Book Review - Defenders of Shadow and Light: Ghost Thief

About the Book
Murray Gastev is anything but ordinary. He's a thief for hire and a good one at that. He completes his latest job but ends up with far more than just the cash he expected to receive. He finds he now has the ability to pass through walls and float. There are just two small problems: He can't breathe while he 'ghosts' and he can't control where he floats to. With the help of some new friends, Murray might learn to control his powers and may even pull off his biggest heist yet. If he doesn't end up being sliced to ribbons first.



My Take on the Book
This was a truly engaging story which seems to be the first of many (I hope). As someone that has always been intrigued by superhero stories, I love that this character receives his powers and uses them for good. He is definitely not perfect and there are some aspects of his character that are questionable, but the story was still great and I was drawn in throughout the book. The book was a very fast read and action packed. The author also does a great job at developing hischaracters too. All-in-all this is a book that I truly hope is the start of a new series!

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Book Review - Science Encyclopedia: Atom Smashing, Food Chemistry, Animals, Space, and More!

About the Book
Food chemistry, atom crashing, wave power, food chemistry, and robots! These are just a few of the topics covered in this fantastic new science encyclopedia, which presents a comprehensive overview of physical and life sciences from A to Z. Super smart and kid-friendly, it’s packed with full-color photographs, weird but true facts, amazing statistics, do-it-yourself experiments, plus profiles of scientists and National Geographic's explorers who rock the world of science. Keep up with the changes happening all around us with this stellar science reference book.



My Take on the Book
My oldest daughter is in her first true science class this year and loves it. She has come home with stories of science experiments and it is always so fun to see her eyes light up when she talks about this. This book has been a great supplement to her learning and with all of the information and resources as well as full color images throughout the book you really are able to learn so much! This book goes into so many facets of science and no matter what area of science your child is interested in you will learn a ton with this amazing book!


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Book Review - National Geographic Kids - How Things Work

About the Book
Ever wanted to take apart the microwave to see how it works? Crack open your computer and peek inside? Intrigued by how things work? So are we! That's why we're dissecting all kinds of things from rubber erasers to tractor beams! Read along as National Geographic Kids unplugs, unravels, and reveals how things do what they do. Complete with "Tales from the Lab," true stories, biographies of real scientists and engineers, exciting diagrams and illustrations, accessible explanations, trivia, and fun features, this cool book explains it all!



My Take on the Book
Ever wondered how things work? I know growing up I was always inquisitive and would always look at things to figure out how they worked. This book was so interesting as it truly breaks down how some very cool things work. The boook was very easy to read and is filled with tons of images and information. You and your kids will have a blast learning from this amazing book!


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Book Review - The Berenstain Bears and the Christmas Angel

About the Book
In the newest Berenstain Bears Living Lights book, The Berenstain Bears and the Christmas Angel, the cubs discover there’s more to angels than wings and flowing white robes!

It is almost Christmas and there is finally snow in Bear Country. Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear are ready for some winter fun! But when they can’t decide what kind of snowbear to build, Honey Bear’s snow angel gives the older cubs a great idea. Soon the cubs have built a Christmas snow angel. Later, as they warm up with some hot cocoa, Mama and Papa give the cubs a little lesson about some very special angels and the work they do for God.

My Take on the Book
This is a great kids book that brings back your favorite bear family for a story that is both religious in nature, but also offers a great message about family and sharing. We love these new books and how they tie to the teachings in the Bible. This is a great way to share the good news of the Bible in a way that is fun to share with the whole family. In this book you can learn a lot more about Angels and have a broader discussion with your kids about the Angels watching over us too! A great story!


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Book Review - The Berenstain Bears Christmas Fun Sticker & Activity Book

About the Book
The Berenstain Bears come to life this holiday season with puzzles, activity pages, and more than 50 reusable stickers in The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Fun Sticker and Activity Book.

