The Children’s Book Review From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the first book in a brand-new series steeped in Norse mythology, magic, adventure, and friendship. Age Range: 8-12 Hardcover: 272 pages Thunder Girls #1 Freya and the Magic Jewel Written by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams Publisher’s Synopsis: Freya, the Norse girlgoddess of love and beauty, is looking forward to a fun year at Vanaheim Junior High. But after receiving a mysterious prophecy from her magical jewel named Brising — that she is the key to stopping a big, bad doomsday—she is summoned to Asgard Academy by the…
Author: Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.
The Children’s Book Review Will Wyatt and his friends survive when they reenter the scariest place on earth? Sure to delight fans of dystopian fiction, science fiction and horror, Monsterland Reanimated is a worthy second installment in the Monsterland series. About the Book Monsterland Reanimated Written by Michael Okon Publisher’s Synopsis: After Monsterland has been destroyed, the entire world is thrown into chaos. Wyatt Baldwin and his friends must go beyond the boundaries of their small town to reestablish contact with the outside world. During their journey they discover a new threat released from the bowels of the defunct theme…
In this list, you will discover 6 of the best young adult novels that release during the month of April.
We’ve picked 10 middle grade books that we think are some of the best new books for preteens and tweens that release during the month of April.
We have 13 of the best new picture books to share with you this month.
The 4 colorful new board books listed here are the titles we feel represent the best of April 2018. Ready. Set. Read!
In books, readers can find people just like them. They can see how others navigated struggles and solved problems.
Books illustrated by Lisa Brown include Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Snicket and her own The Airport Book. She lives in San Francisco.
The Children’s Book Review Bunmi Laditan, the author behind the popular Honest Toddler book and social media accounts, twists the typical bedtime battle on its head in The Big Bed . . . Age Range: 4-6 Hardcover: 32 pages The Big Bed Written by Bunmi Laditan Illustrated by Tom Knight Publisher’s Synopsis: From Bunmi Laditan, the creator of the Honest Toddler blog, The Big Bed is a humorous picture book about a girl who doesn’t want to sleep in her little bed, so she presents her dad with his own bed―a camping cot!―in order to move herself into her parents’ big bed in his place.…
The article 5 Books That Teach Kids How to Work Together was written by Mariam Gates, author of Yoga Friends: A Pose-by-Pose Partner Adventure for Kids.