BOOK REVIEW – Inkling

by Kenneth Oppel (Author), Robbie Daymond (Narrator), Listening Library (Publisher) An Audiobook Review INKLING, by Kenneth Oppel, is a very creative, exciting, and touching story about a … okay, you guessed it, a spot, or splot, of ink.  But how can you make a story out of that?  Oppel does it very well, just as in his wonderful space odysseys. He…

BOOK REVIEW – The Wild Robot

by Peter Brown (Author), Kate Atwater (Narrator), An Audiobook Review by Jackie Houchin This is a fun, adventurous, and imaginative story that Peter Brown has written for children. There are lessons of kindness and getting along, lessons on how not to judge people (animals) who are different than you, and how to work together in emergencies. The Wild…

Book Review: The Adventurers and the Temple of Treasure

by Jemma Hatt, narrated by Ciaran Saward An Audibook Review by Jackie Houchin The Temple of Treasure is the second of six “Adventurers” books for kids 8-12. It’s a fun, fast-paced story in which the kids – Lara, Rufus, and Tom (plus dog, Barney) seek to find the legacy of Lara’s father who died looking…