Featuring Papa, Mama, Brother, Sister, and Honey and the rest of the Bear Country gang, kids are sure to find lots to do helping Honey Bear find the missing piece of the Bear family Nativity scene, doing crosswords and word searches with Brother and Sister, and even helping out at the Christmas Eve service at Chapel in the Woods.

My Take on the Book
The below is a review that my eight year daughter wrote about her thoughts on this wonderful book!

"I really like The Berenstain Bears Christmas sticker and activity book it tells about Jesus in the manger and it has more than 50 stickers in the book.there are word searches and coloring pictures. It has adding with Christmas things and also has color me by number activities. If you like The Berenstain Bears I think you will like this. I think first to third grade kids would like this too. This book would be good to take on a car ride as well as use to pass time on a rainy day."

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Book Review - Endangered: Animals to Color

About the Book
Endangered is a coloring book with a conscience and a cause. Barron’s is proud to donate a 2% royalty of all proceeds earned by this coloring book to the IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare) to help them rescue, raise, and release endangered wildlife. A portion of the proceeds will also go towards preserving critical habitats and reducing human-wildlife conflicts.

Enter a world of spectacular animals that are under siege. This splendidly illustrated collection of endangered animal portraits comes from Craig Norton, an accomplished fine artist known for his drawing skills and his focus on social issues in his art. In Endangered, coloring book fans will find lots of incredible illustrations and riveting information about imperiled animals with dwindling populations. These are not the typical animals you see in animal-themed coloring books. Instead, you’ll find unique portraits to color featuring the Sumatran Elephant, Red Wolf, California Condor, Bluefin Tuna, Galápagos Penguin, Green Turtle, Snow Leopard, Sea Lion, Monarch Butterfly, Brown Bear, Narwhal, and many more. Each illustration is accompanied by vital facts about the animal, such as geographic location, habitat, population, and reasons for its decline. Every gorgeous design is printed on perforated paper, so it is easily pulled out and readily available for display once you’ve completed your coloring sessions. Informative, restorative, and beautiful, coloring fans and animal lovers alike will be moved as they color and learn about endangered animals.



My Take on the Book
If you love unique coloring books this is it. You will find some amazing animals that will allow you to create and save for yourself some of the endangered animals for yourself. My daughters loved to use this for herself and she found that after finishing these she would share the completed pages with friends and family members. One of the other very cool things was that for every book that is purchased you are supporting the International Fund for Animal Welfare!

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Book Review - Adult Coloring Book Of Expressions

About the Book
This book offers the easiest way to beat stress - and create stylish pieces of art. Presenting Pop Art Coloring - a simple, relaxing and enjoyable way to create beautiful pop art compositions. Now, you can be a pop artist too! Try something unique, be different. Everyone is coloring mandalas or flowers. With this book, you will create stunning frame-worthy portraits. Each pop art composition features a unique human EXPRESSION. Serene, happy, angry, sad, surprised, bored, thrilled - it's all there! Twenty four different expressions. Many hours of relaxing fun - guaranteed.

• This is a Color By Numbers book: All coloring pages in this book have outlines and numbers within regions. There is a palette with a color for each number. If you follow the scheme and color by numbers, you will certainly see your masterpiece emerge. However, if you are confident of your color-sense, then feel free to experiment with your own color schemes too.
• This book is printed in Full Color: All pages in color. Just so that when you finish coloring it, the outlines and numbers become invisible! If colored properly, each page looks like a frame-worthy painting! Click on Author link to see a few sample colored pages.
• Mood Pages: Every coloring page is accompanied by a mood page. Full color imagery. Scenic visuals. Wise quotes. We want you to have the best coloring experience
• Start Simple, Go Pro: Coloring pages in this book are ordered from basic to advanced. First, ease yourself into this type of coloring. As you progress, color more intricate and more beautiful compositions.
• Works best with color pencils: Please use color pencils for best results. Felt tip pens do not produce the desired pop art portrait effect. Click on Author link to see a few sample colored pages.

