The Second Life of Snap is an elementary school reader’s dystopian best friend

Say this about The Second Life of Snap: it knows its target. Older readers might look at its cover and draw parallels to The Iron Giant. They could alter their opinion after looking at the back cover and see that our heroine is accompanied by three other kids. The three of them are seated on some nondescript rubble of a not-too-distant society, while Zuzu is on Snap’s shoulders. The subtitle to the book is, A girl, A robot, A race for the future, so readers will know that it’s dystopian to an extent.

The Second Life of Snap is a contained story with enough mystery, adventure, science-fiction and heart to equally hook in boy or girl elementary school readers.
Ages 8-12 come hither and read

The Boy Who Drew Cats, a more than century old story, still resonates today

Folk tales are different than fairy tales. The latter have to include magical or supernatural aspects, like beans that grow to the sky or a witch. Folk tales are passed down from generation to generation and are cultural in nature. They don’t have to have magic, but do focus on common people and could have a more graphic ending. The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale got the memo on that. Originally translated in 1898, this is a new edition has illustrations on a grander scale.

The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale uses gorgeous illustrations of cats, temples and an epic quest to make a 100 year old story feel alive.
Have cat art folktale, will travel

The Backrooms, it delivers for the thinking person’s horror experience

The marketing for The Backrooms is top-notch. As someone who appreciates good marketing and a well-produced trailer, I am in. Our 16-year-old son has been watching the web series of the same name. He made us aware of its cultural prominence and then I started to see it in the classrooms. My students were all watching it, once their assignments were done, I like to tell myself. As a film, The Backrooms has a high bar to overcome.

The Backrooms comes in with lots of buzz and mainly delivers. It’s much more of a mystery or a scare, than horror, and a slow burn at that, but it delivers in the end.
WALK ON THROUGH THE DOOR

Get the Wiggles Out: Playful Ways to Embrace Every Feeling for toddlers

There’s something unintentionally funny about a book called Get the Wiggles Out. Your silly adult brain envisions a toddler showdown with dancing and singing that involves non-Australian-based intellectual property, fending off other colored characters. Once you see it with your mind’s eye, you can’t unsee it. Thankfully, Get the Wiggles Out: Playful Ways to Embrace Every Feeling (Everyday Feelings with Sesame Street) stars the team who live where the air is sweet.

Get the Wiggles Out is a Sesame Street book that uses very short stories and movement to help toddlers through early elementary overcome frustrations.
Toddlers! (and your parents..) listen up.

Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice is girl-manna for middle and high school

Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice is a very helpful, readable, relatable book with a bit of a subtitle problem. Problem might not be the most accurate word. Limiting comes to mind, but specific could also be used, and specific isn’t bad per se. A Teen Girl’s Guide to Unlearning the Rules is the subtitle and immediately identifies the book’s target audience. That subtitle will almost certainly rule out all but the most read-hearty boys.

Be Your Self and Other Bad Advice is as approachable and judgement free as a book on growing up can get. It’s fun to read and spot on for young girls.
Fun to read and life lessons for girls? that’s so fetch.

Awe!, a picture book that shows young audiences there’s wonder everywhere

I like big books and I cannot lie. The size of a picture book doesn’t matter. I know, you know, it’s about the quality or interest level of what’s inside. However, kids might be swayed when they see a picture book that’s larger than others. It puts a stamp on the bookshelf. It’s a physical declaration that dares young audiences not to open it. Books of that ilk have an awe about them. To wit, Awe! is a picture book that celebrates the wonders that live around everyone everywhere.

Awe! is a picture book that reminds older readers of the magic around us, while showing young audiences the wonder and awe that’s all around us.
Awe!, it’s not a wrestling acronym, it’s a great picture book

Mushrooms and Company sets the reference STEM mold to fun for ages 8 and up

My pseudo-critical thinking lessons to high school students sometimes challenge them. I do provide answers, but I prefer to have students find the path or the solution, themselves. Jokes, stories and raw enthusiasm can lead people to learn in a manner where they want to, as opposed to they have to. Mushrooms and Company takes the former road. Educators, parents and some students will recognize the look of Mushrooms and Company.

Mushrooms and Company doesn’t cap the fun. It’s reference smart, clever text, witty illustrations and photographic icks for ages 8 and up.
Smart, without using the fungi homophone

Around the Spider-Verse, a graphic novel collection spins great yarns

Oh Multiverse, you vex us so. The premise of the Multiverse is awesome. Its execution has been sketchy and inconsistent, with some characters and worlds being much more enjoyable than others. By far, the best job at establishing multiple protagonists in the same or different timelines is Spider-Man. It’s so effective at it that you can simply call it the Spider-Verse. Around the Spider-Verse: An Original Graphic Novel Collection is a new collection stories within that world that grabs your attention regardless of where your knowledge is about Spider lore.

Around the Spider-Verse: An Original Graphic Novel Collection is three new stories that contain what makes Spider-Man so awesome and relatable.
Doing whatever a spider can, and very well yo

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