Book Review - Scratch & Create: Scratch and Draw Patterns:

About the Book
Lose yourself in these intricate, terrestrial, designs of spirals, tangles, and geometric patterns. This scratch book features 20 mind clearing illustrations created with simple lines and shapes. You can copy the illustration on the facing scratch-off page with the specialized stylus tool to reveal a contrasting background. Create a simple and beautiful piece of art as you scratch away the metallic coating. You can copy the drawing or feel free to make your own variations as you create your own personalized design. Plus, each page is perforated, ready to tear out and display!


My Take on the Book
This was a great book/set that really allows you to take one image that is on one side and replicate it on the other by scratching it onto the page. Seeing that you are not tracing or anything you do have to take it slow or have some good talent to be able to completely copy this. I was able to create some cool designs that might not have been completely the same but it was still awesome just the same. You will be challenged with this in a good way!

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Book Review - Labyrinth: A World of Incredible Mazes!

About the Book
Enter the Labyrinth, if you dare!

Help develop problem-solving skills with dozens of intricate and remarkable mazes. Its mind-bending challenges will take you on a journey through impossible landscapes and uncanny illusions. Enter a topsy-turvy castle, explore a strange upside-down city, escape from a black hole, or lose yourself in a mysterious mirror maze. Welcome to the Labyrinth! Now the question is: will you ever find your way out?



My Take on the Book
This book really challenges you to think about problems from a different perspective. The mazes bend this way and that. This book really makes you have to work but all of the work is a ton of fun and definitely worth the effort!


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Book Review - Folk Art Fusion: Americana

About the Book
Fans of Charles Wysocki, Mary Engelbreit, Grandma Moses, and folk art in general will fall in love with Folk Art Fusion: Americana.

Featuring projects that instruct artists of all skill levels how to draw and paint subjects including quaint homes, pretty patterns, colorful gardens, picturesque farms, beautiful birds, and textured florals, this book features American-themed folk art infused with a modern twist.

Beginning with an overview of what folk art is, followed by introductory topics like color, tools and materials, and drawing and painting techniques, Folk Art Fusion: Americana also includes 16 simple, step-by-step projects done in approachable and popular mediums. Rounding out the book is a gallery of folk-art pieces sure to inspire lovers of all things Americana.

Simultaneously fresh and nostalgic, Folk Art Fusion: Americana draws on America’s rich artistic tradition and heritage and provides a fun, accessible take on creating beloved scenes from the heartland.


My Take on the Book
This was an beautiful book filled with amazing artwork and instructions on how to create similar artwork yourself. My daughters love art and this book was another great one that allowed them to learn while also having fun! The books starts simple enough giving some context to the art form and them building from there giving the reader step-by-step instructions on what to do and how to do it. The book is a great one for any artist!

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Book Review - Barron's First Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling Dictionary

About the Book
Early language learning is key to lifelong literacy and success—because language matters! This dictionary includes all the grammar, punctuation, and spelling terms that children need to know during their first years in school. Using child-friendly definitions and lots of examples, it's easy for kids to look up words on their own or with the help of a parent or grownup. The colorful, quirky birds throughout the book will be their guides, asking questions, making comments, and helping children improve their writing all along the way! At the back of the book is a dictionary of words for children, many of which are commonly misspelled. Flashcards have a question on one side and a clear answer on the other, with lots of examples that make learning fun. Kids also get access to FREE online worksheets that give children the tools they need to improve literacy, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. (Ages 5–8)



My Take on the Book
This is an amazing book that really targets early learners. There is a dictionary that is great for young people, flashcards, and more. The book works to help you to be a better writer as well. The book is made to be easy to read and you can tell that it is made to make a big impact on the learning of everyone that reads this!

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Book Review - Dinosaur Number Crunch

About the Book
Dinosaur lovers, get ready to find all the facts, figures, and amazing information about your favorite prehistoric creatures right at your fingertips. This easy-to-read, fact-packed overview of everything dinosaurs is bursting with colorful infographics and high-impact artwork. It's got all the goods on dinos with chapters that include information about:

• Deadly killers: the most amazing predators, like T-rex and Spinosaurus
• High and mighty: tall and long dinosaurs, such as Sauroposeidon and Diplodocus
• Tiny terrors: small and scary dinosaurs, including Compsognathus and Anchiornis
• Speed machines, like Struthiomimus and Dromiceiomimus
• Rough and tough: ferocious fighters with thick armor, such as Coahuilaceratops
• Under the sea: the fascinating and fearsome dinosaurs that lived beneath the waves
• 10 things you didn't know about dinosaurs, and so much more

My Take on the Book
This was a great book that had a ton of information about so many different dinosaurs. The book was filled with details of information that was very thorough. We loved the book and learned so much and you will too!

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Book Review - Vote For Me!

About the Book
The Ancient Greeks had them. So did the Ancient Romans. We do too! What's that, you ask? Governments! Vote for Me!explains politics to children and shows them just who is in charge around the world—from presidents and prime ministers to dictators, autocrats, and monarchs. It also answers important questions that kids have, including:

• What do governments do?
• How are laws made?
• What are monarchies, republics, and dictatorships?
• How do democracies and elections work?

Fun illustrations, interactive panels, and informative sidebars throughout help readers find out what it takes to become a leader—and how to get people to vote for YOU! (Ages 8 and up)


My Take on the Book
This book provides a great civics lesson and really explains so much about how government works and who is in charge. My youngest daughter has been learning a lot about this in school and she loved reading more. After reading it she told me, "I learned a lot" which for me is what reading is all about!


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Book Review - Mind-Boggling Maze Games

About the Book
Are you ready for maze games that take you on unbelievable adventures and fascinating quests?

Then welcome to Mind-Boggling Maze Games. These awesome puzzles are inspired by video games and popular apps that have tons of real-deal kid-appeal. Packed with original color illustrations and brain-teasing maze puzzle games, it's guaranteed to keep kids entertained for hours. Help a knight defeat dragons, find buried treasure, shuttle aliens from one planet to another--and do it all while you exercise those mental muscles! This book is packed with super-fun maze puzzles and is perfect for rainy days, road trips, or school holidays.




My Take on the Book
This is an amazing maze and game book that people of all ages will love to work on. These games were a ton of fun and also some were challenging too. The book lasted us a while and my daughters loved to play this as well. They asked me to take my chances and I did. The book has so many different varieties!

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