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Ivan: The Remarkable True Story Of The Shopping Mall Gorilla, Ashley Roggow
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story Of The Shopping Mall Gorilla, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
A young baby gorilla named Ivan is captured at birth and sold to store owners for the purpose of bringing customers to a local mall in Tacoma, Washington. For years, he was treated as a human in the owners’ home, but eventually they locked Ivan in a cage at the store as an attraction and display. Eventually, the people of the town protested his captivity and finally he was taken to a zoo where he was much happier.
It's Time For Preschool!, Cynthia Phillips
It's Time For Preschool!, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
This book has everything you need to know to start your child in preschool. There are so many new things to get used to. Play time, circle time, and even nap time. Each page introduces a different “time.” The children start out coming in the door for preschool time then they progress onto playtime. Circle time is when they get to show-and-tell or read a book. There are a few other important things to know as well such as sharing and manners. Fire drills are noisy and thinking about home time is worrying, but playing with friends is fun. Sometimes …
I’D Know You Anywhere, My Love, Liz Kazandzhy
I’D Know You Anywhere, My Love, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
No matter what this child pretends to be—rhinoceros, camel, raccoon, or giraffe—his mother would know him anywhere. Whether it’s the special gleam in his eyes, the unique sound of his feet, or his one-of-a-kind happy dance that gives him away, his loving and caring mother can always pick him out. As the opening lines read, “There are things about you quite unlike any other… things always known by your father or mother. So if you decide to be different one day, no worries… I’d know you anyway.”
How To Eat An Airplane, Whitney Troxel
How To Eat An Airplane, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
How to Eat an Airplane explains the proper way to go about eating such an enormous object. It explains that guest should be invited with first class tickets. There are also instructions of what parts of the plane to serve for different courses. It also gives suggestions for conversation starters in case anyone is too busy eating and forgets to talk to other guests.
The Glass Arrow, Whitney Troxel
The Glass Arrow, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Aya has spent her whole life with her small family in the wilderness, hiding from Trackers that would bring them to the city to be sold at auction. But they are only able to hide for so long before the Trackers find them. Aya is captured and brought to the Garden--a facility in the city that prepares young girls to be sold at the auction. Aya tries to escape and return to her family, but the Garden’s security is too strong. However, she does befriend a Driver she calls Kiran, who tries to help her. Despite their best efforts, Aya …
The Game Of Love And Death, Charlotte Esplin
The Game Of Love And Death, Charlotte Esplin
Children's Book and Media Review
Love and Death are two immortal, personified characters whose game selects two players with only one possible outcome: love or death. Both Love and Death are allowed to manipulate circumstances in this game, but cannot interfere with the two selected players themselves. In this game, Love and Death have selected Flora, a lower class orphaned black girl who sings Jazz at her late parent's nightclub but dreams to fly airplanes, and Henry, an also orphaned middle class white boy who has everything going in his favor with school and sports. When Flora and Henry meet, they fall instantly into a …
Friends Always, Aubree Keate
Friends Always, Aubree Keate
Children's Book and Media Review
"I never want to play with Quentin again. Never, never, never!" The book begins with this definitive declaration, and readers are then taken on a journey with the narrator as he tries to learn what being a friend means. Each page discusses another child that the narrator is--or is not--friends with, and explores the reasons why he's come to these conclusions. As children read this book with their parents, they will be able to discuss times where they've experienced similar conflicts and proper ways to deal with these situations.
Flora And The Flamingo, Jess Verzello
Flora And The Flamingo, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
In this pure picture book, words are unnecessary to communicate the blooming friendship between Flora and the flamingo. The little girl and the flamingo are an unlikely pair, but as they focus on their mutual love of dance their differences seem to fade away. And although it takes them a little while to find their harmony, soon the pair are dancing effortlessly.
Dinothesaurus, Jess Verzello
Dinothesaurus, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
There are all kinds of dinosaurs, from the tiny Micropachyceplalosaurus to the huge Barosaurus. In this creative book of prehistoric poems, Douglas Florian teaches interesting facts about various dinosaurs from the Triassic to Cretaceous period. Each picture is filled with hidden puns and highlights each dinosaur’s unique features.
