{Synopsis} – It’s the summer before her sixteenth birthday, and Sabrina Spellman knows her world is about to change. She’s always studied magic and spells with her aunts, Hilda and Zelda. But she’s also lived a normal mortal life – attending Baxter High, hanging out with her friends Susie and Roz, and going to the […]
Month: August 2019
{Dream Big: Joyce Wan}
{Synopsis} – A bold, inspiring message for little graduates of today with a heartening homage to female trailblazers of the past from beloved creator Joyce Wan! Dream your dreams with your eyes wide open and make them come true. Dream big, little one, the world is waiting for you. In this dreamy oversized board book, […]
{Five Little Pumpkins on Halloween Night: Sandra Magsamen}
{Synopsis} – Join these happy pumpkins in a cheerful rhyming countdown, in this chunky tall board book format! Five little pumpkins gigglingall day long. The first one said, “Let’s sing a song! Your little one will delight in this adorable, spooky, rhyming countdown! Discover how these little pumpkins celebrate Halloween in this new upright board […]
{I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944: Lauren Tarshis}
{Synopsis} – This installment in the New York Times bestselling I Survived series from Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the Normandy landings, just in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day! A battle that would change the course of World War II… Eleven-year-old Paul’s French village has been under Nazi control for years. His […]
{Recipe: Minestrone Soup}
I do not claim this recipe as my own. I am simply sharing it on my blog for others to be able to find it. I like to have all the recipes I like in one place. [yumprint-recipe id=’71’]
{I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: Lauren Tarshis}
{Synopsis} – No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier before . . . until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier National Park every year, and it’s always been a place where she can forget her troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park […]
{I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888: Lauren Tarshis}
{Synopsis} – Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he’s about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America’s midwest without warning. Within hours, America’s prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. […]
{I Survived the American Revolution, 1776: Lauren Tarshis}
{Synopsis} – British soldiers were everywhere. There was no escape. Nathaniel Fox never imagined he’d find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. He was only eleven years old! He’d barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. How could he, while being worked to the bone by […]
{I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980: Lauren Tarshis}
{Synopsis} – It was one the most beautiful mountains in America, Mt. St. Helens, in Washington State. But what many didn’t know was that this peaceful mountain had an explosive past. For more than a century, it had been quiet. But below ground, pressure had been building, and soon, Kaboom! Mt. St. Helens would erupt […]
{The Lightning Thief: Rick Riordan}
{Synopsis} – Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school…again. And that’s the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. […]


