Review - Rosetta's Daring Day by Lisa Papademetriou

Title: Rosetta’s Daring Day
Series: Disney Fairies
Author: Lisa Papademetriou
Genre: Chapter Book, Children’s Book, Fantasy
Publisher: Random House
Received: Purchased
Release Date: August 2009
Pages: 118
Rating:


What is it About?

Rosetta the garden fairy and her friend Fawn the animal talent fairy are both as different as can be.  One likes to get dirty and play with animals the other likes to stay pretty an neat.  They make a deal to teach the other how to be the opposite testing there friendship.

My Thoughts:

I have to say this one was not one of my favorites.  Usually the Disney Fairies are spot on lessons while the friendship aspect was right the part about facing your fear just felt off to me. Yes they both face there fear and receive an award but in real life the reward is facing your fear you do not always get a reward.   So that part irked me.

I know it’s a kids book but still you are trying to teach kids with these books.  

Website:
http://disney.go.com/fairies/

Signed Book Giveaway Yang's New Dance by Dr. Jingyi Hong and Patrice Samara

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"The Alphabet Kids love going to the playground but noticed that Yang did not join in. Yang had his own ideas about having fun. Find out his secret (Tai-Chi) in Yang's New Dance. 
Yang is Chinese-American. 

Alphabet Kids is an original multicultural children's series created by Allegra Joyce Kassin. The delightful and timeless stories follow the adventures of Allegra, Elena, Isaac, Oni, Umar and Yang as they learn to embrace diversity through language, foods, customs, and music! The stories are intended to help children learn to love who they are and realize that people who are different can be very good friends plus other valuable life lesson0s (taken from Goodreads.com)

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Review - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You - Season 8 Vol. 2

Title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: No Future For You - Season 8 Vol. 2
Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Authors: Joss Whedon, Brian K. Vaughan, and George Jeanty
Genre: Graphic Novel, Fantasy
Publisher: Dark Horse
Received: Purchased
Release Date: June 2008
Pages: 120
Rating:


What is it About?

A rogue unknown slayer turns evil and Giles offers Faith a chance to redeem herself by stopping her.

My Thoughts:

So here we find Faith still troubled, still just Faith.  Giles gives her a job to get rid of a evil slayer whose has a plan to become Queen of the Slayers.  Faith interweaves herself into the rich British world of the slayer.   Faith finds herself in a dilemma bonding with the evil slayer.

Of course this not the first time we see Faith struggle with the dark side of her slayer powers. One does wonder if she had been told the whole story before going in on the job would things have turn out differently for Faith and Buffy.

One thing I love about the comics is you may think you know where the story line is going but it always turns out you do not know.  That is what makes it that more interesting to read and while I have been a little slow keeping up with the comic I still think the comic fits so well into the series.  In fact maybe better because there is so much that is done I don’t know if it would have been able to be done on the tv series.

Website:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Zones/Buffy

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Review - Yang's New Dance by Dr. Jingyi Hong and Patrice Samara

Title: Yang’s New Dance
Series: Alphabet Kids
Authors: Dr. Jingyi Hong and Patrice Samara
Genre: Children Book, Picture Book
Publisher: Toychest Interactive Products
Received: From Authors for Review
Release Date: 2010
Pages: 23
Rating:


What is it About?

Little Yang dances a strange unknown dance (Tai Chi) at recess that the other kids are curious about.

My Thoughts:

Showing the plus sides to diversity in heritage the alphabet kids are always learning something new at there school.  Today they learn from Yang grandfather about Tai Chi.

The kids are a curious bunch and see Yang dancing his dance at recess.  Instead of making fun of his different dance they want to know more of why it is so fun to Yang, instead of playing with them.  Yang grandfather teaches the children some Tai Chi moves and tells them how it can make you happy and healthy practicing these moves.  No one is excluded.  Everyone can do they even their teacher.

The art is cleanly drawn and captures the characters uniqueness even with out the words.      I loved Yang’s New Dance because it was different story then you would find in most picture books.  I loved the pleasant feeling that the kids all liked each other and seem to accept there differences.

Website:

http://www.alphabetkids.com

Sunday Salon - Most Wonderful Time Of Year

Well the year is almost over and the tree is up for the holidays. First time in a long time it didn’t take us until Christmas Eve to set up the tree, I think.

I have almost made my reading goal on to read 100 books before the end of the year.

Right now I am half way through the first book of The Hunger Games.  I am also reading The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey(part of the 500 kingdom series) and the first Game of Thrones book.  That is a lot of series at once for me. lol
I usually read A Christmas Carol but I think I am going to skip it this year and just watch one of the movies.  
I started some Christmas shopping mostly for my husband have to work on others they are harder.  I got one present already from my husband, a android tablet.  It is pretty cool.

Had my first sale on Etsy (3 painted boxes) and had a sale on Zazzle (Original Halfling T-Shirt)
So you could say that things have been pretty good since Thanksgiving.

So are you prepared for the holidays?  Are you reading anything holiday related?