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What Girls Are Made Of, Rachel Aedo Dec 2018

What Girls Are Made Of, Rachel Aedo

Children's Book and Media Review

Seth is the center of the universe, at least to Nina. Her life, her schedules, her emotions, everything revolves around her boyfriend. Nina was told at fourteen that there was no such thing as unconditional love, and she lives every moment to meet the conditions of Seth’s love. When she fails, Seth breaks up with her and leaves Nina adrift, searching for the meaning of love in a high-kill animal shelter, in the art of Rome, and in her own disappointing family and friendships.

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Trickster: Native American Tales; A Graphic Collection, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

Trickster: Native American Tales; A Graphic Collection, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Trickster is a collection of twenty-one short Native American tales gathered by Matt Dembicki. Though all of the stories are original Native America tales, they center around the idea of the trickster. Be it rabbit, fox, bear, or bird, stories of tricksters are ample in these cultural heritages. These stories show that sometimes the trickster will get away with their misdeeds, but other times there are consequences that could last for ages.

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The Witch Boy, Olivia Hales Dec 2018

The Witch Boy, Olivia Hales

Children's Book and Media Review

Aster is a teen who lives in a magic community. In his world, men are shapeshifters who protect, and women are witches who gather knowledge and provide for the community. Aster hasn’t come into his powers yet, and has no interest in shapeshifting. He’s interested in witchcraft, but witchcraft is not for boys. So Aster teaches himself. When other boys begin disappearing and one returns mangled and in half-monster form, the suspected culprit is something worse than a demon. A demonic-monster appears in Aster's room and offers to help him discover a powerful form. Aster falsely accepts the offer and …

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The Witch Boy, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

The Witch Boy, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Aster was born into a life of magic. His mother and older sister are witches, and his father is a shapeshifter. It has always been this way: male shapeshifters and female witches. Aster, who struggles with shapeshifting, is drawn to words of power, the incantations and spells that the women use. He tries to learn these things but is caught, disciplined, teased, and treated worse by his family members. When Aster's male cousins go missing, Aster finds he’s the only one who can scry to find the missing boys. He wants to help and protect his family, but to do …

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The Fintastic Fish Sitter, Kaley Durney Dec 2018

The Fintastic Fish Sitter, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

Tom and his friend Pradeep have a pet goldfish named Frankie, and Tom’s brother has a kitten named Fang. Fang and Frankie really don’t get along. This becomes a challenge when Tom and Pradeep ask Pradeep’s sister Sami to fish-sit for them. They give her a list of things to help her, and her biggest task it to keep Fang and Frankie away from each other. That is really hard to do, so she finally tells them that if they can’t play together, they will have to play her games. Since they can't get along, she dresses them up as …

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Tentacle And Wing, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Tentacle And Wing, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Ada has known for most of her life that she is a kime, a human-animal hybrid from an unknown source. She looks fully human, though, and this allows her to keep it secret. Her father teaches her to lie about how things look to her, because her hidden hybrid gift is infrared vision. Most kines (chimera) have visible mutations--wings, tentacles, flippers, and such. Humans fear, persecute, and isolate kimes. When a test reveals Ada's true nature, she is relieved to think that she will no longer have to conceal her real self. But when she arrives at the kime facility, …

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Storyworlds: A Moment In Time; A Perpetual Picture Atlas, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

Storyworlds: A Moment In Time; A Perpetual Picture Atlas, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

It's 2:00 pm in New York City, and a worker is cleaning the glassy windows of a skyscraper. At the same moment, it's 9:00 pm in Santorini, Greece, and a brilliant sunset is falling over white cycladic houses. Simultaneously, a meteor shower over Perth, Australia lights up the 2:00 am sky. This picture-only atlas depicts the same moment in time at over 100 places across the globe, providing a round-the-world snapshot of what is happening at a variety of locations at each time zone.

