Targeted Age Group:: 8 - 13 Category: Children's - Action & Adventure About The Hoppernots: How do you become a hero when everyone thinks you’re trouble? Around Lake Fibian, Max, Cristobel, and Spyder are notorious. Stories of their pranks and troublemaking ways have followed them all of their lives. When they hear the tales about a creature called the Hoppernot, they believe the Elders are making up stories to keep young frogs (okay, mostly them) in line. But when frightened … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: The Hoppernots by Deborah Blake Dempsey
Gift Guide: Stand Alone by P.D. Workman
Targeted Age Group:: 13-17 Category: YA - Health, Mind & Body About Stand Alone: Is Justine crazy? Everyone thinks so... Her mother. The kids at school, and the teachers and administrators too. Even the police who pick her up from her night rambles. Maybe them most of all. Justine’s therapist says she is ‘troubled’, but it means the same thing. He thinks that her vivid, reoccurring nightmares and atrocious behavior point to some trauma in her past; but Em, Justine’s mother, … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: Stand Alone by P.D. Workman
Gift Guide: The Princelings of the East by Jemima Pett
Targeted Age Group:: 10 + Category: Children's - Fantasy About The Princelings of the East: The Princelings of the East is a trilogy telling the exciting adventures of unlikely heroes Princelings George and Fred. Two innocents abroad, they solve problems caused by unintended consequences, commercial greed, and blind prejudice—and still find time to engage in troubled love affairs and nearly blow themselves up with their own inventions. The trilogy is avalable as a single paperback; the … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: The Princelings of the East by Jemima Pett
Gift Guide: The Stranger’s Secret by Gloria Repp
Targeted Age Group:: Ages 7 and up Category: Children's - Animals About The Stranger's Secret: Pibbin, that tiny treefrog with a big heart, hops into another adventure! After a bad storm, Pibbin discovers an injured Green Frog floating past Dip's Bridge. The frog, Riff, carries a mysterious bundle and has frightening memories. And now, Pibbin tells himself, Riff is okay, safe in Friendship Bog. So . . . he can join Leeper on the work party trip, can’t he? But who will take care … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: The Stranger’s Secret by Gloria Repp
Gift Guide: Alf The Workshop Dog by Emma Calin
Targeted Age Group:: 6-12 Category: Children's - Animals About Alf The Workshop Dog: How could a scruffy dog in a bus depot and the call of crows, link back to another world of power and love? Award winning bestseller Emma Calin's brand new series of modern day fairy stories for younger readers. A wicked king, a beautiful girl, a young prince and the struggle between right and wrong maintain the fable tradition. The ancient Kingdom of Zanubia and a stray dog looking for scraps in an … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: Alf The Workshop Dog by Emma Calin
Gift Guide: Success Before Sex by Sharnice A. Jones
Targeted Age Group:: 12 - 17 Category: YA - Literature & Fiction About Success Before Sex: It's About Priorities, Not Perfection As honest as it is easy read, "Success Before Sex" is written by a teenager, for a young teenage audience. Sex can be difficult for teenagers to openly talk about with adults, leaving high risk for misinformation and misunderstanding. "Success Before Sex" is a suitable tool for starting a dialogue on this sensitive subject. The young author details her … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: Success Before Sex by Sharnice A. Jones
Gift Guide: Professor Kompressor out of this world by Nils Andersson
Targeted Age Group:: 7-12 Category: Children's - Science, Nature & How It Works About Professor Kompressor out of this world: Professor Kompressor is an inventor. He is excellent at inventing and, even though his ideas don’t always work out as intended, you can’t keep an excellent inventor down. A slight miscalculation leaves the Professor with time on his hands and he develops an obsession with space. A flash of inspiration leads to an unexpected invention. An innocent game … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: Professor Kompressor out of this world by Nils Andersson
Gift Guide: The Cat’s Guide to Enjoying Exercise by Debby Rodgers
Targeted Age Group:: 2-8 Category: Children's - Animals About The Cat's Guide to Enjoying Exercise: These gorgeous cats are having a great time playing at home, and getting some exercise at the same time! Follow Jonty Bloom as she leads her friends through a fun workout. A children's poem to encourage them to have fun while they exercise. … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: The Cat’s Guide to Enjoying Exercise by Debby Rodgers
Gift Guide: The Rabbit Ate My Homework by Rachel Elizabeth Cole
Targeted Age Group:: 8-12 Category: Children's - Animals About The Rabbit Ate My Homework: Eleven-year-old Drew Montgomery has not, does not, and will not ever want a stupid old rabbit. All they do is sit in their cages, eat carrots, and poop. Then his annoying little sister blackmails him into hiding a bunny in his closet. She knows what really happened to his "stolen" bike and she's threatening to tell. Now Drew’s in a real jam. If his "No pets!" parents find the rabbit or, worse, his … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: The Rabbit Ate My Homework by Rachel Elizabeth Cole
Gift Guide: Alexandra Fry, Private Eye: Curse of the Lion’s Heart by Angella Graff
Targeted Age Group:: 10+ Category: Children's - Action & Adventure About Alexandra Fry, Private Eye: Curse of the Lion's Heart: Alexandra Fry is just your average seventh-grader. Or is she? Starting a new school, Alexandra hopes to leave her old life, and old reputation, of “Loopy Lexi” behind. But it’s not so easy when Alexandra is the kind of girl who sees ghosts. And not just any ghosts, but history’s most famous. They come to her to solve mysteries when things from their past life … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: Alexandra Fry, Private Eye: Curse of the Lion’s Heart by Angella Graff
