It’s that time again…Time for our Weekly Roundup post where we feature the latest products to win a Mom’s Choice Award! Below you’ll find some wonderful children’s books, young adult books, adult books, and games!

All the products you see below won a Mom’s Choice Award last week from January 15 to 21, 2017. For more information about a product, click the product image or purchase link.

Monster Mas
Written by Heather Arabadjis; Illustrated by Pink Elephink

Being the ‘new kid’ at school isn’t easy! Monster Mas is confronted by students who aren’t very nice. He learns how to control his temper and explosive outbursts with some strategies from his teachers, school staff, and even the lunch lady. But the biggest surprise is at the end of the story.

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Fiction – General

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Monster Mas Runs for President
Written by Heather Arabadjis; Illustrated by Pink Elephink

Monster Mas Runs for President is a story about students running for school president. But first Monster Mas has to get through his school’s primaries to qualify. With candidates such as Ronald, Jill, and Vern, he is going to have to make sure his platform reaches the majority of fourth grade students. Travel with Monster Mas and the other candidates in this amazing politically involved tale of their campaign trail, and get involved by choosing the candidate that speaks to you!

Juvenile Books (Level 2 – Ages 9 to 12):
Fiction – General

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Monster Mas Vs. The Test
Written by Heather Arabadjis; Illustrated by Pink Elephink

Monster Mas is ready for the third grade. But on his first day of school, he is confronted with the test, or as he would call it, ‘The Thark’. He tries to beat ‘The Thark, but can’t because it’s too tough. But when everyone gets on board to help Mas, including Ranger Rutherford, the testing sergeant, he learns how to keep his cool, and prepare for that nasty test.

Juvenile Books (Level 2 – Ages 9 to 12):
Fiction – General

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STORY OF A SMALL SEED: Who am I ?
Written by SIMSUNG PARK; Illustrated by EUNSIL CHUN

A small seed loses its mother and travels to find her.
It meets a caterpillar and an old tree. It also meets a cloud and a shamrock.
Will the small seed be able to find its mother?

Everyone of us, including children, change in different relationships. From ‘son and daughter’ to a ‘friend’, ‘student’ and sometimes ‘guest’, so who am ‘I’?
While children are traveling with a seed that is unsure of its identity, they will understand the relationships with people around them and learn to love themselves as who they are.

Children’s Picture Books:
Growing Up / Personal Growth

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Nine Ways to Empower Tweens with Emma and Elliot: You learn more from your mistakes than from all of your successes
Written by Kathleen Boucher; Illustrated by Timothy Tsang

Nine Ways to Empower Tweens with Emma and Elliot teaches tweens life skills such as how to have more confidence when presenting in class, a technique to overcome the effects of bullying, the value of a strong work ethic, and more.

Young Adult Books:
Self-Improvement

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Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues

Nancy Drew®: Codes & Clues®
An all-new hidden object coding game just got a new dimension! One of the best combinations of education and mobile gaming entertainment. Learn to code and understand programming through a fun game! The goal is to code your robot puppy to help Nancy Drew solve the mystery!
As a member of Nancy Drew’s de-TECH-tive crew, you choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair. The mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!

Apps & Software:
Ages 5 to 8

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I CAN BE ME
Written by Miriam Laundry; Illustrated by Jenniffer Julich; Edited by Brian Cretney

Maria just wants to be the same as everyone else. But, no! Coming from a different country, she looks different and eats different foods with different names, like “pupusas” (which Alex has fun pronouncing: “Poo-POO-sa”). Embarrassed, Maria withdraws from her friends and struggles to even focus on her big assignment which is due in one week! All she can focus on is how different she is from everyone else. Yet, as the story unfolds, Maria discovers that she and all her classmates ARE the same in one surprising way: They are all uniquely different!

Children’s Picture Books:
Inspirational / Motivational

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Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri
Written by Dan and Connie Burkhardt; Illustrated by Bryan Haynes (Labadie, MO); Edited by Chris Gordon (Missouri History Museum in St. Louis)

For a small area, the Missouri River valley west of St. Louis has played an outsized role in the country’s history. This 120-page hardcover book, designed for young readers and their families, takes a brief look at each of nine generations that have grown up in nine different river communities since Lewis & Clark plied the river for their epic Voyage of Discovery. Each generation observes changes in the river and environment. Illustrated with original paintings by Bryan Haynes. Introduction by the President of the Missouri History Museum.

