books of fiction For Kids Book Reviews

Latest Reviews: Great book. Loved how the book brought it new characters and locations. I loved how it focused on books too which is awesome and totally fits in with Twilight Sparkle! [Read More]

Book Introduction:The book that inspired the Academy Award–winning short film, from New York Times bestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce.Morris Lessmore loved words.He loved stories.He loved books.But every story has its upsets. Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own stor......[Read More]

Book Introduction:This follow up to the very popular Torah textbook Torah, the Growing Gift, introduces students to the prophets, kings, judges, poets, warriors, heroes, and villains of the books of Prophets and Writings. Using text excerpts, this book familiarizes students with the historical background and the lit......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:Another wonderful addition to this series. I love the way West solves one problem, giving the story its own arc, while building up other problems, keeping the overarching plot arc moving forward. I liked the introduction of the new characters and the continuing development of Olive's character, thou......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:3.5 stars.Really good. So imaginative and original. I'd forgotten how much I loved this series.Olive is a lovely main character with nothing to make me want to throttle/slap her. Morton is adorable and just makes me want to hug him and make his life better.Harvey/Captain Blackpaw/Agent 1-800/Sir Lan......[Read More]

Latest Reviews: The picture book of all picture books, this one's gone straight to the favourites shelf! Its words and pictures tell how books transform lives, lifting people up from where they are and helping them become everything they could be.Every family should have a copy of this......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:Loved it...and so, it seems, do the young readers who've been anxiously waiting since last summer for this second in the Elsewhere series! The power and charm of West's writing for children seem to lie in her delightful sense of humor, her sensitive portrayal of young characters, and her unerring re......[Read More]

Book Introduction:A Hundred Books of the Chinese Children Literary Classics in the 20th Century: China, Our Motherland is a collection of essays by Su Shuyang. the author expresses Chinese civilization against a big, overall historical and cultural background: he talks at great length about the ancient and the modern......[Read More]

Book Introduction:A Hundred Books of the Chinese Children Literary Classics in the 20th Century: I Love You, Fox is a collection of childrens poems intended to improve the reading level of primary school students. This book includes short poems, suite poems and long poems. The scope of poetry includes animals, scener......[Read More]

Book Introduction:In A Hundred Books of the Chinese Children Literary Classics in the 20th Century: A Scarecrow, the fairy tales selected are all written in the form of prose, as the language is plain, clear and lyrical, has visual, auditory beauty and impact, and can give children the edification of love and the enj......[Read More]

Book Introduction:A Hundred Books of the Chinese Children Literary Classics in the 20th Century: A Grey Wolf very vividly paints us a lifesome picture of the animal world. Due to a fight between men and wolves, a camera crew gets several wolves, and they try to arrange the wolves life on their own will. The crew memb......[Read More]

Book Introduction:A Hundred Books of the Chinese Children Literary Classics in the 20th Century: A Cat Wants to Fly carefully selects and edits modern fairytale master Chen Bochuis works, and it includes several classic fairy tales such as The Camels Treasure Hunting, A Cat Wants to Fly, Miss Alice and Childe Joe Pol......[Read More]

Book Introduction:A Hundred Books of the Chinese Children Literary Classics in the 20th Century: The Straw Hut mainly tells about a young boys six years of life at an elementary school, including a series of seemingly ordinary but touching, heart-stirring stories he witnessed or directly participated in: the flawless......[Read More]

Latest Reviews: So im reading all the Oz books plus the side books, but feeling a little sick so review to come when i'm feeling better [Read More]

Latest Reviews: WHERE IS THIS? WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?EDIT: It now has a title! Yes! And that title also makes the target and plot of this book racially ambiguous! [Read More]

Latest Reviews: I was sorry to see Olive's Elsewhere adventures come to an end, but West handles this beautifully. Still Life (the fifth and final in the series) contains the same sort of wry humor, surprising twists, and good, spooky fun that readers of these books have come to appreci......[Read More]

Book Introduction:Have fun with faith using Route 66: A Trip through the 66 Books of the Bible for grades 2–5! In this 192-page book, children are part of the story as they embark on a road trip through each of the 66 books of the Bible. The lessons are divided into three 12-week units, are flexible enough to se......[Read More]

Latest Reviews: Well what's ya know, finished another adventure of Lord Umber and Hap. They saved a kingdom, couple of damsels in waitress, a baby Dragon. Fought off man eating tiny men on a volcanic tiny island, and man eating crabs on another tiny island. Wow it just keeps getting bet......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:Rarely do I, as a male, identify with female characters. However, in the case of Olive I was able to lose myself in the story completely. Elements of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, and a touch of Madeleine L'Engle combine flawlessly to create a story that is both fascinating and engrossing. However, it is......[Read More]

Latest Reviews: Although this one began with a few gems and a sparkling new character addition; it quickly turned into a bore. The phrase of Scraps; 'I am original, therefore thoroughly incomparable' was so promising but not much came out of it to . [Read More]