This book can help you keep calm and feel like an artist. It offers a never before seen type of adult coloring activity. It also provides you with a simple way to practice 'Just Take The Next Step' technique.Here's wishing you a meditative coloring experience!

My Take on the Book
This was a great book that not only brings you back to your roots and allows you to simply sit back, reflect and have a ton of fun and create some amazing pictures too. I loved the beautiful pictures and loved that they used real people in the creation of the very unique images that you see in this book. Talk about an unique book!


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Book Review - The Secrets of Hexbridge Castle

About the Book
Meet Alfie Bloom. He's just inherited a magical castle. And that's only the first of his problems . . .

Alfie Bloom knows he's about to have another dreadful summer. Not only will his inventor father be locked away in his workshop, but his best friend is visiting relatives abroad, which means he'll have no one.

But then Alfie receives a strange letter inviting him to meet with a lawyer about his "inheritance." Alfie has no idea what they're talking about, but he goes along and makes a shocking discovery-someone has left him a castle! Hexbridge Castle is all his, which means no more long, boring summer days in his tiny house. He has a castle to explore!

But being the owner of castle isn't all fun. Hexbridge conceals a centuries-old secret, the heart of a dangerous mystery that threatens to destroy Alfie's new home, his new friends . . . and everyone unfortunate enough to live within 1000 miles of the castle. Can this ordinary boy figure out a way to deal with this extraordinary challenge? Or will he doom himself and his friends to a grisly fate?



My Take on the Book
This is a great book that really offers an amazing story of a very cool castle with a secret and a mystery that really is pervasive through the entire story. You will really come to love Alfie and everything that he has to do to not only explore this amazing castle but also to survive and thrive in his new home. This is a great book with great characters, a engaging plot and more. We simply flew through the book and we found that this was a story that we could simply not put down!

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Book Review - Scholastic Year in Sports 2017

About the Book
The 2017 edition of Year in Sports features full-color action photographs throughout, completely updated facts and stats, and a colorful interior design. Featuring info about all of the top athletes, championships, and legends from the major and secondary sports. Including all your favorite stars in baseball, basketball, football, and more, this book is perfect for sports beginners, as well as the most devoted fans.


My Take on the Book
My daughter loves sports and she plays numerous sports. That being said she also loves to read and learn about spots players and feel like a true insider to this world too. This book really gives you a ton of great information on the top athletes in so many sports as well as details that she did not even know, even though she has read a lot about them. If you have a sports lover in your family this is a great go-to-resource that they will come back to over and over again!


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Book Review - Frozen Adventure Guide

About the Book A book written by Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff, who take turns documenting their action-packed journey to the Northern Lights. The guide features full-color journal entries and doodles created by your favorite characters, plus a double-sided pull-out poster!


My Take on the Book
This is a great book that was full of tons of great stories, adventures and more all written in the voices of your favorite characters from Frozen. Not only do you get some great stories but you also get a cool poster too that my daughters truly loved!


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Book Review - Henry Hunter and the Beast of Snagov

About the Book
Adolphus Pringle lived a relatively normal life before he met Henry Hunter, but being the best friend of a twelve-year-old millionaire genius certainly makes life interesting. He has accompanied Henry on adventures all over the world and encountered dozens of supernatural creatures. Henry has a penchant for paranormal mysteries, and he never fails to drag his trusty sidekick, Dolf, into adventures to track down the truth in these mystical legends.

Henry announces one morning that he and Dolf are going to go in search of a creature more terrifying than Dracula himself: the Beast of Snagov. The pair of supernatural investigators travel from where Bram Stoker stayed in Whitby to Transylvania. Along the way they come across some strange things such as Dracula’s daughter, Bella, and an organization called the Order of the Dragon that wants to sacrifice Henry Hunter to the Beast of Snagov. When Henry is taken, it’s up to Dolf and Bella to team up and rescue him!

Will Henry survive this supernatural adventure? Get ready to discover the world of the supernatural through the eyes of our spooked narrator as he tags along on the first adventure in the Henry Hunter series!

Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.



My Take on the Book
This was a great book that brings together a great mystery as well as an amazing duo that will keep you coming back for more. The author has done a great job creating a duo that truly compliments each other and the adventures and misadventures that they have together are truly epic. My youngest daughter read this with me and I have to say that the story was truly engaging and we loved the humor and the overall story line. The story moved quickly and by the end we were definitely asking for more stories with these two characters within them, This is a great book that will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what will come next!


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Book Review - Monsterville: A Lissa Black Production

About the Book
Beware what lurks beneath your bed... It could lead to a monstrous adventure.

Thirteen-year-old Lissa Black is miserable when her parents force her to move from New York City (the perfect home for an aspiring writer/director/actress) to Freeburg, Pennsylvania, nowhere capital of the world. There’s nothing to do there, except play her little sister Haylie’s favorite new game, Monsterville, and hang out with her new neighbor Adam.

But when a walk in the woods lands her face-to-face with a swamp monster hungry for brains and then a Sasquatch that moos, even Lissa can’t call her new home totally boring. With Adam’s help, she catches the culprit behind the drama: a shape-shifting goblin who’s fled from the monster world of Down Below.

And what do you do with a creature that can be literally anything? Make monster movies, of course! Lissa is convinced that Blue will be the secret to her big break.

But when Haylie goes missing on Halloween, Lissa, Adam, and the monster must venture Down Below to stage a rescue—and face the real Monsterville, which is anything but a game.

Monsterville is a fusion of The Boxtrolls, Jumanji, and Candyland, weaving together friendship, family, and monsters into a funny fantasy-horror brimming with heart from a great new middle grade voice.




My Take on the Book
This was a fun book that offers a little bit of everything for all ages to enjoy. My family are mystery fans so this book fit great into our to read list and although my girls may not usually like the supernatural (with monsters and such) this one was different and the mix of humor, mystery and adventure was a definitely draw and a sell for my girls. The author has also created some great relationships between the characters which made the read even more enjoyable! By the end of the book my daughters were wondering if there was a book 2 which is always a sign of good writing in my household! In the end the book was a fast paced read that was thoroughly enjoyable for kids or the whole family to read together.

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Book Review - Sucktown, Alaska

About the Book
Sucktown, Suckington, Suckfield, Suckingham, Suckland, Suckmont, Suck Francisco. By any other name Kusko, Alaska, would still smell like human sweat, moose stew, and dog poop. But Eddie Ashford can t be choosy after partying his way out of college in one semester s time. He lands a job in tiny Kusko, a bush town located in the heart of unromantic Alaska, he s warned. Eddie intends to straighten out his act and make good on a promise to stay for a year, but soon he s indebted to his employer, overworked, and underpaid. He is also spurned by the almost-perfect girl, frustrated, and bored. He finds himself caught in a dilemma: do the right thing, work hard, and stick it out in Kusko or take a chance, smuggle some goods for the local pot dealer, and pile up the cash to pay his way out of Suckramento?



My Take on the Book
This was a book that really challenges you to see the world in a new way, through the eyes of a character that is not the easiest to love. That being said you can empathize with the character to the situation that he is in and the author does a great job at being able to get you connected to the world that he lives in. The author creates vivid images within the book and you really do get drawn into the story and the drama that surrounds the main characters' life. While you know that this character is a train wreck you hold out hope for better and what you get, well I cannot tell you, but it is a story that continues to keep giving at every corner!

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Book Review - Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas

About the Book
A veteran Texas sports writer offers a lively, up-close look at football in Texas—the fullest portrait ever conceived—viewed through the interwoven stories of three teams, Plano Senior High School, Baylor University, and the Dallas Cowboys, during one season.

