Today’s book is one my daughter found at the library. She found it on display, read through it, and recognized one of our favorite characters…Chico Bon Bon! It’s not another Chico Bon Bon book, but it is by the same author, Chris Monroe. Cookie the Walker has the same style-funny little dialogue asides throughout the pages, with occasional panels. Cookie is a dog who startles and delights his humans and his animal friends when he stands on two legs and walks around. He explains that it’s not just fun and unusual, but also sometimes convenient (as in, reaching treats on the counter.) Cookie’s talents attract the attention of ever bigger agents, eventually landing him in Hollywood. Like with many a quick rise to fame, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. It takes a friend from home to help Cookie figure out the simple answer to his problems.
I haven’t read Poseidon and the Sea of Fury (Heroes in Training #2) by Joan Holub myself, but my son read it this week and enjoyed it very much. He’s definitely interested in the mythology stories (and enjoyed the preview for Percy Jackson:Sea of Monsters) and this seems like a good choice for a younger reader not yet reading Percy Jackson. He also read (and recommended to his dad!) Jason and the Golden Fleece retold by Nel Yomtov. I have to say, I wish these retellings in chapter book form, graphic novel, and imagining the Greek gods as kids, were around when I was a kid. What a fun way to learn about the gods and their stories!
Fourteen Bears 