Review: Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia by Erika Bud and illustrator Sonia Sengupta

What a fun way to travel to Australia! Before anything, make sure your download the QR interactive code for the book to enjoy this adventure with them. From it's beautiful cover, your young reader will enjoy a fun, interactive picture book with the Travel Rangers as they explore some of the highlights of beautiful Australia. What I love about this book is the foundation of them going around the world learning about other cultures. That is such a great message and lesson that will not only encourage getting to know people different from them but maybe find something they love that they normally wouldn't experience or be exposed to.

Experiencing some really exciting well known attractions in the continent such as swimming in the Great Barrier reef, exploring wild animals and climbing the Sydney Harbour bridge, they get the fun perk of technology seeing an interactive view off the page along with what it would look like in person. I found that holding your phone as a landscape view gives the best experience where it's raised off the page.

Overall, I love the concept of the book and look forward to upcoming adventures with these cute travel rangers.

The reading age for this book is 4-9.

You can find out more information about them at: www.teamtravelrangers.com

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Review: Sterling and Nugget the Dragon by Judd B Shaw and Marrieta Gal, Illustrator

Sterling and Nugget the Dragon, the first story in Judd B. Shaw’s Sterling the Knight series of medieval adventures, is the beginning of a wonderful series. With engaging and beautiful illustrations, we follow Sterling on his brave journey with big dreams to become a knight. Beyond the castle in an enchanted forest, there lives a dragon, Nugget, who the village fears. Upon the belief that if he fought the dragon, he arms himself with knowledge and ventures out to conquer Nugget. Upon his encounter with the dragon, nothing is what it seems. He is presented with a decision to leave or help. With that decision, he learns a great lesson how kindness and compassion can be a great reward. 

The theme of medieval adventure was fun and engaging along with the complemented message with the story. This was a great start to what I believe will be a nice series to get into.  I can’t wait to see what’s to come.

The reading age for this book is 3-6. It has 32 pages.

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Review: The Story of Christmas by by Patricia A. Pingry and Illustrated by Alice Buckingham

Beautifully illustrated, The Story of Christmas brings the story of the Nativity to the young reader. Wonderfully written, this board book captures the heart of the celebration and meaning of Christmas.

She does a beautiful job presenting everything on a level that they can understand and enjoy. This is perfect for those who want to introduce the story behind Christmas and have a conversation. I love the illustrations and how they capture and compliment the time of the story being told.

This would be a wonderful book to have for your collection. If you're not familiar with this author, please check out her other board books. She has some wonderful books that I know you will enjoy.

Pages: 22

Reading Level: 1-4

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Review: Sweet Dreams, Lil Paw by Bruce Dierking and Illustrated by Penny Weber

If you’ve got a little one and are from a dog family, you will love this book. Sweet Dreams, Lil Paw is the first book in the Power Paw series. This series is intended to grow with it’s readers to age 10. From reading this book, you can tell the stories that you will warm the heart and inspire conversation.

In Sweet Dreams, Lil Paw, we are introduced to cute little pup named Lil Paw. She is adorable and the youngest in the family. Feeling sad and afraid, when she closes her eyes for bed, her big dreams make her feel fearless and unstoppable.

In a family of working dogs and trainers, Lil Paw is too small but truly loves and admires her famil. She is awaiting the day she can be like them.

This is a wonderful beftime book to inspire kids to dream big rather than be afraid. One day, there time will come where they can be anything they put their mind to.

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Review: Once Upon a Christmas by Dawn Young and Illustrated by Kenneth Anderson

Once Upon a Christmas is a wonderful holiday read that was so much fun. With it's beautiful, inviting cover, it makes you excited to celebrated Christmas with some familiar friends. We tag along with The Three Bears for their first ever Christmas Eve celebration. The party is full of all fun things to do but nothing goes as expected. With a wrench thrown in for Santa, they all try to come together to save Christmas.

It was such a treat seeing some familiar characters from my childhood in the book. It has such a lovely message of how when people come together, great things can happen. There is always something special about these type of holiday books. Thing would be a wonderful addition to your holiday reading.

This book has 32 pages.

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Review: Wreck the Halls by Melinda Lee Rathjen and Illustrated by Gareth Williams

Wreck the Halls is a cute board book about an excited wrecker who wants to help his wonderful friends decorate and bring holiday cheer. Tag along with this wrecker and follow this fun story that shows your little reader the heart of what Christmas spirit is.

This book has 20 pages.

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