The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage by Jan & Mike Berenstain; and My Review

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Today's Wild Card author is:

Jan & Mike Berenstain

and the book:

The Berenstain Bears and the Gift of Courage

Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010)

***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bear books in 1962. Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Mike is married to Andrea, and they have three children. They live in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks a lot like Bear Country.


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Product Details:

List Price: $3.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310712564
ISBN-13: 978-0310712565

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My Review:
This is a great kids' book. The moral of this story was clearly portrayed in an interesting, fun way. Once again, these books are great to do 'voices' to because there's enough characters for variety, but not too many that you run out of 'voices' :P
I would recommend buying this series, and I'm seriously thinking about buying them for my own library!

The Berenstain Bears and a Job Well Done by Jan & Mike Berenstain; and My Review

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Today's Wild Card authors are:

Jan & Mike Berenstain

and the book:

The Berenstain Bears and A Job Well Done

Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010)

***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Stan and Jan Berenstain introduced the first Berenstain Bear books in 1962. Mike Berenstain grew up watching his parents work together to write about and draw these lovable bears. Eventually he started drawing and writing about them too. Mike is married to Andrea, and they have three children. They live in Pennsylvania, in an area that looks a lot like Bear Country.


Visit the authors' website.

Product Details:

List Price: $3.99
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Zonderkidz (April 9, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310712548
ISBN-13: 978-0310712541

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I loved this book! It's a really good story to read to a 3-year-old or older. Preferably a kid that isn't going to ask you to read it 3 times in a row (because it's not a quick, short story :P).
However, it's really fun to read and do different voices for it. And it's also interesting for you (or whoever reads it) to read to the child :) or for a child to read it for themselves.
Good morals with a fun storyline.

Touching the Clouds by Bonnie Leon & My Review

 

Touching the Clouds

by

Bonnie Leon

Kate Evans is an adventurous and independent young woman with a pioneer spirit. She pilots a mail delivery plane in the forbidding Alaskan wilderness, the lone woman in a male profession. But even that seems easy compared to finding true love. She likes a fellow pilot and would even consider marrying him - if it weren't for Paul, a mysterious man on her mail route with a gentle spirit and a past to hide. Can Kate break through the walls Paul has put up around his heart? And will her quest for adventure be her demise?


**Available July 2010 at your favourite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group**

Bonnie Leon is the best-selling author of more than ten historical fiction novels including To Love Anew and The Heart of Thornton Creek. She stays busy teaching women's Bible studies and speaking at writing seminars and conventions. She and her husband, Greg, live in Glide, Oregon.






My Review:
I really enjoyed this book. It was well-written, and I felt a lot of sympathy for Kate. She wasn't an idiot or reckless, but she was brave and courageous. She was willing to do what needed to be done, and she made sure that she did it as safely as possible.
A very good read :)

Premiere by Melody Carlson & My Review

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Today's Wild Card author is:

Melody Carlson

and the book:

Premiere

Zondervan (May 7, 2010)

***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Melody Carlson has written more than 200 books for teens, women, and children. Before publishing, Melody traveled around the world, volunteered in teen ministry, taught preschool, raised two sons, and worked briefly in interior design and later in international adoption. “I think real-life experiences inspire the best fiction,” she says. Her wide variety of books seem to prove this theory.





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Product Details:



List Price: $9.99

Reading level: Young Adult

Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: Zondervan (May 7, 2010)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0310717868

ISBN-13: 978-0310717867



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Wow! Melody Carlson has produced another outstanding book!
This is extremely well-written, and something that will appeal to a wide variety of teenager girls :)
Full of teenagers, fashion, and drama, this is a really good read.
It's clean without being boring or cliche.
My only regret is that I missed out on reviewing the next book in the series because of an oversight on my part :(
Once I finished Premiere I really wanted to continue on and read the next book, so when it comes out in Australia I will definitely be buying it!!