Review – Carrie’s Flight by Lois Wickstrom #NewRelease #Stem #Children #5paws @loiswickstrom

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Synopsis

Magic runs in the women of Carrie’s family. Her grandmother, her father’s mother, was the last magical member of the family. Now, because of her love for Grandma, Carrie is developing her magic and learning to use the wondrous treasures that have been passed down through her family. In this book, she learns to fly with the starlings in order to visit her grandma at her new home. This series has three other books, each exploring one of the gifts. The wandas are female wands. The fascinator is a magical hat. The dowsing rods truly search out value. Most of all Carrie has family as her top priority. The magic works to strengthen her connection to her grandmother.

 

Review

This book takes a young girl’s mind and love for science to a new level. Carrie loves birds and has spent some time watching them with her grandmother. Turns out, there might be another reason why they have this attraction to birds – a set of wings that lets Carrie fly with the Starlings.

This book will encourage children to investigate science, birds, and nature. It will also fuel their imagination and fill them with wonder about how birds are able to fly.

The interaction between Carrie and her grandmother is sweet and shows the strength of their bond.  While they may not live close by, they chat via computer which is a testament to the family bond.

The illustrations are beautiful and while I have a Kindle Oasis everything was black and white, I can imagine on an eReader or computer that the colors would be very vivid and draw a young child into the story even more.

There is also a write up about Starlings at the end of the book that was educational.

We give this 5 paws up.

 

About the Author

Lois Wickstrom earned her BA in biology with Chemistry and English minors. She is the creator of the Imagenie videos on YouTube and “Starting With Safety” available from the American Chemical Society. She also co-authored the Nessie’s Grotto Books with Jean Lorrah, and the Orange Forest Rabbit books with Lucrecia Darling.

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