In Texas, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mean one thing: football. Dallas Cowboys’ writer Nick Eatman follows three teams in three leagues throughout the 2015 season blending their stories into a unique, eye-opening chronicle of Lone Star football. Eatman highlights the ups and downs and even the parallels that these teams experienced over the course of the year. Granted unique access to every level of the three teams, and drawing on his invaluable connections, he follows key players and coaches, including stars from Baylor and Plano, Tony Romo, Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, and head coaches Jason Garrett, Art Briles, and Jaydon McCullough.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas reveals the inextricable connections between the three teams and the players as the season unfolds. As high school athletes strive to win a spot at colleges like Baylor, college players fight for the chance to go pro, while Cowboys teammates reflect on their rise to the NFL. Though their challenges may differ—prepping for the SATs or Homecoming, working to get noticed by NFL scouts, or trying to prove themselves for that next contract in the pros—when the lights come on and they hit the field, they share one goal: to win.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas features sixteen pages of color photos that capture the highs and lows of the 2015 season. Combining the power of Friday Night Lights and the inspiring insight of Remember the Titans, it offers a fresh perspective on this beloved sport, and is a must for football fans.

My Take on the Book
I have always heard that Football in Texas is a BIG thing but this book really shows you how BIG it is. This is a powerful book that really opens your eyes to the love that people have for this sport as well as gives you an insiders look into some amazing football teams too. I was appreciative of the investigative approach to the stories that were interwoven together and in the end if you are a fan of football the stories that you see here are timeless and hold no geographic boundaries. You also get a full picture of the sport from an author that you can tell is passionate about the topic and he brings in this passion and his experiences into the storytelling that he offers throughout the book. If you love football this is an amazing book that will make you appreciate it even more!


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Book Review - The Fearless Travelers' Guide to Wicked Places

About the Book
Twelve-year-old Nell Perkins knows there is magic at work that she cant yet understand. Her mother has been taken by witches and turned into a bird. Nell must journey to get her mother back, even if it takes her deep into the Wicked Places the frightening realm where Nightmares resides. There she must break the spell and stop the witches from turning our world into a living nightmare.




My Take on the Book
This is a great book that really brings out a spooky story that for my girls was the perfect book for the season that we are in. That being said this book will really be a read for any time of the year. The characters are strong and the author does a great job at keeping you in suspense throughout the book. While there is a supernatural bent to the story, even if you do not think this is they type of story that you would typically read, this is one that I would still highly recommend. This is a great read for all!


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Book Review - On the Site: Sticker & punch-out activity book

About the Book
Welcome to the bustling construction site!

Have you ever wanted to be in charge of your own construction site? With this awesome interactive activity book, you can! Unfold this book, and there's your stand-up play scene. Customize your construction site with the reusable stickers and punch-out, stand-up characters, and you're ready for action! What you build on your construction site is up to you! Use dump trucks, excavators and bulldozers to move dirt and build houses and skyscrapers. Includes a 48-page activity book with cool facts about construction tools and vehicles, puzzles, and games, plus the punch-out characters, reusable stickers, and a fold-out construction site scene.



My Take on the Book
This is filled with a ton of activities that will open your child's' eyes to the things that occur on a construction site. The book is filled with a myriad of different activities that will excite and delight young readers. The variety in the book makes it engaging and something you can take no matter where you go!

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Book Review - On the Farm: Sticker & punch-out activity book

About the Book
Have you ever wondered what life is like on the farm? Find out with this fun and sunny interactive activity book! Unfold this book, and there's your stand-up play scene. Customize your farm with the reusable stickers and punch-out, stand-up characters, and you're ready for action. What kinds of animals you have on your farm and what you grow is up to you! Gather eggs, feed the pigs, milk the cows, plant the crops; it's never a dull day on the farm! Includes a 48-page activity book with cool facts about farm vehicles and animals, puzzles, and games, plus punch-out characters, reusable stickers, and a fold-out barnyard scene.


My Take on the Book
This was a fun book with a ton of activities throughout that will keep a young child actively engaged in learning activities that are entertaining. My daughters loved the stickers and while this was a bit below their age range, it was still filled with activities that younger children would find exciting. The variety in the book also makes it a great one to take with you no matter where you are going!


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