Review:I remember reading this book to children I cared for and now read it to my daughter who is in love with Grandfather Twilight's world and night-time routine! Such wonderful illustrations and beautiful story! Read more

Review:My first graders loved the rhyme and chime effect of this read aloud. It is part of my collection for the first week back in school. I also have several others in this series which makes it fun for the students to connect with several texts by same author. Read more

Review:My daughter loves this book. It got her prepared for her first day of preschool and gave us things to talk about with pictures to help her better understand. Even after starting school we still read this book every night. Read more

Review:I have bought this as a preschool graduation present for all of my grandchildren
they need something from grama and they love the book to read over the summer getting ready for the new school and all day away from mom
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Young fans of the Percy Jackson series may find themselves a bit slower to warm up to this one. Not impossible, mind you, and I think all of them will still thoroughly enjoy these books. However, I noticed that my ten-year-old was taking longer to read this one, just as he had with book one, The Red Pyramid.

I think the reason for this is not that the books are less well-written, or the characters less well-drawn. These books are every bit as exciting and character... Read more

Review:What a great idea for a book! Amy and Dan are brother and sister and they have to make a big choice. They can either collect 1 Million Dollars each, or so on an adventure. They decide to go on the adventure, and they had no idea what they're in for. They're involved in a world wide race. The only way they can know where to go is to solve clues that are hard and very dangerous. Many times, their lives are in danger. The people who are racing against them are member of their own family, and m... Read more

Review:I LOVED it!!!
I wish I had read this book while I was in middle school! I think it had EVERYTHING I would have wanted!
The way the Information was so gently handed to the reader, would have prompted me to find other books to further research the scientists, they were so well explained.
The family issues, and interactions were believable. Growing out of one relationship and into another as we all do, as the one between Ellie and her best friend and having divorced parents is a part of li... Read more

Review:I chose is rating because this book is a great book and appropriate for my kids it is a great opportunity for my kids to read this on their tablet!!!!!!!????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Read more

Review:The key to life long learning is reading. Parents and teachers must stress the importance of reading and provide engaging and fun books to read. Judy Blum's books are entertaining and captures the reader's attention. One cannot go wrong with this set! Read more

Review:I’m not surprised this won the Newbery, because it is absolutely stunning. Told in a wonderfully mystical narrative, this book is sure to join the ranks of enduring middle grade classics. The story centers around a long held tradition in the Protectorate, that every year the youngest child must be sacrificed to appease the witch in the forest. But right away the reader finds out the the witch, named Xan, is actually kind and makes the yearly trek to the Protectorate to save the babies from dying... Read more