Reviews written by Adrien Carter, Newsletter Manager and Staff Reviewer

Toby just wants to get the perfect gift for his dad, but he seems way too hard to please. His uncle, on the other hand, greets Toby with a smile, hugs, and kind words; his garage even has a chair with Toby’s name on it next to his Uncle’s desk....

Unicornia: The Frozen Palace occurs as Claudia is going on a school trip to The Frozen Panace, which is made of ice. There are penguins everywhere, you can fly with unicorns made of ice, and this seems to be the most magical place inside of Unicornia. Unfortunately, Claudia and her...

In Happy Chinese New Year, Little Red Panda, the excitement of Chinese New Year, along with its traditions, is shared. You’ll be joining Little Red Panda while he learns about this holiday from Nai Nai. What I Liked: This book does a great job...

In this book, a young girl is getting her hair styled, and as this occurs, she provides us with an overall history of African hair. She talks about beads, feathers, charcoal, pearls, cornrows, maps, seeds, dreadlocks, etc., all while ensuring that different African cultures are portrayed. ...

Dr. Jekyll was just about to welcome his guests to his grand exhibition when he suddenly collapsed due to Mr. Hyde pulling him under. He assumes that everything has gone wrong, but finds that the event was a success, and each of the scientists has new patrons. Dr. Jekyll also...

The Glass Scientists, Volume 2, picks up where we left Dr. Jekyll at the close of Volume 1, where his secret was starting to become a problem. In this volume, Hyde is tired of not being allowed to come out and play and has discovered a new trick that he...

Mega: The Most Enourmous Animals explores various different megafauna species from ones that went extinct to ones that live today. This book reviews why some of the biggest animals went extinct, what we know about their lives, and how to protect the megafauna that live amongst us now. ...

Reptiles and Amphibians of the Americas provides interesting facts about reptiles and amphibians. It takes you to where they come from, their survival throughout the years, their various superpowers, and how they contribute to the environment. What I Liked: This book takes you through...

This year, Santa Claus has encountered a problem: there are too many kids on the nice list, and he may not be able to deliver all of those presents. His solution is to recruit an apprentice who is going to be chosen through a competition. So many come to the...

A package has arrived at the post office, and it's beautifully wrapped. One by one, hedgehog, skunk, hummingbird, and owl all stop to ask the postman if the package happens to be for them. He cleverly tells them the package isn’t for them, and, since they are all curious, they...

The Glass Scientists Volume 1 tells the tale of Dr. Henry Jekyll, who lives in London and founded the Society for Arcane Sciences, because he thinks that mad scientists would thrive if only their public image could be changed. London isn’t really safe for mad scientists, though. There was an...

Arden isn’t thrilled that he is moving from Los Angeles to Winifred, Michigan, and is worried that this is going to be a hard place to exist as a Trans person. Gabe can’t wait to relocate from his small town in Illinois to Pasadena, California, and reinvent himself where no...

What do you say when your daughter asks to be pretty like the girls she sees in the media? All the Ways to be Pretty tries to begin conversations about beauty with children using an Islamic perspective. Everyone is beautiful in their own ways, and this book serves as a...

In Volume 2 of Life Really Socks, Freddy, Ruggles, and Hanks are back and travel to the Pinky Toe Kingdom, which is a realm of cute baby socks, where they enroll in a royal contest. They join this contest in order to win the Dial of Desires, a powerful artifact...

Freddy is a skater sock who got caught in the spin cycle and gets transported into sock-verse. Unfortunately, Freddy isn’t too thrilled about this since he lost his perfect pair, Peter. Freddy stumbles upon Ruffles and Hanks, who go on a quest with him to find the gatekeeper of the...