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Book Review: Trial and Error

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Trial and Error by Robin Newman

Trial and Error (Sawyer, the Critter Lawyer)
by Robin Newman (Goodreads Author)

5 out of 5 stars

A plucky ant named Sawyer starts up her own lawyer’s office, and takes cases from animals who are having legal trouble. A snail gets a speeding ticket for doing 100mph in a 5mph zone. A chicken gets a ticket for jaywalking after waiting three hours for the light to change. A hog is having trouble with his living arrangements with his brother. Two squirrels start fighting over who has the first claim to a big acorn. It’s up to Sawyer to find a solution either through mediation outside of court or by presenting evidence and testimony in court before Judge Wise Owl. Sawyer does her research, gathers the facts, and studies the laws to help each of her clients.

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Activity Book: Where’s Waldo Amazing Journeys

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Where's Waldo? Amazing Journeys by Martin Handford

Where’s Waldo? Amazing Journeys: The Ultimate Maze Adventure!
by Martin Handford

5 out of 5 stars

In this activity book, you have to follow the mazes avoiding obstacles along the way, and find Waldo and his friends, and search for a checklist of items hidden in each scene. Waldo gets lost in mazes at the airport, the museum, the art gallery, the movie set, the chateau garden, underground caves, the candy factory, and even in outer space! Waldo finishes up his journey with a maze on the disco dance floor!

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Book Review: The Highly Sensitive Person

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The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
by Elaine N. Aron

3 out of 5 stars

This book explores the personality trait of being highly sensitive and all the strengths and weaknesses that come with that trait. First, the book explains what high sensitivity actually is and what it isn’t, and then gives advice on how to navigate this unique ability.

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Book Review: The Death of a Maven

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The Death of a Maven by Kathryn Johnson

The Death of a Maven (The Haunted Farmhouse Mysteries, #1)
by Kathryn Johnson 

3 out of 5 stars

Verity’s friends gather at her farmhouse to comfort her on the anniversary of her husband’s death. When one of them is found dead the next day, the cops say suicide, but Verity thinks it must be murder. Verity and her friends begin to look into the victim’s death, determined to find some proof that she didn’t kill herself. The victim’s family asks Verity to help go through the deceased’s possessions and Verity begins reading the old journals that could contain the secret to her death. Verity discovers that her old farmhouse is also home to two ghosts who are unable to move on after hundreds of years. They watch over Verity and the dairy farm and eagerly join in the investigation.

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Book Review: The Mystery of the Yellow Hands

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The Mystery of the Yellow Hands by Jake Thoene

The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (The Baker Street Mysteries)
by Jake Thoene, Luke Thoene

2.5 out of 5 stars

Sherlock Holmes hires Danny, Peachy, and Duff as the Baker Street Brigade to help track down a gang of kidnappers. The boys can’t seem to find any clues, but they keep looking around the docks and warehouses on the banks of the Thames. They befriend a policeman’s daughter, Clair Avery, and when she is also kidnapped, the boys are more desperate than ever to solve the case.

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Book Review: The Seeing Stone (Arthur #1)

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The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Seeing Stone
by Kevin Crossley-Holland

1 out of 5 stars

Merlin gives a seeing stone to thirteen-year-old Arthur de Caldicot, and he sees a vision of young Arthur Pendragon pulling the sword from the stone and becoming king. As Arthur from 1199 watches the visions of King Arthur from hundreds of years before, he begins to realize that events in his own life are mirroring those of his previous self. And Merlin is there to guide and advise them both.

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Book Review: A Recipe for Robbery

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A Recipe for Robbery by Colleen Nelson

A Recipe for Robbery: Mystery at the Biltmore #3
by Colleen Nelson

4 out of 5 stars

Elodie runs a detective business in her apartment building, and she gets called in to help when a famous recipe is stolen. The chef is desperate to get the recipes back in time for the opening of their new bakery. Elodie is joined by her dog, Carnegie, and her neighbor, Oscar, who loves tumbling and acrobatics. Most adults don’t take a child detective seriously, but Elodie is determined to prove herself. She follows the clues and regards everyone as a suspect, but all the neighbors are so nice. None of them would steal the recipes… would they?

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Book Review: Tales Before Narnia

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Tales Before Narnia by Douglas A. Anderson

Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
by Douglas A. Anderson (Editor)

4 out of 5 stars

This collection of short stories and poems includes works that influenced C.S. Lewis or were direct forerunners of some of his ideas. The list includes G.K.Chesterton, George Macdonald, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Grahame, and Edith Nesbit. There are also works from some of Lewis’s fellow Inklings, friends and acquaintances, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, Roger Lancelyn Green, and William Lindsay Gresham.

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Book Review: Midnight for Charlie Bone

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Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Midnight for Charlie Bone (The Children of the Red King, #1)
by Jenny Nimmo

Charlie discovers that he has a magical ability to hear voices from people in pictures and photographs. His evil aunts are delighted, because now he can attend the prestigious Bloors Academy. But Charlie is not sure his new school is a nice place. He meets some good friends, but there are many mysteries at Bloors Academy, not all of them pleasant.

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Comic Book Review: Anti/Hero

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Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn

Anti/Hero
by Kate Karyus Quinn (Author), Demitria Lunetta (Author), Maca Gil (Ilustrator)

Piper wants to be a superhero. She has super strength, but doesn’t always have the wisdom to use it responsibly. Sloane is a teenage thief. She has a super brain that can calculate the perfect heist, but even a genius can’t plan ahead to avoid everything.
When the two girls switch bodies due to a failed science experiment, they must learn to work together to stop the crime boss who is after them and their families.

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