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Title: Petey and the Bee: A Dog's Tale

Subtitle: Sami and Thomas

Author: James McDonald, Rebecca McDonald

Narrator: Nikki Lowe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-14

Publisher: House of Lore

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Petey loves to help his family, but he can't climb trees, so while the family builds a playhouse Petey tries to keep busy and ends up in some big trouble, soaking his best friend, Vesters the cat who hates water, and tangling with a big yellow bumble bee named Charlie who ends up losing his temper. Come along with the Lamb Family pets for some rip-roaring fun.

Members Reviews:

OUCH! THAT STINGS....

Cute animal tale about a dog named Petey, the family cat, Vester and a bumble bee named Charlie.. Petey and Vester play catch until the ball gets caught in the birdbath. Petey decides to roll around in the flowers, disturbing the bee who decides to sting him in the tail. Then the bee begins to feel guilty, and an interesting set of circumstances arise to turn the tide of the story.

Preschoolers and young children who enjoy animals will enjoy the short tale. Interesting illustrations remind me of the Davy and Goliath characters. Recommended as a bedtime story or beginning to read chapter book.

Petey's tale of how he got stung by a bee one day!

Wow! What a delightful story and with such a happy ending. It

also had nice size print t read and fantastic illustrations that looked more like photos taken from a great camera. So, I Felt it needed five stars. I would especially recommend this for animal lovers and kids ages 3-18 and in grades P-6; I received the for free and in return here is my honest review.

Great work Rebecca! By Angela

and great detail in the pictures

So I only have one issue with this book. While I originally bought it due to the vibrant colors, and great detail in the pictures, the ending of this book leaves very little closure on the story. I think one more page showing how the dog and the bee become friends would have made it much much better. Instead it is left open to interpret, but for a toddler that is not always easy, so I find myself making up the ending a little differently when I read to my child.

It really feels like the movie ELF where Walter Hobbs signs off on a book to his publisher where the last two pages are blank. That is what I thought of immediately when I got to the end.

Petey and the Bee

Petey and the Bee: A Dog's Tale (Sami and Thomas)

Colorful children's story of Petey the dog and how he is able to play with the cat. He can go and do things Petey can't but they are able to play once Petey saves the cat.

The cat gets the ball out of the birdbath, that Petey couldn't get to, so they can play ball. It will help Petey to not think of the pain at the end of his tail, til the bee lands on his nose...

What Petey didn't realize was one of the flowers he'd sent flying through the air had a plump, fuzzy bee on it...

Author consistently delivers great artwork (computer generated which reminds me some of what Pixar does) with original, amusing story lines. I loved the way Petey was drawn and the natural way in which the dog acted which made me laugh at times. I look forward to reading more Sami and Thomas adventures in the future as a result!

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Title: The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Author: Oliver Jeffers

Narrator: Jim Broadbent

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Roll up, roll up! Meet the Incredible Book Eating Boy...

Henry loves booksbut not like you and I. He loves to EAT books! This immensely popular picture book follows the trials and tribulations of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. Henry discovers his unusual taste by mistake one day, and is soon swept up in his new-found passion - gorging on every delicious book in sight! And better still, he realises that the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy; the smartest boy in the world! But a book-eating diet isn't the healthiest of habits, as Henry soon finds out

Critic Reviews:

"Mouth-wateringly irresistible" (The Guardian)

"This is a book that children will devour." (The Observer)

"The whole thing looks good enough to eat." (Times Educational Supplement)

"a beautifully produced edition that really is good enough to eat." (The Bookseller)

"with IBEB, Jeffers has produced his most appealing work yet, conjuring up a magical piece of fiction that is not only divinely illustrated and wittily told, but perfectly realised." (Junior)

Members Reviews:

Funny and kid friendly

Adorable story. I love reading it to my grandson.

Oliver Jeffers is amazing. This book is fun and funny and silly

Oliver Jeffers is amazing. This book is fun and funny and silly. It is a favorite in our house during story time.

Really anything by Oliver Jeffers is a joy to read

My 6 year old grandson loves this book so much. We laughed and laughed. Really anything by Oliver Jeffers is a joy to read.

Three Stars

The wordings are a tad too small to read. Lovely illustration

Delicious story

Delightfully clever story, although younger children may imitate the clever touch on the back cover! I especially like that it doesn't talk down to kids. We bought this for my son's sixth birthday, and he loved it. The baby also seemed to find it quite tasty.

