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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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Who Wants To Be A Princess?: What It Was Really Like To Be A Medieval Princess, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

Who Wants To Be A Princess?: What It Was Really Like To Be A Medieval Princess, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

To be a princess you live in a beautiful castle, wear fancy ball gowns, and go to charm school every day. That’s what stories tell you, anyway. But Beatrice is a real medieval princess, and her life is not quite what we imagine from fairytales. A dirty stone castle, horseback riding and archery, and arranged marriages for political advantage is more like it. How funny that little girls dream of being princesses, while real life princesses may have just wished that they were you!

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Who Is Ac?, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

Who Is Ac?, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

A young girl, Lin, accidentally ‘downloads’ magical powers through her cellphone. Lin has received the download in order to fight and defeat the bad that technology can loose on the world. She is a reluctant superhero, preferring to write books about daring heroines instead of being one herself. But she knows the role of a hero and knows what she has to do. Whether she wants to are not, she’s the only one who has the ability to save the world, so she suits up to defeat the would-be cyber bully, barely making it home in time for curfew.

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We Are Family, Kylee Vidmar-Hackney Dec 2018

We Are Family, Kylee Vidmar-Hackney

Children's Book and Media Review

From first thing in the morning to late parts of the night, families are together celebrating the happy times and comforting each other through the disappointments. Some families are big and others are small. Some family members look like each other and others look very different from one another. No matter where they live, what language they speak, or what they look like, each family has the common factor of love.

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Water's Children: Celebrating The Resource That Unites Us All, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

Water's Children: Celebrating The Resource That Unites Us All, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

All around the world, people are united by a common need for water. Though its uses vary from place to place, in each region, water is the key to life. Water's Children takes readers into the lives of children around the globe to both show and tell the ways in which water is critical to day-to-day life. Beginning in Quebec and ending in the womb with an unborn child, readers gain insights into the role of water from the perspective of children: from snowflakes and monsoons to a cup of mint tea and a reservoir.

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Up For Sale-Human Trafficking And Modern Slavery, Emilee Bell Dec 2018

Up For Sale-Human Trafficking And Modern Slavery, Emilee Bell

Children's Book and Media Review

From forced labor to sex slavery, Up for Sale: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery gives a comprehensive overview of contemporary slave situations across the globe. The book begins by briefly acquainting the reader with a history of slavery, and tying trends from the past with the current slave environment. Slave labor, sex slavery, and child slaves are explained in individual chapters. The final chapter presents the reader with action steps to fight human trafficking and slavery.

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Under Locker And Key, Melissa Secor Dec 2018

Under Locker And Key, Melissa Secor

Children's Book and Media Review

Jeremy Wilderson is not your average sixth grader, and he is definitely not a thief! He’s a retrieval specialist. His job is to help his fellow middle-schoolers find the things that have been stolen from them and get them back to their rightful owner. With the help of his two best friends, Hack and Case, Jeremy can get away with anything he wants. But, when an eighth grader tricks Jeremy into stealing the master key for the lockers and handing it over to the real thief, Jeremy is pressed to his limits. He teams up with his archnemesis, Becca, and …

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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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Thornhill, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Thornhill, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Mary and Ella are from separate decades but share loneliness and lack of familial love. Ella has just moved in to the house next to the abandoned orphanage, Thornhill. She sees a mysterious light and strange girl on the grounds, and discovers puppets left for her by Mary. Ella begins to discover the sad story of Mary’s tortured life-and death. A talented artist herself, Ella paints and clothes the old puppets and returns them to ghostly Mary. However, friendship with Mary is an all or nothing deal. Soon a boy moving in next door to the fire ravaged orphanage sees …

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Thirsty, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Thirsty, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Chris has problems, serious problems for such a young man. His parents have announced that they will divorce as soon as he and his brother are out and on their own. He has a crush on a girl that he finds it impossible to talk to. His big brother treats him like a jerk, and to round it all off, puberty is turning him into a vampire. He meets a Celestial Being who asks for his help destroying the old vampire trapped under the nearby lake. The Celestial Being promises to cure Chris of vampirism, which is what Chris wants …

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These Things I'Ve Done, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

These Things I'Ve Done, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Everything is broken when Dara's best friend Aubrey is killed in a horrible accident, one that many people blame Dara for causing. Now it's Dara's senior year and she is back in her hometown after a year away. Things are still uneasy wherever she goes. Her relationships with her parents and little brother are strained, no one at school wants to talk to Dara because of the accident, and Aubrey's younger brother Ethan seems to be forgiving and gentle - but who could forgive the person who caused their sister's death? Dara has to learn to heal, to allow herself …

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The War That Saved My Life, Melissa Secor Dec 2018

The War That Saved My Life, Melissa Secor

Children's Book and Media Review

Nine-year-old Ada has never left her small apartment in the middle of London. Born with a club foot, her mother is too ashamed to ever allow her out in public. When World War One begins and London is deemed unsafe for children, Ada sneaks out with her younger brother, Jamie, when he is shipped to the countryside to live with a foster family until London is safe again. When they get there, they meet Susan, a woman who has never been married and has no kids of her own. Although she’s hesitant at first, she quickly begins to love Jamie …