The Crown's Game, Jess Verzello
The Crown's Game, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
When Russia is threatened by the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs, The Tsar initiates the Crown’s Game to find a worthy Imperial Enchanter. Vika Andreyeva is as wild as the elements at her command and has prepared her whole life to serve the empire. Nikolai Karimov excels at manipulating mechanics and has no intention of losing the high-stakes competition. But when the two finally meet, their magic calls to one another and both Vika and Nikolai can’t deny their connection. The rules of the Game, however, are very clear: prove that you are the better enchanter or be prepared to …
Bomb, Carlie Smith
Bomb, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Espionage, explosions, and Einstein. Though Steve Sheinkin’s Bomb has all the makings of a dramatic spy movie, it’s actually a thrilling nonfiction account of the race between American, German, and Soviet scientists to build atomic weapons. Within a few years of the discovery of nuclear fission, the world is engulfed by the idea of making powerful weapons, including American professor Robert Oppenheimer. He is selected to lead the research and recruits a brilliant team of physicists to work in the deserts of New Mexico. In Europe, special forces work to thwart the German efforts by destroying the resources and preparing …
Better Than A Lemonade Stand: Small Business Ideas For Kids, Leah Christopher
Better Than A Lemonade Stand: Small Business Ideas For Kids, Leah Christopher
Children's Book and Media Review
Aspiring kid entrepreneurs need look no further because the how-to book Better Than a Lemonade Stand! Small Business Ideas for Kids by Daryl Bernstein offers creative and simple business ideas that kids can make their own. Readers begin by getting trained on the skills they’ll need to succeed, such as funding, branding, customer service, and their work/school balance. Next, readers take a quiz called “Which Business Is Right for You?” to see which of the 55 businesses could fit their interests, from the common car washer, tutor, snow shoveler, or face painter to the more unique babysitting broker, recycler, new-product …
The Best Worst Thing, Charlotte Esplin
The Best Worst Thing, Charlotte Esplin
Children's Book and Media Review
Maggie is a very conscientious young girl on the brink of teenage-hood. With a conscience the size of the United States of America, Maggie wants to save all the bad things from happening. Upon learning that her neighbor uses rabbit’s for meat, Maggie’s greatest desire is to save the rabbits. Throughout her adventure, Maggie brushes up with murderers, experiences middle school and friend drama, and copes with possibilities of divorce between her parents. All ends well and Maggie learns great lessons along the way.
Beast Feast, Jess Verzello
Beast Feast, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Beast Feast is just that—a plethora of fascinating facts about many different kinds of animals, and all in poetry! With fun, witty illustrations that bring each animal to life, Douglas Florian explores the life of Whales, Camels, Caterpillars, and Kiwis. What is a Rhea? Are Moles really blind? Beast Feast looks at these animals in a new perspective.
