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Shivers! #1: The Pirate Who's Afraid Of Everything, Aylea Stephens
Shivers! #1: The Pirate Who's Afraid Of Everything, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Shivers is a pirate, but he’s terrified of being one. He lives on a ship that’s on land and avoids eating things that start with the letter C because he gets C-sick. Clouds, strawberries, and bubble baths terrify him. When he gets a letter from his pirate parents, however, he has to work through his fear to go rescue them. With the help of his friend Margo and his first mate Albee the fish, he sets off in search of his missing family and the Treasure Torch. Their adventures bring them to a giant squid, NYC, and the Statue of …
Storybound #2: Story's End, Aylea Stephens
Storybound #2: Story's End, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Una Fairchild has released the Enemy, and now she needs to do what she can to fix the situation in Story. The Enemy wants to rewrite the future of Story, and the Resistance is doing what they can to find the King and prevent the Enemy from succeeding. Snow and her mother, Una, and Peter all have their separate missions to do what they can to learn more about Story’s history and to save its future for everyone. The help of the mysterious Kai gets them to an all-out battle to rescue the Muses and restore the True King to …
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #6: The Enchantress, Lisa Packard
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #6: The Enchantress, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live and they decide to spend it by fighting off the monsters on Alcatraz to save San Francisco. They have many immortals and Elders fighting with them including Mars, Niten, Machiavelli, and Billy the Kid. During the fight they realize not all of them will survive the night, but it means saving the world from the monsters and destruction. They eventually defeat the monsters, but at great cost. Although they are all immortal or Elder, each character feels the effects of aging due to using their auras for too long. Sophie …
Smash Hit, Liz Kazandzhy
Smash Hit, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
The goal of Smash Hit, one of the most popular apps in the game store, is to get as far as you can while the screen continually moves forward. You start with 25 metal balls which you can throw by tapping the screen; if you hit a crystal, you get three additional balls, but if you crash (into glass, a door, metal, or another object) you lose ten balls. The game is over when you run out of balls, and your points are generated based on the distance you traveled. The app is free to download and play, but the …
Pretty Little Liars: Pilot, Lisa Packard
Pretty Little Liars: Pilot, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
One year ago, Alison DiLaurentis went missing after spending the night with her four best friends—Spencer, Aria, Hanna, and Emily. After Alison’s disappearance, the other four girls lost touch. But now they are all back in town once more and each is receiving strange messages about extremely personal information from an unknown number that signs each message with “A.” The messages not only contain personal information and secrets but also come off as threatening and sinister; “A” is determined to torture each of the four friends by threatening to expose them for the mistakes they’ve made and the secrets they’ve …
Foxy, Aylea Stephens
Foxy, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Emily is worried about going to school for the first time, but her friend Foxy is determined to help. She’s worried that she doesn’t have everything she needed, and lucky for her, Foxy has a magic tail that can help out. Some of his tries don’t get her what she needs, like when his tail produces an elephant instead of an eraser. Her biggest fear of all, though, is that no one at school will like her. Foxy assures her that she doesn’t need any of his magic to help her make friends.
