by Laura Di Giovine | Jan 25, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Science Fiction
For tired parents wanting to establish a routine to get their children to bed, Christina Geist’s playful book Buddy’s Bedtime Battery may just be the ticket. Buddy wants to keep pretending to be a robot, even though it’s bedtime. “I am not a boy!” yells Buddy. “I am a...
by Laura Di Giovine | Jan 24, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Poetry
Bestselling author Emily Winfield Martin’s latest book, The Littlest Family’s Big Day, follows a little bear family (and their tiny adopted fox) as they explore their new home in the woods. The family moves into their house in a tree trunk and then sets out to explore...
by Laura Di Giovine | Dec 21, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
Dragons and Mythical Creatures is part of the Magic Tree House series and is the nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #55, Night of the Ninth Dragon, which explored the world of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. Dragons and Mythical Creatures tracks fun facts about...
by Whitney Morton Woodcock | Dec 15, 2016 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Tweens
Darling Dimple is an orphan – she doesn’t actually have a dimple, her half-blind surrogate mother Jane named her after her actual mother died. Her universe is the royal castle in the kingdom of Eliora, in the employ of Princess Mariposa. The castle is a...
by Seniye Groff | Nov 30, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Christmas Eve arrives and Babymouse puts out cookies for Santa, but this story...