Book Review - Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change: How to Understand and Respond to Climate Science Deniers

About the Book
It’s Not Just the Facts

When it comes to climate change, this truly is a golden age—of fake news, post-truths, pluralistic ignorance, conspiracy theories, a willfully ignorant administration, and the Cranky Uncle. You know him. We all have one. That exasperating Thanksgiving blusterer digs in his heels even as the foundation of his denial thaws faster than the Arctic ice caps.

Written and illustrated by Dr. John Cook, cognitive psychologist and founder of the award-winning website Skeptical Science, Cranky Uncle combines humor and science to make clear, calm, and winnable arguments in the public controversy of climate change. Can we change our Cranky Uncle’s mind? Probably, regrettably, not. But Dr. Cook makes it easier for us to understand him. And armed with this knowledge, prevent climate misinformation from spreading further.




My Take on the Book
If you are concerned about climate change, this is a great book that kids will understand and it is written from an expert on climate change too. This book is written in a way that is written on a kids' level and even though the author is an expert he is able to articulate things so well that all can understand the important parts. This was a great book for all to read.

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Book Review - Once Upon a Fairy Tale: The Stolen Slipper

About the Book
Kara and Zed are ready for a new adventure! When Prince Charming loses the girl and the glass slipper, Kara knows this is her chance to find the shoe, foil an evil plot, and save the day. But will Kara and Zed fix the prince's happily ever after, or wind up thrown in a dungeon? Macky Pamintuan's illustrations are on every page, welcoming readers into the adorably silly world of the Once Upon a Fairy Tale series.



My Take on the Book
This is a great book with a fun mystery attached to it. Kara and Zed have to find the missing glass slipper and have to go on a journey to find it for the prince. There are some twists and turns but in the end she is able to figure it out to allow the prince to get some closure and to find the slipper. The book was a fun (quick) read and while it had a connection to a fairy tale, the story itself was very unique and fun. The characters were fun as well and the plot keeps you engaged from beginning to end. A great young reader for anyone that loves mysteries or fairy tales.

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Book Review - Griffith's Guide for Dragon Masters

About the Book

Calling all Dragon Masters! Own the official Dragon Masters guide -- featuring full-color artwork on every page!

Kids love reading all about the Dragon Masters' adventures in Tracey West's bestselling Dragon Masters early chapter book series. Now fans can own the official dragon guide. This 144-page, full-color special edition features maps, information about Dragon Masters and their dragons, notes from wizards, the history of Dragon Masters, and more! This book has everything a future Dragon Master could need to know!



My Take on the Book
This was a great book for anyone that loves the Dragon Master series of books. The book is full of amazing images that that provide some of the backstory to the series. It is geared toward young readers to allow them to appreciate all that the Dragon Series is. You learn a lot about dragons and their masters and if you have read the series it is a great reminder to the books and if you have not, it is a great primer for the books.

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Book Review - The Unmapped Chronicles: Casper Tock and the Everdark Wings

About the Book
From bestselling author Abi Elphinstone comes a wondrous new series about four secret unmapped kingdoms hidden in our own world!

 Casper Tock hates risks and is allergic to adventures. So it comes as a nasty shock to him one day when he hides from bullies in an ancient grandfather clock—and ends up finding an entire world inside.

Casper discovers that this sky kingdom of Rumblestar is one of the four Unmapped Kingdoms in charge of controlling the weather in Casper’s own world. What’s more, Casper is now stuck in Rumblestar, and the only person there who doesn’t think he’s a demon spy is a strange girl named Utterly, who hates rules and is allergic to behaving.

All Casper wants is to find his way home, but Rumblestar is in trouble. An evil harpy called Morg is trying to steal the magic of the Unmapped Kingdoms. And if these kingdoms fall, Casper’s world will be destroyed as well.

And so, together with Utterly and her miniature dragon, Arlo, Casper embarks on a quest full of cloud giants, storm ogres, and drizzle hags. Can he, Utterly, and Arlo—the unlikeliest of heroes—save both their worlds from the clutches of Morg?



My Take on the Book
As you read this book you will get transported from beginning to end into a whole new world. I had never read anything from this author in the past but I can honestly say that it was an amazing read full of rich description, detailed characters and amazing adventure from beginning to end. This was the type of book that really engaged me from beginning to end. As you go through this book you will continue to want to find more ways to the Unmapped Kingdoms. That being said we do hope that we will see more from this author in the future!


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Book Review - Frostfire

About the Book

Chosen as one of hundreds to journey to the top of the glacier in their village, Sabira will embark on a dangerous pilgrimage that will guarantee her a life of importance, but only if she can survive.

On Choosing Day, children of Adranna who reach the age of fourteen are finally eligible to undergo the tests to determine if they are worthy of bonding a Frostsliver. Only one in a hundred are destined to succeed. If chosen, they will have to climb to the top of the glacier and cut a piece off for themselves, so that they may be granted the powers they've always dreamed of.

When Sabira is chosen, an entire world of possibilities opens up to her. But in order to see it through, she'll have to embark on a dangerous pilgrimage to the top of the glacier. When a huge avalanche traps her on the glacier and destroys the pass, she must face up to the merciless mountain -- but there are dark and fiery secrets hiding in its depths...



My Take on the Book
My daughter and I read this and we can say that this was very well written. The characters are well developed and the plot moves well. The book combines adventure, magic, powers as well as dealing with the emotions and drama of having to go on a treacherous journey, especially after the main characters' brother had disappeared in the journey that she was chosen to go on. There are definitely challenges to overcome and conflicts between characters, but overall the book was a great one that kept my daughter and I engaged from beginning to end! By the end of the book we felt that we truly wanted to see these characters in a sequel in the future!



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Book Review - Mulan Live Action Novelization

About the Book
A thrilling novelization that will take readers back inside the world of the upcoming Walt Disney Studios' live action Mulan film to relive the adventures with their favorite characters, old and new.



My Take on the Book
This was a great adaptation of the upcoming Mulan movie! If you were not excited to see the movie before reading this I think you will be once you do.

While many have seen the animated Mulan, I know I, for one, am excited to see the new live-action film. This book sets out the plot, characters and more as it allows you to visualize the world Mulan lives in and the circumstances that Mulan finds herself in that makes her take the action she does to bring honor to her family and her country.

The author does a great job of capturing the story but also uses humor, as well as action to draw the reader in and hold them from beginning to end. One thing that is different in the new live-action movie is that Mushu is not in this film. However, there is a bird that seems to represent the family's Phoenix and there is an interesting interplay in Mulan's mind that seems to get at the relationship between Mushu and Mulan in the first film.

Overall, this is a novelization that tells a story of the upcoming movie and for both my girls and I after reading this, we were definitely more excited to see the upcoming film!

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Book Review - A Place for Mulan

About the Book
A stylized picture book that will tell an all-new, original story based on the world and characters of the upcoming Walt Disney Studios' live action Mulan film.


My Take on the Book
This book is perfect your young readers and lets you really appreciate Mulan in a new way and helps young kids to understand Mulan and what she has to do to find her place in the world. The illustrations are fun, and with every page you are drawn further into the story itself. One of the things that I loved about the story was that it really shows that you do not have to conform to be yourself and that at times it takes a little bit of time to find out who you are and what place you have in the world.
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