ACTION!  Nicole Claire reviews the following:

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon, by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrations by Joe Berger; Candlewick Press, $15.99, 240 pages, ages 9-12. (April 2014)

Loot: How to Steal a Fortune, by Jude Watson; Scholastic Press, $16.99 272 pages, ages 9-12. (June 2014)

Aaaaand, Action! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon and Loot! 6-29-2014.m4v

 Nicole Basbanes Claire reviews two books that celebrate the great outdoors.

Happy Fourth of July!

Bambi, A Life in the Woods, by Felix Salten, illustrated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $29.99 192 pages, ages 10 and up.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, by David A. Adler; Holiday House, $18.95, 144 pages, ages 10 and up.

Nature Calling! Bambi A Life In the Woods and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 6-29-2014.m4v

Non-Fiction Female Leaders! Miss Emily and Pure Grit, 5-4-2014.m4v

The School for Good and Evil Book 1 and The Children of The King, 5-4-2014.m4v