The Children’s Book Review | January 24, 2017 Age Range: 10 and up Paperback: 272 pages The Peerless Seer: The Emaleen Andarsan Series: Volume 1 Written by B.S. Gibbs In The Peerless Seer, eleven-year-old Emaleen Andarsan has been a living a quiet, seemingly uneventful life with her Aunt Zeraida and Uncle Morvin near a lake in the Adirondack Mountains since her parents gave her up for adoption when she was just a few weeks old. Every day when Emaleen gets home from class, her aunt asks her if anything strange happened at school. The odd question starts to make sense when, just before summer…
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 | January 23, 2016 When Wilbert the Worm takes a trip above ground, he meets a spider and a digger bee who stand in his way. Will Wilbert overcome these bullies and see all the wonderful things he has been told about? Age Range: 6-8 Paperback: 84 pages Wilbert the Worm Written by Harpreet M Dayal Illustrated by Joanna Scott Publisher’s Synopsis: Under a bed of roses and yellow daisies lives a shy and quiet worm named Wilbert. He often hears about all the wonderful things to see above ground from his friend Amy the Ant but he himself has never…
Get to know Caterpillar from Kat Kronenberg’s Dream Big, a richly illustrated picture book.
The Goddess Girls middle grade series puts a modern spin on Greek myths, as students attend Mount Olympus Academy, where Zeus is principal and Mr. Cyclops teaches Hero-ology.
If You Were Me and Lived in … the Ancient Mali Empire is yet another great addition to this delightfully illustrated edutainment series for children ages 7 and up.
The Children’s Book Review | January 14, 2016 Batgirl has always hidden in the shadows–but does she have what it takes to stand in the spotlight at Super Hero High? Age Range: 8-12 Hardcover: 240 pages DC Super Hero Girls: Batgirl at Super Hero High Written by Lisa Yee Publisher’s Synopsis: Get your cape on with the DC Super Hero Girls™— the unprecedented new Super Hero universe especially for girls! Readers of all ages can fly high with the all-new adventures of Wonder Woman™, Supergirl™, Batgirl™, and some of the world’s most iconic female super heroes as high schoolers! Batgirl has always…
Here’s the list of kids books and literacy articles that have been trending on The Children’s Book Review. There are some great book giveaways; plus, take a gander at the hottest new release kids books from January.
The ever-popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is the best selling kids series from The Children’s Book Review’s affiliate store.
The Children’s Book Review | January 9, 2017 Two fresh voices with monstrous adventures ready to be devoured! Age Range: 9-12 The Voyage To Magical North Written by Claire Fayers Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past–if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell-casting, she’s spent the past years keeping house for an irritable magician and his obnoxious apprentice, Peter. When Brine and Peter get themselves into a load of trouble and flee, they blunder into the path of the legendary pirate…
Just over a year ago, we reviewed Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. This month it is the best selling YA book from our affiliate bookstore.