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Graphic Novel Review: Breath of the Giant

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Breath of the Giant by Tom Aureille

Breath of the Giant
by Tom Aureille, Fabrice Sapolsky (Editor), Tarek Abdel Razek (Color Assist)

4 out of 5 stars

Two sisters embark on a long journey to the wild North, searching for giants. Legend says that if you can kill one of the giants and capture its strength in a magic stone, then you will be able to bring the dead back to life. The sisters will brave any danger and endure hardship in the frozen wastelands if it means they can bring their mother back from the dead. But they are not the only ones searching for the giants.

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Book Review: Different

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Different by Heather Dominick-Kosmicki

Different: The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution
by Heather Dominick-Kosmicki

4 out of 5 stars

This book helps you to navigate the difficulties of being a highly sensitive person and embrace the strengths that come with high sensitivity. Instead of being stuck in limiting beliefs and anxiety, you can learn to act from a place of trust and courage.

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Four Picture Books from Candlewick Press

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My First Pop-Up Endangered Animals by Owen Davey

My First Pop-Up Endangered Animals
by Owen Davey

5 out of 5 stars

We learn amazing facts about endangered animals in this colorful pop-up book. Each page features an animal that is in danger, and gives us a little bit of information about their habits. The blue whale is the largest mammal in the world! A tiger’s stripes are as special as a fingerprint. An okapi has a long tongue to grab leaves off tall trees. The kakapo parrot cannot fly. Galapagos penguins mate for life. The whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea!

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Graphic Novel Review: Bountiful Garden

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Bountiful Garden by Ivy Noelle Weir

Bountiful Garden (Bountiful Garden, #1-5)
by Ivy Noelle Weir (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Kelly Williams (Artist), Giorgio Spalletta (Colorist ), Justin Birch (Letterist)

3 out of 5 stars

A group of teenagers have been trained to terraform a distant planet, but their spaceship stalls and they are awakened out of cryostasis ten years too early. They explore a nearby planet looking for supplies, and a mysterious presence begins to make itself known.

This graphic novel was a little too scary for me. There is some gore and blood that was gross.

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Book Review: Arborama

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Arborama by Lisa Voisard

Arborama: The Marvelous World of Trees
by Lisa Voisard, Jeffrey K. Butt (Translator)

4 out of 5 stars

This book has everything you wanted to know about North American trees! From giant redwoods to the humble apple tree, you can learn about how trees are so important and beautiful. How deep do the roots go? How do different trees blossom and pollinate? How do their seeds grow into such mighty trunks?

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3 Picture Books from Albatross

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Where Kids Go to School Around the World by Štěpánka Sekaninová

Where Kids Go to School Around the World (Kids Around the World)
by Štěpánka Sekaninová

3.5 out of 5 stars

In this book we learn about education all around the world. Children in different countries tell us about their school, their teachers, and what they learn each day. There is a floating school on a boat in Bangladesh, a school in a refugee camp, and English boarding school, and even a school in a hospital.
There are also religious schools for Buddhist monks and for Muslim girls.

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Three Book Reviews from Scallywag Press

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Loud by Rose Robbins

Loud
by Rose Robbins

4 out of 5 stars

Abigail is having trouble behaving in class, so she gets sent to the “calming down room”. When she goes to music class, she doesn’t know how to play any of the instruments, so she has trouble behaving again. But instead of punishing her, the music teacher helps Abigail to find her true talent!

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Book Review: Unplug and Play

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Unplug and Play by Anthony T. DeBenedet M.D.

Unplug and Play: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Roughhousing with Your Kids
by Anthony T. DeBenedet M.D., Lawrence J. Cohen Ph.D.

4 out of 5 stars

Children need a little roughhouse play and gentle wrestling to help them develop emotionally and mentally. Blowing off some steam can help them regulate their emotions and learn to express themselves in healthy ways. Roughhousing and silliness actually lights up parts of the brain that will make children smarter. They learn how to interact with people socially and manage their impulses.

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Book Review: Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask

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Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask by Shiko Nguru

Mwikali and the Forbidden Mask (The Intasimi Warriors Book 1)
by Shiko Nguru

3.5 out of 5 stars
On her first day at a new school, Mwikali discovers that she is descended from a long line of Kenyans with mystical powers. She and her friends must find and destroy the dreaded Forbidden Mask before the powers of darkness can gather and unleash its evil power.

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Book Review: Jane and His Lordship’s Legacy

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Jane and His Lordship's Legacy by Stephanie Barron

Jane and His Lordship’s Legacy (Jane Austen Mysteries, #8)
by Stephanie Barron

4 out of 5 stars

Jane inherits Lord Harold’s old letters and journals after his death, but they contain secrets about almost every prominent family in England. There are those who would do anything to keep the papers from becoming public, including commit murder.

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