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32 pp.
| Kane Press
| April, 2019
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LibraryISBN 978-1-6359-2121-2$25.32
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PaperISBN 978-1-6359-2122-9$5.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-6359-2123-6
(4)
1-3
Makers Make It Work series.
Illustrated by
Maine Diaz.
In each of these early-reader stories, the main character employs a makerspace skill--chemistry, rocketry, beekeeping, and sewing--to solve a problem. If the child's first effort fails, he or she persists to achieve success. The various illustrations (by different artists) are serviceable and the stories are fairly engaging, but kids will likely be more interested in the instructions for hands-on activities. Useful for early-elementary classrooms and makerspaces. Review covers these Makers Make It Work titles: Slime King, Rocket Rivals, The Broken Bees' Nest, and The Lost and Found Weekend.
32 pp.
| Kane Press
| April, 2019
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-6359-2118-2$25.32
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PaperISBN 978-1-6359-2119-9$5.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-6359-2120-5
(4)
1-3
Makers Make It Work series.
Illustrated by
Tammie Lyon.
In each of these early-reader stories, the main character employs a makerspace skill--chemistry, rocketry, beekeeping, and sewing--to solve a problem. If the child's first effort fails, he or she persists to achieve success. The various illustrations (by different artists) are serviceable and the stories are fairly engaging, but kids will likely be more interested in the instructions for hands-on activities. Useful for early-elementary classrooms and makerspaces. Review covers these Makers Make It Work titles: Slime King, Rocket Rivals, The Broken Bees' Nest, and The Lost and Found Weekend.
32 pp.
| Kane Press
| April, 2019
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-6359-2112-0$25.32
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PaperISBN 978-1-6359-2113-7$5.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-6359-2114-4
(4)
1-3
Makers Make It Work series.
Illustrated by
André Ceolin.
In each of these early-reader stories, the main character employs a makerspace skill--chemistry, rocketry, beekeeping, and sewing--to solve a problem. If the child's first effort fails, he or she persists to achieve success. The various illustrations (by different artists) are serviceable and the stories are fairly engaging, but kids will likely be more interested in the instructions for hands-on activities. Useful for early-elementary classrooms and makerspaces. Review covers these Makers Make It Work titles: Slime King, Rocket Rivals, The Broken Bees' Nest, and The Lost and Found Weekend.
32 pp.
| Kane Press
| April, 2019
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-6359-2115-1$25.32
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PaperISBN 978-1-6359-2116-8$5.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-6359-2117-5
(4)
1-3
Makers Make It Work series.
Illustrated by
Barbara Bongini.
In each of these early-reader stories, the main character employs a makerspace skill--chemistry, rocketry, beekeeping, and sewing--to solve a problem. If the child's first effort fails, he or she persists to achieve success. The various illustrations (by different artists) are serviceable and the stories are fairly engaging, but kids will likely be more interested in the instructions for hands-on activities. Useful for early-elementary classrooms and makerspaces. Review covers these Makers Make It Work titles: Slime King, Rocket Rivals, The Broken Bees' Nest, and The Lost and Found Weekend.
(2)
YA
Edan starts a cosplay ("costume play") club called SEW: Superheroes Everywhere. In addition to drama within SEW--from sniping among members and a love triangle to sexual objectification and a false accusation of theft--Edan also weathers turmoil at home. Edan's frustrations at not having her passions taken seriously are relatable, and interactions among the casually diverse SEW crew make for a mostly breezy, diverting read.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2017
32 pp.
| Quarto/W&P
| September, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-68297-154-3$17.95
(4)
K-3
Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
Illustrated by
Emilia Dziubak.
In lush jungle scenes, hiding creatures cautiously peek out of leafy foliage and a lithe tiger looks well in charge of his territory. But "you can't believe all the stories you hear..." At night, this jazzy, cheerful tiger does the ridiculously unexpected: making fruit salad, styling orangutan hairpieces, dancing with tapirs, etc. Tiger has some mildly amusing one-liners as he spells out the story's lesson.
(3)
4-6
Set at a late-nineteenth-century logging camp in northern Michigan, the humorous story details the exploits of eleven-year-old Stanley Slater, who's known for his overactive imagination, energy, and scrapbooking talents, and who's on a quest to find his long-lost dad. Larger-than-life characters dominate; standouts include Stanley's impossible cousin Geri, his strict grandmother, and lumberjack Stinky Pete (who may be a murderer).
32 pp.
| Peter Pauper
| February, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-1-4413-1415-4$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Tracy Bishop.
A little girl tries and gives up on biking, ballet, and karate. After sage advice from Mom, she has a change of heart: "and with my newly-opened mind, / decided that I'm never... / ...going to be the quitting kind." Though the message-y story isn't particularly exciting, humorous illustrated scenes and (so-so) rhymes with words such as potty and heinie provide amusing moments.
(4)
K-3
Your Piggy Bank: A Guide to Spending and Saving for Kids series.
Each title features a child character saving for a certain item. Most of the pages focus on adding and subtracting money to make purchases and then using what's left to save for the desired item. Addition and subtraction of decimals and the concept of value are explained very clearly, but the small type and crowded pages may challenge younger readers. Glos. Review covers these Your Piggy Bank: A Guide to Spending and Saving for Kids titles: Money for Clothes, Money for Entertainment, Money for Food, and Money for Hobbies.
40 pp.
| Farrar
| March, 2009
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TradeISBN 978-0-374-39982-5$16.95
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Tracey Campbell Pearson.
"Pets are the Hobby of my brother Bert," an unnamed girl announces. At first it seems tame enough, but Bert's menagerie includes Gorilla and Lion, not to mention Pangolins, Ocelot, and Grampus. After the mischief-making narrator releases the pets, chaos ensues, shown in Pearson's cheerfully riotous watercolors. Hughes's verse is light and loose--just right for such a "house-shaking rumpus."