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Celebrating Colorado, Kristie Hinckley
Celebrating Colorado, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Mr. Geo is a geography teacher who knows everything there is to know about the fifty states in the U.S. In this book, he takes a trip to Colorado. The mountains, nature and wildlife in Colorado are some of its greatest features. Colorado is home to Pikes Peak, which has an incredible view. Tourists will come across dinosaur prints in Picketwire Canyonlands! Colorado Springs is home to the U.S. Olympic Training Center, which is a fun place to visit too. Colorado is a beautiful place to visit and has many unique features.
If You Lived Here: Houses Of The World, Kimberly Jackson
If You Lived Here: Houses Of The World, Kimberly Jackson
Children's Book and Media Review
What would your house look like if you lived halfway across the world or were born a hundred years ago? You can travel all around the world without leaving the comfort of home as you turn pages to visit houses across the globe in different eras. Each home is unique and lets you get a taste of the culture of people who live there. Information on the materials used to construct each house, the location, and a fascinating fact provide even more insight into these fifteen homes and their inhabitants. Who wouldn’t want to live in the mountains of Switzerland, …
Salt To The Sea, Abigail Packard
Salt To The Sea, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Joana is a nurse in training from Lithuania. Florian is a Prussian artist running from the work he did for the fuhrer. Emilia is a pregnant girl fleeing her homeland of Poland. Alfred is an enthusiastic German soldier set on enforcing the fuhrer’s standards. Joana, Florian, and Emilia end up in a refugee group that is walking through the frozen German landscape, desperately trying to survive and blend in amidst the turmoil caused by WWII. Each has their secrets, but they begin to trust and even love each other. During their struggles, Alfred composes letters in his head to his …
Hooray For Books!, Taylor Harris
Hooray For Books!, Taylor Harris
Children's Book and Media Review
Turtle can’t seem to find his favorite book! Maybe he shared it with a friend? He asks all his friends if they’ve seen his book. They all respond yes, but that one of their other friends is borrowing it now. They then offer Turtle one of their favorite books to borrow. Turtle declines, wanting his own book. In the end, he finds it and goes to read it by himself; however, when he hears all his friends reading and discussing their favorite books, he goes over there to share and read their favorite books too.
Love That Dog, Nicole Clark
Love That Dog, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
Jack, a young student in Mrs. Stretchberry’s class, is sure that he doesn’t like poetry. He doesn’t understand any of the poems he reads in class, and he is convinced that poetry is only for girls. Through his teacher’s gentle persistence, Jack begins to see his own life experiences in the poems he reads— and develops his own identity as a poet. This gradual change culminates in a visit with one of Jack’s newfound-favorite poets: Walter Dean Myers.
All's Fair In Love And Cupcakes, Kristie Hinckley
All's Fair In Love And Cupcakes, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Kat Varland is twenty-six and sick of being cooped up in her hometown of Bayou Bend, Louisiana, running her aunt’s cupcake shop. It’s not the cupcakes that she’s sick of, making them is actually her passion, but it’s the boring flavors that her aunt requires of her to make that stifle her creativity. The monotony ends as soon as Kat’s best friend, Lucas, signs her up for a cupcake competition on reality TV! They both head to Los Angeles, revealing Kat's true baking skills and her feelings for Lucas. The competition doesn’t end without drama, but Kat and Lucas learn …
Happy Spring, Chirp!, Taylor Harris
Happy Spring, Chirp!, Taylor Harris
Children's Book and Media Review
Chirp the chick is on a mission to deliver the basket of flowers to Auntie Duck for her birthday! But oh no! Bear scares her and she loses some of the flowers. To make up for it, Bear takes Chirp to a strawberry patch where she picks some strawberries for her Auntie. Then a bird swoops in and steals the best strawberry, and Chirp trips and tumbles down the hill. Everything seems to be going wrong, until Chirp hears a familiar voice and realizes that she made it to the pond. She was able to deliver the present to her …
The Stumps Of Flattop Hill, Karen Abbott
The Stumps Of Flattop Hill, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
Little Florence is dared to enter the mysterious house on Flattop Hill. Rumor has it that children who enter the house on the hill never return, but become one of the stumps that fill the hillside. Attracted by the mystery, Florence sets out at night to discover for herself if the rumors are true. She climbs the hill, enters the house, goes past creatures, and breeches the final door. It is unclear what happens to the courageous little heroine, but a new stump does indeed appear.
