Tough to Tackle

This kids book is geared toward readers with an interest in football, this sports novel is an endearing tale that speaks loudly of never giving up. Theodore "Boots" Raymond has his heart set on the position of quarterback when he decides to go out for football. He does not realize until the day of tryouts that he is too big for a quarterback and is assigned the right-tackle position. Boots experiences a series of changes beginning with a less-than-perfect attitude that eventually progresses to a desire to work hard for his team. Through correspondence with his brother, Tom, who is away in the military, Boots is encouraged to stick with playing football and to give it his all, no matter what position he is assigned to play. Boots also learns a great deal about friendship as one of his best friends, Duck, steps out on a limb to call Boots on his actions. This kids book is recommended for anyone with an interest in sports. Its positive message is a strong reminder of the value of teamwork in all circumstances. This kids book is for readers ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Remember to always praise your child.

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Asterix and the Magic Carpet

The first album of Asterix comics appeared in 1961 and soon became a raging bestseller in France, topping even Tintin. Originally created by the team of R. Goscinny and Uderzo, it has been continued for the past several decades since Goscinny's death by his partner. Asterix is imbued with very French sensibilities and has taken its time catching on in the United States, but the recent reissue of several numbers should remedy this situation. Asterix, of course, is a Gaul. A very short Gaul. His buddy Obelix is a huge Gaul (transporting menhirs by sheer back strength is his occupation, after all.) Together, they continually harass the entire Roman Empire in the year 50 B.C. Their garbled Latin is only one of the amusements involved. In this particular number, our heroes set off on a flying carpet with village bard Cacofonix to bring rain to drought-stricken India before the local princess is sacrificed to the gods. Cacofonix's singing is so dreadful that it always brings rain, except in this instance, when he loses his voice. Can the princess be saved from the executioner's block? This kids book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Remember to always praise your child.

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Robot

Toy designer, Dave Hampton, launched the robotic creature, Furby, in 1998. This voice activated toy was extremely popular. When Sony's robotic dog, Aibo, went on sale the following year, it too, amazed and thrilled the toy-buying crowd. This fascination with robots, the history, the fictionalized views of robots, the robot's artificial intelligence, the research into programmable emotions, the development of cyborgs, the various and wildly varied uses for robots, the current designs and the future trends are all examined in this "Eyewitness Book" about Robots. Robots are not only toys or labor saving household help, but they are able to do surgery, work on science experiments, explore outer space, fly planes, explore the seas, play musical instruments, fight wars, and become movie stars such as the pig in the movie, Babe. As with most Dorling Kindersley Books, the page design is heavy on images and consequently the text is short, concise and easy to read little nuggets. This kids story book is part of the "Eyewitness Books" series, which includes over 130 titles on subjects ranging from cats to crime detection. This kids book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Remember to always praise your child.

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The Kids' Karate Workbook: A Take-Home Training Guide for Young Martial Artists

Excellent, hands on manual for instructors to offer their karate students. It is nearly impossible to write a technical manual that is general enough to span across many styles and specific enough to be useful. Didi Goodman really did nailed it with this children's reading book. The illustrations are a terrific tool, especially the little quizzes the kids can take. Loved it. This reading book for kids is for children's reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other children's books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Remember to always praise your child. Keep reading.

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Play Baseball Like a Pro: Key Skills and Tips

This kids book was very useful for my 2 sons. They are 12 and 9 and love to play baseball. They picked up some great and useful tips in this children's reading book. This chapter book is broken down perfectly so that your child can retain all of the information. With tips from real MLB players, how can you go wrong. There are tips for every fielding position including pitching and catching. Many tips for batters whether you are right handed or left handed. This quality children's book is sure to help your child improve their game. This children's book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Remember to keep praising your child.

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The Boxcar Children Books Mysteries 1-4

Since its original publication of The Boxcar Children in 1942, Gertrude Warner's Boxcar Children books have enchanted children across the country. Now the first four in this popular series are together in one box! Join Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden (the Boxcar Children) as they join forces to uncover lots of suspenseful and puzzling mysteries. After the orphans find their new home and a new grandfather in the beloved classic The Boxcar Children, Surprise Island finds them spending the summer on Grandpa Alden's nearly deserted island and dealing with its many obstacles. The adventures continue in the third book, The Yellow House Mystery, in which the Aldens backpack their way to Maine in hopes of discovering an empty house's secret, and Mystery Ranch has the children trekking out west, where Grandpa Alden's sister Jane is living alone on her ranch. This children's book is for kids reading levels ages 7-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other children's you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your friends. Remember to always praise your child.

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My Weird School Daze #5: Officer Spence Makes No Sense!

A.J. is a student at Ella Mentry School, where school is anything but boring. A missing peanut butter sandwich at lunchtime in the vomitorium brings about another day of weirdness, where Officer Spence accuses one and all of stealing A.J.'s sandwich, starting with the teachers and eventually arresting the entire school. Told from A.J.'s view, complete with commentary on adults and the English language, the child reading this next volume in the "My Weird School Daze" series will enjoy the story while the adult will appreciate the puns. Whether considering that WOW is MOM upside down, or listening to Officer Spence listing all the synonyms for jail, the reader will be in hysterics, wondering at the lunacy of the police in this school's community where a crossing guard is arrested for jaywalking and a bus driver for drinking coffee while driving. This children's reading book is for kids reading levels ages 8-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your friends. Remember to always praise your child.

