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Me, Frida, And The Secret Of The Peacock Ring, Bailey Ondricek Dec 2018

Me, Frida, And The Secret Of The Peacock Ring, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

Paloma’s father died when she was only three years old. Almost ten years later, she’s visiting his homeland, Mexico, for the very first time with her mom. Gathering memories about her father on index cards, she collects whatever information she can to solve the mystery of who he was, but this is not the only mystery Paloma will decode this summer. After meeting twins Gale and Lizzy, Paloma is flung into solving a dangerous mystery involving the famous artist Frida Kahlo. Studying the artist’s work and life reveals clues to what may have happened to Frida’s missing jewelry, and also …

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Marty Pants: Do Not Open!, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

Marty Pants: Do Not Open!, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Marty is an artist and a noticer. He notices things that others don’t. Like that there’s something wrong with their teacher, Mr. McPhee and he’s making it more a more obvious. This week’s spelling words were: annihilate, protagonist, imminent, absurd, feeble, assumption, deprive, terminate, exasperate, industrious, and wisdom. Worse still, the new girl, Analie. keeps catching him at the worst possible times. Whenever he does something embarrassing, she’s somehow there. Between trying to save the world from an alien invasion that no one believes in and summoning the courage to speak a full sentence to Analie, Marty is also trying …

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Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, Bailey Ondricek Dec 2018

Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

Marley Dias shares her lessons learned in social activism, having created her own platform to put more books featuring black, female protagonists into the hands of students nationwide. This modern, brightly colored motivational book is a vibrant mix between an autobiography, a self-help book, and an advice column. Reading almost as a magazine article, the cute pull-out quotes, personal photographs, sidebar briefs, and even interruptions of with stories embedded between pages of narration, appeal to the intermediate reader with their abundant visual interest. Throughout the book, Marley gives advice on steps to become an activist as she chronicles her own …

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Magellan: Over The Edge Of The World, Emilee Bell Dec 2018

Magellan: Over The Edge Of The World, Emilee Bell

Children's Book and Media Review

Failure after failure drives Ferdinand Magellan to forsake his native Portugal and fly under Spanish colors in the name of fame, fortune, and exploration. Political intrigue sows doubts of the feasibility of his quest, but eventually, Magellan becomes commander of an armada aiming to find a faster route to the Spice Islands. On the sea, Magellan finds no respite. Mired in the center of Portugal-Spanish political conflict, Magellan maneuvers through ocean storms while diplomatic tempests never wane. One by one, the Armada de Molucca sheds men and ships as a result of storms, scurvy, mutinies, and conflicts with natives until …

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Love, Mama, Hannah Webb Dec 2018

Love, Mama, Hannah Webb

Children's Book and Media Review

Everyone misses their mom sometimes, even baby penguins. Love, Mama tells the story of Kipling the penguin and his beloved mother. When Kipling’s mama goes away, Kipling wishes with all his might that she could just be home with him. Just when he needs it most, he receives a package of his favorite things from his mama and learns that love can travel and transcend any distance. The love he feels carries him through the rest of the day, and leads him to a beautiful reunion with his mama.

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Lmno Peas, Robyn Lee Dec 2018

Lmno Peas, Robyn Lee

Children's Book and Media Review

The Alphabet Peas invite readers into their world where they work and play within the ABCs. The Peas introduce themselves at every letter, giving occupations and actions that begin with each progressive letter of the alphabet. They are acrobats and zoologists and everything in between. Each illustration showcases the letter as well as little green peas doing the jobs they are listing. At the end of the book, the peas finish their introduction and ask who the reader is in return.

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Little Humans, Samantha Bullock Dec 2018

Little Humans, Samantha Bullock

Children's Book and Media Review

Is bigger always better? Brandon Stanton’s insightful and power-packed Little Humans highlights the strength, resiliency, and goodness of children. The book addresses the ups and downs of being little and describes all the things that the world’s littlest humans can do that make them capable of accomplishing BIG things. Among the can's are being tough, learning, growing, and putting on a show. The book also points out kids’ needs such as help and love. Truly a look at what makes a little human a little human.

