Monthly Archives: October 2012

Oct28

Charming Picture Book For Trick-o-Treaters

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A Ghost Went Trick or Treating by A. J. Cosmo

There is nothing better than a good story to set the mood for Halloween. A picture ebook called “A Ghost Went Trick or Treating” is a charming story about the lessons learned on Halloween Night. If you are looking for a nonviolent, friendly and safe story for Halloween, this is a great book for your little Trick or Treater.

A mysterious ghost Trick or Treater is adopted into a group of children. Figuring he needs some help, they take him around with them. But when one of them gets into trouble, bullied by the local teens, the ghost comes to the rescue. Plus, there is a surprise twist to the plot. I’m not including spoilers. But if your child likes cute monsters, they will enjoy the surprise.

This is a great story to begin Halloween week. It can be read again and again as a lead up to the big event on the 31st. I highly recommend this for younger Trick or Treaters, but for older siblings as well. The author, A.J. Cosmo, teaches compassion in situations where sometimes, just a nice gesture can be returned in kind.

***** 5 Star Rating
Available on the Kindle only.
This is a Kindle Select book and only available on Amazon.
For your copy of “A Ghost Went Trick Or Treating” click here.

Oct14

Rebellion in Fairyland Mirrors Modern Values

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The Crystal Palace II: Rebellion in Fairyland by Michele Hauser

Kidnapped! What would you do? Carry that idea into the kidnappers being ogres and trolls, and you’ve got an interesting problem that is the center of the second Crystal Palace book, Rebellion in Fairyland. Michelle Hauser brings modern conflicts and thinking to the medieval world of Fairyland. It’s a new take on what Fairy is all about.

An invitation arrives for the girls Karina, Katie and Nicole to return to Fairyland for the Prince’s third birthday party. But all goes terribly wrong when they find themselves at the center of a new controversy, a conflict between fairies and their servants the ogres and trolls.

Fairyland had seemed quite enchanting, until the realization that the ogres and trolls do all of the work and service for the fairies of the land. Karina, Katie and Nicole are kidnapped with the Fairy Princess Gianna, and drawn into the conflict. In order to be free, they must help solve the problem.

The ogres and trolls just want the same opportunities as the fairies. The kidnapping is a form of protest for the ogres. The girls have to try to remember their history and civics lessons to teach the medieval-thinking fairies a modern spin on how a society includes all people.

I found it interesting the way Hauser weaves modern problems into the Fairyland medieval setting. The girls become the heroes bringing enlightenment to this backwards society. Not only do they rely on themselves, but other friendly people they get to know, such as the ogres. Hauser has the King listen thoughtfully to their ideas. And of course, the new way of thinking and including the ogres and trolls as equals is the solution to the social problem. It is a great twist for a second book, reflecting our own society and world within the World of Fairy. It is good fantasy that helps teach a lesson. Great for any fifth graders studying the US constitution and the Civil War.

**** Four Star Rating. Available at Amazon.com.