A Corner Of The Universe, Jess Verzello
A Corner Of The Universe, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Hattie Owen is content to spend her summer reading her many library books, painting with her father, cleaning with her mother, and visiting with the boarders who live in her home. She is a quiet girl of eleven years who did not expect anything unusual to happen this particular summer. That is, until her parents tell her that she has an uncle named Adam who will be coming home from the special school he’s lived at for the past ten years. Adam has a mental illness that makes him see the world differently, and Hattie seems to understand him better …
Zero Tolerance, Annie Huish
Zero Tolerance, Annie Huish
Children's Book and Media Review
RULES. As a member of the leadership club, Sierra was certain that rules were just a part of life, and helped everyone maintain order. RESPECT. She had even participated in the creation of some of them, knowing that those who respect policies and each other are those who excel. RESPONSIBILITY. That’s what she thought she was doing, taking responsibility, when her life at Longwood Middle School came to a screeching halt. RELIABILITY. Everything she knew about Longwood, about her friends and her academic success all changed when she accidentally grabbed the wrong lunch. Her mother’s lunch. The one with the …
Withering-By-Sea, Tessa Mcmillan
Withering-By-Sea, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
While residing at a health resort with her three stingy aunts, Stella Montgomery witnesses the murder of an elderly hotel patron, Mr. Filbert. But before his death, Mr. Filbert entrusts Stella with an ancient bottle to keep away from his murderer—a magician known as The Professor. The Professor forces his young assistant, Ben, to use his seer-ability to discover the bottle’s location. When Stella’s part is revealed, The Professor kidnaps Stella and holds her at the local theater. Stella tricks The Professor’s goons and finds sanctuary with two theater performers: Mr. Capelli and the dancer, Gert. But before Stella is …
Wait, Annie Huish
Wait, Annie Huish
Children's Book and Media Review
In the conflict between getting places and stopping to see what the world has to offer, Wait depicts a walk through the city through a child’s eyes. An adult, seen carrying items such as an umbrella, bag and cell phone throughout the story, hurries a young child in a striped shirt and red pants to get to the train station. Along the way, the child stops to enjoy things such as a dog on the sidewalk, a cement mixer, and an ice cream truck. Soon it begins to rain! The child puts on a rain jacket and the adult pulls …
Unhooked, Tessa Mcmillan
Unhooked, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Gwendolyn Allister has reluctantly moved to London with her paranoid mother. However, Gwen’s best friend, Olivia, has come to help ease Gwen’s transition. Things go supernaturally wrong when the girls are kidnapped by flying shadow creatures—known as the Dark Ones—and taken to Neverland. The girls get separated but Gwen is rescued from the Dark Ones by the handsome, metal-handed Captain Rowan. Peter Pan sneaks onto Rowan’s ship, takes Gwen, and reunites her with Olivia. But this Peter Pan is a seductive teenage leader who magically brainwashes anyone to get his way. When Rowan comes to rescue the girls, Gwen has …
The Three Musketeers, Carlie Smith
The Three Musketeers, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Though he sets off on his adventure on an embarrassingly yellow horse, the feisty and gallant D'artagnan is determined to find dignity by joining the French king’s special guard, the Musketeers. Initially, his chances seem limited when he challenges the legendary Athos, Porthos, and Aramis to duels his first day, but he later gains their friendship. Together they fight the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu for the king and honor. The foursome become entangled in a plot involving the Queen of France and her English lover, the Duke of Buckingham. D’artagnan falls in love with the queen’s maid Constance Bonacieux, and …
Spot, The Cat, Tessa Mcmillan
Spot, The Cat, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
A boy’s cat, Spot, gets distracted by the world outside and goes on a journey to see the city for himself. When the boy realizes Spot is missing, he feverishly searches the busy metropolis for his beloved cat. But several near misses keep the two from reuniting until Spot returns home.
The Siren, Jess Verzello
The Siren, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s the 1950s and nineteen-year-old Kahlen finds herself the sole survivor of a cruise ship sinking in which thousands of people, including her entire family, have died. The Ocean has preserved her life in exchange for one hundred years of service as a Siren—charged with the task of feeding the Ocean souls and sustaining Her—and after which Kahlen will be given a new life. Kahlen accepts the Ocean’s offer and is transformed into a being of exquisite beauty, a deadly voice, and an indestructible body. She and her fellow Sirens are allowed to live amongst the humans but cannot use …
Rules Of Summer, Aylea Stephens
Rules Of Summer, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
There are rules to summer. These rules are things like not leaving red socks on the clothesline and never step on a snail. Some rules might seem strange (“never eat the last olive at a party”), while others seem like common sense (“never give your keys to a stranger”), but the illustrations depict what happens when the rules are broken and how things get progressively darker as the boys push things farther. In the end, though, they learn the rules of summer and have a great adventure.