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Shark Dog!, Kristie Hinckley Dec 2018

Shark Dog!, Kristie Hinckley

Children's Book and Media Review

A little boy travels with his dad, who is a famous explorer. On their way home from an exotic island, the boy discovers a shark dog has joined their expedition! His dad lets him bring Shark Dog home with them. Shark Dog’s favorite place to go is the ocean, that is, until he spots what he thinks is another shark dog and becomes very homesick. So dad and the little boy bring Shark Dog back to his home. It is a glorious reunion for Shark Dog. Eventually, they all have to say goodbye, but surprisingly, Shark Dog chooses to go …

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Ribsy, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

Ribsy, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

It all started with a pesky flea that lodged under Ribsy's collar in a place he couldn't quite reach. Mercifully, Ribsy's boy, Henry Huggins, removes the collar, but when Ribsy gets lost in a crowded shopping area, he has no way of being reunited with his family. Ribsy thus embarks on a wild and adventurous journey to find his way home. Along the way, he encounters a violet-scented bubble bath, becomes a school mascot, turns the tide of a high school football game, and, out of necessity, eats more tuna fish than he would prefer. At last, Ribsy’s wild journey …

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Monstress: Vol 1. Awakening, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

Monstress: Vol 1. Awakening, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Maika is a seventeen-year-old survivor of a horrible war between human and Arcainics, animal-dark-magic hybrids. Now, humans sell these Arcainics as slaves, experiment on them, and collect Lilium, a precious magical chemical, from their dead and dying bodies. Cumaea are the powerful witch-nuns who do a majority of the killing and harvesting from Arcainics. Maika, one such slave, is trying to figure out her own past, her place in the world, why her mother was killed, where the unknown voice inside her is coming from, and what she’s supposed to do about all of it. She finds friends in a …

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Mary Mcscary, Phyllis Rosen Dec 2018

Mary Mcscary, Phyllis Rosen

Children's Book and Media Review

Mary McScary is a young girl who likes scaring everyone. She scares people and animals, but she can't seem to scare her cousin Harry. She tries every trick she can think of: snakes, spiders, a monster, even a hippo. But nothing works. Finally she thinks of something that will scare Harry - a kiss.

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Mama Lion Wins The Race, Kimberly Jackson Dec 2018

Mama Lion Wins The Race, Kimberly Jackson

Children's Book and Media Review

It’s the morning of the big race and Mama Lion and Tigey are ready to go! They start off with an early lead, until they have to swerve off the road suddenly to avoid running into a butterfly. Fortunately they aren’t out of the race for long, thanks to the Flying Pandinis, who get their vehicle up and running in no time. Mama Lion and Tigey are actually catching up to the leaders, but in the end, they decide to forfeit in favor of the Flying Pandinis. Tigey realizes that the friendship they gained that day was worth more than …

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Libby And Pearl: The Best Of Friends, Beverly Jones Dec 2018

Libby And Pearl: The Best Of Friends, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

Libby and Pearl: The Best of Friends is the precious story of a little girl and her pet pig. There is a very special message in this book about unlikely friendship. As the author says, these two are a funny pair, but that doesn't matter. Friends don't have to be exactly the same or even look alike. Friends come in all shapes and sizes. On each page of this book, there is a colorful photograph of some of Libby and Pearl's fun adventures. Life is always more fun with a friend!

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Elmer And The Race, Kaley Durney Dec 2018

Elmer And The Race, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

The noisy young elephants want to know who is the fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur help set up a race course. The young elephants paint themselves different colors so they can keep track of who is where on the race course. The elephants are ready for the race and off they go! They have to cross the river and get past the tricky monkeys. Then they have to go over a hill and Yellow is in the lead. Green tries to pass, but Yellow trips him and he gets hurt. White stays to help him and Yellow tries to trip …

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Elmer And Snake, Kaley Durney Dec 2018

Elmer And Snake, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

Elmer the patchwork elephant just wants a nice relaxing day, but some of the other elephants want to play a trick on him. They go to a snake, who convinces them to tell Elmer that he looks pale and needs to lie down. Snake then tells Elmer he will cover Elmer in white mud. So, after the animals tell Elmer that he looks pale, Elmer lays down and snake keeps adding more and more white mud. The elephants become so worried that they go back to snake to see what to do. Snake tells them to tickle Elmer. When they …

