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Close Your Eyes, Liz Kazandhzy
Close Your Eyes, Liz Kazandhzy
Children's Book and Media Review
“Close your eyes, little tiger,” comes the plea of this little tiger’s mother. But he’s afraid of sleeping! What if he misses out on the sky, trees, and birds? His mother assures him that there can be all that and more in his dreams. But then what if he falls or gets lost? His mother comforts him with the promise that she will be there for him if anything bad happens. No matter what this little tiger’s concern is, his mother is right by his side, comforting, loving, and helping him drift off into peaceful sleep.
Challenger Deep, Carlie Smith
Challenger Deep, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Cayden Bosch is a boy who lives two lives: one aboard a pirate ship sailing for the deepest part of the Marianas Trench and the other as a normal high school student succumbing to schizophrenia. His paranoia, anxiety, and delusions eventually cause his parents to take him to a mental hospital. There he contends with his psychiatrist, the medications, and other patients. Cayden eventually makes friends with Callie and Hal and they help him in his self-discovery. His time in the hospital is the main storyline; however chapters detailing his delusions aboard the ship are shuffled in. delusions are described …
The Bunker Diary, Carlie Smith
The Bunker Diary, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Linus Weems has led a peculiar life. He’s rejected his famous cartoonist father’s wealth in favor of a life of homelessness on London’s streets, but nothing is stranger than the day he is kidnapped by a man faking blindness and held captive in a refurbished war bunker. The bunker has eight rooms, an elevator, surveillance equipment, and some notebooks that Linus fills with a record of his experience. Each morning the elevator opens with supplies, and, sometimes, additional captives. Jenny, a 9 year-old girl; Fred, a beefy drug addict; Bird, an angry businessman; Anja, a posh real estate agent; and …
Battling Boy, Olivia Hales
Battling Boy, Olivia Hales
Children's Book and Media Review
The once great city of Arcopolis is under siege from a flood of monsters. The city’s only defense—Haggard West—is dead at the hands of the Ghoul Gang. The young god Battling Boy must prove himself in his time of Rambling—a coming of age task that all gods take. He is brought to Arcopolis by his father, where his task is assigned; he must rid Arcopolis of monsters before he can return home. Aurora West, the daughter of the late Haggard West, plans revenge on the Ghoul Gang just as Battling Boy makes his debut. The city is thrilled to have …
Based On A True Story: Nettie And Nellie Crook: Orphan Train Sisters, Ashley Roggow
Based On A True Story: Nettie And Nellie Crook: Orphan Train Sisters, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
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Balance Keepers #1: The Fires Of Calderon, Loretta Farnsworth
Balance Keepers #1: The Fires Of Calderon, Loretta Farnsworth
Children's Book and Media Review
Eleven-year-old Albert Flynn spends his summers with his father and grandfather in Wyoming. When he is asked to deliver a letter to a hermit in the middle of the woods, he discovers that his postal worker father is actually a professor in a strange land in the center of the earth. In the Core, children from around the world are taught to keep balance in realms that are connected to Earth. As each child agrees to become a Balance Keeper, they obtain a white tile that gives them a superpower to assist them. However, Albert’s tile is black and does …
The Science Of Life: Animal Classification, Laura Trumbo
The Science Of Life: Animal Classification, Laura Trumbo
Children's Book and Media Review
The Science of Life: Animal Classification is a reference book that introduces young readers to how scientists classify and organize animals. Without going into depth, Jenny VanVoorst defines important terms like taxonomy, and takes the reader on a brief sampling of the animal kingdom. She begins with taxonomy's founding father, describes all the divisions of animal classification, and ends with explaining where the human reader fits within taxonomy's classification system.
Akeelah And The Bee, Abigail Packard
Akeelah And The Bee, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Akeelah Anderson is good with words; not in the eloquent flowing way, but in the spelling way. She’s so good, in fact, that her teacher suggests she enter the school’s spelling bee. Akeelah doesn’t want to be pegged as a nerd and she doesn’t want to show that she cares in a school in which she feels that no one else cares. Despite her worries and protests, she enters the bee and wins! But she’s a big fish in a little pond. What ensues is a touching story of how she meets Dr. Larabee, trains for each level of the …
Zombelina, Jess Verzello
Zombelina, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Zombelina is a fantastic dancer and on her way to becoming a real ballerina. When her mom and dad put her in a Saturday night ballet class, Zombelina starts to prepare for her first real dance recital. But on opening night she gets a terrible bout of stage fright and scares everyone away! Everyone except her family, that is. They cheer and holler and Zombelina gives them a fantastic show. After the recital, the whole family heads home (along with the ballet teacher) to celebrate Zombelina’s ballet debut.
Zombelina Dances The Nutcracker, Jess Verzello
Zombelina Dances The Nutcracker, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Zombelina is back and is preparing for her next ballet recital: The Nutcracker. Zombelina is trying out for her dream role as Clara, but so is her friend Lizzie. When Zombelina gets the role, Lizzie is sad but also happy for Zombelina. The night of the recital, Grandpa Phantom tries to play a few of his tricks and Zombelina and Lizzie must work together to stop this trickster and keep the show going. Their teamwork and friendship make the night a stellar success.
