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Seven Little Ducklings: A Fun Counting Adventure

The palpable joy of the pre-k or kindergarten audience who knows a problem with a story must be caged, bottled, or otherwise sold to the late afternoon crowd. They know that the princess lives in a tower, so the audience is curious when the princess’s home is revealed to be a swamp. They’ll laugh as quietly as they can and squirm in their seats as they try not to be loud. Seven Little Ducklings delivers that same story time charm because kids think that they know the story, only to have it twist in ways that are unexpectedly cute or funny.

Seven Little Ducklings is the super cute, semi-counting illustrated book that channels the fun and enjoyment you want ages 3-7 to take away from kidlit.
These are the ducklings that you’re looking for

Rebellion 1776: A Captivating Read for Reluctant Students

Don Quixote charges at the windmill, raging at the fact that people don’t read enough. “This is actually good”, said a ninth-grade student of mine today as they were thinking about the two-page article they’d read.  Granted, I had just spoken to them about their less-than-stellar grades and they were probably trying to placate me, but I’ll take it as a win. This all leads to Rebellion 1776. This is historical fiction that cooks at a slow boil, but is bubbling over the sides of the pot before you realize it.

Rebellion 1776 is historical fiction aimed at mglit readers that sneaks its way into the nightstand if you’re a fan of the genre or not.
Historical fiction to make non-fans interested

Exploring Money Lessons in ‘I Am Money’ Book Review

From a distance, the cover to I Am Money looks like an anthropomorphic credit card, wearing big glasses in front of the Arc de Triumph. It seems like an odd fit because, if it’s money in front of the French landmark, wouldn’t it be a Euro? No, the money on the cover to I Am Money is certainly an American bill. Look closely at the upper left and the $20 can be seen plus the other shapes and scribbles that people associate with it. Right, I’m back on board, I love money, and young children need to learn about money-especially certain aspects of it. If I Am Money does that in a way that’s interesting and curious to young readers we have something that’ll cash in with that crowd.

I Am Money is a book on money for the carpet-time through third grade crowd that educates and teaches a lesson via fun and energy, without any guilt.
What do kids love but rarely understand?

A Minecraft Movie, tween and teen greatness in a mindless wrapper

There are certain markers that define cultural zeitgeists. A Minecraft Movie is one of those instances. As a video game launched in 2011 it has a built-in fan base of millions of kids. Some of them will be knee-deep in their appreciation and fandom, others are about enter it and some stopped playing it in lieu of other games. Our family has two kids in the Minecraft interest world, both of whom had different reactions to A Minecraft Movie.

A Minecraft Movie is not for you. This is for middle through high school, maybe even college ages who played the game and want some silly.
This movie is not for you, unless you’re in middle or high school

Dinosaurs Can Be Small: A Kid’s Illustrated Book

If you were paying attention, we learned (or were reminded) that birds are descendants of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs Can Be Small is an illustrated book that dinosaur kids need. Those hard dinosaur kids, like the younger brother in Mitchell Vs. The Machines, that kid. If your child or students salivate at the thought of reading or having read to them, descriptions of giant lizards who died out so that the smallest of their brethren could survive, this is for you. This illustrated book sets up the smaller, lesser-known versions by introducing their more well-known, larger versions first. The result is a very curious dinosaur book that will entice dino-kids who think they know it all because they saw Jurassic Park for the dinosaur facts, and not the fact that they run amuck.

You can’t escape the pull of bird’s relatives….can you?

‘Hi, Earth’: A Fresh Take on Satirical Graphic Novels

What if Team America: World Police had a graphic novel baby with The Far Side. All you’d have to do is give it a British accent, colorize it, sprinkle in more dark humor with climate change references and you’ve got Hi, Earth.  It’s a bitingly funny graphic novel that will reward comic strip fans who thought they’d never see another series with revolving characters in disparate situations that are able to make you belly laugh in four panels. That’s a mouthful and if it’s too much then know that Hi, Earth is from the two that brought the very funny webcomics, War and Peas to your inbox.

Hi, Earth is the graphic novel collection of funny webcomics from War and Peas that resembles the child of Team America: World Police and The Far Side.
Ha ha? Ha ha ha!

Silly Stories for Children: Why All at Once Upon a Time Shines

All hail the silly illustrated book. We reviewed a great silly book the other week, but it’s never too soon to read the silly again. Much like the well-respected Ministry of Silly Walks, a silly book is mandatory for carpet-time readers and the read-aloud crowd. All at Once Upon a Time is peak silly. To older audiences, it could be viewed as an absurd upending of fairytale tropes that most audiences can quote ad infinitum. Younger audiences who don’t know the tropes will enjoy All at Once Upon a Time because of the energy and laughter it produces from the things they thought would happen.

All at Once Upon a Time just sounds like the sequel to that film, instead it’s a very silly illustrated book that will reduce ages five through to nine to fits of laughter.
All hail the silly story that pokes fun at fairy tales

What’s An IV?: A Child’s Guide to Getting Medicine Via a Drip

What is an IV? As an adult, I know what an IV does, and I have a vague idea of what goes into putting it in your arm. However, as a child, the concept of having an IV inserted into my arm would’ve scared me silly. This is where illustrated books such as What’s An IV? is an illustrated book intended for elementary school-aged children who need to have an IV put into their arm. It’s approachable and has the potential to put kids at ease about the process, at least as much as they can be.

What’s An IV? in the My Medical Process book series is the place to start as a way to introduce young kids to the way to drip medicine into the body.
Fear not the IV young ones
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