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Letters To Leo, Jamie Jamie Dec 2018

Letters To Leo, Jamie Jamie

Children's Book and Media Review

Letters to Leo is a collection of letters written by Annie Rossi to her dog Leo. Annie lives with her single father, so Leo helps to keep her company whenever her father isn’t around. The letters follow some Annie’s struggles, including her desire to succeed in school, her loneliness when her friend Jean Marie moves away, her entry in the school’s essay contest, and working on a school project with her biggest classroom competitor. One day, an author and poet comes to the classroom and talks about his poetry and illustrations. Annie is inspired by the poem the author shares …

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Ladies Of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, Cynthia Phillips Dec 2018

Ladies Of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, Cynthia Phillips

Children's Book and Media Review

Ladies of Liberty is a book about the women who helped to lay the groundwork for the United States. Included are stories about a number of women who were educators, writers, mothers, reformers, novelists, explorers, and more. These women opened orphanages, started women’s rights movements, supported presidents, raised children, and powerfully helped to form a young nation. Women such as Sacagawea, a Native American who helped lead Lewis and Clark through the Louisiana Territory, and Lucy Terrace Prince, a freed slave and brilliant poet and orator, offer stories about amazing women “of color” during a time where skin color was …

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King Of The Mound: My Summer With Satchel Paige, Sarah Checketts Sarah Checketts Dec 2018

King Of The Mound: My Summer With Satchel Paige, Sarah Checketts Sarah Checketts

Children's Book and Media Review

After a year in the hospital recovering from polio, Nick returns with an injured leg back home to his cranky and brusque father in Bismark, North Dakota. His life before getting sick was full of baseball dreams, but now his father believes he will never amount to anything. Things start to look bright when "Satch" Paige comes to Bismark to play on Nick's father's team. Nick also begins a wonderful friendship with the neighbor girl, Emma. As Nick works hard and tries his best, he gains the courage to step back onto the mound and follow his dreams.

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In Search Of Us, Katie Katie Dec 2018

In Search Of Us, Katie Katie

Children's Book and Media Review

Angie knows that her mother would never lie to her, until her mother does. Angie knows that leaving her home will break her mother’s heart and does not think she can do it, until she does. When Angie turns sixteen, she finds out that her dad really did not die in a car accident and that she has an uncle, Justin. In a quest to find out who she is and where her roots are, she leaves home for L.A. to find her Uncle Justin. It is only by running away from everything she has ever known that she discovers …

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Imagine, Kylee Hackney Dec 2018

Imagine, Kylee Hackney

Children's Book and Media Review

Featuring the lyrics of John Lennon’s iconic song "Imagine," one little pigeon sets out to fulfill the dream of creating world peace. By eliminating vanity, war, and greed, this single pigeon makes it her mission spread the news of sharing, caring, and unity. Although it is certainly not easy, she will discover that with her powerful and influential voice, it is definitely worth it.

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If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

If You Don't Have Anything Nice To Say, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Winter Halperin is a relatively normal girl with some eccentricities—she won the National Spelling Bee as a child, and her mother is a famous parenting expert. But one night Winter says something online that could be taken as offensive, and her words spread over the Internet rapidly. She is shamed online and in person for being a racist and a horrible person. Winter knows she's not a bad person, but this doesn't stop her from thinking of herself as a monster and becoming afraid of ever sharing her words again. As a last resort, she goes to a rehabilitation clinic …

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Icebreaker, Melissa Heaton Dec 2018

Icebreaker, Melissa Heaton

Children's Book and Media Review

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I Survived #16: I Survived The Children's Blizzard, 1888, Haley Cook Haley Cook Dec 2018

I Survived #16: I Survived The Children's Blizzard, 1888, Haley Cook Haley Cook

Children's Book and Media Review

This short chapter book follows John Hale in his adventures as a settler in Dakota. Originally from Chicago, his family moved when the government offered land for people to settle and farm. Previous to the move, John had lived in the city. He had to learn how to live life on the plains. John has the usual adventures of a young boy—playing with his friends, chasing his sister, and hunting for King Rattler—a huge rattle snake that lives by the creek. Winter comes earlier than planned, bringing with it a huge blizzard that covers the area in ten feet of …

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I Love Cats, Samantha Bullock Dec 2018

I Love Cats, Samantha Bullock

Children's Book and Media Review

Dog lovers can love cats too as they journey through Sue Stainton and Bob Staake’s I Love Cats. The book takes readers through a city neighborhood home to all sorts of characters who all happen to be feline. No two are the same in personality, ability, or appearance, but all are loved and valued for their individuality.