When You Wander: A Search-And-Rescue Dog Story, Liz Kazandzhy
When You Wander: A Search-And-Rescue Dog Story, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
What can a search-and-rescue dog do? Just by smelling your things, he can learn all about you! In this story, this special canine tracks down a lost child in the woods, telling the child’s story by his scent as he makes his search. The child eventually holds tight to a big tree and waits until the friendly dog comes to find him and bring him safely home.
What's Your Favorite Animal?, Liz Kazandzhy
What's Your Favorite Animal?, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
What’s your favorite animal and why? In this sturdy board book, this question is answered by fourteen popular children’s book authors and illustrators. It explores not only common animals like cats, bunnies, and elephants, but also unique ones like the blue carp, the octopus, and the snail.
We Are America: A Tribute From The Heart, Lee Crowther
We Are America: A Tribute From The Heart, Lee Crowther
Children's Book and Media Review
In We Are America, Myers and Myers commemorate the United States by sharing stories of America from pre-Columbian times to the present day. The text pairs Walter Dean’s free verse with quotations from America’s history. Christopher’s mural-like illustrations juxtapose events from distinct epochs and locales to highlight the plural nature of the American experience. For the reader who wishes to learn more, the end matter provides further context for the quotations and drawings.
The Vault Of Dreamers #2: The Rule Of Mirrors, Liz Kazandzhy
The Vault Of Dreamers #2: The Rule Of Mirrors, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
After Sandy Berg took Rosie into his custody, he transported her to a facility to continue to mine her dreams. Meanwhile, in another area of the world, a teenage girl Althea Flores was lying in a coma. What Rosie and this girl have in common is that they come to share the same consciousness, an effect of the dream mining and seeding. The Althea version of Rosie (nicknamed Thea) wakes up from her coma confused, in a new (and pregnant) body, and surrounded by friends and family who expect her to be Althea. The other Rosie, unaware of Thea, escapes …
Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond Between A Soldier And His Service Dog, Liz Kazandzhy
Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond Between A Soldier And His Service Dog, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Tuesday is no ordinary golden retriever; he is Luis’s energetic service dog, a help and support in everything he does. Luis has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since he returned from war in Iraq, but thanks to Tuesday, he’s able to function far better than he could before. From the beginning until the end of each day, Tuesday is right by Luis’s side to help with basic household tasks, go on public outings together, and even visit other veterans to try to help them as well. Thanks to Tuesday, Luis feels safe and calm, and thanks to Luis, Tuesday …
Tea Rex, Jess Verzello
Tea Rex, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
To hold a perfectly polite tea party, you must follow certain rules—especially if your special guest is a dinosaur and a T-Rex, to be exact. Cordelia and her little brother are perfect hosts. They offer their guest a comfortable chair, make small talk, serve refreshments, and pour the tea. Although a few mishaps may happen along the way, it’s all worth it when Cordelia and her brother are invited to T-Rex’s next tea party.
Stories Gone Wilde, Rebeca Wallin
Stories Gone Wilde, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
Children will be introduced to the works of a famous author in this play comprised of adaptations of stories from Oscar Wilde’s short works of children’s fiction including The Selfish Giant, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Remarkable Rocket, and The Happy Prince. Wilde’s classic sarcasm, quick wit, and ingenious highlight of the brutal, dark side of nature contrasts with acts of unbelievable love and selflessness in this adaptation which stays true to the language and basic plot in the original stories.
Six Of Crows, Cynthia Frazier
Six Of Crows, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Kaz Brekker, a criminal mastermind has been offered the opportunity to win a fortune. All he has to do is rescue a chemist from the Ice Court, a secure prison that has never been breached before. His gang for the heist consists of Inej, an acrobat who has become adept at spying and using knives; Jesper, a gambler and sharpshooter; Nina, a lovely Grisha heartrender; Matthias, who knows the way into the Ice Court; and Wylan, the engineer. One of the problems they will face is that the Ice Court is the headquarters for witch hunters (Grisha hunters) and they …
Sea Rex, Jess Verzello
Sea Rex, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Nothing is better than a day of sunshine and friends at the beach. Cordelia and her little brother are joined by their dinosaur friends for some splashing, sandcastle building, and tanning in the sun. They have a picnic, find seashell treasures in the sand, and discover a Sea Rex in the water. They discover that every day is always more fun with friends.
