8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Humorous, Reviews

Fart Quest

Author: Aaron Reynolds Illustrator: Cam Kendell © Date: 2020 Publisher: Roaring Book Press Pages: 278 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Many – most page layouts have an illustration Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: After their masters go POOF in a goblin battle gone bad, Fart, Pan, and Moxie-three lowly apprentices-decide to become […]

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

The Great Vandal Scandal

Author: Emily Ecton Illustrator: David Mottram © Date: 2023 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: 234 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but a lot of page layouts do not have illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Big plans are afoot at the Strathmore building. Butterbean is going

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

Punycorn

Author: Andi Watson Illustrator: Andi Watson © Date: 2023 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 223 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Carbuncle is a land of endless rainbows and sugar-sprinkled doughnuts–until the vile Sir Ogre unleashes his evil army on the happy

8-12 year old, Animals, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery, Reviews

The Great Ghost Hoax

Author: Emily Ecton Illustrator: David Mottram © Date: 2021 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pages: 259 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, but a lot of page layouts do not have illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: No Summary from Book: Butterbean is bored. She and the other pets pulled off a

8-12 year old, Animals, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humorous, Reviews

Katie the Catsitter

Author: Colleen AF Venable Illustrator: Stephanie Yue © Date: 2021 Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Pages: 206 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: Not really, pages of cat names with special skills and author/illustrator information details Summary from Book: Meet Katie the Catsitter–some heroes have

8-12 year old, Fiction, Humorous, Reviews

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Author: Tom Angleberger Illustrator: Tom Angleberger and Jason Rosenstock © Date: 2010 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 141 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, most pages have small doodle-like illustrations Publisher Recommended Age: 8-12 Bonus Activities at End of Book: Yes, how to fold your own origami Yoda Summary from Book: It takes the wisdom of Yoda to

4-8 year old, 8-12 year old, Action and Adventure, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Reviews, Science Fiction

The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny

Author: James Kochalka Illustrator: James Kochalka © Date: 2016 Publisher: First Second Pages: 125 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, graphic novel Publisher Recommended Age: 6-10 years old Bonus Activities at End of Book: Not really, there are short bonus comics at the end Summary from Book: A Glork Patrol is no place for little kids, but Gonk

4-8 year old, Animals, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Reviews

Baby Monkey, Private Eye

Author: Brian Selznick and David Serlin Illustrator: Brian Selznick © Date: 2018 Publisher: Scholastic Press Pages: 189 Chapters: Yes Illustrations: Yes, illustrations are on most pages and tell part of the story Publisher Recommended Age: 4-9 Bonus Activities at End of Book: Not really, but there is a key to baby monkey’s office that has

4-8 year old, Animals, Nonfiction, Page Pig Favorites, Reviews

Marsupials

Author: Nic Bishop Photographer: Nic Bishop © Date: 2009 Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction Pages: 48 Chapters: No Photographs: Yes, some page layouts have a picture page opposite a text page Publisher Recommended Age: 4-8 Bonus Activities at End of Book: A glossary and a brief story about Nic Bishop’s adventures working on the book. Summary from

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