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W Is For Webster: Noah Webster And His American Dictionary, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

W Is For Webster: Noah Webster And His American Dictionary, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

Noah Webster has a way with words - big words. He spends his childhood “playing roguish tricks” and hopes never to be sent to war because he is “ill able to bear the fatigues of a soldier.” As a young adult during the United States’ Revolutionary period, Webster feels strongly that the new country needs its own lexicon to reflect new American ideals and ways of living. He works tirelessly to collect and compile words and their histories from a myriad of sources, and after twenty years of work,An American Dictionary of the English Language is finally complete.

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Unplugged, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Unplugged, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Blip likes being plugged into her computer. But one day, there is a blackout and Blip trips over her wire and tumbles outside. There, she discovers a whole new world where she makes friends and does lots of fun things. When she returns home, Blip still likes being with her computer, but she also has a newfound joy of being unplugged.

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Truckeroo School, Sydnee Burr Dec 2018

Truckeroo School, Sydnee Burr

Children's Book and Media Review

When new monster babies are born in the town of Truckeroo, they are outfitted with a special and unique truck that's made perfect just for them. Pretty soon it's time for trucking school, where the pupils learn what every kid should know about being a monster and taking care of their truck. They exercise and have art class, music class, recess, and lunch. When the career fair happens, all the children learn how to lend a hand and depend on each other's trucks of the trade.

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Traveler, Loretta Farnsworth Dec 2018

Traveler, Loretta Farnsworth

Children's Book and Media Review

Jessa loves to write, and she pulls her inspiration from her dreams and imagination. Or so she thinks. When one of her characters, Finn, suddenly appears in front of her, Jessa learns that she is a Traveler who can enter alternate realities and inhabit various versions of herself. Unfortunately, many of the other versions of Jessa are being killed off, and Finn is determined to protect this Jessa. Guided by their Dreamers—supernatural beings that instruct interdimensional travel and assign missions to improve the various realities—Jessa and Finn try to track down the murderer. Jessa falls in love with Finn, much …

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Tomboy-A Graphic Memoir, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

Tomboy-A Graphic Memoir, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Growing up, Liz Prince knew she was different. As soon as she can, she starts throwing fits and demanding to be kept from anything girly. Dresses are torture. Pink is horrible. And girls? Girls seem to be weak, always need rescuing, have to always look good, and never take part in any of the awesome adventures that knights, hunters, and boys can. But abstaining and being against the gender norms placed on her make her stand out, get bullied, and lead to more and more trouble. The problem is that she doesn’t like the confines of what girls are supposed …

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Tib & Tumtum #1: Welcome To The Tribe!, Becky Jamieson Dec 2018

Tib & Tumtum #1: Welcome To The Tribe!, Becky Jamieson

Children's Book and Media Review

Everyone in the tribe knows that dinosaurs died out long ago. However, it seems no one told Tumtum, Tib’s ‘imaginary’ dinosaur friend. Although Tib is a human child and Tumtum is a sharp-toothed dinosaur, the two have a special friendship that starts because they both have a red spot around one eye. Between adventures with Tumtum, Tib tries to convince other people from his tribe that Tumtum is a real dinosaur. In the end Tumtum is welcomed to the tribe after he saves Tib and the other children from a pack of wolves.

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The Word Collector, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

The Word Collector, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Some people collect bugs or coins or stamps. Jerome collects words. Big words, small words, dreamy words, sad words - he has all types of words in his collection. One day, when he is transporting his well-organized collection of words, he trips and the words get all mixed up together. This gets him thinking, and he starts experimenting with words, writing poetry and songs that touch people and help him communicate more completely. Filled with the knowledge of words that he has and the joy that it brings him, Jerome decides to set his collection of words to the wind, …

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The Wicker King, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

The Wicker King, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Jack and August are unconventional friends and have been since they were little. In high school, it seems like nothing much will change: they'll each hang out with different friend groups at school, but in the evenings they'll do homework together, eat dinner together, or explore the woods together. Despite the fact that Jack's parents are never home and August's mom is severely depressed, they are happy with their lives. But soon, Jack starts seeing things that August doesn't, things that scare him. August doesn't know what to do, so he figures the best way to deal with Jack's visions …

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The Two Tims, Tessara Garrett Dec 2018

The Two Tims, Tessara Garrett

Children's Book and Media Review

Tim and Tim are best friends forever. That is, until Tom shows up! Tim and Tim's easy friendship is complicated by this new addition to their group, and they must work out this new experience of including new friends. In the end, Tim, Tim, and Tom are best friends forever. That is, until someone new shows up.

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The Other Side Of Summer, Melissa Secor Dec 2018

The Other Side Of Summer, Melissa Secor

Children's Book and Media Review

Thirteen-year-old Summer’s life turns upside-down when her older brother, Floyd, dies in a bombing incident at Waterloo Station in London. Her family is devastated, and life has suddenly lost its color. Stuck in a rut, her father decides that what they really need is a change of scenery. He packs up their small apartment in London and moves the family to Australia. Summer, her sister Wren, and their father find themselves in sunny Australia surrounded by strangers and without the presence of Floyd. The only thing Summer has to hold on to is Floyd’s old guitar. As Summer plays, a …

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The Mysterious Benedict Society, Becky Jamieson Dec 2018

The Mysterious Benedict Society, Becky Jamieson

Children's Book and Media Review

Adults should always protect kids, but sometimes there are jobs only kids can do, and Mr. Benedict has one of these. He asks four gifted children to become his secret agents to help him save the world from an evil man intent on brainwashing everyone. Constance, Kate, Sticky, and Reynie are orphans and runaways that come together to form the Mysterious Benedict Society. Working together they spy on the “school” the brainwashing signal is coming from and send the information back to Mr. Benedict using Morse code. However, as the evil Mr. Curtain is moving forward with his plan to …

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The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Sink Or Swim, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Sink Or Swim, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Ms. Frizzle’s class decides to venture to Hawaii, where Wanda is set on finding a new animal friend to help save. She befriends a bluestripe snapper, whom she calls Becca Blue. Rather than enjoying her time in Hawaii with everyone else, Wanda constantly worries about Becca and how to help her. Ms. Frizzle’s class explores the sea using fishmobiles, submarines that have fins like fish. On an expedition in her fishmobile, Wanda tries to save Becca from a shark. However, her efforts are not needed as a school of bluestripe snapper fish come and confuse the shark. Then the shark …

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The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Monster Power, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Monster Power, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Ms. Frizzle’s class is all set for a fun camping adventure! Arnold, terrified of the Blot Monster he’d seen in a scary movie, brings all the lights he can find. But there’s one problem: he has nowhere to plug them in! Thankfully, Ms. Frizzle has an old generator that she lets him hook the lights up to. However, burning gasoline to power the generator creates pollution, which is bad and attracts the Blot Monster. The class must work together to find a way to create clean energy to power the generator. Through adventures with Ms. Frizzle, the class figures out …

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The Littlest Zombie's Story, Makayla Anderson Dec 2018

The Littlest Zombie's Story, Makayla Anderson

Children's Book and Media Review

When you are hungry, it is impossible to fall asleep! This restless little zombie, Chester, is found by his zombie mother late at night tossing and turning in his bed. Taking his hand, she does everything she can to help him fall asleep. Most lullabies sung by mothers put their little ones right to sleep, but this has the opposite effect on Chester. Counting brains, fingers, and toes, Chester finds himself hungrier than ever.

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The Iridescence Of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse, Haley Cook Dec 2018

The Iridescence Of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse, Haley Cook

Children's Book and Media Review

Henri Matisse grew up in northern France where the weather was dreary and the sun was rarely seen, but this didn’t mean that there was no color in Henri’s life. He is surrounded by colorful plates that his mother paints and the pigeons that he takes care of. With the guiding hand of his mother, Henri observes life around him. This inspires his own paintings and leads him to create his own colors by mixing paint to show what he observes and counterbalance the grey city of France. Matisse eventually grows up and continues to create art, with the influence …

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The Grouchies, Kaley Durney Dec 2018