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The Unexpected Love Story Of Alfred Fiddleduckling, Karen Abbott Dec 2018

The Unexpected Love Story Of Alfred Fiddleduckling, Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

A fiddler on a journey brings a gift to his wife: a tiny duckling about to hatch. He names the duckling Alfred Fiddleduckling. A mighty storm upsets the boat and sets them adrift. Alfred sees a shadow on the waves and discovers the violin floating in the water. He falls in love with the instrument when he hears the strings strum a bit of music. He finds his way through the fog to the island and begins to play. His happy strumming brings the farmer's dog and the farmer's wife. Even on the waves the farmer on his raft hears …

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The Super-Duper Duo: A Beary Merry Christmas, Caree Campbell Dec 2018

The Super-Duper Duo: A Beary Merry Christmas, Caree Campbell

Children's Book and Media Review

With Christmas rapidly approaching, the Super-Duper Duo are preparing for the festivities when their friends encounter trouble with a grumbly bear. After meeting the bear themselves, Rory the lion and Sheldon the turtle know the bear must be stopped. They put their minds together and devise a plan to save both the bear and their community. Sheldon goes undercover and with Rory at his side, the bear ends up in a nice winter’s slumber.

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The Sun Is Also A Star, Taylor Nelson Dec 2018

The Sun Is Also A Star, Taylor Nelson

Children's Book and Media Review

When Daniel meets Natasha, he’s convinced it’s love at first sight, but Natasha isn’t so sure. With her family due to be deported back to Jamaica the next day, logical, hard facts-loving Natasha is hoping for a miracle, even though she doesn't believe in miracles. The two immediately hit it off, but Natasha is very different from the romantic, poetry-loving Daniel. In the midst of Natasha’s meetings with immigration officers and lawyers and Daniel’s interview with a Yale college alumnus, the two part ways and then, somehow, find each other again. Is it fate? As the day unfolds, Daniel and …

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The Storm Whale, Sarah Rawle Dec 2018

The Storm Whale, Sarah Rawle

Children's Book and Media Review

Every day, Noi’s father goes fishing in the sea for work and Noi stays home. One night, there is a huge storm. In the morning, Noi finds a small whale that has washed up onto the beach. He quickly brings the whale to his home and hides him in the bathtub. When his father finds out, he isn’t angry but feels bad that Noi has been so lonely. However, the whale needs to go back into the ocean and so Noi and his father help the whale find his way home.

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The Someday Suitcase, Taylor Harris Dec 2018

The Someday Suitcase, Taylor Harris

Children's Book and Media Review

Danny and Clover are best friends with a special connection. They do everything together and it’s almost like they can read each other’s minds! They have different strengths and weaknesses that balance out almost perfectly. Together, it’s like magic. All of a sudden, Danny gets sick - really sick. Clover is the only one who can help him feel better. Being near her relieves his symptoms, but he continues to get worse and the doctors can’t figure out what wrong. Determined to save her best friend, Clover tries everything she can think of to find a cure, even sneaking him …

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The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow, Bailey Ondricek Dec 2018

The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow, Bailey Ondricek

Children's Book and Media Review

Mark has a pesky predicament: after planting a beautiful garden, he finds that local pests keep coming to nibble on his vegetables! Thinking a scarecrow might be a good solution, Mark crafts one from materials he finds at home. He submits his handiwork to the criticism of his friends who are not as appreciative of Mark’s hard work as he feels appropriate. The friends change the scarecrow to make it scarier. Will it be scary enough to frighten the crows away? Perhaps the scarecrow is not so scary after all.

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The Little House, Nicole Clark Dec 2018

The Little House, Nicole Clark

Children's Book and Media Review

A little house is content with her place on a small hill, surrounded by picturesque countryside. Far in the distance, the little house can see the lights of a city, and contemplates what it would be like to live there. One by one, changes come to the rural landscape. A paved road replaces the old dirt path, apartments spring up, light posts and trolley cars appear, and eventually, the little house finds herself surrounded by the bustling city she once wondered at from afar. Its earnest desires to live once again in the peaceful countryside and house a happy family …

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The Language Of Thorns: Midnight Tales And Dangerous Magic, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

The Language Of Thorns: Midnight Tales And Dangerous Magic, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

The Language of Thorns is a collection of short fairy tales. Ayama and the Thorn Wood, The Witch of Duva, Little Knife, The Soldier Prince, and When Water Sang Fire are the short stories included in this compilation. The overall tone is dark, haunting, and reminiscent of original fairy tales, where they are more liable to have a dreadful and tragic ending than a happily ever after. Each short story has one or more messages that can be taken away from it, including 'beauty isn’t everything,' 'appearances can be deceiving,' 'don’t take things for granted,' and 'sometimes in doing things …

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The Goldfish Boy, Shelby Bunker Dec 2018

The Goldfish Boy, Shelby Bunker

Children's Book and Media Review

The Goldfish Boy tells the story of an observant boy who witnesses a crime. When his neighbor, little Teddy Dawson goes missing, can Matthew solve the case? Matthew rarely leaves his room and writes down his observations in his notebook. Does he have enough clues to find the missing child? As the search goes on, he makes new friends and reconnects with old ones in order to discover what happened to Teddy. As the novel progresses he learns what makes him so observant and overcomes the darkest experience of his past.

