The Adventures of Nanny Piggins (**)

THE ADVENTURES OF NANNY PIGGINS
Written by, R. A. Spratt
Illustrated by, Dan Santat

This book is fun, but much more enjoyable for younger kids in the age range of four to eight, so I did not like it very much. It is about a sugar-crazed pig who serves as a nanny for three children, Samantha, Michael, and Derek, they go on many adventures together, compete with other nannies, and even get caught in a fierce storm on a small sail boat out at sea. Their father, Mr. Green, neglects the children and prefers not to talk to them at all, so he is happy to find a nanny who charges ten cents an hour, when normally the nannies he finds, or come knocking at their door charge much more than that. The children are very well behaved, but are delighted to find that their new nanny allows them to eat chocolate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She allows them to stay up as long as they can remain awake, or she can, and lets them play mud people in their father’s rose garden.
This book is 239 pages long. I’ll give it two out of four stars (**). (this book my mom got this book before it was published so the art may not be final.)

Tiger’s Voyage (****)

TIGER’S VOYAGE, By COLLEEN HOUCK

Kelsey finally gets Ren back and Kishan is more jealous than ever. Then Kelsey figure out Ren forgot who she was, and it also hurts to touch her. She is devastated, but she will never give up. So Ren agrees to try and date her again during their third quest for Durga’s necklace. But soon Ren tells her to give up, he doesn’t care for her. He also tells her things are too complicated and that she should love Kishan. Kelsey feels fiery anger, but also terrible sadness. So she asks Kishan out and soon finds that she is happier with him, or at least she wants to believe, how will this mess turn out, will they find Durga’s necklace or will they return home empty-handed, will they even return at all?

This book is four out of five stars (****). This book is 542 pages long.

Tigers Quest (****)

TIGER’S QUEST, By COLLEEN HOUCK

Kelsey leaves for Oregon and finds Ren has given her a large home, credit card, new cell phone, and a super nice car. She finds she is missing Ren a lot, and always has dreams about him. So she decides to date other boys. After dating three of them Ren surprised her and comes at Christmas to live in the house adjoining hers. At first she is mad, but how can you not forgive the love of your life? Well, soon Kishan comes along too, and things finally are beginning to work out, and Kelsey is more in love with Ren than ever. But good times never last do they?

This book is 479 pages long. I’ll give this book four out of five stars (****).

I love everything about this series, it keeps you on edge, and you can’t easily figure them out. I highly suggest this book to anyone who likes Indiana Jones and a little bit of fairy tale, along with Indian myths and culture would love this book!

Wonderstruck (****)

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Ben’s mom died and he never knew his father, so when he was about to phone a listed number for a person named Danny which was scratched on a bookmark for Kincaid’s, a bookstore with a black cat in the window, a bolt of lightning struck the house and the only thing that was ruined was his hearing. So he runs away from the hospital he was lodged at and takes a bus to NYC, where the address for Danny’s apartment was, but no luck. So he decides to try Kincaid’s, maybe they will remember Danny, but when he gets to Kincaid’s the answer is obvious, Kincaid’s is out of business, but where would he find his father? Read the book to find out. But wait! Within Ben’s story is another one, of a deaf girl finding her way in life and has two divorced and hearing parents, who is she? Will Ben ever find out? You should get started soon; the publishing date is September 13, 2011!

This book is 640 pages long. I’ll give it four out of five stars (****)! The genre of this book is realistic fiction.