The Scholastic Store - Our Favorite Book Series: Magic Tree House, Rainbow Magic, Dork Diaries + MORE!

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Books from my daughters FAVORITE Book Series:

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My daughters and I LOVE to read! We try to read every night but sometimes homework and the fact that my little ones are extremely wore out from school as well as playing with their neighboring friends, we don't always make it to reading time. Jade is in 2nd grade this year while her big sister, Loran, is in 3rd grade!! (I don't feel old enough to have kids in 2nd and 3rd grade! haha) They love their teachers and classmates and can't wait to come home from school to tell me all about their day and show me their books that they got to bring home. A few weeks ago, Jade brought home 3 Scholastic Book Order forms, which we LOVE. The girls automatically started picking out their favorite books. I already knew what some of them would be..... My girls love them some: Rainbow Magic Books, The Magic Tree House, Dork Diaries, among more! Since I figured that my daughters aren't the only 2nd and 3rd graders who love these book series, I decided to list a few of our favorites and see if your children have similar taste. Check out our list of book series and let me know if your little ones are fans of them too....

Magic Tree House Boxed Set (Books 1-4)

By: Mary Pope Osborne

Age: Ages 6-8

$17.96

Your child will be whisked away to past eras when two siblings discover a tree house filled with enchanted books that transport them through time. From Ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages, these best-selling Chapter Books follow Jack and Annie as they enter the universe of books and set off on incredible adventures.

This boxed set includes Books 1-4:

• Dinosaurs Before Dark
• The Knight at Dawn
• Mummies in the Morning
• Pirates Past Noon

Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (1-4)

By: Barbara Park

Age: Ages 6-8

$17.96

Have you met Junie B. Jones? In this four-volume collection of her earliest tales, the spirited kindergartener faces a smelly school bus, deals with a new brother, shoots her mouth off in school, and spies on her teacher. Your beginning reader will love Junie's hilarious mishaps brought to life in bold illustrations and easy text she can handle on her own.

Set includes:

• Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying
• Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
• Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
• Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Amelia Bedelia 40th Anniversary Collection (I Can Read Books)

By: Peggy Parish

Age: Ages 4-8

$10.79

Everyone's favorite literal-minded housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia, celebrates her 40th anniversary in a three-book I Can Read boxed set.

Meet Amelia Bedelia, the unflappable maid who does everything literally. With her purse on her arm and hat firmly on her head, Amelia Bedelia follows instructions to a tee: change the towels? Nothing a pair of scissors can't do! Dust the furniture? That's when the perfumed dusting powder really comes in handy. Dress the chicken for dinner - well, do you want a boy chicken or a girl chicken? Amelia Bedelia's well - meaning gaffs cause readers to chuckle, but her employer to fume - it's a good thing she's such a good cook!

Rainbow Magic Series:

Rainbow Magic: Magical Holiday Boxed Set

By: Daisy Meadows

Age: Ages 7-9

$17.99

Just in time for the holidays, this magical boxed set includes four sparkly special editions!

The holidays have lost their shimmer!

There's trouble in Fairyland! Jack Frost is up to his old tricks. Now the fairies are missing their special holiday magic! Will the holly-jolly holidays be changed forever? Or can Rachel and Kirsty help Holly, Stella, Gabriella, and Paige save the day?

This boxed set includes four holiday stories:

• Holly the Christmas Fairy
• Stella the Star Fairy
• Gabriella the Snow Kingdom Fairy
• Paige the Christmas Play Fairy

A perfectly magical holiday gift for fairy fans!

Rainbow Magic: The Fashion Fairies Pack (books 1-7)
By: Daisy Meadows
Age: Ages 7-10
$24.95

Fashion AND fairies? An unbeatable combination!

Included on this set:

• The Fashion Fairies #1: Miranda the Beauty Fairy
• The Fashion Fairies #2: Claudia the Accessories Fairy
• The Fashion Fairies #3: Tyra the Designer Fairy
• The Fashion Fairies #4: Alexa the Fashion Reporter Fairy
• The Fashion Fairies #5: Jennifer the Hairstylist Fairy
• The Fashion Fairies #6: Brooke the Photographer Fairy
• The Fashion Fairies #7: Lola the Fashion Show Fairy

Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe Series:

Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards

By: Noah Z. Jones

Age: Ages 5-7

$3.49

The story of Goldilocks gets a wild and wooly makeover! With simple text and engaging artwork throughout, this very funny book invites readers in to a fractured fairy-tale land.

Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #2: Little Red Quacking Hood

By: Noah Z. Jones

Age: Ages 5-7

$3.49

Princess Pink is back for another fractured fairy tale adventure!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

The Rescue Princesses Series:

The Rescue Princesses #1: The Secret Promise

By: Paula Harrison

Age: Ages 7-10

$4.99

These aren't your average princesses... They're the ones who do the rescuing in this fabulous new series!

Princess Emily loves being a princess, but wishes royal life could be more exciting. Little does she know that her wish is about to come true.

The Rescue Princesses #2: The Wishing Pearl

By: Paula Harrison

Age: Ages 7-10

$4.99

Princesses to the rescue! Another animal is in trouble, and the Rescue Princesses must save the day.

The Rescue Princesses #3: The Moonlight Mystery

By: Paula Harrison

Age: Ages 7-10

$4.99

Princesses to the rescue! Another animal is in trouble, and the Rescue Princesses must save the day.

The Rescue Princesses #4: The Stolen Crystals

By: Paula Harrison

Age: Ages 7-10

$4.99

Princesses to the rescue! Another animal is in trouble, and the Rescue Princesses must save the day.

The Rescue Princesses #5: The Snow Jewel

By: Paula Harrison

Age: Ages 7-10

$4.99

The Rescue Princesses trek through the beautiful snow of Northernland to meet Princess Freya and her kitten.

Pete The Cat Series:

Pete The Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes

By: Eric Litwin

Age: Ages 4-7

$13.95

Check out Pete the Cat in his cool school shoes - complete with a link to an all-new song, "Rocking in My School Shoes"!

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

By: Eric Litwin

Age: Ages 4-7

$13.95

With its bright, colorful illustrations and silly story, this award-winning sing-along subtraction book follows the super-cool cat as he stays upbeat despite losing a button or two.

Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm

By: James Dean

Age: Ages 3-5

$7.19

In this groovy version of the classic children's song, Pete visits a farm and learns the sounds of all the different animals.

Pete the Cat and the New Guy

By: Kimberly Dean; James Dean

Age: Ages 5-8

$16.19

There's a new guy in town, and Pete can't wait to meet him. After all, more friends mean more fun. But who can he be?

Pete the Cat: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

By: James Dean

Age: Ages 4-8

$8.99

The sun is setting—and this cool cat is singing his own version of the classic song!

Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to Life

By: James Dean

Age: Ages 4-8

$11.69

Pete the Cat shares his groovy, glass-half-full outlook on life in this collection of all his favorite inspirational quotes. Pete adds his fun take on well-known classics, from Albert Einstein to Confucius to Abraham Lincoln to Shakespeare and more!

Dork Diaries Series:

Dork Diaries Box Set (Books 1-3)

By: Rachel Renee Russell

Age: Ages 9-12

$35.07

The boxed set will include the first three books of the bestelling Dork Diaries series, which chronicles the oh-so-fabulous life of Nikki Maxwell as she navigates the halls of middle school, mean girls, BFF drama and first crushes.

Package will include:

• Dork Diaries #1: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life
• Dork Diaries #2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
• Dork Diaries #3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Dork Diaries #4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

By: Rachel Renée Russell

Age: Ages 9-13

$12.59

Nikki's reputation is on thin ice in this laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure about her hilarious humiliations on the rink—and off!

Does your child have a favorite book series?
If so, What are they?

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HOLIDAY REVIEW: Secret Santa Squirrels ebook - Learn Santa's Tricks to Delivering Thousands of TOYS in just One Night!

"Magic reindeer pop and Santa's little squirrel friends...."

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Secret Santa Squirrels

A Fun Rhyming Christmas Picture Book

By Hazel Nutt

Are your kids excited about Santa Claus this year? The Holiday Season is a time where everyone's happy and joyful as well as thankful and giving! The food's always delicious, family is everywhere and no child will allow the grown-ups to forget about PRESENTS under the Christmas Tree!! But everyone knows that the most exciting gifts of all are the ones delivered by magic, by a man with a beard.

