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Dinosaur Shape Puzzle: My First Educational Dino Learning Game for Toddler and Preschool Explorers

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Fun English Stories

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An educational, interactive storybook and sentence building game that’s great for helping kids to...

Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories, #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2018

Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories, #1)

Lauren Tarshis | 2014 | History & Politics, Young Adult (YA)

10.0

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So anyone who knows me(or looks at my reading list) can see I love disasters. The [I Survived] series by [Lauren Tarchis] is a reading teacher's friend since it gets kids who don't read to pickup a book. I was really excited about [True Stories] because two of the events were little known (Children's Blizzard and The Great Molasses Flood) and two others were more contemporary. I liked the information given although I would love to see these written on a slightly higher level since I teach middle school.

I found it interesting that most of the sources that the author used were books I have read and have in my classroom. Hopefully I can use this book as a springboard to get kids to read something challenging just to learn more about it.

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Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Radio Silence in Books

Sep 6, 2017

Radio Silence

Alice Oseman | 2017 | Young Adult (YA)

8.3

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Great LGBTQIA representation in a YA novel

Representation MATTERS. Don’t let anyone tell you different. The two main characters in this book are GLBT – and asexual, which is a rarely-seen demographic. One of them is a WOC! And that’s IMPORTANT. We need representation of minorities in books, movies, TV, media – wherever it can be seen. So all those kids growing up, thinking they’re weird, or the odd ones out, or broken, can see themselves on the screen and realize that other people are going through the same things. That it’s NORMAL.

I also love the different formatting the author uses when representing texts, or phone calls, or the podcast that the kids create.

Read my full review at https://goddessinthestacks.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/book-review-radio-silence/

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Lindsay (1786 KP) rated Born to Fly in Books

Feb 15, 2018

This is my Condense Review:
I enjoyed seeing that a girl wanted to fly a plane. That her dad was teaching her. Her dad let her have her chance of landing a plane on her birthday. This book does have some action and Adventure. Those their a mystery unfolds once her father was drafted to sent off to fight in the war.

There information about WWII in this book and about the attack on Pearl Harbor. It does give some information on our history. It goes into issues about bullying, prejudiced, Learning to make friends, I see what kids and others did to other kids back then.

To see my Full Review go here to read it: <a href="http://nrcbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/review-born-to-fly.html">My Full Review</a>

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, DON’T! in Books

Jun 12, 2018

Three Rings of Fun!

Magnolia has noticed that sign at her local library proclaiming that “You can do anything at the library.” She takes that as an invitation to put on a circus for the kids in the library. Of course, they all need to be quiet – this is a library after all. But really, what could possibly go wrong?

This is another delightfully silly picture book as Magnolia shows us just why the library and the circus shouldn’t mix. Adults and kids alike will enjoy the story, and the pictures by Elisa Parsley add to the fun. The climax is definitely the best part of the book. Even though Magnolia is the one causing the problems, the book is narrated in second person, which actually works to add to the fun here.

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated A Boy Called Christmas in Books

Dec 8, 2019

A wonderfully festive story

Until now, I don't think I've ever read a specifically Christmas themed book and especially not one based around the origin of Father Christmas. Until now that is, and what a wonderfully festive book to choose.

This is ultimately a kids book, so it's nothing fancy language-wise but it's still very well written and engaging. Nikolas is an endearing and lovable main character, although I think him and the rest of the characters in this book are not as well developed as they could be (probably because it's a kids book). The story itself is such fun and heartwarming and quite amusing at times, and it's a great idea for the origin of Father Christmas. It has definitely helped me to get into the festive spirit!