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The Glass Spare, Meagan Andrus Dec 2018

The Glass Spare, Meagan Andrus

Children's Book and Media Review

Wil, the youngest princess of Northern Arrod, suddenly finds herself in the middle of political intrigue and a budding war between kingdoms. Though she'd rather spend time with her alchemist brother making mischief, she's forced by an abrupt tragedy to find her way in the world alone. Making many enemies along the way, Wil is thrust into a rollicking adventure to discover who she really is and why she was cursed with the ability to turn anything she touches into gemstone. She makes a deal with the secretive Loom, who seeks to kill prominent monarchs in order to stop corruption …

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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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The Berenstain Bears' Big Machines, Amanda Durrant Dec 2018

The Berenstain Bears' Big Machines, Amanda Durrant

Children's Book and Media Review

Gramps takes Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear to cousin Jake's construction site to see big machines in action. The Bears learn about big machines used for excavation, construction, and demolition and see the machines that bulldoze, grade roads, and lift materials high up into the air. They also visit a farm with Cousin Jake to see the equipment used in the fields of a farm to plant and harvest wheat. Finally, the Bears get to see logging and mining machines such as a feller buncher and a bucket wheel excavator on their outing with Grizzly Gramps.

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The Bar Code Tattoo, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

The Bar Code Tattoo, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

In this world, there’s a code, scanner, or chip for everything. Actual cash, coins, or currency has become a thing of the past. Most people are coded themselves by their bar code tattoos. This code allows access to everything connected to them regardless of location. When Kayla refuses to get a bar code tattoo after her father was driven mad by his, she watches as her life continues to unravel. Her friends are forced away and, left alone, Kayla must flee for her life as she is accused of her mother’s death, fires, car crashes, and more. She survives and …

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The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel, Natalie Hatch Dec 2018

The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel, Natalie Hatch

Children's Book and Media Review

Santiago is a simple shepherd, though he was trained for ministry. Two years after buying his flock, his own personal legend is pulling at him. He sets off with two seer stones and the wisdom and blessing of an old king called Melchizedek. Throughout his journey he meets people, difficulties, and challenges that he must overcome. He has to be reminded what his personal legend is and to not give up on it or himself. In the end, he finds the treasure that he has been searching and dreaming about all along.

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Swamp Monster (Scary Tales), Karen Abbott Dec 2018

Swamp Monster (Scary Tales), Karen Abbott

Children's Book and Media Review

Twin brothers, Lance and Chance, live in poverty near the polluted swamp where things have been mutating. The twins long for a pet, but their family can't afford another mouth to feed, so when they come across a large turtle egg, they decide to take it home to hatch. When the egg splits open, out comes a creature like nothing they have ever seen or heard of. They create a pen for their new pet and introduce it to a neighbor girl. She wants one of her own, so they set off to explore the part of the swamp where …

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Sticky, Sticky, Stuck!, Cynthia Phillips Dec 2018

Sticky, Sticky, Stuck!, Cynthia Phillips

Children's Book and Media Review

Annie wants so badly to spend time with her family, but they are much too busy on their devices. When hunger strikes, Annie must take matters into her own hands, literally. Peanut butter and honey sandwiches are difficult to make when it’s against the rules to use a knife. Just as Annie is about to eat her hand-smeared sandwich she is startled by Mom and falls on and sticks to the dog. Mom tries to help but ends up stuck also. Soon the whole family ends up stuck in a major family flop. But this family soon discovers that they …

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Skip Through The Seasons, Cynthia Phillips Dec 2018

Skip Through The Seasons, Cynthia Phillips

Children's Book and Media Review

Every season has something beautiful to offer. The flowers, the snow, the beach, and the harvest all have beauty. Come join in the fun with this cheery book about the seasons. There are items to find on every page and plenty to learn about the changing weather and seasons. Barefoot Books prides themselves in art and encouraging diversity. Throughout the book there are countless delightful examples of this.

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Skeleton Tree, Tessa Mcmillan Dec 2018

Skeleton Tree, Tessa Mcmillan

Children's Book and Media Review

Stanly Stanwright’s life is slowly falling apart. Stanly's archaeologist father has left and Stanly's sister, Mirren, is very sick. A small finger bone poking out of Stanly’s backyard draws all his attention away from his problems. Each day more bones push themselves out of the dirt, as if a skeleton is sprouting like a tree. Before Stanly’s eyes the skeleton pulls itself out of the ground to freely move around. He notices that as the skeleton develops, Miren's health declines. Stanly begins to wonder if the skeleton is an evil angel of death arriving to take his sister away. He …

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