by Nicole Etolen | Oct 15, 2011 | Books
Title: Embraced by the Shadows Author: Mayra Calvani Format: e-book It’s almost Halloween! Are you excited? I am, mostly because I love taking Jake Trick or Treating so I can score some candy! You know what goes great with Halloween? Spooky books about vampires....
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 13, 2011 | Books
Title: Half-Baked History Author: Chip Bagnall Format: Kindle Satire as a literary genre dates back thousands of years to the ancient Egyptians and Romans. It is a way to poke fun at something, usually something very serious such as politics (although how...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 11, 2011 | Books
While Halloween is usually an exciting season filled with pumpkin patches, costumes, and of course, candy, it can be a frightening experience for some children. In fact, Jake was terrified of the whole thing from age 3 until just recently. It may have something to do...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 11, 2011 | Books
Title: Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart Author: Howard Binkow Publisher: We Do Listen Foundation One of the most important lessons that I feel Jake can learn from me is how to be an individual. In a world where kids and adults are under constant pressure...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 9, 2011 | Books
Title: The Way We Fall Author: Megan Crewe Publisher: Hyperion Release Date: January 24, 2012 I was so excited to find this book on Netgalley because it combines two of my favorite genres- YA fiction and deadly viruses. The Way We Fall, by Megan Crewe, is told...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 8, 2011 | Books
Title: Cheery: The True Adventures of a Chiricahua Leopard Frog Author: Elizabeth W. Davidson Illustrator: Michael Hagelberg Publisher: Five Star Publications Cheery is a Chiricahua Leopard Frog who starts his adventures as a tiny tadpole. In the beginning,...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 7, 2011 | Books, Online Services, Social Good
I absolutely love reading stories about young children doing extraordinary things, and Evan Moss is definitely an extraordinary little man. Evan suffers from Tuberous Sclerosis and Epilepsy, which causes severe and life-threatening seizures that typically require...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 5, 2011 | Books
Title: Flame of Surrender Author: Rhiannon Paille Publisher: It’s Coscom Entertainment Release Date: November 1st, 2011 Rhiannon Paille’s Flame of Surrender is the first book in a new series, The Ferryman and the Flame, and it is a stunning premiere novel...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 3, 2011 | Books
Title: The Student From Zombie Island Author: Michael J. Moorehead Publisher: Five Star Publications Kids seems to be learning the unsavory art of gossiping early and early these days (oh gods, I’m old, I just basically said “kids these days, didn’t...
by Nicole Etolen | Oct 2, 2011 | Books
Title: High Risk Pregnancy- Why Me? Author: Kelly Whitehead When I finally got pregnant with Jacob after six years of trying, I was terrified that something come along and snatch away my “dream come true.” My first two trimesters were practically straight...
