Animal Explorers: Bundle Up with Polar Animals

 

 Hey everybody! Welcome to this meeting of Animal Explorers! I'm Ms. Meghan, and for fifteen years I was an animal keeper at different zoos.  Now that I'm here at the Galesburg Public Library, we're going to explore the animal kingdom together! Each month you can pick up a Animal Explorers kit and become an expert on a new animal! Then you can come and talk about it at our club meeting.

This month we're going to bundle up and learn about polar animals. Which species did you become an expert in? What's one thing you learned about your species? Which polar animal is your favorite? Tell the club in the comments below. 

Kid Review: Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts

 

Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts

By Dianne K. Salerni

New York: Holiday Housem 2020.

From the Publisher: It's 1898 in New York City and ghosts exist among humans.When an unusual spirit takes up residence at the Roosevelt house, thirteen-year-old Eleanor and fourteen-year-old Alice are suspicious. The cousins don't get along, but they know something is not right. This ghost is more than a pesky nuisance. The authorities claim he's safe to be around, even as his mischievous behavior grows stranger and more menacing. It's almost like he wants to scare the Roosevelts out of their home - and no one seems to care! Meanwhile, Eleanor and Alice discover a dangerous ghost in the house where Alice was born and her mother died. Is someone else haunting the family? Introverted Eleanor and unruly Alice develop an unlikely friendship as they explore the family's dark, complicated history. It's up to them to destroy both ghosts and come to terms with their family's losses.

Reviewed by: Elinor, age 9.

This book was pretty good. I do think it was pretty scary so I guess the right age group would be 9 and up. I liked how the cover featured the ghost lamp. I think the way the cover and the words on the back at first glance make the book look A LOT less scary. I was surprised at the end. If you look very close at the cover you might be able to tell it was scary but the cover told a story which I really liked. Overall I would give it four stars and I would recommend it to others.