This story features the protagonist Zita, who upon finding a mysterious hole in the ground and a mechanical button with her friend Joseph, pushes the button, only discover that Joseph has been taken by mysterious tentacles into a vortex of some sort. Zita vows to save her friend and enters the vortex, too, and finds …
Book review As we enter week 4 of the Covid-19 pandemic, nothing seems to ease the pain of longing for normalcy. Out of all the bits of normal I miss, the one I long for the most is the Sunday afternoon barbecues my friends and I always seem to have for as long as I …
Book review Content Area: ScienceIf I were in my future classroom and we were learning about Elephants through this book, after reading it to my students, I would utilize the following Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions: 1) Remembering – How long did it take for the baby elephant to grow before she was born, immediately beginning her …
Nimona marks my first review of a graphic novel on my blog. I have never been a fan of graphic novels and to be honest, I am not sure I would have picked up this book if it hadn’t have been picked up by Harper and adopted by the young adult community like it has. …
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos is one of my favorite books that highlights the Mexican culture. This story follows the childhood, adolescence, and adult life of Frida Kahlo and brings her passion for animals and art to the forefront. The text and illustrations paint a realistic picture and accurately represent the values, joys, and pains …
I picked this book up because of the adorable picture on the front and quickly read through it. Despite some initial concerns, I really loved it. The cause of those concerns? Well, the first chunk of it focused on the badness of the bad seed in a way that made me more than a little …
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke is a graphic novel for children around seven years old and up. It is scheduled for release on September 4 2012. In this graphic novel we see the return of young Zita, who is still determined to find a way home to Earth. She is tired of …
Really didn’t know whether to choose ‘read’ or ‘currently reading’ because ever since we got our hands on this book last fall at the Texas Book Festival, one or both of my boys have requested it for bedtime reading countless times… just last week we read it four nights in a row. It never fails …
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors – Drew Daywalt Read More »
Rating: 5 stars Estelle Allard has a secret and in 1942, having secrets is a life-ending proposition. With no intention of losing her life, Estelle learns to play the spy in a world now full of evil men and women hellbent on ridding the world of those they deem unacceptable. As a rich, beautiful, unattached …
5/5 starsRecommended for people who like: history, nonfiction, WWII, SOE, spies, biographies Helm’s book dives into the secrets and truths of Vera Atkins and the SOE’s F-Section. She notes the difficulty in finding information on the subject when Vera was such a closed book and often only kept information in her head, rather than on …
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. – Sarah Helm Read More »