Reviews

4-8 year old, Action and Adventure, Animals, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews

The Last Firehawk: The Crystal Caverns

Author: Katrina Charman Illustrator: Jeremy Norton © Date: 2017 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Pages: 90 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, every page Publisher Recommended Age: 6-8 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Comprehension questions and creative paragraph writing suggestion Summary from Book: Only the brightest magic can beat The Shadow. Tag, Skyla, and Blaze are headed […]

4-8 year old, Biography, Humorous, Nonfiction, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

Ordinary People Change the World: I am Jim Henson

Author: Brad Meltzer Illustrator: Christopher Eliopoulos © Date: 2017 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pages: 40 Chapters: No Illustrations/Photographs: Yes, every page Publisher Recommended Age: 5-9 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: Not really, a timeline and photos from Jim Henson’s life are at the end, but also in the author/illustrator notes, you

8-12 year old, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews

Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers

Author: Anna James Illustrator: Paola Escobar © Date: 2018 Publisher: Puffin Books Pages: 281 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but most pages do not have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Ever since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories

8-12 year old, Animals, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

The Great Catnapping

Author: Emily Ecton Illustrator: David Mottram © Date: 2024 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: 235 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but most page layouts do not have illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Cat wrangler to the stars! That’s Madison’s new job. The white cat, who

8-12 year old, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Reviews

Castle Hangnail

Author: Ursula Vernon Illustrator: Ursula Vernon © Date: 2015 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pages: 373 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but most page layouts do not have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: When Molly shows up at Castle Hangnail’s doorstep to fill

12 years old and up, 8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

Keeper of the Lost Cities

Author: Shannon Messenger Illustrator: (Cover) Jason Chan © Date: 2012 Publisher: Aladdin Pages: 488 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: No Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She is a Telepath, and has a unique ability to hear the thoughts of everyone around

4-8 year old, 8-12 year old, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Reviews

Cinders and Sparks

Author: Lindsey Kelk Illustrator: Pippa Curnick © Date: 2019 – Great Britain (First US Edition 2021) Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 204 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, many page layouts have illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 7-10 years Bonus Activities at End of Book: No, but a sneak peek of the next book Summary from Book: Cinders isn’t supposed