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A Sky Full Of Stars, Amanda Bishop Dec 2018

A Sky Full Of Stars, Amanda Bishop

Children's Book and Media Review

Set against the backdrop of a small rural town in Mississippi during the 1950s, Rose tries to understand and find strength in the tumultuous era of the Jim Crow Laws. Rose is African American and lives with her family of sharecroppers. With her best friend Hallelujah, Rose attempts to understand what it means to be brave and to stand up for what you believe in. As racial tensions escalate throughout the South, Rose delves into civil rights protests, despite her grandmother's wishes. She wrestles with the decision to either stay in the South or join a family living in the …

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What Are Race And Racism?, Bailey Ondricek Dec 2018

What Are Race And Racism?, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

What are Race and Racism? is a perfect introduction to historical and modern racial oppression for the young reader. This thin chapter book begins by citing a modern issue of racism, looking back on the history of racism and describing its evolution over time, and then revisiting modern problems and solutions. The sensible flow of the book provides a great overview for those who may not understand the concepts of microaggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, or other hot topic issues.

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The Lost Art Of Ladyhood, Olivia Hales Dec 2018

The Lost Art Of Ladyhood, Olivia Hales

Children's Book and Media Review

In this book, there are twelve chapters, each covering one of twelve skills: confidence, leadership, gratitude, self-defense, social and dining etiquette, service, health, motherhood, positive mental attitude, personal power, self-respect, and goal setting. Each chapter includes several “tales of adventure" from the author’s own experience, one or more “tools” or strategies for problem recognition and solving, and a “challenge” that encourages the reader to break down, analyze, and plan for their own situation. Interspersed are “journal times” that provide an opportunity to record positive self attributes, or identify personal patterns of thought. Each chapter may contain a synopsis of scientific …

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The Elephant Thief, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

The Elephant Thief, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

Who would have ever thought that ‘Boy’—a filthy street orphan, pickpocket, and thief—would end up becoming an Indian Prince named Dandip? All because of a wager between rival zoo owners, an elaborate scheme was hatched with ‘Boy’ dressed up in a fancy Indian costume riding an elephant named Maharaja. Newspapers started carrying the story and soon, everyone in England knew about the ‘Prince’ and his elephant and lined the streets as the duo trekked 200 miles from Scotland to England. Boy liked having clean clothes and good food to eat, and he was starting to know how to communicate with …

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Book, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Book, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

What a book truly is and where it transports readers is the message of this book. This message is shared in beautiful illustrations that carry the reader off into the magical land of words. The book begins with white pages on which are words. A word begins to stretch and expand until it covers a page and then begins to fill with color and art. Soon the images dominate the pages with the words that inspired them scattered around, among and in between everything. What is a book? It's an adventure, an emotion, it's . . . everything!

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Junonia, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Junonia, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Alice and her family spend a week every winter at a beach in Florida. Alice will soon be turning ten. The tenth birthday is extra special to her because it will be her first two digit year. This makes her especially thoughtful about the joys and disappointments of this year's family trip. She thinks of the winter beach cabin inhabitants as extended family and this year the family is changing. Alice is looking for her favorite rare shell, a junonia, but what she finds within her heart goes much deeper than the shell itself.

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You Can't Hide: Shadow House, Book 2, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

You Can't Hide: Shadow House, Book 2, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Marcus, Poppy, Dash and Azumi are desperately trying to find a way out of Larkspur House by solving riddle after riddle as they are led through the house and up to the roof. For a while there are two Azumi's, each claiming to be the real girl. Cornered on the roof top the real Azumi is revealed and the children are forced to escape across the roof. Unfortunately they find themselves trapped above a zombie forest greenhouse and the glass gives way dropping them back into the house. Azumi's "sister" rescues the children and leads them out of the house …

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The Hate U Give, Bailey Ondricek Dec 2018

The Hate U Give, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

This powerful novel follows a brave sixteen-year-old girl named Starr as she’s confronted with contemporary racism. Having witnessed the murder of her friend in an act of police brutality, she finds herself in a position to use her words as weapons, but what if she doesn’t want to fight? A current text accurately detailing important messages from the Black Lives Matter movement, themes including gang violence, rioting, and racism are given life. An important perspective for any reader, this text is timely and appropriate in its message to readers concerning the reality of “THUG LIFE.”

