Category Archives: Fantasy Childrens Books

Book Review #12: Thomas Wildus and the Book Of Sorrows by J.M. Bergen Nerds can be cool, Knowledge can be power, and Puberty can even be magical.

Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows: An Introduction

Today’s book du jour, Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows by J.M. Bergen.
Above image taken from http://jmbergen.com

Hi, folks! Glad to be back and blogging once again. Indeed, it has been a while! And boy, has my life has been excruciatingly busy as of late. Truly, I feel relieved that it finally seems as if things ova here are calming down. Somewhat.

Today’s post marks my 12th book review thus far to date! In this post, I will be discussing the brand-spanking new, coming-of-age middle-grade fantasy book Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows, written by new-on-the-scene author J.M. Bergen and released just this month! According to Bergen’s website, today’s spotlight read started out as a bedtime story for his oldest son, which eventually turned into a saga with one book eventually becoming a whopping five! 😮😀 The story itself, chock-full of mystery and adventure, is sure to please even the most selective YA fantasy literature connoisseurs!

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Front Cover

Book Review #11: The Day That A Ran Away by B.C.R. Fegan A Charming Tale From A to Z!

This week, I am reviewing children’s book The Day That A Ran Away, written by B.C.R. Fegan and illustrated by Lenny Wen.

Fegan and Wen, They Did It Again!

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The inside-the-book title page of The Day That A Ran Away

I really should have been a poet. Ha!

For book review #9 back in March, I reviewed the just-about-to-drop for the first time, super-cute children’s book Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 written by B.C.R. Fegan and illustrated by Lenny Wen, which focuses on the numbers 1-32 in a cheerfully-spooky-but-not-scary hotel setting. And now next month, the duo will be releasing yet another children’s book, this one featuring letters and the alphabet, titled The Day That A Ran Away. This newest Fegan-Wen tale is set in both a school classroom as well as the wilds of a little boy’s imagination. Or is it?? 🤔😎 Continue reading →

Book Review #9: Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 by B.C.R. Fegan An adorable story with lots o' learning throughout!

I’m Back and Book Reviewin’ Once Again!

I am back with yet another book review,
for Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32!

Not bad, eh?

My brutally honest co-reviewer.

For book review #9, I received an adorable picture book that looked like a perfect read-aloud for my youngest daughter, S3. I decided to review the story organically, and read it to S3 as part of our nightly bedtime ritual one night last month. Titled Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32, the book is authored by B.C.R. Fegan, and illustrated by Lenny Wen.

Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 is a picture book, written in verse, that contains a big-time focus on numbers and counting. Right away, the numeracy focus absolutely thrilled my inner elementary math AIS teacher, I have to say! Continue reading →

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Book Review #8: Jorie and the Magic Stones by A.H. Richardson Who Run The World? JORIE!

Jorie and the Magic Stones: An Introduction

Book Cover

The cover of Jorie and The Magic Stones

Welcome to my first children’s chapter book review! For my eighth book review, I had the pleasure of reading the story of Jorie and the Magic Stones, an intermediate-elementary level adventure-fantasy chapter book. And what a great story it was! While I am pretty darn far from the book’s target childhood-age demographic, I am still certain young readers will enjoy the story as much as I did! Plus, I have elementary teacher cred. Us teachers know good children’s literature when we read it, trust me. And Jorie and the Magic Stones happens to be just that: good children’s literature. I recommend reading it without hesitation.

Jorie and the Magic Stones can be described as part fantasy, part adventure, and nonstop fun from start to finish! A page-turner from chapter 1 to 43, in two days’ time, I had finished the book in its entirety. And THAT is the mark of a engaging story in my world. The teacher, parent, blogger, writer, and reviewer in me unanimously recommends this book, especially to young adventure-fantasy loving readers, from the ages of 8 to around age 12. Continue reading →