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Fantasy Novels & Graphic Novels

Happy Release Week for Hooray, It's Three Kings Day . 🎄 I miss how we used to build a tiny village under the tree with flowing water and include all the important nativity figures. 🎁 I always loved the 3 kings and always remembered celebrating Day 6 of January with our Portuguese King Cake, which is a very tasty cake with fruit. Like Santa leaves gifts on the 24th (December) night, the Kings leave on the 5th (January). ❤️ This book explains well what Kings Day is and even i

Early Chapter books 📚 with @candlewickpress for your young ones. 🧡Educational 🩷Fun 💚Easy to read ❤️Illustrated 💚Slice of Life, compassion 🧡Friendship 💙Journalism and Activism Ava Lin, Best Friend by @fangmousbooks By @kirbylarson and @shinjifujiokastudio Shermy & Shake the not-so-new kid Shermy & Shake the not-so-nice neighbor By @iamchristineplatt @aleamarley Frankie & Friends Breaking News Frankie & Friends The Big Protest The Princess Black in Kitty Catastrophe by S

📚📮 Author Spotlight. Can you believe that... 👉 I only discovered this author when I was an adult because of a Master Class subscription. It was awesome listening to him explain his love for spooky but also having fun/enjoying humor. 👉 I knew of Goosebumps because of the TV show, but I had never read one 🧡 The covers are always amazing. I can't wait to review these. 💙❓️Share with me your experience/memories of reading this author. 💜 The best Spooky recs for this Fall. I

What an amazing interactive & educational book! After a While, Crocodile: A Lift-the-Flap Picture Book Full of Wordplay (Familius, August 6, 2024, Ages 4-8). Thank you publisher for the copy. 🎨 & ✍️ By @bdsneed Publisher: @familiusbooks 👉Lift- the- Flap book (all pages have double illustrations) Introduces children to: 👉 Wordplay 👉 Rhyming 👉 Obscure Animals My Review: I am so impressed with this book for its format and attention to detail. Hardcover and very resistant, a

Book here ● Review ● #gamerville This is an auto-buy graphic novel author for me. There is always a great balance between drama, serious themes, and positive resolutions. Great values and life lessons. In this volume, we have two main cores and several subthemes. First: the life of gamers who focus on online lifestyle vs. outdoor activities. The author shows more similarities than differences, and I appreciate that, I love both: games and the outdoors in a balanced way, and I

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My review 5 plus This is one of my first 2024 reads and turned out to be one of my favorite fantasy series that is middle-grade but will please readers of all ages who love the coming-of-age story of a dragon meeting his rider, and not a portal fantasy. Plus, it's more than one POV and has a great creative take on how dragons are born, how the world deals with magic, and how to pick riders. The relationship between the rider and dragon, or the young girl searching for her r

📮👉This book is simple but direct. A fantastic novelization of Susie King Taylor's story that also includes the book she wrote in 1902. Release day: September 26th, 2023 Ages: 10 and up Pages: about 288 (will be available in different formats) Imprint: Aladdin @simonkids My full review: (also in my blog and my usual platforms) 5/5 A well-written novelization in the first person Susie King Taylor's story highlights. Her important part in the history of people and war (Civil W