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Dogosaurus Rex, Megan Hall Dec 2018

Dogosaurus Rex, Megan Hall

Children's Book and Media Review

Ben visits the animal shelter with his mom and can’t seem to find the right dog - that is, until he sees Sadie. In some ways Sadie is a typical dog. She sits, fetches, and plays with Ben. Sadie is much bigger than other pets and soon begins to cause trouble within the community. But when Sadie saves the day, everyone comes to love her as much as Ben does. Dogosaurus Rex is a darling story that helps kids imagine what it would be like to have a dinosaur for a pet.

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Bravelands: Broken Pride, Ariel Woodbury Dec 2018

Bravelands: Broken Pride, Ariel Woodbury

Children's Book and Media Review

Titan, a large pride-less male lion, killed Fearless's father when Fearless was a cub to try and gain control of the pride. Fearless was forced to run away to a baboon troop. When the leader of the troop is killed by a hyena, Fearless goes off to force the hyena's group from the area in an attempt to prove himself to the troop. The hyena's gang is much larger than he had expected, and as they overrun him, he is saved by lionesses from his old pride, including his sister. Still unable to return to his pride, Fearless returns to …

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All Kinds Of Kisses, Acacia Haws Dec 2018

All Kinds Of Kisses, Acacia Haws

Children's Book and Media Review

All Kinds of Kisses shows a variety of animal parents and babies. Each animal is given a brief description and a two-page illustration. The description mentions something about their beak or mouth and is used to suggest a funny way of kissing. There is an unexpected variety of animals such as crossbill birds, grasshoppers, chub suckers, and platypuses. Each animal section is closed with the question 'How would this animal kiss?'

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You're All Kinds Of Wonderful, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

You're All Kinds Of Wonderful, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

When a child is born they bring with them a unique set of gifts and talent – their own set of bells and whistles. As they grow up, they must find the bells that they ring best. They must discover who they are and what talents they have to share with the world. Be brave and ring those bells loud and proud, for you are all kinds of wonderful.

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Words Set Me Free: The Story Of Young Frederick Douglass, Sarah Checketts Dec 2018

Words Set Me Free: The Story Of Young Frederick Douglass, Sarah Checketts

Children's Book and Media Review

Frederick does not even know his own birthday. He was born on a plantation in a time when slavery was prevalent, and his living conditions are similar to those of work animals, though not as pleasant. His mother was taken from him at such a young age that he does not know her. When taken to Baltimore where he would serve in the home of his mistress’s brother-in-law, he meets the “first friendly white face” he’s ever seen. From her, Frederick begins learning to read. This changes his life forever. Frederick longs to be free like the ships he watches …

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Wolf Hollow, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Wolf Hollow, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Some life lessons sink deep. This is true for Annabelle who is eleven, almost twelve. Until now her life has been about chores, family, school, and animals but this year, things become more complex. Betty Glengarry moves in with her grandparents and immediately begins bullying Annabelle. Annabelle decides to handle the situation by herself. But Betty is a bigger problem than Annabelle can handle on her own, especially when Betty and the school bully, Andy, combine forces. Annabelle's little brother is injured by a wire stretched between two trees on the path to the school house and her friend, Ruth, …

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Who's In The Jungle, Bailey Ondricek Dec 2018

Who's In The Jungle, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

Who’s in the Jungle by Judy Nayer is a charming, sing-song story that introduces young readers to a slew of exciting animals in their traipse through thick of the forest. The story repeats the phrase “Someone’s in the jungle, who can it be?” and guides the reader through the various jungle animals, from monkeys to birds to lion cubs, revealing, in the end, a charming child narrator who has been on the jungle walk.

