CHILDREN’S – Page 2 – Looking For a Good Book

May 16, 2023

THE TOWER TREASURE – Franklin W. Dixon

It’s a little hard to believe, but at one time I was a reluctant reader. In my younger years I really didn’t care to read and while my parents brought me a barrage of books from the local library, nothing seemed interesting to me. This is likely why I have never read a Hardy Boys Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, MYSTERY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Mystery, Reviews, YA

December 20, 2022

SAM GUNN JR. – Ben Bova

I’m pretty sure I’ve never read any Ben Bova before this, unless I’ve read a short story in an anthology sometime back in the 1970’s or so. I’m not exactly sure why this is other than the simple fact that there’s too many books and too little time and choices of what to read have Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

December 19, 2022

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: JOURNEY UNDER THE SEA – Andrew E.C. Gaska; E.L. Thomas

I am a big fan of the Choose Your Own Adventure concept and series of books. This is only slightly unusual because when the series brand was publishing, in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, I was not doing very much reading. But the idea of a reader getting to dictate the path of a journey Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

November 14, 2022

MISSION ATOMIC – Sarwat Chadda

* * * WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD!! * * * Things are heating up for the Cahills, thirteen year old Dan and his older sister Amy. One of their own ancestors, a Cahill now known as The Outcast, has recreated three of the world’s worst disasters and appears to save the worst for last Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

October 26, 2022

FOREST SECRETS – Laurie Woodward

Daisy Castillo is a preteen girl embarking on a new (unwanted) adventure. Her parents are divorcing and she’s moving with her mom to a new home. There’s an ancient forest near the new home and Daisy retreats to the woods and there she meets and befriends Calliandra, a magical half-tree/half-human creature. Calliandra is upset because her parents Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

September 28, 2022

LET’S MAKE A MOVIE! – David Gordon Green and Onur Tukel

A group of energetic and ambitious kids have decide to work and play together and to make their very own movie. It’s a cute picture book with fun, lively illustrations and generally moves along quite well. But who is the book for? It looks a lot like a kid’s picture book, but the rhyme scheme Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, HUMOR, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Picture books, Reviews

August 12, 2022

50 BELOW ZERO – Robert Munsch

Jason just wants to curl up in a cozy place to sleep, but his father is a sleep-walker and Jason has to rescue his dad from some unusual and potentially dangerous locations at night – such as outside where it is 50 degrees below zero! But early in the morning, when Jason’s mother walks into Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews

August 5, 2022

CITY OF MAGIC – Avi

It is 1492 and King Claudio has heard that someone in Venice has written a manuscript that explains a magical method for making money. King Claudio then orders Magnus the Magnificent (and Fabrizio, Magnus’s assistant) to go to Venice and steal the manuscript. To fail will mean death, but Venice doesn’t look kindly on magic or magicians and to Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

May 16, 2022

THE BLOOD GUARD – Carter Roy

Ronan Truelove is just an ordinary thirteen year old, with very ordinary parents – or so he believes, until one day when his mother ‘abducts’ him from school and tears off on a high speed car chase. His father, she informs Ronan, has been kidnapped, and those kidnappers are now after Ronan as well. Kidnapped? Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Books, Middle Grade, Reviews, Young Adult

March 2, 2022

THE UNWINDING AND OTHER DREAMINGS – Jackie Morris

What kind of book is this? The drawings and narrative feel like a poetic children’s book. But the creator suggests it’s more of a meditative book … something to put on the night stand and read a couple of pages before bed after a long day? Whatever it is, it’s pretty to look at. These Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, OTHER, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Picture books, Reviews

December 27, 2021

NORTHWIND – Gary Paulsen

From award-winning children’s author Gary Paulsen comes his latest (and last?) book, Northwind. Leif is a young boy who has survived a cholera outbreak in his village but is now facing a bigger challenge – finding a way to survive as he lives in a canoe with water giants (Orcas and Humpbacks and Blue Whales) all Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Young Adult

December 20, 2021

BOON ON THE MOON – John Huddles

Ten year old Byron “Boon” Barnett is heading to the moon with his family and his robot, Jose Ignacio. Boon has a wild imagination and strong sense of adventure. He’ll do just about anything to sneak out of his house, away from his parents, to explore. This is constantly putting him in danger, of course, and Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult