Book Review
The Bicycle Garden
Timka and Dasha decide to grow a bicycle by planting magical seeds in their backyard garden. With water and soil, a bicycle sprouts, and it grows beyond the garden and up into the sky. The siblings are still left without a bicycle to...
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Ramblings of a One-Eyed Garbage Man
Even though "Ramblings of a One-Eyed Garbage Man" is written in brazenly blunt English, there is an artistry and music to Jim Hart’s collection. This assemblage of free-verse poems is written from a variety of perspectives that are...
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Princess Bendy
Four year-old Caitlin can do amazing tricks with her bones. She can bend her thumb to touch her wrist. She can fold her fingers backward and her elbows in the wrong direction. Occasionally, however, Caitlin bends her bones by accident,...
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Soft Landing Learning
Rania Foka’s "Soft Landing Learning" is directed at parents whose children are learning a second language, especially English, but this book has a much wider scope. Foka’s advice is relevant for all parents, whether their children...
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Chuck
Everyone who thinks vampires can’t walk around in the sunlight will be surprised to meet Chuck, a red high-top wearing, self-aware do-gooder who happens to be a 642-year-old vampire stuck in an eleven-year-old’s body. In the first...
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The Adventures of Sir Ambrose Elephant
Extremely polite and charmingly innocent, Sir Ambrose Elephant is on an adventure to the city for the first time. On his way, he encounters a rabbit, a frog, and a bicycle and learns how dangerous trucks can be, all while trying to...
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Alpha State Writings
Lloyal High Cloud Walker notes in "Alpha State Writings", “Alpha State is that state often achieved in meditation, wherein the brain produces mostly Alpha waves.” Each piece in Walker’s collection of general musings, poems, and...
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The Fairies of the Clouds
Pixie, an adventurous fairy, accidently slides through the clouds, falls through the trees, and lands in an unknown forest. Fortunately, this charming wayward sprite is found by a loving group of children who bring Pixie back to their...