But how DOES Santa deliver all of those presents, to thousands of kids around the world, and do it in just ONE NIGHT?

I bet you'd never believe me if I said that, Santa couldn't make that trip without a little bit of help from reindeer poo and some squirrel friends...

Atleast that's how Hazel Nutt* explains it in her funny new holiday ebook called: Secret Santa Squirrels.
(Learn more about Hazel Nutt at the end of review)

*The story describes how Santa makes that really LONG trip around the world each year, and his clever little trick that helps ensure that all presents quickly make it to the houses!*

I don't want to say too much because I would hate to ruin this cute holiday story for anyone! It'll have you giggling from the very start and even as a "grown-up," I couldn't wait to continue on and find out what else Santa does!

My daughters love the idea of squirrels helping Santa and I believe we may end up having to set out a couple nuts this year, beside Santa's plate. - Something else that my girls quickly realized was that that Hazel Nutt didn't just set out cookies for Santa, she left the Reindeer some carrots too... JUST LIKE WE DO, on Christmas Eve night!! (It's not often that we find others who leave those hard working animals a snack like we do. But they're the ones pulling the sleigh in the first place so they' have to get hungry and tired up there and need a snack like Santa does. Right?)

Find out exactly, how Santa delivers those extra special gifts - Especially for the GOOD little boys and girls!

This is such an adorable festive Holiday book that all kids will enjoy! My daughters, Jade and Loran, LOVE it!! We read the story together by taking turns with the pages and had alot of fun with the rhyming words. I really enjoyed the fact that it turns out that Secret Santa Squirrels is the at perfect level of reading for both girls - Since they're in 1st & 2nd (as well as Less than a year apart in age), their reading levels aren't too far apart from each other. Both, Loran and Jade read the the whole story with me and only needed help with a couple words!

Secret Santa Squirrels makes a wonderful bedtime story during the holidays! Kids'll be dreaming of Santa flying through the sky with his Naughty or Nice list while squirrels are busy below! 

Since almost everyone has either a computer, a tablet or a smartphone - even most of the kids - Ebooks are great gift ideas since they can be read and carried anywhere without all the worries, like a lost page. And since this IS a Holiday book, I recommend parents to always have Secret Santa Squirrels near by... You never know what kind of questions your little one may throw your way and us parents need to be prepared for anything!

You can find Secret Santa Squirrels on Amazon for just $2.99 for the ebook!
($8.99 for Paperback)

About the Author:

Hazel Nutt isn't your ordinary author but her stories are simply adorable. What sets her out from the crowd is that she'll forever be 2 and maybe the fact that Hazel's not only a squirrel lover but has been chatting with them since her baby days.

Visit SecretSantaSquirrels.com to learn even more about Hazel Nutt and her New Holiday Book: Secret Santa Squirrels

Create Holiday Memories with me,
 Read Secret Santa Squirrels
with your kids!

Top Choices for Children's Books, including: My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, Fancy Nancy & Doll Bones

Reading with my daughters has always been one of my favorite family activities and now that my girls are able to read along with me, I've tried to keep a good collection of their level books on hand as well as a back up list of popular and fun sounding books to look forward too. I'm sharing my back up list with you. The books below are for kids ranging in ages from 5yrs to 8yrs and can be found on Amazon.

The Dancing Diva's
Reading List

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, by Mo' O'Hara - When Tom’s big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. But that's only the beginning!

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer by Jane O' Connor - Nancy and Bree decide to play matchmaker, but nothing works out as planned. Will love conquer all in the end?

Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary - Ramona has a lot on her mind: Beezus's teenage moods are driving everyone crazy, family pet Picky-picky hasn't been looking too well, and Mr. Quimby's new job offer might mean a big move. But all these worries vanish in the light of not one, but two exciting announcements.

Just Grace and the Trouble with Cupcakes by Charise Mericle Harper - It's time for the school fair, and Just Grace's class has chosen a cupcake theme. But the fair’s highlight, a cupcake competition, causes quite a stir when Grace gets paired with dreadful Owen 1 and not with her best pal, Mimi.

