Wild Life
This boy Erik has been taking a hunter safety class and practicing his aim on clay pigeons. He wants nothing more than to go hunting for the first time with his friend on the upcoming weekend. But gets some shocking news- his parents are unexpectedly deployed to Iraq and he has to go stay with […]
Garden Allies
This book is about the wildlife we should welcome into the yard and garden, what they do that is beneficial, and how to attract them. It tells about soil microorganisms, earthworms, beetles, wasps, moths, various types of flies, true bugs, ants, lacewings, spiders centipedes, and lots lots more. Also some brief sections on bats, birds, […]
Stone Fox
Ten-year-old Willy is facing serious trouble. He lives alone with his grandfather, who now won’t get out of bed, but the doctor says there’s nothing wrong- he’s just lost the will to live (symptoms sounded like a stroke to me, though). With the help of his trusted dog Searchlight, Willy tries to take care of […]
Unicornado
Marigold’s presence attracts other magical animals and beings to Phoebe’s house- resulting in pixies flitting around and a phoenix temporarily blocking the doorway, demanding answers to riddles. Phoebe uses “unicorn rules” to play chess with Max- she’s cheating, but he still wins. Marigold and Phoebe visit a corn maze, for completely different reasons. Phoebe is […]
Unicorn Selfies
Phoebe and her unicorn get a treehouse and try to start a club in it with Max. Phoebe gets in (slight) trouble for doodling on her math homework (and Marigold makes the doodles animated, which was fun). Marigold envies humans’ opposable thumbs, but won’t admit it. Phoebe looses her shadow for a day. The unicorn […]
Unicorn Playlist
Phoebe sees the news online on her dad’s computer and despairs at the sate of things, but takes comfort in her unicorn’s friendship. Phoebe and Marigold find out they really don’t appreciate each other’s favorite songs, which is dismaying at first: how can they like each other, if they don’t like the same music? (Wow, […]
Unicorn Famous
I wondered at the cover of this one: it’s not like Phoebe to want fame and tons of attention, is it? Phew, not it’s not really, she’s pretty much the same Phoebe- geeking out over the excitement of what they learn in school, over-excelling on her homework, discussing things with her unicorn friend. Who creates […]
The Search for Delicious
There’s a disagreement in a small kingdom, about which food should represent the word ‘delicious’ in the dictionary being compiled. A boy is sent to poll everyone in the kingdom and see if they can come to a consensus. But not a single person agrees on exactly what ‘delicious’ means. And there’s something at far […]
Virtual Unicorn Experience
This was cute, and fun, and sometimes a bit insightful or ironic, like all the books in this series tend to be. Phoebe feels scrutinized by other unicorns, who are trying to figure out why Marigold spends so much time with a mere human. Phoebe temporarily gets a unicorn tail, and is disappointed when the […]
Camping with Unicorns
Camping is just one short segment in the middle, and it was cute. Ordinary camping this time with the family, except a unicorn comes along of course. And then on a walk they meet a unicorn who has left unicorn society to live alone in the woods. He extols the quiet, rustic life- and then […]