Blown Away, Robyn Lee
Blown Away, Robyn Lee
Children's Book and Media Review
This picture book follows Penguin Blue as he takes a surprise and accidental flight on the end of a kite string. As he is blown away across familiar landscapes he picks up some other cold weather friends along the way. After flying across the ocean, the five friends decide to finally let go of the kite when the see the soft green tree-tops of a tropical island. The group takes time to wonder at the warm temperature and beautiful green landscape, but soon realize they miss home. Penguin Blue finds a creative solution to get them home--with an extra stow-away! …
Groundhog's Day Off, Carlie Smith
Groundhog's Day Off, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Disgruntled by his community’s lack of interest in anything in his life other than weather predictions, Groundhog decides to take a day off right. He heads to the spa and contemplates a time when reporters will ask questions like, “Have you seen any good movies lately?” or “Do you like mushrooms on your pizza?” The town is forced to hold tryouts for a replacement animal. But no applicants have the right combination of schedule, size, and showiness that is necessary for the job. But when Groundhog hears a report about how special he truly is, he rushes back just in …
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #5: The Warlock, Lisa Packard
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #5: The Warlock, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Josh is now with Dee, slowly being poisoned by his lies about the Flamels and Sophie. Virginia Dare teaches him the magic of wind. Dare, Dee, Machiavelli, and Billy the Kid are all on Alcatraz ready to free the monsters on San Francisco, but Machiavelli and Billy have a change of heart. They will not destroy the city or the people living in it and are put in the cells of Alcatraz to rot. Scatty, Joan, Saint-Germain, Palamedes, and Shakespeare are still in Danu Talis. They are taken prisoner, but escape and meet Abraham the Mage. They must ensure that …
Love Monster And The Scary Something, Aylea Stephens
Love Monster And The Scary Something, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s way past bedtime, but Love Monster can’t sleep. He’s done his regular bedtime routine, but he keeps hearing scary sounds that are keeping him from being able to sleep. He can hear something in the yard, then coming into the house, and then coming up the stairs! The Love Monster finally gets the courage to get out a flashlight to see what is causing the noise, only to discover when he faces his fear that there wasn’t anything to be scared of all along.
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom, Kristie Hinckley
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Harriet Tubman risked her life to set other slaves free. She, like Moses, led her people to freedom. Throughout her experience, she trusted in God and he encouraged her to use her gifts and talents to end slavery. In the end, she did set many people free and she gave God the credit for everything. Her influence impacted freedom and civil rights for decades to come.
City Of Gold, Rebecca Wallin
City Of Gold, Rebecca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
The "true" story is sought to be told in this raw and unromantic version of an event in the life of Christopher Columbus. When the Santa Maria was run aground near present day Haiti during their first expedition to the new world, Columbus and his men were forced to land. They negotiated with a native tribe and were allowed to use the wood from the Santa Maria to build a fort and small settlement – La Navidad, the first Spanish settlement in the new world - and leave the crew behind since there was no room on the other ships. …
Muppet Treasure Island, Lisa Packard
Muppet Treasure Island, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Jim Hawkins works at an inn, but wishes to be an explorer. Billy Bones, a guy staying at the inn, tells a story about buried treasure and the pirates who buried it there. A nasty bunch of pirates show up and tell Bones that if he doesn't hand over the treasure map, they'll kill him. Bones gives Jim the map before he dies and Jim decides to go on an adventure with his friends Rizzo the Rat and Gonzo the Great. They hire a ship and meet the one-legged man Long John Silver. Captain Abraham Smollett (Kermit the Frog) doesn't …
One + One = Blue, Nancy Haight
One + One = Blue, Nancy Haight
Children's Book and Media Review
Basil Feeney is the biggest loser in the seventh grade. Gram has home-schooled him until this year when Basil comes to public school hoping to find some friends. Unfortunately, he finds himself sitting by himself in the lunchroom until the day he walks in to find a girl sitting in his spot. Tenzie’s talking annoys him until she says something about having a weird thing with numbers and colors--Basil has a weird thing with numbers and colors too and he learns about synesthesia. Complications come when Basil’s mother Carly, an aspiring actress, comes home. Basil always imagined his mom coming …
Learning Letters Puppy, Liz Kazandzhy
Learning Letters Puppy, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Created by the well-known and respected Fisher-Price company, Learning Letters Puppy is a fun way for young children to learn their ABC’s, numbers, and shapes in an interactive way. Upon first opening the app, parents can read a very helpful page of “Play Tips” to optimize the use of the app for their child’s development. On the main screen are four categories to choose from. First, the ABC portion takes the child through the alphabet one at a time with progressions occurring as the child taps the screen. Each letter is accompanied by a cute and moving animation that matches …