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How To Make A Rainbow, Beverly Jones Dec 2018

How To Make A Rainbow, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

How to Make a Rainbow is a beautiful book that highlights each color in the rainbow. There are two pages dedicated to each color, and bright objects fill the pages. The colorful pictures pop and are very pleasing to the eye. The science behind rainbows is also a big part of this book, and a simple yet interesting explanation of how a rainbow forms is provided. Young readers will enjoy pointing and naming the objects they discover in this colorful creation.

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Grandma Gatewood Hikes The Appalachian Trail, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Grandma Gatewood Hikes The Appalachian Trail, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Emma Gatewood married young and bore eleven children. She eventually divorced her husband and raised the large family alone, finding respite by walking the hills and woods around her home. One day she read a story that inspired her to walk the Appalachian Trail, perhaps because the article said that no woman had ever done so. Through hardship, bad weather, minor injuries, and the help of friendly people along the way she made it the entire way!

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Good Morning, Grizzle Grump!, Kristie Hinckley Dec 2018

Good Morning, Grizzle Grump!, Kristie Hinckley

Children's Book and Media Review

It’s spring and all of the animals have awoken from their winter slumber, except for one. Squirrel wakes Grizzle Grump, a hibernating bear, from his sleep. Grizzle Grump is grumpy because he’s hungry and goes in search of some food. He finds berries, fish, and bugs, but just in time for squirrel’s forest friends to snatch them away. He gets pretty upset, until he comes across those forest friends with all of the food compiled in a “1st Annual Rise and Surprise Bear Fair” for Grizzle Grump! They eat all the food and are ready for a nap.

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Good Morning, City, Sydnee Burr Dec 2018

Good Morning, City, Sydnee Burr

Children's Book and Media Review

Behind the scenes, work is what makes city life roll on. Good Morning City takes a look at many of the goings on in city life that most people overlook. Long before children wake up, bakeries fire up, newspapers are delivered, garbage men collect trash, and joggers run through the parks, all while the city sleeps. Ferry boats engage their engines, waitresses make coffee, trains screech along, and then finally the sun comes up. The bright light streaming through her window wakes up a little girl, who fetches her baby brother, and then enjoys breakfast with her family while listening …

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Giant Pants, Kayla Packard Dec 2018

Giant Pants, Kayla Packard

Children's Book and Media Review

“Belbum was a giant. And like most giants, he was good at stomping, napping and losing things. One morning, he lost something very important... HIS PANTS!” Little children are tossed into a magical world of giants, gnomes, and Cyclops; this book will have them bursting with giggles from page one! As Belbum goes from friend to friend looking for his pants, he tries alternatives that don’t quite work out: a too-short toga, too small gnome pants, and even being buck-naked (*there are no pictures of this ). Finally Belbum resorts to having his tailor make a new pair of pants …

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Fly By Night #1: Fly By Night, Emma Patton Dec 2018

Fly By Night #1: Fly By Night, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

Mosca Mye is a twelve-year-old girl with a love for reading, a mischievous streak, and a pet goose. When she sees an opportunity to escape her small town by convincing notorious storyteller and con-man Eponymous Clent to take her on as his secretary, she takes her chance. Clent agrees to let Mosca travel with him in exchange for her freeing him from the stocks. She plans to stick with Clent until she gets to the big city and finds a school that will take her. But, as much as Mosca wants to simply embark on her own journey and fill …

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Flo, Sydnee Burr Dec 2018

Flo, Sydnee Burr

Children's Book and Media Review

Flo is a little panda who likes to relax. She's never in a hurry, and loves to take her time adventuring along the way wherever she goes. She loves exploring, listening to music, and savoring every bite. Sometimes she's too slow though, and the other pandas grow impatient and ornery because they have to wait so long for her. However, when trouble strikes, it's Flo's laid back, funny ways that save the day.

