Author Joachim Masannek is back with the second book of the wildly popular series The Wild Soccer Bunch : Diego the Tornado.
Fabio, the son of a famous Brazilian soccer player, wants to join the Wild Soccer Bunch. But Fabio’s father has other plans. He makes his son play for the Furies, one of the best youth club teams in the country. The Wild Soccer Bunch is devastated, but Diego has a plan. He turns the Wild Soccer Bunch into a club team and challenges the Furies to a game! Can the Wild Soccer Bunch survive the game? Can their friendship endure the test?
If your child loves soccer they will love this series of books. Both boys and girls alike will find the series fun and captivating. My nine year old daughter read the book in about two days, she really enjoyed reading it and couldn't put it down.
The Wild Soccer Bunch has sold over 10 million copies world wide and is a world wide phenomenom. You can purchase book two Diego the Tornado on Amazon.com or through The Wild Soccer Bunch website. For more information as well as contests, games, and prizes follow on Facebook .
Disclaimer: I was not paid for this review. I was sent a free copy to read and review. Thank you to the PR team for sending this book.
The second book in the The Adventures of Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill is Case #2: Mineral Mischief. Written by Renee Hand and Illustrated by: Jake Karwoski.
In the midst of having her friends visit her rock collection, Maple Moo’s rare mineral goes missing from underneath her large cow nose. She instantly turns to Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill, the most famous detectives in Acorn Valley, to find it. But they didn’t know the task was going to be an impossible one. The suspects were hard to figure out. Was it Candy Cardinal, who committed the crime? She collects various gemstones to make jewelry. Brutus and Betty Blue Beaver also collect minerals and have a fancy quartz collection. Liam the Llama looks suspicious with his igneous rocks and exploding volcano, or was it Huckleberry Moose with his sedimentary rock collection? Joe-Joe and Biscuit find themselves at a loss until some bullies roar into town. Will the detectives be able to find the missing mineral? Or, will this be a case they won’t be able to close? Find out in case #2 in the award-winning Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill Series-Mineral Mischief. Look for the various activities in the back of the book concerning rocks and minerals for added learning. Bubbling rocks, anyone?
My nine year old daughter read the book and loved it. She especially liked all the information about rocks and the experiments in the back of the book.
As a homeschooling mom, I love that the experiments were added to the book, as this will give us some fun projects to try.
The book is funny, and educational and is well suited for children ages 7 and up.
I think the only thing I would like to see changed for the series is too see the illustrations done in color, instead of black and white.
You can find more information about the author Renee Hand on her website. She is an award winning author and has written many other books as well as the The Adventures of Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill. You can order book two through Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobles. *Disclaimer* I was not paid for this review. I was sent a free copy to read and review. Thank you to Renee Hand for sending the copy and for writing an excellent book.
The Sound Snatcher - How the Vacuum Cleaner Got Its Noise was written by Linda Bryan Sabin. The Sound Snatcher is a noisy and hungry vacuum looking for sounds to snatch. If you have a child who fears the vacuum and is afraid of its noise then this is the perfect book for them.
This is the story of the sound snatcher, a hungry vacuum, looking for sounds to devour. Your child will go on a journey in the day of a vacuum cleaner. Each page is brightly illustrated, and on each page you will also see the Peeking Kitty. The Peeking Kitty is not a primary character of the book, but a major feature in it.
About the Author:
Linda Bryan Sabin lives in California with her husband. She says she was born a teacher and a writer and her goal is to acquaint young readers with the beauty and magic of the written and spoken word.
I really liked the book and I especially liked the fact that after the story their is a section called Let's Talk about the Book, a question and answer section about the book. I think this is a great feature especially if the book is read to a group of children. I also like the section called The Words I Heard, all the words from the book are listed with their meaning and pronunciation. A great resources for children and a fun way to learn new words.
The Sound Snatcher can be purchased for $14.95 here and can also be found on Amazon. You can find more information about Linda Bryan Sabin and see what other books she has to offer here. You can also follow her on twitter and facebook.
***Disclaimer*** I was not paid for this review, I was sent a free copy of this book. Thank you to Linda Bryan Sabin for send me the review copy.
Barefoot Books is an award- winning independent children's publisher. Barefoot Books is divided into 3 categories.
1.Fun First StepsEngaging Young Minds
This category has singalong CD's, games and puzzles, and topics that small children can learn from. 2. Tell Me A storyFeeding the Imagination
These books are fuel for your child's imagination. Helping young readers to absorb and enjoy the stories.
3. One World, One SpiritBroadening Horizons The world is at your feet with these books. Explore books that encourage your children to broaden their horizons in all directions-- musical, theatrical, environmental, and cultural.
We were sent an amazing selection of books from Barefoot Books. We received something that each one of my children could enjoy, and with the age range of my kids it was wonderful to be able to give them each a book of their own.
We all really enjoyed The Animal Boogie with the singalong CD. This was a fun book, and got my kids hopping with the fun songs.