Deep Blue, Abigail Packard
Deep Blue, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Serafina is heir to the the mermaid kingdom Miromara, and lately all she can think about is her Dokimi ceremony and whether her betrothed still loves her. But her world changes when a dream calls her to fulfill a prophecy and her mother, the queen, is assassinated during Sera’s Dokimi ceremony, throwing the kingdom into chaos. Sera and her best friend, Neela, narrowly escape an incoming army meant to take over Miromara. They embark on a quest to find four other "merls" after realizing that had the same prophetic dream about a dark evil returning to the world. They find …
Pick A Pine Tree, Karen Abbott
Pick A Pine Tree, Karen Abbott
Children's Book and Media Review
A charming rhyme for Christmas time, this little story goes from picking the right tree to transforming it into an elegantly decorated Christmas tree! First the family visits the tree lot to see trees of different shapes and types. Then everyone helps to clear a special place at home and together they set up the tree and make sure that it has water. Out come the decorations and lights and in come lots of friends to help with the decorating! In the end a Christmas tree stands tall and bright.
Papa Is A Poet: A Story About Robert Frost, Nicole Clark
Papa Is A Poet: A Story About Robert Frost, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
Told from the point of view of his young daughter Leslie, Papa is a Poet provides a brief and lyrical snapshot of the life and personage of Robert Frost. Lines taken from Frost’s poetry are seamlessly woven into the narrative to tell the story of the family’s life on their New Hampshire farm, their move to England, and the first publishing of a book of Frost’s poetry upon their return to the United States. The detail with which their day-to-day life is described makes clear how Frost drew on what he saw and experienced all around him to write his …
Zoomer's Out-Of-This-World Christmas, Kristie Hinckley
Zoomer's Out-Of-This-World Christmas, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Zoomer is the youngest of three dogs in his family. One day, Zoomer and his brothers are on the lookout for Santa in the sky, until a spaceship lands in their backyard and they meet a robot family! While the robot dad tries to fix the spaceship, Zoomer and his brothers enjoy a picnic, space games, and swimming in a force-field pool with the robot family. Robot dad determines that a key piece of the ship is missing and Zoomer sacrifices his tricycle in order to help the robots fix their vehicle. The dogs and robots part ways, but the …
Moon Bears, Taylor Harris
Moon Bears, Taylor Harris
Children's Book and Media Review
Get to know Mausi, Angus, Poppy, and more while learning about moon bears. Moon bears have excellent hearing and a great sense of smell, which help them explore and find food. They are also excellent climbers and swimmers. Each moon bear is unique with a different light marking, or moon, on their chest.
Refuge, Ariel Woodbury
Refuge, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem where their son, Jesus Christ, is born. Shepherds and Wise Men come to see the child. After the visitors leave, Joseph dreams that his family is in danger. The family quickly leaves and must rely on the kindness of strangers to survive. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus finally find refuge in Egypt.
Robin Hill School Secret Santa, Kristie Hinckley
Robin Hill School Secret Santa, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s getting close to Christmas Mrs. Connor’s class draw names for a Secret Santa gift exchange. Katie and Andrew haven’t been getting along, but Katie is Andrew's Secret Santa. Katie decides to leave her gift at home because she is still mad at him. When it is time to exchange gifts, Katie is sad that she didn’t bring her gift. Mrs. Connor helps her to make a handmade gift at the last minute. Students exchange gifts and it turns out that Andrew picked Katie’s name. Katie and Andrew exchange gifts and apologize. It is a merry Christmas, indeed!
