AuntieSarah.com YR Book Rating: 6.5 Turning 13 can be tumultuous for anyone, but our heroine in Ingrid Law’s Savvy, isn’t like anyone else you may know. You see, Mibs is from a super-secretive, ancient magical family whos members each inherit a unique special power on their 13th birthday — their own “savvy” which they must [...]
AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4.5 Startling talent, bravery, and a fierce friendship shine in Masterpiece, by Elise Broach, when the most unnoticeable of creatures — a small, young beetle called Marvin teams-up with a shy but courageous boy, James, to outwit a master art thief at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art! Marvin lives [...]
AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4 (out of 5) What is all the giggling about? I may be a grown-up, but deep in the pages of Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, I am unable to control the full-belly giggle of my inner 8yr old as I peer over the top of the book to see who has [...]
AuntieSarah.com Rating: 7 Funny, zippy and sharp, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech, is enjoyable for young readers and older alike. By the middle of the book, I wanted to invite Granny Torrelli to my own home to make her soup and soothe my heart with her funny, wise advice. I gave this book [...]
Based on and inspired by a real box turtle named Jupiter, this enchanting book details a journey back through time via the dreams of the turtle. Jupiter wakes up from his long winter hibernation in the spring and awakens from his dreams of winter. The first part of the book shows us other turtles awakening [...]