Unlike most of the other children's books and series I've been reviewing recently, I never read The Secrets of Droon as a child; as a matter of fact, I'd never heard of the series until a few years ago. But I'm glad I finally got around to checking it out; if The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet i...
After reading the first two chapters, I flipped through to look at the book and was utterly disappointed in the illustrations. A book for middle-grade boys shouldn't be drawn in the childish style Steven Walker used. These pictures look like they're from a primary-grade kids' magazine, a boring one ...
Kinnell picked this out at the library and we sailed through it in one night. He was super into it. It was fun-- kids find a strange new world, solve some problems, make it back home before anyone notices. No fuss, no muss. I guess if you want to get picky the world-building is a little random--why ...
For all the hype I heard on this series I was a bit disappointed. The book is a second grade reading level (give or take depending on the child) with a kindergarten story line. It focuses on 3 children who are suppose to be cleaning out a basement and learn that the closet under the stairs is a ga...
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