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Charlie & Frog is leisure and gateway kidlit reading for mid-elementary

Some books are easier than others. Charlie & Frog, A Mystery by Karen Kane firmly has second grade through middle school as its sweet spot. Readers on the younger side of the scale should be able to read it with minimal assistance, if any; while those on the older side of the scale will enjoy reading Charlie & Frog as a lively pleasure read. Whaa? A pleasure read, some of the kids or parents might be asking themselves, que es este? Leisure reading, it’s the unicorn book of mid-elementary school that kids want to read that allows them to escape, all the while getting further along the bridge that leads from books with-pictures to those without.

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Burning Magic, a great end to Shadow Magic that leaves you wanting more.

I have never read a Harry Potter book and I feel as though I’m in front of a support group when I say that. To further spread the butter of the heretics, I’ve only seen one Harry Potter film and that was the one that had the large snake in the climatic final showdown. We have most of the Harry Potter books in the home library, courtesy of my wife, as well as, those from Rick Riordan. I have to mention all of this before commenting on the third and final novel in the Shadow Magic series, Burning Magic from Joshua Khan. As with the aforementioned book series, Shadow Magic has a large and passionate fan base. They’ll also be rewarded with Burning Magic, a book that’s detail rich, action packed and has character development-with plenty of twists that will leave them clinging to the end of each chapter.

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in-home party for happy Padawans

We were provided with product for this post. It’s a basic truth that kids love Star Wars. Our 6YO ‘likes’ Star Wars even though action based films sometimes scare him. Having said that, it’s a good kind of scare that exhilarates him more than provides bad dreams. He’s seen Star Wars: A New Hope, but he closed his eyes for parts of it, said to turn it off during many parts of the film; but then said that he loved it his family and all of his friends. For Star Wars fans, who enjoy action and science-fiction, with just a touch of Star Wars mythos, Star Wars: The Last Jedi will fit the bill?

When in doubt, have a party themed after the movie in question. Now, to a 6 an 8 year old a party is relative. A party can be full on legitimate party, with lots of friends, games, presents and more. In our case for The Last Jedi party it was much more free range.

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How to Tame a Human Tornado continues The Genius Series brilliance

When does a children’s fiction book transcend to a non-fiction book that anyone in middle school or older can enjoy? I don’t know, but The Genius Factor series from Paul Tobin is coming precariously close to doing all of that. How to Tame A Human Tornado is the third book is the series about seventh-grader Nate Bannister, his friend-who is definitely not his girlfriend Delphine, Bosper the talking dog and a mysterious sect of people that like tea who are out to kill him.

The first book How to Capture an Invisible Cat was a great start to the series. How to Outsmart a Billion Robot Bees was the second book and improved upon the characters and storytelling. How to Tame a Human Tornado continues this fabulous series and doesn’t disappoint in the slightest; which is quite rare for a series of books to continually keep improving upon their predecessors. Continue reading How to Tame a Human Tornado continues The Genius Series brilliance

All age comic books for April 4

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Happy New Comic Book Day, that’s #NCBD if you’re sharing it on social media. There are lots of cool new all age comic books out this week. Over in the podcast we’ll chat about a fun Disney PIXAR one-shot comic book, Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter, an original novel featuring The Flash, a $1 comic that’ll hook middle school students on The Avengers and a non-fiction book that’s part of a series that will make kids want to learn a variety of subjects. First off though, let’s look at three all age comic books or graphic novels that kids as young as 5.

Disney Princess #19

Paging all young girls who want to read about their favorite Disney Princesses, this one is for you. Disney Princess is from Joe Books and features short stories from a variety of princesses who are in the Disney universe. Think of a princess and she’ll be in this comic book at some point. In issue #19 Belle directs a play, Cinderella gets locked out and Rapunzel’s geology skills might be challenged. This is goofy fun for kids 5 and up.

Mech Cadet Yu #8

If you’re looking for a great, new comic book that readers 7 and up will enjoy look for farther than Mech Cadet Yu. This is the trendy and possibly overplayed premise of kids-inside-a-giant-robot, but this is one of those all age comic books that work. The action is fun and age appropriate. The vocabulary is OK for kids in second grade and older. It’s a comic book that’s fine for younger readers, but older kids will want to read it because it’s cool.

Star Wars: A New Hope-The 40^th Anniversary Hardcover

Ok, 40 years-really? Star Wars: A New Hope-The 40^th Anniversary Hardcover is an updated version of Marvel Comics retelling of the first Star Wars story. This is not the innocent, smaller framed Luke Skywalker. This is the new Luke who is more action figure and in tune with what kids expect from their comic books today. This graphic novel is $27.99, but is a collection of all age comic books that will be OK for kids 9 and up. Have they seen A New Hope? Then they’ll be OK with this collection of comic books.

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We were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own. I don’t remember much of my childhood. It was a lovely childhood, very happy and not traumatic or anything, I just don’t remember it. However, more often than not, I recall things that weren’t there, but not in a whiny or pity party way. For example, I recall not practicing anything. Now that I have children I know the struggle of ensuring that your kids practice things. They need to practice whatever sport they play, their studies and they need to engage with their friends. Life is practice and error. With The Miracle Season being released it’s worth refreshing just how important practice and mastery are to people of any age.

First up, do you know the story behind The Miracle Season? I remember seeing the reports of this in the news. A high school team’s star volleyball player, Caroline Found is tragically killed and that fact puts their legacy and final season for the seniors at stake. The movie reminds us that there was more to that story. “Line” as the team called her was also considered to be the heart of the team. She was enthusiastic, vivacious, a team leader and a team player, selfless in her acts on and off the court.

March Madness will end, Giant Microbes do not

March Madness is almost over. It’s almost over for the basketball games. For the microbes that exist around us, try to make us sick or are otherwise disgusting it’s just another day. Giant Microbes is having their own Final 4 that puts bad against worse in a fun, educational and health conscious way for any age to learn.

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The Bigfoot Seek and Find series is more than its parts

Hey look it’s Bigfoot in a Where’s Waldo type book! That’s what I thought when I saw the cover to Bigfoot Goes on Vacation and Bigfoot Visits the Big Cities of the World by D. L. Miller. To a small extent that is correct. Each book takes a look certain places and what makes them special or unique in a real world way. We see real pictures of the farm, where someone might vacation, as well as the activities that actually happen on a farm. There is also some instructional text that tells about what happens there, interesting facts and lots of figures that kids can take away from it.

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