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #4: The Necromancer, Lisa Packard
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #4: The Necromancer, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Nicholas and Perenelle only have a few days left before they die. Josh and Sophie are back in San Francisco and are going home to rest before they have to go and fight the Dark Elders. Aiofe, Scatty's sister, shows up and takes Sophie away to find out where Scatty is. Josh and Sophie meet Niten, an immortal sword fighter and helps them hone their skills. The Flamels take Josh and Sophie to Prometheus so that Josh can learn the magic of fire. After he learns, Mars takes over his body and takes him to Dee and his partner, another …
Goldie & Bear: The Birthday Chair/Big Bear, Kristie Hinckley
Goldie & Bear: The Birthday Chair/Big Bear, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Goldie is a thoughtful friend who has gone to the trouble of throwing Bear a surprise birthday party. At the last minute, she realizes that she forgot to get Bear a gift. She finds the remains of Bear’s chair (that she accidentally broke) and decides to repair it for him. In the end, it’s the perfect gift for Bear. Next, Bear is tired of hearing that he needs to “wait until he’s bigger” before he can do fun things. When he gets a hold of some magic beans from Jack, he becomes big. At first, Bear is helpful, but then …
Six Impossible Things, Aylea Stephens
Six Impossible Things, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Dan Cereill has more problems than he knows what to do with. His dad just came out as gay, he and his mother would be homeless if they hadn’t inherited his great-aunt’s house, they have no money, his mother’s wedding cake business is failing, he is bullied and doesn’t fit in at school, his new dog (also inherited from Aunt Adelaide) is sick, and he’s in love with the girl next door. He doesn’t get why his dad decided to leave them or why his mom seems to be trying to sabotage her own business. In spite of having six …
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kristie Hinckley
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
What would you do if you came across a squirrel with super powers? And your mom was as upset about having a possibly rabid animal in the house like Flora’s mom was, what would you do? This squirrel could save the world! After a tragic run-in with Flora's household vacuum, a normal squirrel transforms into a high-flying, ridiculously strong, and beautifully poetic super squirrel! This hybrid of a traditional chapter book and a graphic novel will keep you at the edge of your seat! Come along as Flora, her neighbors, and her parents interact with Flora’s new best friend and …
Edible Numbers, Sydnee Burr
Edible Numbers, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Edible Numbers offers a fun way to learn how to count, develop creativity, and expand the learner's mind to unforeseen possibilities. Each page counts progressively upwards. The reader is offered a familiar fruit or vegetable first such as one green pea pod. Then they are then offered two pea pods that are not green, but instead yellow and purple. The book continues in this same pattern, aiding young readers in their counting development as well as their creativity by taking them to unfamiliar ground and expanding their minds.
A Pirate's Guide To Recess, Aylea Stephens
A Pirate's Guide To Recess, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
At recess time, the playground is full of young pirates and the rest of their crew. Cap’n Red and the lads keep being followed by Molly, but she and her pirate crew won’t give up or surrender. Red wants to fight Molly to keep her away from his ship, but his crew turns against their captain to avoid a fight. When he refuses to play nice, Red is marooned out to see. When the bell rings, however, Molly lets him go and they go back to school with plans to play again tomorrow.
How To Live Like A Caribbean Pirate, Aylea Stephens
How To Live Like A Caribbean Pirate, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
During the Golden Age of Piracy, Jamie Flynn takes you on an adventure when he gets kidnapped by a pirate press gang and forced to work on Blackbeard’s pirate ship. Jamie explains what life on a pirate ship is like, from the basic layout of the ship to the things that pirates eat. He talks about other things involved with being a pirate such as Blackbeard and other famous pirates, punishments given to anyone who upsets a pirate, rules pirates are supposed to follow, pirate weapons, treasure, how pirates attack and profit off their enemies, and what happens if a …
Run, Charlotte Esplin
Run, Charlotte Esplin
Children's Book and Media Review
Agnes is a blind teenage girl living in a small country town. An unlikely friendship grows between Agnes and a girl with a wild reputation - Bo Dickinson. Bo is known for partying and loose morals, completely the opposite of Agnes. The two learn to confide in one another, and shortly Agnes is enjoying herself more than ever before, much to the dismay of Agnes' parents. Bo's mother is arrested for drug use, so the two run away. Good and bad events await them as the two seek out Bo's father.
