Children's book reviews February 2010
Reviews of some books recently acquired by the Philipsburg Jubilee Library. These reviews have also appeared in The Daily Herald

Sassy the birthday storm By Sharon M. Draper
It’s summer Vacation, and Sassy and her family are headed to Florida to visit
Grammy for her birthday celebration at the beach. Sassy can’t wait!
But the weather report says a hurricane is swirling in the Atlantic, and is
heading right toward Grammy’s town. When the hurricane hits, there is no
electricity, stores are closed, and there is no birthday cake.
The party surely will be ruined. Sassy and her family learn about the power
of beauty and nature, and that being together as a family is the best birthday gift of all.
For young readers aged 9 to 12 years and up. 
                        
The Cupcaked Crusader
By Lawrence David
Horace Splattly, the Cupcaked Crusader, is the smallest ten-year old in town.
Victim of his brilliant little sister’s experiments, empowered by her chemically altered
cupcakes and mortified by the purple costume she makes him wear, Horace flies
through the skies of Blootinville; not much goes on in Horace’s sunny little town- until one
fateful day, when a gigantic, man-eating monster appears on the playground at sunset!
Can the Cupcaked Crusader save the town, or will Horace become monster chow? 
For young readers aged 9 to 12 years and up.    

 
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
By Gregg Lewis & Deborah Shaw Lewis
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story tells the extraordinary true story of an angry,
young boy from the inner city who, through faith and determination, grew up to become
one of the world’s leading pediatric neurosurgeons. When Ben was in school, his peers
called him the class dummy. But his mother encouraged him to succeed, and Ben discovered
a deep love of learning. Ben found that anything is possible with trust and determination.
This special tv-movie edition includes eight pages of color photos from the film starring Cuba Gooding Jr.

 For young readers aged 9 to 12 years and up.

Ibis stew? Oh No!
By Joanne Gail Johnson
This is the story of the evil pirate Captain Bad who sets sail on the
Caribbean Sea to hunt down the Scarlet Ibis to make into a stew.
However his plans are interrupted when he meets up with Omo and
Pete who hatch a plan to try to make him change his ways.
For  children of all ages.