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Title: The Bremen Town Musicians

Author: Brothers Grimm

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-25-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

For one beast of burden here was hope in a career change. He wished to travel to Bremen to become the town musician. Along the way he found three other aging animals that use the wisdom of their collective years to extend their lives and enhance their circumstances. When they all sang together the "result" was undeniably life changing. A classic narrated by Glenn Hascall.

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Title: Six Soldiers of Fortune

Author: Brothers Grimm

Narrator: Glenn Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-21-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

After what appears to be an untimely dismissal from the army one soldier determines to seek revenge. He completes his plan with the help of five other men who each possess very specific skills. Together they find both friendship and a way to gain a fortune. Classic Grimm from narrator Glenn Hascall.

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Title: The Abominators & The Abominators in the Wild

Author: J. L. Smith

Narrator: Andrew Piper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Mucker, Boogster, Cheesy, and Bob, also known as The Abominators, are the most mischievous characters you will ever have come across. Their interests include: chaos, mayhem, and filling the school toilets with strawberry jelly.

Their interests definitely do not include: making friends with panty-wanty-woowearing new boy, Cecil Trumpington-Potts. Cecil, however, is certain he can change their minds.... Will an adventure involving baked beans, a midnight quest, and an escaped bear help to change their minds? Theres only one way to find out....

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Title: Blood Oath

Subtitle: Gladiator School, Book 1

Author: Dan Scott

Narrator: Sean Ruttledge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-20-14

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Young Lucius life is suddenly turned upside down, leading him to seek answers amongst the slaves and warriors who work and train at Romes gladiator school. When his father is accused of being a ruthless government informer, the Spectre, and disappears, Quintus takes the dreaded Blood Oath and vows to become a gladiator.

But while Quintus risks his life in the arena, his brother Lucius must fight for their survival behind the scenes, plunging himself into danger and mystery. Where has their father gone? Why has he abandoned everything he once stood for? And what is the meaning of the coded messages that Lucius has been receiving?

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

A perfectly good book, but not as popular as some other books my kids have read.

Blood Oath an excellent introduction to the life of a 1st century AD Roman gladiator for young adults

Lucius, a 13-year-old son of a Roman senator, has just had his world turned upside down. The emperor Vespasian has died and his successor, his oldest son, Titus, wants to sweep the Palatine clean of informers who capitalized on his father's preoccupation with treason by denouncing people, many innocent, as enemies of the state. Unfortunately, one of the enemies of Lucius' father uses this change in administration to frame Quintus Valerius Aquila as the notorious informant "The Spectre".

Aquila must flee Rome before he is arrested, leaving Lucius, his older brother, Quintus, his younger sister Valeria and their mother adrift and alone in the wreckage that was once a comfortable and respected existence. Aquila's brother Ravilla steps forward to "look after" the bereft family but his motives are soon suspect as he sells off all of his brother's assets and deposits the family in a tiny dank flat in the squalid Sburra district of Rome.

This scenario is actually quite historical.

"He [Titus] worked skilfully and specifically to rebut charges of cruelty, extravagance, self-indulgence, and greed, and he is credited with an improvement in public life. The state of the sources obscures detail, but Titus' commonplace opening move, renunciation of treason trials as a remedy for slander, was reinforced by punishments." - Vespasian by Barbara Levick

Lucius is certain his father is innocent but his older brother Quintus rails against Aquila for deserting the family and committing such dastardly acts. Left with barely enough to eat, Quintus decides to take the "blood oath" of a gladiator and join his uncle's gladiator school. There he hopes to earn enough money to restore at least some dignity to the rest of his family. Concerned for his brother's safety and suspicious of his uncle's motives, Lucius asks for a job at the gladiator school doing whatever errands are assigned by either his uncle or the lanista, Crassus.

As readers follow Lucius around the gladiator school each day, they learn about the type of weaponry used by the different types of gladiators, the food they eat, the brutal nature of their training and how matches are arranged and even financed. The author uses footnotes to explain Latin words that are incorporated into the narrative or cultural practices that Lucius encounters.

Quintus is particularly gifted in the martial arts and is soon slated for his first official match.

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Title: An Operation of Cooperation

Subtitle: A Sami and Thomas Adventure

Author: James McDonald

Narrator: Nikki Lowe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-14

Publisher: House of Lore

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

On a sunny day with two kids at play, a problem comes about.

But rather than fight and use their might, they decide to figure it out.

Come along with Sami and Thomas on their adventure of cooperation, where a brother and a sister learn that working together makes for a much brighter day.