How The Queen Found The Perfect Cup Of Tea, Sydnee Burr
How The Queen Found The Perfect Cup Of Tea, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
The queen begins and ends her day with maids doing everything for her. They comb her hair, dress her, and make her tea. When one day she hates her tea, she decides to take a voyage to find the perfect cup of tea. She and her butler travel in a hot air balloon to numerous foreign lands, where the queen learns new ways to make tea and begins to help in the preparation. At the end of her journey, the queen learns the satisfaction that comes from work, the freedom that comes from relaxation, and the enjoyment that comes from …
Princess Of Thorns, Abigail Packard
Princess Of Thorns, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Princess Aurora inherited the fairy blessings from her mother at a great cost: her mother’s life and the condition that Aurora will know romantic love. Meanwhile, Prince Niklaas is cursed to turn into a swan if he fails to marry a princess. The two cross paths years after the death of Aurora’s mother and weeks before Niklaas’s time to marry is up. Aurora, disguised as her brother Jor, desperately searches for a way to free Niklaas and take their kingdom back from the ogre queen. Niklaas agrees to help Jor if he can meet Aurora. During their travels, Aurora's disguise …
Before Morning, Kristie Hinckley
Before Morning, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
A young child is hoping for a snow day so that her mother, an airplane pilot, can come home from work and enjoy the perfect winter day in the snow with her family. The child's nighttime wish comes true and the world becomes beautiful and white overnight. Children will realize that the power their wishes have through this simple, sweet wintertime book.
Zora! The Life Of Zora Neale Hurston, Nicole Clark
Zora! The Life Of Zora Neale Hurston, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
As a young child, Zora Neale Hurston believed that she was so special. This self-confidence endured throughout Zora’s life, from her childhood days in a small-town making up fantastical stories to her last impoverished year spent in a county welfare home in Fort Pierce, Florida. Though Zora never achieved fame or financial success during her lifetime, she tenaciously held to her passion of writing through family troubles, poverty, and many a rejection notice from publishers. Zora lived out her belief that “nothing is destructible” and indeed, though she died a forgotten woman, her works, including bestseller And Their Eyes Were …
Tractor Mac Countdown To Christmas, Kristie Hinckley
Tractor Mac Countdown To Christmas, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Tractor Mac and the joyful animals on Stony Meadow Farm are preparing for Christmastime! Goat Walter covers everyone and everything with ribbons, and Tractor Mac helps find the best tree. Fetch the dog and Pete the pig wrap the gifts and admire the holiday treats. Sibley the horse directs the choir of farm animals and vehicles in the singing of Christmas carols. Lastly, they hang their stockings with care and are ready for friends and family to come and celebrate with them!
Grumbug!, Aylea Stephens
Grumbug!, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Since they became friends, Troll and Oliver have been making cakes together for the other trolls to eat at Trolliver's Cafe. One day when Oliver's sister Dolly goes missing, all of the trolls warn them that they shouldn't go to Munch Mountain, where Dolly disappeared to, because of the terrifying Grumbug that lives there. Unafraid, Oliver is determined to find his sister and prove that even the scariest trolls can be friendly if you have enough cake.
33 Short Comedy Plays For Teens, Rebeca Wallin
33 Short Comedy Plays For Teens, Rebeca Wallin
Children's Book and Media Review
Though titled 'plays,' the 33 works in this collection would more accurately be called 'scenes.' Each piece is a self-contained short scene with two to seven characters and ranges from four to twelve pages. The scenes, written specifically for teens, are based on typical high school situations including things such as homework, classes, dating, driving, and friends. These ordinary situations are then usually heightened and exaggerated, often verging on and crossing over to the ridiculous.
