Gallery Ghost: Find the Ghost Who Paints the Most! by Anna Nilsen, 2008, Birdcage Press, $17.95, hardbound, 40 pages. Category/Genre: mainstream. Cover: good. Where we got it: publisher. Where you can get it: Amazon, Barnes and Noble.
Written to help children develop an interest in the arts, Gallery Ghost is a mystery of sorts. The narrator, Sarah, works at night to clean a haunted art gallery, and wants the readers' help. She's playing a game with the ghosts of the artists: the artists put details of their own paintings onto the paintings of other artists. The goal is to figure out which ghost made the most changes.
There are a lot of artists represented -- 24, in fact, and their names and a brief description are given.
There's a score sheet included, and a magnifying glass to help the reader find the clues. The answers are at the back of the book. It's a pretty clever idea.
Written for up to age seven.
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Don't forget to check out the other stops on the tour!
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Wind Dancer by Chris Platt, 2014, Peachtree, $15.95, hardbound, 126 pages. Category/Genre: mainstream. Cover: brilliant. A handsome face, indeed! Where we got it: publisher. Where you can get it: Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million.
This is a touching story about a girl who lost her horse and a young man who lost his leg in a war he can't forget.
Ali McCormick, 13, has decided not to love horses anymore; it hurts too much after losing her precious Max. But she can't decide not to love her brother, who she also feels she's lost after he came home from Afghanistan damaged.
But Ali's best friend, Cara, won't let her forget how special horses are, and neither will Ali's parents, who soon bring home a pair of neglected horses for Ali to tend.
You'll have to read the book to find out if Wind Dancer, one of the horses in question, can save the people who are trying to save him.
For middle readers.
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Don't forget to check out the other stops on the tour!
Also, go to http://peachtree-online.com/index.php/book/wind-dancer.html to get information on author Chris Platt.
