by Retired Reviewer | Jul 11, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Nature, Outdoors & Animals
Having recently watched the movie, this reviewer really wanted to love this book, as the other books from this series have been pretty awesome. The cover shows a bright photograph taken from the movie, but when you open the book, the pictures are so dark you can...
by Retired Reviewer | Jul 8, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
The first thing you will notice about the book Sparky! is the soft colors of the beautiful cover where Sparky the sloth rests peacefully, the only pet the narrator’s mom would let her have. Her not-so-nice friend Mary has a dancing cat and a talking bird. Sparky does...
by Site Owner | Jul 4, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Nature, Outdoors & Animals
Dinosaurs and People Who study Dinosaurs By Steve Brusatte HarperFestival, $12.99, 96 pages Did you know there were polar dinosaurs? By far the best book in the Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie books, this encyclopedia is a half inch thick, full color and packed...
by Site Owner | Jul 2, 2014 | Science Fiction, Tweens
X-Men Meets Percy Jackson By Peter Lerangis Harper, $6.99, 348 pages With so many tween books aimed at girls or featuring talking animals, this reviewer always gets excited when more books like Percy Jackson are written. While this book, Seven Wonders: The Colossus...
by Site Owner | Jul 1, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Nature, Outdoors & Animals, Tweens
If Space Doesn’t Interest You, It Will After This Book By Pascal Lee Scholastic, $6.99, 48 pages If you don’t really like reading or learning about space, you will after reading Mission: Mars by Pascal Lee. This book is very colorful and makes you want to actually...