The Rest Of Us Just Live Here, Kiersten Carr
The Rest Of Us Just Live Here, Kiersten Carr
Children's Book and Media Review
The Rest Of Us Just Live Here is not about the usual "indie kids” who occasionally team up to fight vampires or soul-eating ghosts or whatever it is this time. Instead, we follow Mikey, who just wants make it to graduation without the school blowing up (again) and is far too concerned with making sure his sister is eating, struggling with his own anxiety disorder, and staying out of the spotlight of his mom’s political campaign to get mixed up with the indie kids and their quest to stop the mysterious “Immortals,” whose shtick seems to be possessing people and …
The Remarkable Journey Of Charlie Price, Leah Christopher
The Remarkable Journey Of Charlie Price, Leah Christopher
Children's Book and Media Review
Grief group isn’t helping Charlie, Dad is always working, and Charlie’s little sister, Imogen, is depressed. Life since Mom died of cancer is tough, and Charlie can’t talk to anyone, especially since his friend Frank disappeared after his grandma died. One day, Imogen finds a hatch under her bed, leading to a place where Mom is alive. In disbelief, Charlie follows Imogen through the hatch to find a world that parallels their own except there’s a living, cancer-free Mom! With more visits, Charlie slowly becomes suspicious. When Imogen enters the hatch alone, he and his neighbor's dog Ruby rush to …
Red Queen, Jess Verzello
Red Queen, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Mare Barrow is a Red—part of the common, ungifted half of society that is ruled over by the Silver elite. The Silvers have abilities (manipulating elements, controlling minds, superhuman strength) and use them to enforce their rule. For the first seventeen years of her life, Mare thought she was no one special—doomed to conscription in the Silver’s bloody war on her eighteenth birthday. Until in a twist of events she unlocks a power—a power she shouldn’t even possess as a Red—that turns her life to anything but ordinary. In order to take advantage of her new found gift, the king …
The Hero Agenda #1: Powerless, Lisi Hong
The Hero Agenda #1: Powerless, Lisi Hong
Children's Book and Media Review
Kenna is an average girl in a super world. Literally. Everyone she knows—except her mom who is exceptional in her own ways—has a super power. The only thing that makes her feel special is her research, but even that doesn’t help her when the lab she is supervising is attacked by villains, earning her a banishment from the labs. But when one of her supposedly evil attackers saves her life that night, she begins to question the heroes she has always loved and worshipped. Are they really as good as they say? When she sneaks back into the lab and …
Picture This: Numbers, Aubree Keate
Picture This: Numbers, Aubree Keate
Children's Book and Media Review
Through the use of beautiful photographs and interesting facts about animals, this book helps children discover that numbers are all around us! The book begins with number one and continues through number ten. Also featured on each page is an interesting fact about the pictured animal that helps keep readers engaged.
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run!: An Alphabet Caper, Liz Kazandzhy
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run!: An Alphabet Caper, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
When Dog’s ball accidentally rolls into Mouse’s hole, an intense chase ensues. Dog chases Mouse all over the house, but Mouse gets away and returns to his hole. In the end, Mouse kindly returns the ball, and Dog and Mouse become friends.
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story Of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, Jess Verzello
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story Of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Benedict Arnold is known for being the first great traitor against the United States of America, but few know he also played a role in saving the American Revolution. Arnold is wild, intelligent, daring, abrasive, and most definitely indelicate. He first led the Americans to victory in defining battles such as at Saratoga and vehemently argued for what he felt would end the fighting. After numerous conflicts with politics and Congress, Benedict Arnold believed the only way to stop the fighting and reinstate peace was to help the British end this terrible war. However, Arnold only met disappointment and resentment …
Music Class Today!, Loretta Farnsworth
Music Class Today!, Loretta Farnsworth
Children's Book and Media Review
Children gather together for music class, but a new classmate is reluctant to participate. The reluctant boy ultimately chooses to take part in the music class through watching his happy peers, through the support by his mother in the background, and through the friendly encouragement of his teacher. The repetitive “chorus” assists young readers in learning to read. The words also have an element of “I spy” as some sentences ask the readers to look at the brightly colored pictures to find certain characters and events.
More Caps For Sale, Aylea Stephens
More Caps For Sale, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Once there was a peddler who sold caps, but this particular peddler carries the caps on top of his head to sell them. On the same day that he originally encountered several mischievous monkeys, he is walking home and thinking about how he was not able to sell any caps that day. He goes home, but soon he realizes that the monkeys that had caused so many problems earlier in the day had followed him home. Instead of causing problems, however, the monkeys mimicking the man’s actions actually help the peddler solve problems like cleaning up his yard and selling …
Mechanica, Carlie Smith
Mechanica, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Nicolette Lampton, Nick, knows her life under “the Steps” is about to change when she locates the key to her mother’s secret workshop. As she tinkers around she discovers the unlikely blend of technology and magic that allow her to further her mother’s work with practical mechanisms and delicate, automated animals. When Nick takes her inventions to the market she finds not only buyers but also real friendship in palace workers Fin and Caro. At the ball before the Exposition (a showcase of the realm’s finest mechanical marvels), Nick meets the Heir and leaves behind a glass and gear slipper. …
Just A Teacher's Pet, Cynthia Phillips
Just A Teacher's Pet, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
A new student, Bunella, arrives at Little Critter’s school and everyone is curious about her. She’s different. She gives the teacher an apple, sits in the front, and receives special treatment from all the adults, especially the teacher, Miss Bunny. The students decide that Bunella must be the teacher’s pet. She gets to tell the other students what to do and what not to do when they’re on a field trip. There is a baseball game with the older kids that Little Critter’s class doesn’t ever beat. Miss Kitty tells them to remember to include Bunella. Bunella wins the game …