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Through With The Zoo, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Through With The Zoo, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Goat is done with the petting zoo. Everyday there are so many little hands and arms and faces wanting to play. It's too much! He can see that other animals in the zoo have their own places with a little bit of distance between their pen and the people moving by. Goat leaps the fence and tries living with a koala and an elephant, but is not comfortable in their enclosures either. Finally, he finds a peaceful shade tree and is happy until night comes. In a change of heart, Goat decides that being alone isn't always what he wants. …

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The Complete Maus, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

The Complete Maus, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Art Spiegelman is trying to come to terms with his Auschwitz-surviving father and the realities of what happened to him and the world under Hitler’s power before he was born. Never having got along with his father and always feeling like his older brother, killed during WWII when he was still a young boy, was the ghost that he could never live up to, Art feels trapped in his life as a designated failure. Using his cartoonist mindset and skills, Art slowly uncovers stories about his father’s past, illustrating them and sorting the realities and stories into something he can …

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Porcupine's Picnic Who Eats What?, Kaley Durney Dec 2018

Porcupine's Picnic Who Eats What?, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

Porcupine has finally found the perfect picnic spot! Now he just needs some friends to eat with him. Many of his friends won’t eat clover, but he finds out what each of his friends like to eat. Giraffe like to eat leaves and buds, while Panda likes to eat bamboo. Bear likes blueberries and Kookaburra likes to eat spiders. Tiger comes along, and he likes to eat all of the animals!

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On The Night You Were Born, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

On The Night You Were Born, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

What happens the night that a baby is born? The moon smiles and the wind whispers the babe’s name. Bears dance, geese fly, and ladybugs stay around to say hello. Heaven rejoices when a child enters the world. But why, one might ask, all this celebration for just a baby? Because, when a baby is born, the world gains someone special – someone not quite the same as anyone else. The world is excited to see what that child is going to bring to it.

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Morris Mole, Melissa Secor Dec 2018

Morris Mole, Melissa Secor

Children's Book and Media Review

Morris lives in the ground with all of his older brothers. He is the smallest mole, and he always does what his brothers do: dig all day and all night. Then one day, the moles run out of food. Morris has an idea, but he is too small and his brothers can’t hear him. So he decides to dig down inside himself and find all of his bravery. Then he does what his brothers have never been done before- he digs up! The world is full of light, friends, and so much food. He meets friends whom he helps save …

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Moo Moo In A Tutu, Bethany Stevens Dec 2018

Moo Moo In A Tutu, Bethany Stevens

Children's Book and Media Review

Moo Moo decides she is going to be a ballerina. Her loyal friend Mr. Quackers is worried, given that she’s never taken ballet lessons, but supportive nonetheless. Determined to share her talents with the world, Moo Moo both figuratively and literally crashes a ballet recital. Reception is less than warm from all but Mr. Quackers, who cheers enthusiastically for his friend. Although Moo Moo's plan to become a ballerina doesn't turn out as expected, her confidence remains undaunted. This fun book ends with Moo Moo plotting a new plan that the two pals can both participate in, setting up nicely …

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Mogie: The Heart Of The House, Nikki-Catrina Anderson Dec 2018

Mogie: The Heart Of The House, Nikki-Catrina Anderson

Children's Book and Media Review

Mogie is a ball-chasing, tail-wagging, moon-howling pup with a heart as true as true can be. Mogie comforts young Gage who used to be a ball throwing, race, running back-flipping boy, but has fallen sick and lost his mojo. Knowing just the right ways to comfort Gage in this difficult time, she sticks with him until he finds his mojo and is able to return home. Mogie’s story continues at the Ronald McDonald House where she stays to help the next child who comes sick and in need of a friend.

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Mogie: The Heart Of The House, Melissa Secor Dec 2018

Mogie: The Heart Of The House, Melissa Secor

Children's Book and Media Review

Mogie isn’t cut out to be a service dog. He fails at search-and-rescue and he isn’t calm enough to be a show dog. But when Mogie wanders into a special house in the middle of the city, he finds exactly what he’s meant to do. Mogie has a special talent at finding sick, sad kids and cheering them up by giving them exactly what they need. He makes friends with the sick children in the house, and helps them find their 'mojo.' He chases his ball, runs races, and does backflips- anything to make the children smile. When they don’t …

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