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Karate Kick

Cole is an 11 year old karate student getting ready to test for his green belt. In Karate Kick, he is confronted by a bully, helps someone come back to karate, steals something and has to make up for it, and discovers that jealousy is useless. The tone is sometimes preachy. The kids story book seems to assume the reader has martial arts experience or knowledge, but unlike other sports, martial arts vary by discipline and even by dojo. Belt colors do not always go in the same order and kata and block, kick, punch, and stance names are not always the same. Because if this, it was often confusing for my children who have been taking martial arts for almost a year and a half. Overall, an okay kids book with a nice, feel good ending. This children's reading book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Keep on praising your children daily.

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Fraction Fun

For many young students, the mere mention of fractions brings on headache, tummyache, and confusion. But no longer! This simple, hands-on concept book is clear and concise. The simple definition of a fraction, that it is a part of something, introduces a pizza pie that is divided, studied, compared, and, of course, eaten. Weighing coins determines how many make one ounce, and what the fractional value of each coin is. The cartoon like illustrations are colorful, whimsical, and humorous; they also make the concepts clear. Without a fraction of a doubt, parents and teachers will find limitless possibilities in this book. This children's book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Keep your child reading.

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Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry

Gr 3-5-Twenty-seven original short poems, generally one for each letter of the alphabet. Each selection illustrates a particular form or term, such as acrostics (two types), blank verse, cinquain, haiku, limerick, metaphor, onomatopoeia, and sonnet. The deceptively simple poetry conveys a wide variety of moods and images. The example of free verse in "Tree Dancers" is particularly effective: "Winds/sweeping over pines/shape limbs into/rigid images:/tree dancers/ locked/in frozen rhythm-/silent tango partners." A clear definition of the poetic device exemplified appears at the bottom of the page on which it appears. Brightly colored drawings, ranging from realistic to cartoon, accompany each poem. Unfortunately, a blank page designated for the letter "Y" ("Your Poem") asks readers to "write your poem in here." Still, this brief guide will make a good companion volume to more detailed introductions to creative writing, such as Myra Livingston's lucid Poem-Making (HarperCollins, 1991).-Karey Wehner, San Francisco Public Library Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. This children's book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other children's books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Keep on praising your child. Keep them reading daily.

Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry

Cursive Writing Practice Pages With a Twist!

I combined this cursive book with Cursive Writing Made Fun & Easy by Kama Einhorn for my 7 year old son. He does really well. We do 2 pages from the the other book and then one page of review from this kids book and so on. This children's book can stand alone for anyone who needs more practice. I would not recommend it for teaching unless it is in addition to her other book, but it is a great review and drill practice. Pages are in black and white for reproduction, but are creative enough to not bore the student. It even has teaching ideas to help you! This cursive book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your friends.

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Ultimate Sticker Collection: LEGO Minifigure

The single most amazing thing about this kids book is the price. Especially compared to the cost of ANY Lego kit. For about 1/2 of the cost of a small Lego kit, you can give your child hours and hours of pleasure playing with what they love...Legos. The stickers being reusable have a hidden bonus...they won't stick to your walls, fishtank, windows, etc without being easily removed. Let them get crazy with the stickers, they peel right off of the walls.
 EXTRA BONUS - When you are staggering through your kid's room in the middle of the night, or in the dark of the morning...you will not destroy the bottom of your feet when you step on the stickers :)
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Safe at Home

Nick Crandell loves to play baseball. He is the catcher for the junior varsity team and is looking forward to playing on the summer baseball team. One day, he notices the varsity coach watching him practice and though he thinks little about it, he is amazed when the coach comes up to him and offers him the catcher's position on the varsity team, a position now not next year. The varsity catcher has broken a wrist and the team needs Nick. However, the uncertainty of being able to play with the older boys seeks to destroy the remarkable chance that Nick has been given. The older boys are not happy to have the JV player on their team and the pressure of their displeasure affects Nick's confidence and play. It is not long before the lack of confidence infiltrates all of Nick's life; his relationships with friends, with family, with school all suffer as he struggles to prove his ability to play varsity. One big blow out with his best friend, Gracie, and Nick knows that he must rethink his complaints against those who really do care about him. This is a sweet kids story of young teen identity and how sports can both help and hurt that process. Lupica's fans will enjoy this addition to his "Comeback Kids" series for young readers. This kids book is for kids reading level ages 9-12.
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How to Talk to Girls

How do you talk to a girl? There are grown men who still do not know the answer to this question, but the nine-year-old author of this kids book is ready to tell you. Some of his advice is right on, such as "To get a girl to like you, talk to her and get to know her." Some advice should be true, but often is not, such as "Girls always like smart boys." Some advice is just plain cute, such as "Your mom likes you to be clean and she is a girl." If you are an elementary school boy, this kids books advice might help you catch a girl, but the author cautions readers to aim only for getting her to like you. Love, he says, should come later…like in middle school. For other readers, this kids reading book is just plain cute. The author knows more than his years would lead you to suspect. As an advice book for older kids, it probably will not work, but for younger kids (or older ones who want a smile) it is a sweet gift. One piece of advice that would work for all ages? "Whatever happens, don't let it make you crazy." This kids book is for kids reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other kids books you would like to have reviewed. Share this post with your family and friends. Keep your kids reading and praise them daily.