An Operation of Cooperation is an excellent classroom resource that shows the benefit of getting along with others, working as a team, and how helping each other makes the world a better place for everyone. An Operation of Cooperation can be used as a starting point for developing social skills and good manners in children, as well as gaining an understanding of the importance of sharing. Use An Operation of Cooperation to introduce the child in your life to the power of cooperating.

Members Reviews:

Great read aloud book for siblings

This is a great read aloud book that address the importance of empathy between siblings, without being preachy or sappy. The fanciful illustrations (I LOVE the floating tree islands!) and bright colours add to the story. The expressions on the children's and even the pets' faces will help parents discuss "how do you think Sami/Thomas/the Cat is feeling" with younger children while older children will appreciate the characters' brainstorming and problem solving. All in all, this is a worthwhile book to add to any family's collection, and I heartily recommend it.

Very touching.

I read this book to my son and daughter who argue a lot and I really adored it. After the book I pointed out how adulthood can be like floating islands and they will want to be sure to remain friends so they are not on their islands alone. We were all very moved.

Two Heads are Better than One

"In a place far away No two people could play, For they all lived on islands alone..." Crisp, computer graphics and an excellent message about working together to solve problems. The only glitch I noticed was a formatting issue where anytime I wanted to start at the beginning of the book I had to click back manually from whence I was dropped in at the middle of the story. Overall, a very good book!

Delightful story, important lessons and great illustrations...What more could you want?

What a nicely done little children's book this one is with a fantastic message which in not delivered in a "preachy" mode....how refreshing!

Briefly; a brother and sister are having problem with cooperation and have a bit of a tiff going on which their wise mother overhears. She sets the two rather typical youngsters down and tells them a story.

The world is made up of small floating islands in the sky - rather pretty little islands and two of them have a child on them; one a boy, another a girl. They become friends and decide it would be nice if they could get together and play. Because of the distance of the floating islands they find; after some discussion that they will be forced to cooperate with each giving a little of them selves and making some compromises in order to get their two islands linked together.

This is a well told little tale with rather unique illustrations which will delight the eye with their details. Like another reviewer here, I loved the expression on the character's faces and the islands had a certain dream like quality to them.

This is a wonderful read-aloud book for a group as each illustration is quite easy to see and the colors pop from the pages.

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Title: Humor Cats: Cats Are Just Really Big Jerks!

Subtitle: Just Really Big Jerks Series

Author: Timmie Guzzmann

Narrator: Merrick Gumble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-14

Publisher: Inge Baum

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Cat lovers will laugh out loud at the jerkiness of their furry friends with these curious & humorous cat poems and rhymes. In this hilarious book of tongue-twisting and rhyming poetry, Timmie watches cats while they think nobody watches them and unlocks the poet in him.

Powered by his creative potential Timmie Guzzmann, the author of Cats Are Just Really Big Jerks! explains the jerky and weird behavior and ignorance of cats.

The poems collected in the audiobook perfectly capture the inner workings of the jerk cat psyche.

The audiobook includes funny, hilarious and whimsical illustrations that reveal kitty cats at their jerkiest moments.

Timmie opens the window of truth to shed light onto the most humorous and most daring jerk moments lived by these lazy, fickle, perky and pesky animals as they are going on about their day in a truly jerky way.

Timmie exposes true jerk personality and exposes some secrets that have never been told before.

Timmie takes a very refreshing approach (and you will laugh out loud!) and tells his rhyming story that is chock full of jerk personality, a jerkiness that really is out of this world (ootwjr AKA out of this world jerk reality!)

Let yourself be wowed and dive into a totally new genre of cat jerkiness because you won't believe how these jerks are acting when they think nobody is watching them...

Members Reviews:

Jerks!

Haha I laughed out loud reading through this book. I buy these books for my niece and nephew who come over nearly every weekend and they love reading them on to my kindle. They are going to love this!

The audio snipit was great and I plan to go buy the complete recording

The book sounds fun and now I plan to buy the complete recording. The narrator has an expressive and interesting voice.

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Title: The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

Author: L. Frank Baum

Narrator: Alyssa Hascall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Today, we are used to reimagined stories. Famed author L. Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz) created this story from a very short nursery rhyme. You'll learn the reason for the large number of children and the understandable need that resulted in the shoe-like perception of her house. Narrated by Alyssa Hascall.

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Title: The Last Viking

Author: Terry Deary

Narrator: Huw Parmenter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-14

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The Viking invaders have arrived to make Ellie and her fellow villagers slaves! But nobody at the monastery where she and her brother, Symeon, live, will believe that they are under attack! Will they be able to outwit the raiders and escape?