Kids Books - Science

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

By Peter Brown

This book was really, really good. Roz is a robot that got shipwrecked on an island and was activated by a group of playful otters. Roz didn't waste a minute trying to befriend all the animals. All the animals were scared of her, however, because she was a robot. But being a robot, that didn't discourage her. Instead she tried camouflaging, and was rewarded with learning the animal language. Upon accident she ends up adopting a gosling, which changes her life. The gosling (Brightbill) also helps the other animals warm up to her. I liked this book better then its sequel. The first few chapters of the book were a bit un-interesting and dull, but the book becomes really addicting after that. Before you know it, you're done and buying the second book! I like how they made Roz a robot. I feel like if Roz was a human, things would've gone differently, and I wouldn't have liked the story as much. My favorite part was around the middle when she met all the animals. The ending was a cliffhanger(not a bad one), and made you want to read more! I would recommend this book for 6+, people who like adventure, animals, and overall just a good book.

Ghosts

Ghosts

By Raina Telgemeier

I absolutely love this book! I love the relationship Cat and Maya have. Shes very loving to her sister and she protects her like a great older sister she is! I like how when she began going to school she was able to make good friends and they were super nice and kind towards her. I like how in the end she meet with this old woman ghost and they got along nicely. In the end Cat thought that their Grandmother didn't come but instead their ghost of their grandmother made them lots of food for them. I would rate this book 5 stars!

Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness series Book 1)

Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness series Book 1)

By Tamora Pierce

Alanna: The First Adventure Book Review Alanna: The First Adventure, which is the first book in the Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce, is the only book I have ever read in one day, despite my usual reading speed not being the fastest. Alanna is a younger identical twin, her older twin being her brother Thom. The twins have a problem in this book; Thom wants to study magic, though he’s being sent off to be a page and later a knight, and Alanna wants to become a knight one day, not study magic. She and Thom get into an argument, which precedes Alanna getting an idea. Her idea is to switch places, though it will be tricky to pull off, since they’re of the opposite sex. Thom is denying her idea, stating many reasons on why he thinks that it may not work. Finally he says, “What about Coram and Maude? They’ll be travelling with us, and they can tell us apart. They know we aren’t twin boys.” Coram is a soldier and swordsmith. The village healer, Maude, taught the pair of twins the basics of magic, and Coram is supposed to be traveling with Thom, while Maude traverses with Alanna. They contemplate many different ways to approach this carefully, to avoid getting caught. I liked that Tamora Pierce constructed the book to have Coram find out immediately that it’s Alanna and not Thom, but since Alanna knows some magic, and Coram dislikes magic, she threatens to use magic on him, blackmailing him if he tells anyone. It gives a sense of how much she hopes that she’ll be able to pull it off. They continue their journey to the castle, which made me joyful that it was included in the book—as some authors completely skip over instances like this—and when they reach it, Alanna is nervous, which adds realism to this book. There’s not really a lot in this book that I can say I didn’t like. I would have liked more exploration of the castle to be included. Was it majestic? Did it feel warm? Despite this, it does allow for my own imagination to be put into the story as I read this, the first book of the quartet. However, it is nice to have the author put her own idea of what most of the castle looks like, what it feels like to Alanna to be inside the castle—whose twin brother was actually supposed to be the one there—looking at the exterior and interior of the castle. In conclusion, I would undoubtedly recommend this book to people who enjoy high fantasy, as it is very layered. The plot is not hard to keep track of as it comes to one, which allows for one to read a couple other books, along with this one.

The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

By Peter Brown

10 year old

This book is the best. This book is one of the best books The Wild Robot Escapes is one of the best books I have ever read. The plot of the story is: Roz was used for helping humans with work, but Roz remembered her past life in an island, where there was nature with no people. Roz has a good adventure looking for her son that is a goose. Roz pretends to be a robot that has a job working in the city, and Roz and her son meet the creators of robots. I liked that there was a lot of action near the end of the book. I also liked that Roz was trying to find her son and that her son was trying to find them too. While that was happening, her son was all grown up joining a flock, and I liked that Roz shut down and then got made into a new advanced robot. I did not have any dislikes about The Wild Robot Escapes. That is why you should read The Wild Robot Escapes.

Weird But True Halloween: 300 Spooky Facts to Scare You Silly

Weird But True Halloween: 300 Spooky Facts to Scare You Silly

By Beer, Julie, Harris, Michelle

Get ready for the spookiest Nat Geo Halloween book yet! All decked out with more than 250 scary facts, this book is just the thing to put you in the Halloween spirit. Filled with fun pictures and chilling info, this book is guaranteed to give you a real scare! Did you know that there is a café in Japan that is all about black cats? Did you know that Harry Potter got his thunderbolt scar on Halloween? Did you know that there is candy corn for Christmas? Those are just a few of the hundreds of fun facts all about Halloween. This book is great if you like Halloween, fact-finding, and learning new things. Happy reading!

ICK!: Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses

ICK!: Delightfully Disgusting Animal Dinners, Dwellings, and Defenses

By Melissa Stewart

It is super disgusting! I like it very much!!

Don't Read This Book Before Bed: Thrills, Chills, and Hauntingly True Stories

Don't Read This Book Before Bed: Thrills, Chills, and Hauntingly True Stories

By Anna Claybourne

I love a good funny book before I go under the bed mwah ha ha. jk

Don't Read This Book Before Dinner: Revoltingly true tales of foul food, icky animals, horrible history, and more

Don't Read This Book Before Dinner: Revoltingly true tales of foul food, icky animals, horrible history, and more

By Anna Claybourne

It is pretty good but really ew so listen to the tittle and do not read that book before dinner!

Weird But True Gross: 300 Slimy, Sticky, and Smelly Facts

Weird But True Gross: 300 Slimy, Sticky, and Smelly Facts

By National Geographic Kids

This book was sooo gross. I said ewwww a lot of times when I read this. Did you know that your sofa armrest is dirtier than your toilet seat? Lolll so disgusting Do you know why Jelly beans are so shiny? Because they're coated with shellac, which is made from insect poop. 😋 Yum!! Did you know that the FDA allows an average of one rodent hair per 100 grams of peanut butter manufactured? That is just gross. Well, I enjoyed this book very much and I hope you read it too.

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Boys' & Girls' Library)

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Boys' & Girls' Library)

By Mark Twain

A classic by Mark Twain of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" which is about a boy who goes by the well-known name of Tom Sawyer with at first mischievous and immature boy at the beginning of the story, often getting in trouble with his aunt Polly often scold her nephew. You would often see that Tom would be with his friend, Huck (Huckleberry Finn) whom Tom really close to, getting in trouble, too with him. Then Rebecca (known most of time as just Becky) Thatcher, a daughter of the town's new judge, as Tom got the romantic interest in Becky, got "engaged" due to the kiss until it's revealed by Tom that he actually "engaged" by another girl, Amy Lawrence, had the fight with Becky about it. Then, we have Injun Joe, a Native American who would defend himself most of time but got the racism from Tom and Huck. Later in the book, as Tom grew more considerate, kind, funny, and more mature than the beginning of the story. I had to read this for school and finally finished with this book today as I didn't really enjoy this due to the type of English which is Old English which can make me more harder to understand and also with the racism against the colored or even Native Americans. - Happy Reading...maybe!

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