The Passion Of Dolssa, Rachel Wadham
The Passion Of Dolssa, Rachel Wadham
Children's Book and Media Review
Botille is satisfied helping her sisters run their tavern, until she finds a girl dying on the side of the road. Moved with compassion, Botille rescues Dolssa even though she is fleeing the Church that has branded her a heretic. Keeping Dolssa safe from prying eyes is a challenge, but when miracles of healing spread through the town they can’t hide Dolssa’s real power. It’s is soon clear that Dolssa’s presence has put the whole town in danger until they commit to renounce the heretic and repent. Unable to do anything but support Dolssa, Botille and her family find they …
My Book Of Life By Angel, Amanda Shrum
My Book Of Life By Angel, Amanda Shrum
Children's Book and Media Review
When sixteen-year old Angel runs away with her charming boyfriend Call, she thinks she has found a man who will take care of and lover her. Instead he pulls her into a life of drug addiction and prostitution. Angel does not think herself worthy to free herself from the life she finds herself trapped in until her friend Serena disappears and Call brings home an eleven-year old girl named Mellie to join Angel as a child prostitute. Through her faith in angels and love for Mellie, Angel finds a way to save herself and her young friend from Call and …
Monstergarten, Cynthia Phillips
Monstergarten, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
Being scary is one of the rules of Monstergarten, so that means Patrick only has one day left to learn to be scary in time for school! Luckily his friend Kevin is willing to teach him how. His first scare victim is Kevin’s cat snowball. Snowball wasn’t scared. Next Patrick tries to scare Kevin’s sister and her friend. They aren’t scared either. Patrick and Kevin research how to be scary and practice and practice some more. Kevin “of course” is ready for Monstergarten. He’s an “expert at being scary.” What’s a monster to do? Kevin’s mom comes to the rescue …
Mom, It's My First Day Of Kindergarten!, Cynthia Phillips
Mom, It's My First Day Of Kindergarten!, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
Mom! I’m ready to start kindergarten, are you? This book is told in the perspective of a 5 year old boy. He is so excited to start kindergarten and can’t wait to get out the door. Mom, on the other hand, is dragging her feet and worrying. But school is just the place where this “big boy” wants to be. He walks right up to the school and makes a new friend, and wouldn’t you know it Mom makes a new friend too. Suddenly they find the classroom and Mom is ready but the boy isn’t. He soon decides he …
The Lunar Chronicles #4.5: Stars Above, Aylea Stephens
The Lunar Chronicles #4.5: Stars Above, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
The characters in the Lunar Chronicles have more stories to tell than the ones in the original series. In this short story collection, it answers questions and goes into more details about the lives of the original characters. Stories cover different topics from different parts of the character’s lives. In The Little Android, it talks about Cinder becoming a cyborg. In Glitches, the reader learns about Cinder’s first introduction to her new family. In The Queen’s Army, it discusses how Wolf joins the Queen’s Army. Carswell’s Guide to Being Lucky tells the story of thirteen-year-old Thorne wanting to get a …
Lunar Chronicles #4: Winter, Aylea Stephens
Lunar Chronicles #4: Winter, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Princess Winter doesn’t agree with her stepmother’s way of ruling Luna. While Levana is heartless and cruel, Winter is admired for her kindness and is said to be even more beautiful than her stepmother. Levana disapproves of Winter’s feelings for the palace guard Jacin and wants to control the princess, but Winter isn’t as weak as Levana thinks she is. Winter joins forces with Cinder and her friends to start a Lunar revolution to create a world that is safe for both people on earth and the Lunars, but while she is trying to convince the people that they have …
Lunar Chronicles #3: Cress, Aylea Stephens
Lunar Chronicles #3: Cress, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Cress is stuck in a tiny satellite by herself, but that doesn’t stop her from risking everything to warn Cinder about Queen Levana’s evil plan or becoming a skilled hacker. She has been ordered to track down Cinder and Thorne, but instead she tries to contact them to come rescue her. When they try and things go badly, the group is separated. Cress and Thorne are left to survive in the desert after Thorne goes blind in the crash, Scarlet is captured by the enemy, and everyone else tries to come up with a plan to rescue their missing companions …