Juvenile Books (Level 2 – Ages 9 to 12):
Historical Fiction

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Fearne Fairy And The Dandelion Clocks: Book 8 in The Whimsy Wood Series
Written by Sarah Hill; Illustrated by Sarah Mauchline; Edited by Sarah O’Gorman

Meet Fearne Fairy! She loves to sing and fly, but she’s entirely tuneless and hopeless at landing! ‘Fearne Fairy And The Dandelion Clocks’ is the 8th enchanting instalment in the award-winning ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series for 5-8 year olds. This particular whimsical story is written for the magnificent month of March, so you’ll read about white wood anemones and yellow daffodils. You’ll also meet ‘Raspberry Rabbit’ and ‘Bertie and Beatrice Bunny’, as well as Fearne of course!

Come on this next exciting adventure in Whimsy Wood, with Fearne and the delightful woodland folk, in which sharing and teamwork play a crucial role in solving Fearne’s dilemma. As for what her dilemma actually is…you’ll just have to read ‘Fearne Fairy And The Dandelion Clocks’ to find out!

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Fantasy, Myths & Legends

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Fearne Fairy And The Chocolate Caterpillar: Book 9 in The Whimsy Wood Series
Written by Sarah Hill; Illustrated by Sarah Mauchline; Edited by Sarah O’Gorman

‘Fearne Fairy And The Chocolate Caterpillar’ is the 9th enchanting instalment from Sarah Hill’s award-winning 35-book Whimsy Wood Series for 5-8 year olds.

In this wonderfully whimsical and heart-warming story, the month of April has arrived in Whimsy Wood and Fearne Fairy’s about to make a new friend! Not only that, but this new charming character gets himself in a sticky situation and luckily, Fearne comes to his rescue.

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Fantasy, Myths & Legends

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Fearne Fairy And The Landing Lesson: Book 10 in The Whimsy Wood Series
Written by Sarah Hill; Illustrated by Sarah Mauchline; Edited by Sarah O’Gorman

The marvellous month of May has arrived in Whimsy Wood, along with the delightful dawn chorus of course! In this 10th exciting instalment from the Whimsy Wood Series, Fearne Fairy is woken early by this twittering bunch of birds and so she decides to surprise her best friend, Mustard the Magpie Moth Caterpillar, with his favourite breakfast of scrambled ant eggs.

Now, if you’re familiar with Fearne Fairy, you’ll know that she’s a fairy with flaws and you’ll be accustomed to her crash landing on a regular basis! On returning to her tree stump house from the Woodland Store where she went to get the ant eggs, you won’t be surprised to learn that she crash lands yet again into her front door!

Since Fearne has had a number of accidents on landing in the past, Mustard decides it’s about time that she learnt how to land properly. For the sake of her sore knees and elbows if nothing else! But who will they ask to teach Fearne how to land and will they be able to find them in the enchanting Whimsy Wood?

Juvenile Books (Level 1 – Ages 5 to 8):
Fantasy, Myths & Legends

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ABC Dig For Gold

This game is fun and educational for ages 4 to 7+, 2 to 5 players. It helps children learn and reinforce reading and math skills while enjoying themselves!

Be the player with the most cards at the end of the game by asking other players for letters to make a match or to Dig for Gold from the draw pile.
Educational Products:
Preschoolers

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A Love Like No Other: Abigail and John Adams, A Modern Love Story
Written by Nancy Taylor Robson; Illustrated by none; Edited by Nancy Taylor Robson

They lived 200 years ago but their love was as modern as today. Independent and determined, Abigail struggled to run the farm and raise their children while John struggled to launch a new nation.
Their lives and times — like ours — were uncertain. Abigail’s concerns are those of any woman today – retaining her own identity while sacrificing for her family, maintaining a loving marriage, raising children in the face of dangers, and finding the money to make it work. But most of all, A Love Like No Other is the story of an enduring love.

Adult Books:
Historical Fiction

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