Three Quick Kids Book Reviews

Book: Itsy Mitsy Runs Away by Elanna Allen Itsy Mitsy is going to run away to a house with no bedtime.  Although accommodating of her desire to run away, her father reminds her of different things that she will need–her stuffed animals, food for said stuffed animals, a whole house…

BOOK REVIEW: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell

Book: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell Genre: Fairy-tale, Historical I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trace in the fables of their time…. And so begins Elise…

BOOK REVIEW: Shades of Earth By Beth Revis

Book: Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (Across the Universe #3) Genre: Scifi, YA Preview: Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceshipGodspeed behind. They’re ready to start life afresh–to build a home–on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe…

BOOK REVIEW: A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Book: A Million Suns by Beth Revis Series: Across the Universe (read my review of the first book in the series here) Genre: Sci-fi, YA Synopsis: It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the…

BOOK REVIEW: Across the Universe by Beth Rees

Book: Across the Universe by Beth Revis Genre: YA, Sci-fi Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an…

KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Don’t Kiss the Frog By Fiona Waters

Book: Don’t Kiss the Frog!  by Fiona Waters Genre: Children’s Fiction Don’t Kiss the Frog! Is a collection of princess stories–with a twist.  Clumsy princesses, twist endings, and lots of strong characters, Don’t Kiss the Frog is a cute book that brings some depth to the traditional genre of princesses.…

BOOK REVIEW: Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewis

Book: Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewis Genre: Sci-fi, YA Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter…