The Third Mushroom Book Review

The Third Mushroom

Jennifer L. Holm (Author)

Random House Books for Young Readers

Middle Grades, Upper Elementary, Children’s Fiction

Publication Date: September 4, 2018

Ellie’s grandpa Melvin just moved back in with her family. But the strange thing about grandpa Melvin, who is a world-renowned scientist, is that he discovered a way to reverse-age himself. While grandpa Melvin is incredibly smart and has two PhDs, he’s in the body of a smelly-footed 14 year old boy who now attends the same middle school as his granddaughter Ellie.

Ellie decides to team up with her grandpa for the science fair and their project is nothing short of stunning – a possible formula for the fountain of youth. When Ellie’s beloved cat gets sick, Ellie becomes even more desperate to see how far their experiment can go.

Though The Third Mushroom is the sequel to The Fourteenth Goldish (another great read!) this book still stands on its own. With interesting characters and a touch of middle school romance middle grade readers will devour it!

If you’re interested in reading The Third Mushroom, you can purchase a copy here on Amazon. 

*A copy of this book was provided free of charge for an honest review.

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Meet Yasmin! Book Review

Meet Yasmin!

Saadia Faruqi (Author)

Hatem Aly (illustrator)

Capstone

Children’s Fiction, Chapter Book, Diversity

Publication Date: August 1, 2018

Yasmin is an energetic and lively second grader. While she gets into problems occasionally, she’s quick to find ways to solve them. It is refreshing to see a diverse, female protagonist like Yasmin who faces easily relatable problems for young readers. Meet Yasmin! is a great beginning chapter book for elementary-aged readers!

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Ellie, Engineer Book Review

Ellie, Engineer

 

Jackson Pearce

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Children’s Fiction, Chapter Book, Middle Grades

Publication Date: January 16, 2018

Ellie’s the kind of girl who has a tool belt strapped over her skirt. She’s got an engineer’s brain and wants to design, create, and build whenever she has the chance and her best friend Kit’s birthday gives her just that. Ellie will make Kit the best doghouse ever created, but to do so she needs to enlist the help of her friends (who are girls) and the neighborhood boys. The two groups don’t get along, and Ellie has to navigate the two plus Kit’s concerns as she tries to build her friend the best birthday present ever.

I appreciate that Ellie, Engineer has a central female character who “breaks the mold” of stereotypes, but at times the book hits this theme a bit too on the nose. Overall Ellie, Engineer has a good story that kids will like, but I found it a little superficial at times.

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