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Book Reviews: Princess Minna #1-2

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The Unicorn Mix-Up by Kirsty Applebaum

The Unicorn Mix-Up (Princess Minna, #1)
by  Kirsty Applebaum (Goodreads Author), Sahar Haghgoo (Illustrator)

Princess Minna barely sleeps at night, and she knows something must be wrong with the kingdom. Princess Minna has some very special skills; she is good at taming unicorns, and kissing frogs, and fighting dragons. She goes out into the kingdom and finds that there is a unicorn emergency! A wild unicorn is trampling through the town. Princess Minna is so tired from getting no sleep that she gets all mixed up, and tries to fight the unicorn instead of tame it! When she is called on to kiss a frog, she gets mixed up and tries to tame the frog instead. What will happen if she sees a ferocious dragon? Will she try to kiss the dragon instead of fight it?

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Book Reviews for Nube Ocho books in Spanish and English

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Triángulo (Somos8) by Mac Barnett

Triángulo (Somos8) (Spanish Edition)
by  Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (illustrator)

Triangle walks a long way over to Square’s house to play a trick on him. He stands outside Square’s door and hisses like snakes, because he knows that Square is scared of snakes. At first, Square is really scared, but then he hears Triangle laughing, so he chases Triangle back to Triangle’s house. He can’t get in the triangle-shaped door, so he gets stuck there blocking the door. But now it is Triangle’s turn to get scared. Square is blocking out all the light from the door, and it is very dark inside the house. Triangle is afraid of the dark! Triangle gets a taste of his own medicine.

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Book Review: The Phoenix and the Carpet

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The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit

The Phoenix and the Carpet (The Psammead Trilogy, #2)
by E. Nesbit

5 out of 5 stars

Four children discover a strange egg in their new nursery carpet, and when the egg is accidentally dropped in the fire, it hatches a beautiful Phoenix. The Phoenix reveals that the new carpet is actually a magic carpet that can take them anywhere in the world. Although they have some fun adventures, more often than not, their adventures go awry and their wishes get them into trouble.

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Picture Book: What’s Hiding Under There?

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What's Hiding Under There? by Daniela Drescher

What’s Hiding Under There?: A Magical Lift-the-Flap Book
by  Daniela Drescher

5 out of 5 stars

In this lift-the-flap picture book we explore the fairy wood, discovering hidden animals and elfin folk. The bear cubs look for raspberries to eat, the squirrel has misplaced her nuts, the little dormouse can’t find her baby brother. They are all looking for something hidden in the leaves and plants of the forest. The owl tells a story and several animals gather around to hear. A little wild piglet has gone missing, and we can find him, maybe hiding under a pile of leaves or beside a fairy’s toadstool.

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Picture Books: Yikes! Discovery Series

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What Dwells in the Deep by Kelly Ward-Wills

What Dwells in the Deep (Yikes! Discovery Series)
by  Kelly Ward-Wills, Steve James (Illustrator)

5 out of 5 stars

We dive deeper and deeper into the ocean, and the further we go, we discover more and more weird creatures. First we follow a leatherback sea turtle that can dive further than any other turtles. Then we see giant oarfish “as long as a school bus”, and a little vampire squid, and a goblin shark whose jaws jut out from its body. Diving really deep we encounter a sperm whale that is hunting for giant squid. We see anglerfish with its lightbulb glowing off its forehead, and little dumbo octopus, and finally a snailfish. All these creatures have adapted to live in the deepest parts of the ocean!

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Picture Books: First Feelings Series

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Cuando Me Siento Triste/When I Feel Sad (Spanish Edition) (Fi... by Child's Play

Cuando Me Siento Triste/When I Feel Sad (First Feelings (Spanish/English)
by Child’s Play, Paula Bowles (Illustrator)

5 out of 5 stars

A little child shares about how they feel when they are sad and fed up with everything. They don’t want to play or be around people. But if they share their feelings with someone and realize that people care about them, they start to feel better!

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Picture Book: Close Up and Far Out

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Close Up and Far Out by Mary Auld

Close Up and Far Out
by  Mary Auld, Adria Meserve (illustrator)

5 out of 5 stars

Two great scientists in history have looked close up in microscopes or far out into space with telescopes. In this book we learn about Galileo and van Leeuwenhoek who developed their own lenses to make new scientific discoveries. Their discoveries were not always well received in their time, but they kept on learning and trying new experiments.

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Book Review: Wild Wind

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Wild Wind by Temple Bailey

Wild Wind
by Temple Bailey

4 out of 5 stars

Jacqueline is planning her wedding to her darling Christopher, but then the war comes. While he is at war, Jacqueline stays with her sister Mary, helping to care for her nieces and baby nephew. After the war is over, Mary needs Jacqueline more than ever. Christopher wants to be married at once, but Jacqueline feels that she must do her duty to her sister and nieces and nephew, so they agree to lengthen their engagement while Christopher goes to India on business. But can their love remain constant through all this time?

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Book Review: Patricia

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Patricia by Grace Livingston Hill

Patricia
by Grace Livingston Hill

5 out of 5 stars

Patricia grows up admiring a boy at her school, John Worth. He is kind and patient and serious. She meets his family and realizes that he comes from a devoutly Christian home and that is the source of his goodness and strength. She begins to search for God as well, and studies the Bible.
Patricia’s mother only cares about social engagements with rich people, and tries to encourage Patricia into a courtship with their neighbor Thorny, a wealthy socialite with a drunken temper. Patricia prays that God will help her to find her path in life between what she truly values and what her mother pressures her to do.

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Book Review: The Thirteenth Child

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Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede

Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic, #1)
by  Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)

4.5 out of 5 stars

Eff is a twin and the thirteenth child in her family. Her twin brother, Lan, is supposed to have great good luck and magical power because he is the seventh son and their father is also a seventh son, making Lan a double-seventh son, a powerful combination in magical numerology. But the thirteenth child is supposed to be a curse and full of bad luck and evil tendencies. Eff is discriminated against by the magical community, but her family and her twin brother stick up for her. When the family moves to the very edge of the frontier in the American West, Lan and Eff will face challenges and their magic will be tested to the utmost.

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