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The Nocturnals: The Slithery Shakedown, Beverly Jones Dec 2018

The Nocturnals: The Slithery Shakedown, Beverly Jones

Children's Book and Media Review

This particular installment in The Nocturnals series is suited for children in grades one and two. Bismark, the fearless leader, is ready to embark on another exciting adventure. But Bismark finds out he is more of a fearful leader when he and his friends have an unwelcome encounter with a sly, slithery snake. The snake wants to make a snack out of Bismark, the small sugar glider, but that won’t happen with Tobin the pangolin and Dawn the fox around. The three friends realize that you can be “scared and brave, too” and they send that sneaky snake right back …

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Chasing King’S Killer: The Hunt For Martin Luther King, Jr.’S Assassin, Melissa Heaton Dec 2018

Chasing King’S Killer: The Hunt For Martin Luther King, Jr.’S Assassin, Melissa Heaton

Children's Book and Media Review

Martin Luther King Jr. is dead and no one can find his killer. Surprisingly, James Earl Ray eludes police and the FBI for almost two months before his capture. How does Ray do it? He is an experienced convict who only knows a life of crime, but he makes some costly mistakes that eventually lead to his arrest. No one knows for sure why Ray chose to kill King, but many chilling events led Ray and King’s paths to cross and eventually collide.

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Wed Wabbit, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Wed Wabbit, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Fidge is excited to go on vacation with her mother and sister, but she needs swimming fins for the trip. On the day before they leave, Fidge becomes increasingly irritated with her mother and younger sister, Minnie, who wile away the time until it is too late to get her fins. Angry, Fidge accidentally kicks her sister's favorite toy, Wed Wabbit, into the street and Minnie runs after it. While her mother waits with Minnie to come out of her comma in the hospital, Fidge is sent to stay with her aunt and uncle and her odious cousin. In a …

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Relaxations: Big Tools For Little Warriors, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Relaxations: Big Tools For Little Warriors, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Written for parents and teachers to read to their children and help them practice meditation techniques. Relaxations invites young listeners to use their mind as a blank screen and imagine different scenarios to help them relax. Exercises include imagining a piece of spaghetti becoming limp, a soothing day at the beach, and a light spreading within the body until readers become a star in the vast universe.

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Queen Of The Falls, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

Queen Of The Falls, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

Aging charm-school teacher Annie Edison Taylor is determined to avoid the poorhouse. With decreased student enrollment at the school, Annie knows she needs a way to replenish her ever-dwindling supply of funds. Her plan? To go over Niagara Falls inside of a barrel! Hoping to make a profit from news coverage and public appearances, Annie hires a manager, and at the age of sixty-two, Annie becomes the first person to travel down the Falls in a barrel. Though Annie’s daring feat never earns her the fame and wealth she hoped for, it is the personal satisfaction that makes the stunt …

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The End Of The Wild, Emma Patton Dec 2018

The End Of The Wild, Emma Patton

Children's Book and Media Review

Fern is only in sixth grade, but she already grows gray hair. That makes sense, in a way, because she has a lot to worry about. Her mother and baby brother died in a car accident two years ago, so Fern takes care of her two little brothers and stepfather. Armed with her mother’s cookbook and all the ingredients she can find in the forest near her house, she works to put food on the table, keep her brothers out of trouble, and impress her teachers. It’s tricky to balance it all, but Fern’s wealthy, bossy grandfather wants Fern and …

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I Wish You More, Bailey Bailey Dec 2018

I Wish You More, Bailey Bailey

Children's Book and Media Review

This tender book is a beautiful read-aloud to share with a loved one. The narrator of the book lists a series of wishes for the unidentified subject, each accompanied by a charming and quirky illustration that perfectly matches the text. On the page reading, “I wish you more tippy-toes than deep,” for example, a bright spread of spiked swimming pool “waves” spans the whole of the two pages, with a cheerful little boy’s nose peeking up over the tips of them. A slightly smaller brightly colored picture book with lovely glossy pages and a happy message, children would be as …

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Truckeroo School, Tessara Garrett Dec 2018

Truckeroo School, Tessara Garrett

Children's Book and Media Review

In Truckeroo, every monster child begins life by creating their very own and special truck. Every child and every truck is unique. The trucks and monsters go to Truckeroo School to exercise, make art, blast music, play at recess, and eat lunch. The little monsters’ parents come to show their own special careers and how they contribute to Truckeroo.

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Among The Red Stars, Tessara Garrett Dec 2018

Among The Red Stars, Tessara Garrett

Children's Book and Media Review

Valka wants nothing more than to be an airwoman like Marina Raskova. When World War II strikes Russia she may finally have her chance to go to war and become a famous fighter pilot! But the Red Army doesn’t want her. What’s worse, her childhood friend, Pasha, is drafted. Then fortune strikes. Marina Raskova herself is organizing and training all-female air force regiments. Valka enlists and soon finds herself piloting a night bomber. She and her fellow airwomen take to the skies to defend the Motherland and prove themselves as legitimate pilots. War is not what Valka expected, and she …

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Boy's Best Friend, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

Boy's Best Friend, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

‘Moving is fun and change can be positive.' No matter how many times Lester says that mantra to himself, it doesn’t help. His still misses Colorado, his old neighborhood, and his friends. Everything is different in Cape Cod, even the water and air are different. His only friend is his golden retriever, Bill Gates. On the other hand, a classmate George, who has lived in Cape Cod all his life, is missing his very best and oldest friend who just moved to another state. He feels that the only real friend he has left is his border collie, Bart. Finding …

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Wolf, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

Wolf, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

He is now called Jack, after having other names, adventures, and roles in the book Sheep. Four years later, Jack is back doing what a Border Collie was born to do. Jack and his human Luke have found a good home on the sheep ranch with people who care about them. Jack senses an unfamiliar odor on the farm, and then two of his flock are killed on his watch. The Wolf has come to California in search of a new home and a mate. A fierce confrontation with another animal leaves him with a wound that won’t heal and …

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Orphan Island, Emilee Bell Dec 2018

Orphan Island, Emilee Bell

Children's Book and Media Review

Nine orphans live together on a magical island and every year, a small child skims across the sea to trade places with the oldest child and is mentored by the oldest child left. Blue-eyed Jinny struggles with wide-eyed Ess, but ultimately rebels from the law passed down by oral tradition that the Elder must leave upon arrival of a new child. Little by little, the magic of the island turns into curses until the ultimate horror happens: the new small one is bitten by a once-gentle snake. It’s in the emergency that Jinny realizes that she must forget about what …

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The Journey, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

The Journey, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

The Journey is the moving tale of a refugee family fleeing their home, as told by a child. When war intensifies in the family’s homeland, they travel for many days on foot and by car to reach the border. As a boat takes the family across dark waters, the family has hope for a brighter life in their new home.

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A Boy, A Mouse, And A Spider: The Story Of E.B. White, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

A Boy, A Mouse, And A Spider: The Story Of E.B. White, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

E.B. White is known for his beloved children’s stories. This lyrical picture book tells the story of the man behind them, and how his life events — from befriending a mouse while recovering from an illness as a child, to watching a spider spin in a corner of a barn — gave rise to the books we know and love. The mouse that White first met as a child and later encountered in a dream became Stuart Little, and White’s own farm experiences were the background for Charlotte’s Web.