Each of the books that we received was wonderfully illustrated, and was very age appropriate. Barefoot Books has so many different titles to choose from. Some books include a CD, with either music or the story being read aloud. There are art and activity books as well as music CD's. The age range of books is from baby to twelve year olds. There is definitely something for every child.
Barefoot Books also has a program where you can become a Barefoot Books Ambassador. You can market and sell Barefoot in your own community and earn money! You can learn more about the program here.
Barefoot Books has generously offered one of my readers the chance to win 1 book of their choice.
Here's how to enter:
Mandatory entry- without this all other entries will be void. Visit Barefoot Books and tell me what you would choose if you won.
That is 10 different ways to enter~ please leave 1 comment for each entry. PLEASE leave your email address with a comment if it is not visible on your blog.
This giveaway is open to US residents only. This giveaway will end on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 10:00 P.M. EST. You must have a valid mailing address. The winner will be chosen using Random.org. The winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.
***Disclaimer*** I was not paid for this review. Thank you to Barefoot Books for sending me the books to review for free. My review of these books was not influenced in anyway, and all thoughts regarding these books are my own.
We were recently sent this wonderful Christmas book called The Snowman's Song :A Christmas Storyby Marilee Joy Mayfield. The book included a bonus audio CD of the book being read by the author. My older girls really enjoyed listening to the book. The pictures are beautifully done, and it is a really cute story.
The story is of a little snowman who dreams of making a beautiful melody with his voice. He wants more than anything to sing at Christmas time. With the help of a little red cardinal and a little girl the little snowman gets his Christmas miracle.
The Snowman's Song is published by Leaping Antelope Productions. You can purshase this book online from their website. And for every copy of The Snowman's Song that is sold they will give a copy of the book to a needy family. They also have other items you can purchase such as matching holiday cards (they match the book), posters and other books.
Thanks to Leaping Antelope Productions for sending me a copy of this book to review. I received this book because of my membership to The product review place.
***Disclosure*** I was not paid for my reviews all items received were given to me free of charge. My review is based on my own opinions and was not influenced by my receiving the product.
Pretty Please Press kindly sent four of their books for my kids and I to review. We were sent Kick Block Punch, Bella Basset Ballerina, PYNX, and The Scritchy Little Twitchell Sisters. Here’s a little bit of information about Pretty Please Press.
About Pretty Please Press from their website~
Pretty Please Press publishes children's books that are designed to be read aloud and talked about. Each book contains a message about character and values that helps parents and children think and talk about a variety of issues. Pretty Please Press was founded in 2001 by author Laura Aimee Garn, and is now led by publisher Vera Venturi.
Pretty Please Press also offers Character Building Lesson Plans and free educational downloads, including Vocabulary Building Cards and Concept Building Cards.
My Review of the books we received~
Bella Basset Ballerina and the Scritchy Little Twitchell Sisters were both written by Laura Aimee Garn.
The Scritchy Little Twitchell Sisters is a fun book for sisters. Both of my girls really liked it and could relate to the experiences of the book. It’s a fun story of two sisters and the challenges they have getting along. The girls in the story may squabble a lot, but in the end learn that life is no fun without each other.
Bella Basset Ballerina is a cute story of a basset hound who dreams of being a ballerina. The book teaches that through hard work and practice you can someday accomplish what you want to be. My girls really loved this book; they love ballerinas and all things dogs, so this was their favorite.
Kick Block Punch was written by Jacquie Hann. This is a story about a boy who wanted to be able to do karate without practicing. This book teaches children that practice makes perfect. In the end the character Sam learned that if you want to achieve something you must practice
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PYNX was written by Jeffrey Greene. This was an interesting book if your kids like sci-fi and aliens. It’s a story of a creature from another planet and how she helped others. I would say the underlying theme is just because someone is different than you doesn’t mean you can’t like them or help them. My girls said this was a book for boys, but I would say that if your girls like sci-fi then they would like this book too.
Overall, I would say all the books are age appropriate for ages 5 and up.
The Scritchy Little Twitchell Sisters has a lot of words and is a bit of a tongue twister, but was fun to read.
Order The Books~ Pretty Please Presshas a great sale on their books. Pretty Please Pressoffers books directly to customers at discounted prices! You can get a 20% discount off the list price for books purchased through their website, as well as buy 3 books get one free! This offer will expire on December 31, 2009.
Your discount will appear automatically when you checkout.
I was given the opportunity to review this product because of my membership at The Product Review Place I would like to thank Pretty Please Press for sending us these books to review.
Note- I was not paid to review these books, and my review was in no way influenced by Pretty Please Press.
Pretty Please Press has kindly offered my readers a chance to win one copy of each of the books in my review.
The Scritchy Little Twitchell Sisters
Bella Basset Ballerina
Kick Block Punch
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***Disclosure*** I was not paid in any way to review these products. Pretty Please Press was kind enough to send them to our family to review and giveaway. I was not in anyway influenced by Pretty Please Press. I am in no way an expert, and all statements
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