Ready, Set, Dogs (No Dogs Allowed) by Stephanie Calmenson - Kate and Lucie are best friends. Kate is neat and Lucie is messy. Kate wakes up early and Lucie loves to sleep in. But both girls love, love, love dogs!

Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends in Winter by Megan McDonald - Brrrr! The leaves are off the trees, and frost is on the ground. It’s time for bugs to hunker down and hide out for the winter. But Ant isn’t ready to hunker down.

Doll Bones by Holly Black - A doll that may be haunted leads three friends on a thrilling adventure in this delightfully creepy novel from the New York Times bestselling cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles.

Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey by Emily Winfield Martin - Emily Martin convinces children to close their eyes and discover who their dream animal might be, and what dream it might take them to. With a perfect nighttime rhyme and gorgeous illustrations, this book is irresistible.

Matilda by Roald Dahl - “The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress.

Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Clearly - Ellen was eight years old and wore bands on her teeth. Her best friend had just moved away and she missed her. Still, as she walked to the Spofford School of the Dance one Saturday, she was almost glad she had no best friend. Best friends do not have secrets from each other, and Ellen had a secret she did not want to share with anyone.

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Reading with Sproutkin -- Our Review

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- Sproutkin Book Boxes - 
Subscription Plan

Do your kids like to read? Do you spend too much money on your child's favorite books, for them to be read once or twice and tossed in a corner or pilled up on book shelves until your child outgrows them? SproutKin has come up with a program that can solve our book struggles while still being able to give our children all of the books they can dream up while keeping the bookshelves uncluttered! 

What's Sproutkin?

Sproutkin is a subscription company where your child (ages 0-6)will receive a box each month with wonderful age appropriate books that you can keep until your ready to trade them in for more. You also receive a Sproutcard. (A Sproutcard describes the books as well as having questions to ask your child after finishing each book!) If your child finishes the books before the end of the month, you can return the box and receive another box of books for your child to enjoy! You can receive up to 2 Sproutkin boxes each month! If your child decides that they would like to keep one of the books, Simply return the others and our system will let us know that you kept the book and you will be charged 10% off retail price of the book. You receive educator approved books that your little ones will simply adore!
Oh and did I mention FREE SHIPPING?!

Let me explain......

My daughters received their Sproutkin box a few weeks ago and have been reading their books everyday! Our box theme is "Imagine That!" The characters in the books create their own world in which your child's whimsical imaginations can flourish!

Among the book titles include:

• "Harold and the Purple Crayon"
• "Silly Street"
• "Zack's Alligator"
• "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"
• "How to be a Supervillain"
• "Where the Wild Things Are"
• "I need my monster"
• "Strega Nona's Magic Lessons"
• "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
• "Father Bear Comes Home"

Jade's Sproutkin favorites are "Harold and the Purple Crayon" and "How to be a Supervillain" (How to be a Supervillain is written by a 15 year old kid!! I was very surprised to find out that this child has written other books as well!) While Loran's favorites were "Father Bear Comes Home" and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". This Summer, Loran and Jade were given a goal to read a certain amount of books over their Summer Break while keeping a list of the books they read and on what day. If they met their goal and returned the list to school with them during the 1st week of the new school year,  The girls would get invited to a Dance Party at their school! Having the Sproutkin books on hand this past month, made things alot easier to convince Jade and Loran to read and fill up their book logs. They did end up completing their logs so Loran and Jade will get a one way ticket to the Dance Party that will be taken place sometime this Fall during school! I can't wait to hear all about their Reading Dance Party! :)

"Loran reading one of their Sproutkin Books to her sister."

On another note - Having grade level books on hand for my daughters to read has really helped us stay on track. I didn't want my girls to be behind when school started (School started on Aug 21) back so being able to read is a big step in the right direction! Sproutkin is a wonderful idea for parents who like to keep a tidy house as well as a wide selection of books for their children. Kids and parents will quickly fall in-love with Sproutkin!

Don't forget to check out the Sproukin website to learn more about their monthly Subscription Boxes and all they have to offer.
You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter!!