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Miracle, Jennifer Padgett Dec 2018

Miracle, Jennifer Padgett

Children's Book and Media Review

A young girl's life is changed forever after she becomes the lone survivor of a devastating plane crash. She is marked by sadness, guilt, and a sense of nothingness. To Meggie, nothing matters anymore, not even Jess and Lissa, who used to be her very best friends. She leaves school early as often as she stays. She desperately tries to avoid the soccer coach for whom she once performed her best at the sport she loved. She is stuck in a bliss of nothingness and doesn’t know what to do about it. Her parents refuse to admit anything is wrong …

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Autofocus, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

Autofocus, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

Maude had tried before to find out information about her birth mother, Claire, but this time she would be traveling to the actual town where Claire had gone to college. Not only would Maude be able to complete her High School photography project about her family tree, she would stay with her best friend Treena in her dorm and experience what college life at Florida State is really like. Things did not go as planned. Her best friend seemed to be so involved with parties, her new boyfriend and breaking away from her strict Indian parents that Maude felt hurt …

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Forgotten Bones: Uncovering A Slave Cemetery, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

Forgotten Bones: Uncovering A Slave Cemetery, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

A worker was watching a backhoe dig a trench for a new sewer line when a human skull rolled out of the bucket and hit his shoe. As soon as the coroner determined that the skull was very old and that it wasn’t a part of a crime scene, bioarchaeologists were called in. This was the beginning of the third slave cemetery excavation in the Northern United States. Scientists carefully surveyed the area, found the remains of fourteen people. Through meticulous means, they determined the race, sex, health and age of the people when they died. DNA determined where the …

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If Kids Ran The World, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

If Kids Ran The World, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

If Kids Ran the World highlights how the world would be a better place if children were in charge. There would be plenty to eat, safe places to live, and medicine for all the sick. Everyone would be welcome and people could be themselves without fear of bullying or being looked down on. People would learn how to work together, to share, to forgive, and the world would live in peace.

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Tomo: Adventures In Counting, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Tomo: Adventures In Counting, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Join Tomo and his best friend for an adventure on the seas! Spot snoozing polar bears, swimming jellyfish, and sparking stars as they count from one to ten. Colorful numbers top the page, with adorable illustrations depicting that value underneath. A two page spread with small icons of each of the pages allow readers to count more fluidly from one to ten with the pictures and numbers all in one spot!

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The Lines We Cross, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

The Lines We Cross, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Mina is an immigrant from Afghanistan who fled the rule of the Taliban when she was very young. Now settled in Sydney, Australia, Mina moves to a new prep school. There, she meets Michael, whose family has started a grassroots organization opposing what they call the Islamification of Australia and illegal immigration. Michael's always just gone along with what his family tells him, but finds that his unexplainable attraction to Mina and her beliefs complicates things. Mina and Michael find themselves falling for each other, while also struggling to understand their own beliefs and their place in a gray world, …

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Green Green: A Community Gardening Story, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

Green Green: A Community Gardening Story, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

‘Green green, fresh and clean’ describes the country where smiling children play in lush grass while birds sing and butterflies flit from flower to flower. ‘Brown, brown dig the ground’ describes what happens as bulldozers encroach as the city grows and tall buildings are built. Soon there is not much left of the green space but a garbage filled weedy empty lot. But with an idea of ‘working together’ to clean out the trash a beautiful place is created in the neighborhood. Green spaces spread from a small community park and garden space to spots of flowers and plants next …

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Legacy Of Orïsha: Children Of Blood And Bone, Lisi Merkley Dec 2018

Legacy Of Orïsha: Children Of Blood And Bone, Lisi Merkley

Children's Book and Media Review

After witnessing her mother’s murder, Zelie is left in a world where she is an outcast. Years ago the king of Orïsha ordered that all maji—people endowed with magical powers from the gods—be killed and as the maji died, so did magic. When the king’s daughter, Amari, steals a scroll that brings back these magical powers, she fortuitously runs into Zelie and her brother, Tzain, and the three of them begin a quest to bring back magic. As they struggle to find the other artifacts necessary to perform the magic-saving spell, they are hunted down by Amari’s brother, Inan, who …

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