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Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Synopsis: "Make sure you wrap up warm for school, honey. A blizzard is on the way." Ten-year-old Teddy rolls his eyes at his mother. But then he hears a bang... By the time police arrive, Teddy's mother is dead. His open school backpack is strewn across the hallway. And Teddy is nowhere to be found.   When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake,  Agent Tori Hunter  races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that  ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared . His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy's father,  Tori finds he is missing too.   Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce. But interviewing everyone she can about Teddy's father, Tori's gut has her questioning if he would really kidnap his own child?  An...
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Dino-Thanksgiving by Lisa Wheeler

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Title: Dino-Thanksgiving
Author: Lisa Wheeler
Genre: Children's Fiction 
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 32
Date of Publication: September 1, 2020



Description: Follow along as dinos travel over the river and through the woods to join together with family. They enjoy favorite activities, including a corn maze, a televised parade with giant balloon creations, and of course a football game between the Redscales and the Snackers! The dinos share in not one but two feasts--one for the carnivores and another for the veggie-saurs. Join in the fun as the dinos find much to be thankful for on this special holiday! 

My Thoughts: I picked up this book for my son who is 11 months old. He loves to read and carry around books and it looked like it might be a fun illustration book for him to look at and I was right. The illustrations done by Barry Gott are well done. They are fun, colorful, and eye catching. I really enjoyed the illustrations myself.

Lisa Wheeler wrote a splendid story on Thanksgiving. It is fun and super easy to read. Each page has about two sentences, so a short quick read. She made it so that each dinosaur characters name was done in a bright color while the rest of the text is in black.

Lisa and Barry have great attention to detail. Lisa wrote the book based off of what a real Thanksgiving day would look like. For example, you have the very busy and jammed pack airports, the parent dinosaur getting up at the crack of dawn to start the Thanksgiving feast, and the Thanksgiving parade to just name a few. Barry also paid attention to detail and my favorite one is in the airport, specifically the arrival and departure board. The cities listed are dinosaur themed and based off of real cities. For example a few of them that are listed are New Orinthleans (New Orleans) and Des Miocenes (Des Moines). 

Rating: 5 out of 5 as it was a super easy, short, and fun read. I loved the attention to detail and the illustrations. It is such a colorful book.

Purchase book: Amazon 

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About the Author: Lisa Wheeler is the award-winning author of the Dino-Sports books. When she isn't running around the country visiting schools, standing at podiums, and eating airport snacks, she resides in Michigan.

About the Illustrator: lives in Ohio and has illustrated many children's books, including all of the Dino-Sports books and What DO Teachers Do (After YOU Leave School)?

Many thanks to CarolRhoda and Netgalley for this early review copy. This is my honest opinion. 

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