find this book to be a must have. The little librarian introduces her …
Paper Lanterns Paper Cranes, Rebeca Wallin
Paper Lanterns Paper Cranes, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
When Kyushu wakes up unexpectedly in a hospital she finds herself forced to confront her past. Orphaned at 5 years old after the atomic bomb drop in Hiroshima, she has lived on the streets and managed to scrape by. After collapsing in the street though, soldiers find her and bring her to a hospital that specializes in treating those with sicknesses related to the bombing. Kyushu is quickly losing her sight and the doctors find her condition hard to assess since she refuses to provide information about her past. The American psychiatrist trying to study and help her is also …
Mars Evacuees, Aylea Stephens
Mars Evacuees, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When the war with the aliens continues to go badly, Alice Dare is sent to Mars to train for the army with a few hundred other children. One day all of the adults disappear, leaving the children unsupervised and forming groups fighting for control of the resources left to them. Alice and her friends leave their base on Mars to find answers to what happened to the adults. Their space ship is destroyed by mysterious creatures called space locusts that no one has seen before. When they discover one of the aliens attacking earth and take him captive, they learn …
The Sisters Grimm #1: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Olivia Noli
The Sisters Grimm #1: The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Olivia Noli
Children's Book and Media Review
The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives is a coming-of-age story about two girls whose parents have gone missing, and the girls are now forced to lived with a woman claiming to be their grandmother. As decedents of the famous Brother Grimm, the girls take on the family business as fairy tale detectives. The fairy tale characters, or Everafters as they prefer to be called, are immortal beings who have settled in New York and built the town of Ferryport Landing. The Grimm sisters have to solve the mystery of who let a giant into town in order to save their …
Nature's Patterns: Does The Sun Sleep? Noticing Sun, Moon And Star Patterns, Ariel Woodbury
Nature's Patterns: Does The Sun Sleep? Noticing Sun, Moon And Star Patterns, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
The class follows Mr. Cruz outside to make observations, a big word for something you see. Tara sees the sun so Mr. Cruz teaches them about patterns that the sun follows. The sun goes up and down, up and down and it goes east to west and then east to west again, patterns are everywhere! Then he teaches the kids about how the sun never stops shining, even at night. They learn about patterns of the moon, like how its goes through phases and learn why it changes shapes. Next they learn about the stars. They learn that stars are …
Sweep Up The Sun, Liz Kazandzhy
Sweep Up The Sun, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Sweep Up the Sun combines a brief and beautiful poem by author Helen Frost with the spectacular photography by Rick Lieder. The pictures, all of which capture a moment of a bird’s movement or stillness, take up the majority of each page. On the other hand the text unfolds slowly, nearly line by line, arranged on the pages to work around the photographs. The essence of the poem (presented, of course, with the imagery of a bird’s flight) is going out and explore the world, trying new things and trusting in yourself, and feeling at home whether alone or with …
The Great Trouble: A Mystery Of London, The Blue Death, And A Boy Called Eel, Tessa Mcmillan
The Great Trouble: A Mystery Of London, The Blue Death, And A Boy Called Eel, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Eel’s life has improved since he escaped his abusive stepfather and stopped mudlarking. Eel now has food, shelter, and steady work all supplied by the owners of the Broad Street pub. However, his stability is taken away when a jealous coworker charges Eel with theft. When Eel is about to ask a neighboring tailor to prove his innocence, Eel finds that the tailor and most of his family are dying from a new outbreak of the Blue Death. With nowhere to go, Eel takes what jobs he can to secretly care for his younger brother. Dr. John Snow, who employed …
Bob And Flo Play Hide-And-Seek, Cynthia Phillips
Bob And Flo Play Hide-And-Seek, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
Playing hide-and-seek is so much fun, but it can be a bit tricky too. At penguin preschool, Bob begins to play with his friends. It’s Bob’s turn to hide. He hides behind his hands and behind a toy pan but no matter where he hides he is found right away. That is, until Flo and Sam tell Bob that he has to “disappear.” Bob thinks and thinks and finally finds a way to disappear. The Bob and Flo books are made for easy reading. The words are large and with a font and a text that are simple. The storyline …
Bartholomew Biddle And The Very Big Wind, Jarrett Bell
Bartholomew Biddle And The Very Big Wind, Jarrett Bell
Children's Book and Media Review
Bartholomew Biddle is a boy who hates math and loves adventure, but soon finds himself being swept up by his trusty bedsheet and a powerful gust of wind. As Bart travels and meets new friends in strange lands he must decide where he truly belongs among pirates, pilots, parents, and friends. What will he do when he finds himself where the wind doesn't blow--will he return home? Ross's story follows this fantastic character as Bartholomew questions the role of pleasure, persistence, and adventure in boyhood. Ross's writing is unique in that it is written entirely in 450 poetry stanzas of …
Love, Lies And Spies, Lisi Hong
Love, Lies And Spies, Lisi Hong
Children's Book and Media Review
Traveling to London for the Season, a time dedicated to finding love, seems like a great way for Juliana to publish her and her father’s research on ladybugs, and she is determined to remain single and very much not in love. But when a handsome, blue-eyed gentleman rescues her from falling off a cliff, her plans begin to change. Spencer, the mysterious man on the cliff, also plans to not fall in love and focus only on his latest spy assignment. When the two team up to help Spencer’s friend win over the heart of Juliana’s traveling companion by pretending …
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?, Liz Kazandzhy
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Duck has a problem: he has lost his new blue socks! They’re not in his box, the fox doesn’t know where they might be, but the ox suggests he looks down by the rocks. There he finds socks indeed, unfortunately just not his new blue ones. So he goes to the peacocks to ask for their help, and they help the poor little duck finally find his socks—on his very own feet! Reminiscent of P.D. Eastman’s Are You My Mother? this story follows the main character in his inquisitive journey to solve a simple problem. It’s an intriguing enough storyline …
The Executioner's Daughter, Charlotte Esplin
The Executioner's Daughter, Charlotte Esplin
Children's Book and Media Review
At 11 years old, Moss is bored with living in the Tower of London. She longs to go out and explore the villages that surround the Tower. However, her dad has always told her that they are prisoners in the Tower and his job is to execute. Moss hates her job--catching the heads. After discovering that her father has lied to her for her whole life, Moss runs away to find the mill by the river where her mother died. Once there, instead of finding her mother she finds the fearsome and dreaded Riverwitch, of whom she has heard stories …
Ideas Are All Around, Kristie Hinckley
Ideas Are All Around, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Philip C. Stead combines mono prints, collage, and Polaroid photographs in Ideas are All Around. The narrator, a young child, takes a walk with his dog and sees all kinds of things around him in nature. He also “takes a walk” with his typewriter across the page. He isn’t sure what to write about, until he sees shapes in the clouds and his neighbor sees a horse in some accidentally spilled blue paint. After these experiences he realizes that he actually has lots of ideas, he just has to figure out what to do with them. Ideas truly are all …