Book Review: Impossible Creatures
March 11, 2024
This is an adventure-filled, intelligent, creative wonder of a story, perfect for readers both young and old.
This is an adventure-filled, intelligent, creative wonder of a story, perfect for readers both young and old.
These tales talk about a variety of struggles queer people go through in day-to-day life with happy endings all around!
With short facts about each animal with size comparisons and native territories, this book really is the perfect historical info dump!
I’m fascinated by the ocean and loved reading more about it through a comical lens with laugh-out-loud images and historical adventures.
All about bravery, playing to your strengths, and with a fantastic cast of relatable characters (especially the deadpan dragon!).
Peggy is just your average dog… until she enters the world of Tangletree, where she runs the town’s detective agency!
This collection of fables features amazing, etching-style artwork, lessons for life and medieval mice!
This sweet, heartwarming story is all about looking beyond appearances and celebrating difference and uniqueness!
Sam & Iris discover an abandoned town with a ghostly presence – but can they solve it’s mystery before history repeats? Totally engrossing!
Follow First Cat as he bands together with a queen and a robot to defeat the Rat King. Totally fun and original.
I loved reading about Annie Shearer and her clever adopted stray, Runt. Halfway between “Babe” and “Matilda”
With magic and ghosts and even some fairies, this spooky story of friendship and acceptance is the perfect page-turner!
Between the pages of these books is a welcoming place for all of us who feel like we don’t have a place in the world.
Imagine your name is Twelve. You have given up your family, your home, and your name to become one of the elite Hunters.
Liska lives in Arborven, an ancient forest city. She is a shapeshifter, born to protect the tree that gives everyone their special powers.
Faelan is vegetarian, plays the harp and is friends with a skunk! The rest of the pack thinks he’s weird and would rather eat the skunk.
Corpse is a ghost (sort of) living in the roof of a ramshackle hut above the evil three witches who have bewitched the town of Elston-Fright.
This is an old folktale made new. It has the usual dark elements of a good fairytale, with Klassen’s wry wit and sense of impending doom.
This story is even more exciting than the first, with twists and backflips and a new threat from outside the school.
An absolutely magical book! A fantastic adventure where the illustrations have the magic jumping right off the page!
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