Kids Books - Folk

Do you know what a nisse is? If you don’t a nisse is a Norwegian mythical creature. It’s a similar a leprechaun. That’s what this book is about. Winterfrost by Michelle Houts it is about a girl named Bettina and her baby sister Pia and the nisse. Bettina and her baby sister Pia were home alone one week because an unexpected event made their parents leave. Bettina was in charge of the house, the barn and Baby Pia. A tradition for their family is on Christmas eve they leave out a bowl of rice pudding in the barn for the tiny nisse to eat. This Christmas the family forgets to put out rice pudding and the nisse feels neglected. The antagonist is the nisse and the protagonist is Bettina and Pia. One morning Bettina wakes up and there was a winterfrost which was very rare in Denmark. Bettina decides to put Pia in her crib to take a nap. As Pia was sleeping Bettina got tired too and slowly fell asleep. When Bettina wakes up she went to check on her and Pia was gone! Bettina got very worried so she went looking for her around the house and she wasn't there. She decides to look outside to see if she was there. As she walked out she saw something red moving super fast. She kept walking and she saw it again and again until she decided to follow it. It led her to a very very small house underneath a tree stump. She opened the door and she saw house full of nisse. I recommend this book to 10-13 year olds because Bettina is around that age.

Taran settled back into life at Caer Dallben only to leave again on a journey to steal the black cauldron from Arawn, death-lord. Everything goes as planned, until they realize that someone has beaten them to the job- and the black cauldron is gone. The only hope left is to abandon searching for the remainderr of their group and go searching in the Marshes of Morva for the creators of the cauldron, the only ones able to accomplish such a feat. But regaining the cauldron is going to be harder than Taran thought, as it requires sacrifices, to acquire, and the ultimate sacrifice to destroy it..... Alexander Lloyd had me rooting for the characters the whole time, rejoicing and grieving with them all through.

A little girl knows there are fairies in her backyard. But where? In Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl, she illustrates a young girl's search for the fairies in her yard with colorful art and a delightful storyline! This is a whimisical, magical, adorable picture book!

I pulled this book off of the Young Adult shelves expecting some light fiction, but I really enjoyed some of the deeper meanings behind this story! Yes, it is a retelling of Snow White, but with insights that really apply to most women today. First of all, the two most prominent female characters are alike in that they find themselves unacceptable- like two sides of a coin, even their names are like each other. One, however, becomes the villain, and the other, the heroine. But Levine paints the two characters so you can see how one, in coming to accept herself as she is, finds happiness and bestows grace on those around her, and how the other, in hating herself and trying to be other than what she is, ends up destroying the kingdom.

Right now I am reading this book, and wow! This is set back to before Mulan, you know, pulled the sword. Mulan's little sister is in danger and Mulan and this immortal bunny rabbit must travel together to stop the evil-doer who caused Mulan's little sister harm and who has evil intentions towards the immortal bunny rabbit and the world. I do not know if I convinced everyone with my pathetic summary but as a good adventure book critic, I say that this is a definite must read for everyone who has seen the movie.

After getting shunned from the mansioning apprentice master, Elodie has nowhere else to go. Without money, shelter, or any friends, she finds help from the dragon, called Meenore. Elodie uses her deductive thinking to solve a mystery in Two Castles. I would recommend this for ages 10+ I usually like mysteries so I thought that this one was also quite good. The pace was okay but in the end the plot had such a surprising twist!!! I still like Ella Enchanted better though.

It was a very engaging adventure and fantasy story. The main plot of the story is deeply interesting though there are many teensy tiny problems along the way. Even though it is just a story that you might read , you should be ready at all times to find yourself in an a new world of book imagination.

I loved this book because it shows passion and empathy. I can't stop laughing at the cards that Lizzie's mother gave Lizzie. I mean like her mother calls people worms and says you should not listen to worms. Now that is confusing and funny. I do also feel sad that the people who live in wonderland can't be with their children because the portal to Wonderland got shut down. i do have a question too. If the children could go to Ever After High, then how come the parents can't come with them. How come Maddie and the daughter of Chester, can talk to the Narrator, but the others can't. Now that isn't fair!

this book is about how a gardener that once was a soldier for his country he just came back to his country and he asked the king to get a job as a gardener like any other soldier coming back that was looking for a job this book is in my scools library witch is kind of awesome but i already read this book you go and a head and read it and see the rest of the story plz follow me. thx :)

Fablehaven Book of Imagination by Brandon Mull is an activity book that could can do by yourself, or there are activities to do with friends. Activities in this book include pictures to color, riddles, recipes, mazes, origami, crafts, and drawing tutorials. There are also photos of Brandon Mull, some of when he was a kid, and some of when he was doing research for his books. One feature of this book is you get to invent your own preserve for magical creatures. You can draw a map, make up code names for you and your friends, and combine your own potions. One fun thing I especially liked is that there are codes throughout the book that you need the Fablehaven series to solve. Each code has four numbers; the book number, the book page, the line, and the word. When you solve all the codes you put them in order and you get a secret about Brandon Mulls new series Dragonwatch! I also love the quote pages by famous people and characters from the Fablehaven series. There are so many different aspects of this book, that I couldn't cover them all. But I really enjoyed working on these activities. I recommend this activity book to fans of all ages of Fablehaven. I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.