Turbocharged: Drift - Nissan Skyline, Ashley Roggow
Turbocharged: Drift - Nissan Skyline, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
Kekoa Pahinui already felt like an outcast, but it really hit home when his mom left him behind at Hilo International. He now lives with his dad’s mom until he graduates. Kekoa is a passionate and talented half-black, half-Hawaiian drifter who works on his own car and takes good care of it. However, he has to deal with a bully named Billy Cain and Billy's friends Tucker and Ryan. They bully Kekoa and his friends, and even cut off one boy's hair. Because Billy is a rich, spoiled kid who's dad owns half of the land, he gets anything he …
Party Catch Phrase Free, Liz Kazandzhy
Party Catch Phrase Free, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Party Catch Phrase Free is essentially the popular Catch Phrase game but in an electronic format. There are five categories of clues to choose from—Entertainment, Sports, The World, Everyday Life & Food, and Miscellaneous—and for each game, you can choose just one, all, or a variety of these categories (as well as custom clues if desired). The game is played by a group of people sitting in a circle with team members alternating. The goal is to have your team guess the clue by describing it without using the word(s) itself or anything that rhymes with it. When your team …
The Alchemy Of Forever, Jess Verzello
The Alchemy Of Forever, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
On the night of Seraphina’s first ball, she is murdered and then miraculously saved by an ingenious alchemic serum administered by her first love, Cyrus. Six hundred years later, Sera and Cy are living in the heart of Oakland, California with their coven of fellow Incarnates—individuals who can transfer their souls from one body to another to achieve immortality. However, in order to live Sera and the others must take a new body every ten years; murdering to stay alive. The guilt has overcome Sera, fear has replaced love in her relationship with Cyrus, and she is determined to get …
Ender's Game, Lisa Packard
Ender's Game, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Years ago, Earth was invaded by the Formics, an alien race that had overpopulated their own world and was looking to colonize a new planet. Now the International Fleet, headed by Colonel Graff, is looking for young, brilliant minds to aid in the fight against the Formics. Andrew “Ender” Wiggin is one of these young, brilliant minds. Colonel Graff chooses Ender to train in Battle School where Ender shows his strength and brilliance, and quickly moves up the ranks. Ender and his crew of misfits fight and triumph battle after battle in a simulator. To become the next commander of …
The First Drawing, Lori Cunningham
The First Drawing, Lori Cunningham
Children's Book and Media Review
Imagine...30,000 years ago, before your creative thoughts were put into drawings, where most people only saw clouds as clouds. One day a modern-day boy and his dog are transported in time to show you where it all began. Long ago, the people can't see the mammoth in the clouds, the bear in the rock, or the elk on the walls. The boy is the “Child who sees whats not there.” One day though while searching for stones with his father he looks up, and sees a woolly mammoth right in front of him. The young boy searches the eyes of …
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #3: The Sorceress, Lisa Packard
The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel #3: The Sorceress, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
osh and Sophie are distraught. They don't know what has happened to their friend Scatty, but Nicholas assures them she is fine. They travel to England in search of the ancient (and insane) Gilgamesh the King to teach them Water Magic. Despite the king’s mental instability, the twins and Flamel have no other choice than to seek help from the king. Saint-Germain finds them help in England from Palamedes, a knight from the round table, and none other than William Shakespeare. However, Dr. Dee finds them with an Elder and an Archnon, a powerful being before the time of the …
Curious George: Librarian For A Day, Kelsie Ward
Curious George: Librarian For A Day, Kelsie Ward
Children's Book and Media Review
Like many of the Curious George programs on PBS-TV as well as the different books, the reader is taken on a journey with a small, child-like, monkey named George, as he goes on yet another curious adventure. In Librarian For a Day, the librarian, Mrs. Dewey leaves George in charge. George finds himself in quite the dilemma, as he has never organized books appropriately for a library before. He makes attempts to organize them by color, then by size. He finally receives help and realizes that the books are alphabetized by classification, and is able to finish fixing the books …