http://www.ncreview.com/ http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-5th-wave http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-5th-wave The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the... ]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 17:50:00 -0700 3244 2013-05-07 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_515xdxeh2fl-1367949010.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-fault-in-our-stars http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-fault-in-our-stars TIME Magazine’s #1 Fiction Book of 2012! “The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it’s also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness.” —Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has... ]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:34:00 -0800 2970 2012-12-30 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_51jxxb2vpdl-1356906864.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/sticks-and-stones-defeating-the-culture-of-bullying http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/sticks-and-stones-defeating-the-culture-of-bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and... ]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:46:00 -0800 2828 2012-11-06 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sticksandstones-1352162791.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/out-of-my-mind http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/out-of-my-mind “If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind should be it” (Denver Post). Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is... ]]> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:12:00 -0700 2812 2012-10-29 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_images-1351537935.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/swan-mothers-discovering-our-true-selves-by-parenting-uniquely-magnificent-children http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/swan-mothers-discovering-our-true-selves-by-parenting-uniquely-magnificent-children Swan Mothers guides parents through the experience of raising autistic, ADHD, highly-sensitive, and otherwise uniquely magnificent children. The book relays stories of real mothers parenting not-what-I-expected children, and shares fresh tools and techniques for moving from frazzled and frustrated to living a fabulous life. Before children, Natalia Erehnah laid the groundwork for what she believed would... ]]> Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:35:00 -0700 2807 2012-10-26 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_swan-mothers-1351272913.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/ready-or-not-here-comes-scout http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/ready-or-not-here-comes-scout Scout, the lovable puppy of Puppy Diaries fame, stars in her own picture bookPoor Scout. She wants so much to make friends with the other dogs at the dog park. She tries all her best puppy tricks--splashing, playing keepaway--but the older dogs ignore her. At the end of the day, she still has only one friend: her favorite toy,... ]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:30:00 -0700 2792 2012-10-24 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ready-or-not-1351099855.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-santa-story-and-tina http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-santa-story-and-tina In Arita Trahan's charming picture book, The Santa Story and Tina, a young girl learns to enjoy Santa in surprising new ways. With whimsical full-color illustrations by Ross Anthony, this book helps parents emphasize the generosity of the Santa story by playing Santa with their children, as well as for them. Tina likes to imagine herself... ]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:30:00 -0700 2637 2012-08-31 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_the-santa-story-1346427058.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/childrens-spirit-animal-stories http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/childrens-spirit-animal-stories By reminding the listener of our natural capacity to connect with the animal world and our own intuitive guidance, Children's Spirit Animal Stories invite us to remember that we play an integral role in the universal cycle of life. Some of civilization's earliest records reveal humankind's need to communicate important messages through stories about animals. We have marveled at... ]]> Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:26:00 -0700 2476 2012-07-07 5 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_childrens-spirit-animal-1341692804.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/wings-within http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/wings-within Life in the cove is always changing and Myrtle wants to change, too. She is tired of being a plain old sea turtle, and longs to have big beautiful butterfly wings, so she can fly like her best friend Anew. Convinced that her shell is just like a cocoon, Myrtle begins thinking butterfly thoughts and even tries wiggling like... ]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:28:00 -0700 2453 2012-06-30 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_wings-within-1341080889.jpg http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-age-of-miracles-a-novel http://www.ncreview.com/childrens/the-age-of-miracles-a-novel With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker’s The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.“It still amazes me how little we really... ]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:10:00 -0700 2451 2012-06-29 http://www.ncreview.com/images/stories/jreviews/_age-of-miracles-1341000641.jpg