The Grouchies, Kaley Durney

Children's Book and Media Review

The Grouchies are here to stay for the day. They make him feel gloomy and grumpy to the point that his mom is wondering where his smile is. He goes to his sisters room where she’s playing with his teddy bear—the grouchies remind him that if he’s not nice he’ll get his way. Sister’s not happy and neither is his mom, the grouchies are still with him as he goes to the park to play. The grouchies jump and sing their song as he kicks sand at his friends because they didn’t invite him. Dad is now taking him home …

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The Disappearances, Taylor Nelson Dec 2018

The Disappearances, Taylor Nelson

Children's Book and Media Review

When Aila Quinn’s mother, Juliet, dies, Aila and her brother are sent to live with the Clifftons in Sterling, Juliet’s childhood home. They very quickly realize that Sterling is a town full of mystery and tragedy. Every seven years, something important disappears: scents, reflections, colors, music, etc. No one knows the cause of these Disappearances, but Sterling harbors suspicions that Juliet was somehow responsible. Following a chain of clues her mother left behind, Aila determines to break the curse and clear her mother’s name. Realizing the Disappearances are mysteriously linked to Shakespeare, Aila teams up with a few friends (and …

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The Big F, Katelyn Osborn Dec 2018

The Big F, Katelyn Osborn

Children's Book and Media Review

Danielle has her life all planned out, but everything falls apart when she doesn’t pass English and her early admission to Ohio State is revoked. When the truth comes out at the worst possible time, Danielle finds herself at odds with her mother and with no plans for the future. Begrudgingly, she enrolls at Denton Community College, where she reunites with her childhood crush Luke. She also gets a job at the campus bookstore and meets Porter, one of Luke’s roommates, who seems intent on ignoring her. As Danielle works through the semester, through her maddeningly difficult English course, and …

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The Amazing Universe, Makayla Anderson Dec 2018

The Amazing Universe, Makayla Anderson

Children's Book and Media Review

Exploring the cosmos can be fun yet intimidating. This informational text simplifies the universe and takes the reader through the theories and processes scientists have approached exploring space. Beginning with what we can observe in the night sky, the text, accompanied by stunning photos of the universe, journeys through the beginning of time until present-day space. Mysterious black holes are discussed in depth and the end of the book includes a black hole guidebook. Clues are discussed to explain how scientists have created their theories on how the universe began and how it may end.

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Ten Rules Of Being A Superhero, Ellen Mccarty Dec 2018

Ten Rules Of Being A Superhero, Ellen Mccarty

Children's Book and Media Review

Action figure Captain Magma and his sidekick Lava Boy introduce the ten important rules for every superhero. It takes more than wearing a cape to be a real superhero. The list begins saying a superhero must always respond to a call for help. But along with the adventures of defeating villains and using super powers, there are unavoidable consequences; saving the day is messy! In the end we find that adventures are more fun with a friend.

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Stickmen's Guide To Your Gurgling Guts, Haley Cook Dec 2018

Stickmen's Guide To Your Gurgling Guts, Haley Cook

Children's Book and Media Review

This easy-to-understand guide walks through the process of eating and digesting food. It starts with facts about food and what it’s composed of - carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and fiber - defining all these things in very simple terms. It then explains the process of eating, starting with your teeth chewing food and the route it travels through your esophagus into the stomach and through the intestines.The narrator Stickmen travels through the book with you. The book describes the chemical processes that happen inside your body, including breaking down fat, staying warm, and filtering fluids. It ends with a description …

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Soup Day, Meagan Beal Dec 2018

Soup Day, Meagan Beal

Children's Book and Media Review

It's soup day! A young girl and her mother go to the grocery store to pick out fresh ingredients to make soup on the cold day. The mom shows the girl how to cut vegetables, pour the broth, and pick the perfect noodles. Together they play blocks, dress up, and read while they wait for the soup to cook. When the girl's dad comes home, it is time to eat the soup together!