The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book, Kimberly Jackson
The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book, Kimberly Jackson
Children's Book and Media Review
The Nitty-Gritty Gardening book boasts twelve creative gardening projects that span the entire year for gardening fun in every season! Each project has simple instructions and a list of supplies you will need. For beginning gardeners, there is a quick introduction to the basic principles of gardening. There is also a variety of projects that range from outside to inside, from butterfly gardens to composting, and fruits to vegetables. The projects are low cost and use simple materials available at most gardening stores. Get ready, get set, garden!
The Boy In The Dress, Lisa Packard
The Boy In The Dress, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Ever since his mother left him, Dennis has been lonely and bored. It's difficult for him to be tough and play soccer, but he soon discovers a passion for fashion by reading Vogue magazine. And his world changes when he meets Lisa, a fashionista. Lisa convinces Dennis to wear a dress to school, posing as a French exchange student named Denise. Although it was fun, he is caught by the headmaster and expelled from school, disqualifying him from playing in the final soccer tournament. Thankfully, Lisa helps him become a part of the school again by dressing up the entire …
Chasing Freedom, Sydnee Burr
Chasing Freedom, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
Chasing Freedom recounts the life stories of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony through a fictional conversation between the two women. Susan B. Anthony is hosting a women's rights meeting, with Harriet Tubman as the keynote speaker. Harriet comes early to catch up with her old friend, and the two recount stories of years gone by before the meeting starts. The author creates an engaging atmosphere for late elementary school-aged children to imagine the lives, struggles, and triumphs of these champions of equal rights.
Soundless, Abigail Packard
Soundless, Abigail Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Fei and her sister, Zhang Jing, are apprentice artists learning how to record the village’s history in beautiful calligraphy. Fei is an extremely talented artist, but Zhang Jing’s is losing her sight, making her work less refined. Many in their village are also becoming blind in addition to being deaf. The villagers only manage to survive by mining precious minerals and sending them down a zip line that sends up supplies in return. When the village can no longer mine, Fei, now miraculously able to hear, makes a treacherous journey down the mountain to talk to the leaders below. She …
Hot Dog, Kristie Hinckley
Hot Dog, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
It’s a hot summer day and a cute dachshund is looking to cool off. He finds his owner under an umbrella with a fan and cold lemonade, but she doesn’t want a hot dog sitting on her lap! He heads to the barn to cool off in the shade with the cat, but the cat wants nothing to do with a him either! He goes to cool off in the mud pit with the pig, until he gets squashed under the pig! He wants to get sheered like the sheep, but his other owner won't let him! A little girl …
The Case For Loving: The Case For Interracial Marriage, Nicole Clark
The Case For Loving: The Case For Interracial Marriage, Nicole Clark
Children's Book and Media Review
Mildred and Richard's love is illegal. The year is 1958, and according to Virginia law, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, cannot marry. Their desire to be together takes them across state lines to Washington, D.C. where they are wed before returning to Virginia to begin their life together. One night, however, they are awoken by police in their home. Charged with unlawful cohabitation, the couple's case is eventually taken to the Supreme Court, which rules in favor of the Lovings and makes interracial marriage legal throughout the United States.
Between Us And The Moon, Lisa Packard
Between Us And The Moon, Lisa Packard
Children's Book and Media Review
Sarah is the happiest she has ever been when her boyfriend dumps her for the popular girl. With a broken heart, she goes to Cape Cod and decides to start an experiment that she hopes will make her popular. Sarah begins to act like her older sister, Scarlett, and soon makes lots of friends. She is noticed by Andrew, a very attractive college boy, and finds herself trapped in an intricate web of lies she spins just to be accepted and loved. Scarlett discovers what her sister is doing and tells Sarah to be honest about who she really is. …
I Do Not Like Al's Hat, Ariel Woodbury
I Do Not Like Al's Hat, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Herb is a rabbit, but his ear hurts from being pulled out of Abracadabra Al's hat every night. He needs to find a new job! He could be a wild rabbit, but he would probably get hurt. He could have a vegetable farm, but he would probably get fat. So he decides to try being a pet rabbit! Sophie seems perfect they play and she gives him carrot cake. Herb loves Sophie and they decide to be best friends.