The Children’s Book ReviewPublished: January 27, 2013 “Prom Books Make a Splash this Spring with Real Mermaids Don’t Wear High Heels!” Reading level: Ages 9-13 Paperback: 240 pages Overview Just Your Average Teenage Mer-Girl The only thing that terrifies Jade more than the ocean is dancing at the Fall Formal. Because Jade has two left feet—er, flippers. Who knew being a high school freshman is even more awkward than being a plus-size aqua-phobic mer-girl? At least her only drama is of the human variety… Or not. The Mermish Council has just declared that all land-dwelling mers but return to the ocean.…
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.
Enter to win a set of 12 Spectrum® Readers by Carson-Dellosa ($48 Value).
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Known throughout southern New England as Dave the Animal Man for his business called Animal Experiences, Dave Marchetti has three books geared to young children: Steve the Stickleback, Nestle’s Big Adventure, and The Frog with Slippery Fingers.
Dave’s goal is to provide stories that entertain and encourage young children to read.
THE SELECTION is the first book in the captivating new series from debut author Kiera Cass.
Amy Timberlake talks about her research for her well received book “One Came Home,” a western about a thirteen-year old girl who sets off to find her presumed-dead sister, is set in 1871 in southwestern Wisconsin.
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Nancy Pearl has worked as both a librarian and a bookseller and is the librarian equivalent of Wonder Woman. She has been gifted with a wide range of superhuman powers; including, but not limited to, a natural ability to book talk. We’re so honored to have spoken with Wonder Woman herself and we are delighted to share her excellent book suggestions.
“Growing Up Mabel” offers mothers, sisters and teachers a fun way to open discussion about those oh-so-awkward moments every young girl must go through.
Here is a hilarious take on the holiday that boys love to hate, the most complex holiday of them all.
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