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Trixie The Halloween Fairy

With this "Rainbow Magic" series, the author seeks to tap into current fascination with fairies. This "special edition" series book has particular appeal, focusing as it does on the fun, exciting holiday of Halloween. Rachel and Kirsty are looking ahead to trick-or-treating as fairies, but their plans are quickly interrupted by the mean spirited antics of Jack Frost. Frost had his goblins steal three magical pieces of Halloween candy from Trixie, the Halloween Fairy. Fortunately, they lost the candy in the process; at least they do not have it! Unfortunately, unless Trixie can find the candies and return them to Fairyland before Frost's minions find them, Halloween will be ruined! That is where Rachel and Kirsty come in. Trixie needs the girls' help to find the chocolate bar, candy corn, and caramel apple. The pacing of this Halloween kids book is slow and the action is surprisingly passive. The true hero of the book seems to be Trixie's Fairyland kitten Moonlight. Still, fairy loving readers are likely to enjoy this book, and the low cost might justify its purchase as an appealing holidayspecific option for middle readers. This Halloween children's book is for reading levels ages 9-12. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other books you would like to have reviewed. Don't miss out on our Halloween kids book sale.

Trixie The Halloween Fairy

If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King

Updated from the 1990 edition, this well-written, historically rich text deserves a spot in every school and public library collection. In the attempt to paint a portrait of key events, people, and beliefs associated with the civil rights movement in America, Levine refuses to oversimplify, conceal, or glorify. She is honest in the telling, sharing vividly but not gratuitously the physical and emotional violence that resulted in the attempt to enact equality in the United States—from the Birmingham church bombings to the attempts by Bull Connor to break up a children's protest using water hoses and attack dogs. Levine defines and provides contextual information for difficult concepts (segregation and nonviolent direct action, for example) and reveals lesser-known historical truths to fill in the gaps often existent in classroom textbooks. Readers learn, for instance, that teenager Claudette Colvin paved the way for Rosa Parks by first refusing to give up her seat on the bus and that President Kennedy gained support from black voters in his support of Martin Luther King, Jr. The illustrations capture well the strong emotions experienced by those on all sides, leaving readers sometimes uncomfortable but always inspired to think carefully and critically. The text is organized by key questions, making it easy to navigate, and ends with a time line of important events, list of places to visit, and music and lyrics to "We Shall Overcome."

If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King

'Twas a Dark and Stormy Night...

Combines the themes of science and social studies. Shakes up the learning curriculum with amazing facts that are of interest to this age group and an exciting page layout that challenges readers to discuss and share their knowledge with another person. Helps to build background knowledge and vocabulary through features labeled "Get on the Wavelength" and "High Powered Words" that can be found in the front of the book. Includes a comprehension manager that appears regularly to model and reinforce key comprehension techniques. It also provides links to relevant web sites. Exposes its readers to a variety of different formats and text features.

'Twas a Dark and Stormy Night...

'Round the World: Takashi Sails Home

"Lucinda Hathaway has done it again. She has spun an intriguing tale combining a seafaring Maine family and the romance of the sea and ships, with accurate historic detail."
''Revel in the billowing sails, the salt spray and the surge of a moving deck! This seafaring tale is filled with challenge and discovery. 'Round the World rings with authenticity."
"Weeks after reading the story of Takashi's predicament and being introduced into the lives of the friends who help him get back to Kobe, the sensations evoked by his richly detailed adventure will linger."

'Round the World: Takashi Sails Home

"What's Up With Sean?" Medikidz Explain Scoliosis

Grades 5-7. Even rabid non readers will not be embarrassed to be caught with these droll informational comics. In each, five costumed teen super heroes of diverse skin color and body shape introduce themselves as experts on some different body part or function “I'm Gastro. I have the low down on your tum, your bum, and all the tubes between”. The super heroes then conduct a young sufferer to the human shaped planet of Mediland for an inside tour and explanations of a chronic malady's causes, effects, and treatment. So uneven are the volumes in depth and clarity of information, attention to plot, cleverness of repartee and even composition of the color drenched cartoon panels. That it is hard to believe they are all from the same author and illustrator. Still, though Epilepsy and Food Allergies lead the pack over the earnest, repetitive, and visually jumbled others, the mix of medical facts, wisecrack-laced dialogue and outright corn has its appeal.

"What's Up With Sean?" Medikidz Explain Scoliosis