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Faith And Fury: The Temple Mount And The Noble Sanctuary: The Story Of Jerusalem’S Most Sacred Space, Leah Christopher Dec 2018

Faith And Fury: The Temple Mount And The Noble Sanctuary: The Story Of Jerusalem’S Most Sacred Space, Leah Christopher

Children's Book and Media Review

A rough stone enshrined in a golden dome connects three major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Why is it so important? Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, the stone and its presence in temples and mosques figure prominently in stories about Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, David, Solomon, Alexander the Great, Jesus Christ, Constantine, and Muhammad. For thousands of years, the rock has survived through war and peace, destruction and reconstruction atop what is known as the Temple Mount to Jews and Christians or the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims. Enter the legendary and true history up to the present day of …

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F Is For Fairy, Beverly Jones Dec 2018

F Is For Fairy, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

This alphabet board book shares the ABCs with toddlers and preschoolers in a unique and artistic way. Each page showcases wonderful handmade scenes from the authors. Small hands will love to point out their favorite scenes such as a magical unicorn, a variety of beautiful flowers, and sweet smiling faces of pint-sized fairies. The story's rhyming style is catchy and memorable as young readers begin to learn their alphabet.

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Esperanza Rising, Emma Patton Dec 2018

Esperanza Rising, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

Esperanza Ortega lives in Mexico in a grand house on a vineyard, and she lives a life of plenty. But when her father is killed and her house burns down, life as Esperanza knows it is forever changed. Her uncle suddenly controls all the land that they live on, and he promises to take care of Esperanza and her mother if her mother agrees to marry him. Penniless but determined to live their own life, Esperanza and her mother leave Mexico with the aid of their former servants and head to the United States. They can now start a new …

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Elmer And Grandpa Eldo, Samantha Bullock Dec 2018

Elmer And Grandpa Eldo, Samantha Bullock

Children's Book and Media Review

Even grandpa elephants never forget. At least, that’s what beloved multi-colored elephant Elmer comes to find out in his latest adventure, featuring his Grandpa Eldo. When Elmer sets out to visit Eldo, he’s not sure how much Eldo will be able to remember about the activities the two used to do together. However, as the story unfolds, Elmer discovers that Eldo’s feigned forgetfulness is all just a ruse—and a way to play some good-natured tricks on Elmer! By the story’s end, Elmer is onto his grandpa, and the two rejoice in the most important memory they could have: being together!

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Eleven And Holding, Margo Isabell Dec 2018

Eleven And Holding, Margo Isabell

Children's Book and Media Review

Macy’s life is far from simple. She is starting middle school and changing friend groups, and her father is on a special military assignment and has been absent from her life during the recent years. Macy clings to her father’s promise that he will return to her on her twelfth birthday, so she determines to “stay” eleven until his return. One day, Macy and her best friend Twee help a forgetful older lady find her missing dog. This small adventure is a catalyst for an even bigger one as Macy decides to track down her absent father at his “new …

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Eddie Red Undercover: Doom At Grant's Tomb, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Eddie Red Undercover: Doom At Grant's Tomb, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Eddie is a kid with a photographic memory who’s worked with the NYPD to spoil a famous criminal, Lars. Now, Lars is back, and he seems to have Eddie in his plans. After finding a bomb with a note to Eddie, the NYPD have initiated many protective measures to keep him safe. Doing a little detective work with his best friend Jonah, Eddie is on his way to solving the case when he gets kidnapped by Lars, who uses him as a human camera to rob the Met. Jonah is able to secretly alert his family and the police and …

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Dreamfall #1: Dreamfall, Braxton Church Dec 2018

Dreamfall #1: Dreamfall, Braxton Church

Children's Book and Media Review

When an experimental procedure to cure insomnia goes wrong, Cata, Fergus, and five other teenagers are trapped in a world created by their own nightmares. When they wake up in this world they call Dreamfall, none of them remember how they got there. Nightmare after nightmare, the group must fight for survival and discover exactly what’s going on—because if they die in Dreamfall, they will die in reality. Meanwhile, Jaime, an intern working with the project tries to discover what’s happening to the seven patients. In his search he discovers the thing that threatens the patients the most is not …

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