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TRAVELS WITH GANNON & WYATT: BOTSWANA by Patti Wheeler & Keith Hemstreet Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-60832-585-6 Middle Grade Adventure Grades 3-6 Reviewed from purchased copy. ABOUT THE BOOK When Gannon and Wyatt arrive in Botswana for an African safari, they find themselves tangled up in much more than a family vacation. After receiving word that a poacher has shot and wounded a lioness, they set off into the wild in the hopes of saving the mother and her cubs before the poacher finishes the job. While on this amazing journey, they encounter Africa’s Big Five - elephants, rhinos, cape buffalos, leopards, and lions?only to discover that the most dangerous predator in the African bush is not the king of beasts, but man himself. In the tradition of the historic journals kept by explorers such as Lewis and Clark, Dr. David Livingstone, and Captain James Cook comes the adventure series Travels with Gannon and Wyatt . From Africa to the ...

MOSEY'S FIELD by Barbara Lockhart, illustrated by Heather Crow Schiffer Publishing, 2013 ISBN: 9780764343889 Grades K-5 Picture Book Animal Reviewed from e-copy provided by publisher through NetGalley. ABOUT THE BOOK Mosey, a long-legged, lumbering kind of dog, has a napping place in the middle of a corn field, but when the plow comes through, followed later by the planter, Mosey can no longer find his spot. As the corn grows, Mosey's adventures in the field include exploring tunnels in the corn rows, chasing rabbits, finding relief from the summers heat, and, at the end of the season, experiencing the terrifying (to him) appearance of a combine. Mosey's Field illuminates the beauty of the rural landscape, the change in seasons, and the progression of agricultural methods. While Mosey continues the search for his special place, children are not only connected to the environment, but the important concept of where food comes from.  REVIEW Mosey th...

ISABELLA, STAR OF THE STORY by Jennifer Fosberry, pictures by Mike Litwin Sourcebooks, 2013 ISBN: 9781402279362 Picture Book Contemporary Grades K-5 Reviewed from copy provided by publisher through NetGalley. ABOUT THE BOOK Every day's an adventure with Isabella! Isabella checks out the library, and steals the spotlight from some of the most memorable children's book characters. She's Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole. No, now she's Peter Pan, flying off to Never Never Land. And when it's finally time to follow the yellow brick road home, she decides she's happy just being Isabella, the little purple-haired girl with a lot of books and even more imagination. REVIEW There were a lot of things that I loved about this book.  I loved Isabella and her love of books and the library (natural since I'm a librarian).  I loved her eagerness to use her imagination in enjoying the books she chose.  The illustrations are delightful and imaginativ...