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Snowboy And The Last Tree Standing, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Snowboy And The Last Tree Standing, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Snowboy is busy defending the polar bears when Greenbackboy comes along and drags him off to play a game called Ka-ching! By cutting down all the trees and catching all the fish, Greenbackboy is determined to get rich. Snowboy realizes that he needs to save nature rather than destroy it and hides one little tree under his Cloak of Many Uses and sneaks two fish back into the sea. Then he tells Greenbackboy that he has to leave. He goes back to find his tree and a little beehive with honey. Eventually Greenbackboy comes straggling in asking for food. Snowboy …

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Skye The Puffling, Kati Penovich Dec 2018

Skye The Puffling, Kati Penovich

Children's Book and Media Review

Skye, the fluffy gray puffling, is born to adoring parents, who unfortunately are fast asleep one morning when she goes adventuring and falls onto the back of a gannet flying due south. Skye’s parents search high and low for the little puffling; all the while, Skye is riding farther and farther from her home and her parents. Skye’s situation becomes perilous when she falls into the ocean, but luckily her new gannet friend helps her out of the water and flies her to safety. Skye is soon reunited with her devoted parents and they spend the summer with the gannets …

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Shorty & Clem, Samantha Bullock Dec 2018

Shorty & Clem, Samantha Bullock

Children's Book and Media Review

The lure of an unexpected and brightly wrapped package is almost universal, and Shorty the shortysaurus is certainly not immune to curiosity. There’s just one problem: the package is not for him! It’s addressed to his quail friend Clem. Shorty imagines what might be in such a fun-looking box, all the while trying his utmost to resist opening it. Unfortunately, he eventually gives in to temptation, opens the box, and must then apologize and explain his mistake to Clem. But as it turns out, Clem reveals a delightful secret that makes everything better: the package is actually a birthday gift …

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Secret Coders, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Secret Coders, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Brand new at an old, weird school, Hopper isn’t exactly happy about her mother’s choice to move (and teach) there. Soon, Hopper becomes friends with Eni, a kid who is learning to code. They are determined to find out the secrets of the eerie school and discover a robot turtle, which can be programmed with code. While practicing coding, they find a secret room. They are captured by the creepy custodian and must prove their coding abilities or be expelled.

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Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator To Protector, Mavanee Farnsworth Dec 2018

Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator To Protector, Mavanee Farnsworth

Children's Book and Media Review

Rudy, a four-legged friend who loves humans and balls, is taken to the park with his owner. While at the park, Rudy explains about the species of dogs, and then jumps back into time (25,000 BC to be exact). During this time wolves were the closest animal to a dogs, but they weren’t the best human companion because wolves aren’t naturally tame. Through evolution, changes in wolves’ traits resulted in the dog that man loves today. Each dog has many different qualities and characteristics that make that dog unique to specific environments and tasks. Through this journey, one will come …

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Sam Visits The School Library, Cynthia Frazier Dec 2018

Sam Visits The School Library, Cynthia Frazier

Children's Book and Media Review

Sam is excited to visit the library today. He will return the book he checked out last week and pick out a new book from his elementary school library. He and his classmates have the opportunity to research their own topics on the library computers. They get to choose the book they want to read at home and learn that some books are about facts (nonfiction) and some books tell stories that aren’t true (fiction). Some of the students like graphic novels and others read e-books or listen to audiobooks.

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Queen's Thief: Thick As Thieves, Tessara Garrett Dec 2018

Queen's Thief: Thick As Thieves, Tessara Garrett

Children's Book and Media Review

Kamet the slave is staged to run the empire as the next emperor’s head slave, but things take a turn when he learns his master has been poisoned and killed. Rather than face torture and death, he flees. Joining up with an Attolian soldier who has promised him a new life in Attolia, Kamet and his companion go on a journey full of life-threatening setbacks. After a life full of mistrust as a slave, Kamet looks for any opportunity to escape on his own. But as the Attolian proves time and again his loyal nature, Kamet finds it harder to …

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Puppy!, Acacia Haws Dec 2018

Puppy!, Acacia Haws

Children's Book and Media Review

Trog the cave boy has toys that should be lots of fun: sticks, rocks, and mud. But all he wants is a puppy to play with. He comes across a striped alligator and brings it home, dubbing it “Puppy!” His new pet causes a lot of problems for his family, like crying a lot and eating everything presented to it with a big crunch, including the family’s bed and table. Trog does everything he can to soothe his unhappy pet. Finally, the alligator’s enormous mother comes to retrieve her baby and brings him home where he is happy once more. …

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