The Complete Bike Book

Kids can learn how to check their bikes, (wheels and frame for example) they can learn about different types, their uses, such as racing, mountain biking, BMX, and just regular biking.

-Migi 11 year

Crow Call

just have a minute to spare... we just read this book and it's sooo beautifully written and illustrated... about a little girl reconnecting with her father who had just come back from the war. true story by Lois Lowry.

The Great Brain Does It Again

Great Brain Does It Again

What the book is about: Tom D. Fitzgerald is up to his usual tricks with his great brain and money loving heart.

Favorite Part: Chapter 4, Tom and the Dude, pg. 49

-Migi 11 year

Twas The Day Before Christmas

What the book is about: Tells the story of the old Christmas poem by Clement Clarke Moore.

-Migi 11 years

... and how he came up with the poem.  Utterly charming illustrations, the blue(!) snow, the family around the table.  What strikes me most about this is how the family Christmas celebration is depicted -- with the children focused on Dad's surprise:  not expensive gifts of video games or humongous toys ;), but a POEM, something from Dad's heart, not his pocket.  A wonderful read-aloud either at Christmas Eve or on St. Nick's Day.

The Great Brain Reforms

What the book is about: Tom Dennis Fitzgerald was always a trickster; but when he goes too far and endangers the lives of two of John's best friends, his brother and all of the kids of Adenville put him on trial in their barn on one summer day.

Favorite Part: The Great Raft Explorer

-Migi 11 year

The Great Brain Is Back

What the book is about: In this part of the series, Tom Fitzgerald is thirteen now and still up to his tricks, from the slippery soap deal, to the magic numbers trick and more.

Favorite Part: Chapter 5: The Dogfights


-Migi 11 year

Ancient Weapons

What the book is about: Key dates in history, on early protection and battles.  Short range weapons such as the mace, clubs, morning stars etc.
Also has long range weapons like the bow, throwing axes, and more.

Favorite Part: The Swords Chapter!

-Migi 11 year

Extreme Dinosaurs

What this book is about: Goes through the meat and plant eaters telling facts about them.  It tells about how long a certain species lived, their size, and protection.

Favorite part: Big heads = the triceratops

-Migi 11 year

The Way Toys Work

What the book is about: It tells about how the toys work (as the title informs us of), and then on some of them you can make the item.

Favorite Part: How to make an Aerobie

-Migi 11 year

Usborne Knights & Armor

What the book is about: The history of heroic knights and kings, a knights' horses,  shields and weapons, the horses gear, and battle tactics.

Favorite Part: The Knights Armor

- Migi 11 year

Navigators Knights & Castles

What the book is about: Knights & Castles goes from the early middle ages, to the age when mail was used, to the time when steel plate armor was used, to the start of the use of guns.

Favorite part: The Crusades

-Migi 11 year

The Mountain Lion

how the mountain lion lives -- their homes, families. 

Lynx

all about lynxes.  (I like that word!)  about how they hunt, mate, their cubs, their relationship with people.  They look like really fat cats.

Wolf

all about wolves, different kinds of wolves, social life, pack hunts.  The wolf pups are really cute, but there's one picture with blood on it (dead animal).

Our Abe Lincoln

The book tells about the life of Lincoln, our great President in a song. -- Migi

Mrs. Lincoln's Vanilla Almond Cake recipe is on the back of the book -- don't miss it! - Mom

Some dates this book would be good for:  

• February 12, Lincoln's birthday
• September 22, Emancipation Proclamation
• November 19, Gettysburg Address

What the book tells about Kids acting out  the story of Abe Lincoln.-- Yena  

Cougar

The book tells about the basic activities of Cougars and other habits and facts. --Migi

The World of Baseball

This baseball book tells about how baseball came to be played in so many places over the world. -- Migi

Lynx

The book is about what the Lynx does every day and about its young. -- Migi

The Mountain Lion

The book tells fun facts about the mountain lion and it's young, and how they mate. -- Migi

A Ticket to Philippines

This book tells about the islands of the Philippines, tropical places, volcanoes, a little history, and what the people do there. -- Migi, 11