Tally and the Angel: Book One India by Eleanor Dixon – Review by Jennifer Crain
India by Eleanor Dixon My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book would be perfect for kids that love geography and learn about other countries of the world. I appreciated […]
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What Do the Plants Say? (Alex, the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
What Do the Plants Say? by Lois Wickstrom I have read a lot of Lois Wickstrom’s books, and this is one of my least favorites. It is still a good […]
Helpful Hudson by Dannielle Pickford – Review by Jennifer Crain
Helpful Hudson by Dannielle Pickford My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have taught Kinder-2nd grade students, and know the importance of teaching emotional regulation and self care. This book […]
Fee, Fi, Fo, Grow! (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
Fee, Fi, Fo, Grow!: The Real Magic of the Beans by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 4 of 5 stars I thought it was interesting the author changed Jack to Jacqueline […]
Euphoric Wonderland by Ryan M. Becker – Review by Jennifer Crain
Euphoric Wonderland: An Eclectic Collection of Psychedelic Poetry to Stimulate the Senses and Open the Mind by Ryan M. Becker My rating: 3 of 5 stars I stepped out of […]
The Guardian of Whispers (The Reeds of West Hills Book 1) by B. E. Padgett – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Guardian of Whispers by B.E. Padgett My rating: 5 of 5 stars Loved the story line even as an adult, and much in the lines of Percy Jackson, Wings […]
Concert Hall Hit (A Darcy Gaughan Mystery) by J.C. Kenney – Review by Jennifer Crain
Concert Hall Hit: A Darcy Gaughan Mystery by J.C. Kenney My rating: 4 of 5 stars The author does a great job intertwining little hints about who the murderer is […]
Stars Like Gasoline by Jessika Grewe Glover – Review by Jennifer Crain
Stars Like Gasoline by Jessika Grewe Glover My rating: 4 of 5 stars The first third of the book, in my opinion, I had a hard time differentiating between the […]
People Safari by Feather Chelle – Review by Jennifer Crain
People Safari by Feather Chelle My rating: 5 of 5 stars Like the vocabulary- from the idiom “faint of heart” to “homo sapiens” to settlement to cluster to monstrosity, which […]
Cabin Eight (The Millersville Series Book 3) by Susan Specht Oram – Review by Jennifer Crain
Cabin Eight by Susan Specht Oram My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed Cabin Eight better than the second book of the trilogy, The Thieves, because not only did […]
The Thieves by Susan Specht Oram – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Thieves by Susan Specht Oram My rating: 4 of 5 stars The second of the Millersville series, it can be read as a stand alone (it is set in […]
Shore Lodge by Susan Specht Oram – Review by Jennifer Crain
Shore Lodge: A high-stakes psychological thriller by Susan Specht Oram My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the first time I am reading a book by Susan Oram, and […]
A Monster for Meg (Giants and Monsters) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
monster for meg by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars I appreciated this book had a character whom is blind, something atypical for children’s picture books. I also […]
Yeti Left Home by Aaron Rosenberg – Review by Jennifer Crain
Yeti Left Home by Aaron Rosenberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars Yeti Leaves Home may be written with supernatural characters, but it is a well written, classic, trying to […]
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis – Review by Jennifer Crain
Foxy Tails by Natalina Reis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Great title- plays on the “tales” versus “tails,” as Hull has 9 tales and this book is steeped in […]
Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Future World Changers by Janice Pratt – Review by Jennifer Crain
Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Our Future World-Changers by K.J. Kaschula My rating: 4 of 5 stars A great collection of stories designed to teach children lessons about social […]
A Spot of Earl Slay (Tea Time Troubles Book 1) by Aubrey Elle – Review by Jennifer Crain
A Spot of Earl Slay by Aubrey Elle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Naomi and her daughter Ella move to a new small town after a divorce. They stumble […]
Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir (Teenage War Survival Book 1) by Nadija Mujagic – Review by Jennifer Crain
Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir (Book 1) by Nadija Mujagic My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book reminds me of Diary of A Young Girl- different war, […]
Small Fry by Stephenie Wilson Peterson – Review by Jennifer Crain
Small Fry by Stephenie Wilson Peterson My rating: 4 of 5 stars The author, Stephenie Peterson, has captured the behaviorisms, attitudes, and angst of middle school students. The main character, […]
White Picket Fences by Kyle Ann Robertson – Review by Jennifer Crain
White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved the story overall…. the beginning and ending are fast-paced and excellently written; the middle drags a […]
Esprit de Corpse by Ef Deal – Review by Jennifer Crain
Esprit de Corpse by Ef Deal My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was. an interesting read, set in 1800s Paris, but complete with automatons, robots, and other futuristic technologies. […]
Non-Verbal by Molly Zenk – Review by Jennifer Crain
NonVerbal by Molly Zenk My rating: 5 of 5 stars Being an educator, I absolutely fell in love with Emerson and her struggles to fit into a verbal, speaking world; […]
How to Make a Flying Carpet (Alex, the Inventor) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
How to Make a Flying Carpet by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed how Alex, the main character in How to Make a Flying Carpet, is […]
The Crown of Stones: Magic-Price by C. L. Schneider – Review by Jennifer Crain
Magic-Price by C.L. Schneider My rating: 5 of 5 stars The first of a trilogy, I was hooked from about 10 pages in. I normally don’t read fantasy, but quickly […]
The Crown of Stones: Magic-Scars (The Crown of Stones Book 2) by C.L. Schneider – Review by Jennifer Crain
Magic-Scars by C.L. Schneider My rating: 3 of 5 stars Magic Scars continues where the first book of the trilogy leaves off. The reader discovers more of the history of […]
The Crown of Stones: Magic-Borne (The Crown of Stones Book 3) by C.L. Schneider – Review by Jennifer Crain
Magic-Borne by C.L. Schneider My rating: 4 of 5 stars The last of a trilogy, I was continually intrigued to find out what happens to Ian- does he save the […]
Little Red, the Detective (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
Little Red, the Detective: a science folktale by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars Beautiful illustrations enhance, rather than distract, from the story. The story length is perfect […]
Pulling Together by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
Pulling Together by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lila assumes her grandma made a mistake when she knitted her a 3-neck poncho. As the day turns blustery […]
Insomnia: (A Short Stories Collection) by Kelly Covic – Review by Jennifer Crain
Insomnia by Kelly Covic My rating: 5 of 5 stars Be prepared to be fearful of bumps in the night. Covic has written a wonderful collection of spooky short stories […]
The Silent Road by S.N. McKibben – Review by Jennifer Crain
Normally I don’t read romance, and had some extra time on my hands and picked up The Silent Road. The banter, conversation, and emotions between Jake and Dan what drew […]
