Title: 5 - Minute Adventure Stories for Minecrafters: Extreme Stories from the Extreme Hills
Author: Greyson Mann
Illustrator: Grace Sanford
Publisher: Sky Pony Press, September, 2017
Pages: 112
Genre: fantasy, children (ages 7 - 12)
Obtained: advanced reading copy from publisher in exchange for an honest review
Summary: Zach, Sophia, and Anthony go treasuring hunting in different areas of the Extreme Hills. Each chapter is a different adventure with new dangers they must face.
Thoughts: This book consists of eight short adventures in which the same three characters hunt for treasure. Each story takes place in a different section of the Extreme Hills and there is a different danger in each story. Some of the things encountered in the stories are caves, spiders, lava, zombies, bats, rotten flesh, dungeons, silverfish, and skeletons. This is definitely a book for Minecraft lovers. Readers will come across words such as mobs, spawner, creeper, Enderman, and griefer.
I liked that this book was geared toward young readers. There seem to be many books based on Minecraft for older kids, but it is harder to find Minecraft based books for the younger ones. I liked this book because it had large print and was repetitive. It had some advanced words, but just enough so that a younger child could comprehend what was going on even if they didn't know the meaning of these words. A child may learn the meaning of new words such as "spire" or "tread". Also, there were a couple of good themes throughout the book, such as be prepared and always be there for your friends.
Although it was very hard for me to not zone out when my son was reading this book to me, he loved it and it held his interest. He was able to learn some new vocabulary and got practice reading some words that he doesn't come across often, along with some more common words. This is a great book for young Minecraft lovers to read with someone and for older children to have some short stories to read on their own. It is recommended for ages 7 to 12, but I believe advanced readers in this age group would be bored with these stories.
* Please note this was an advanced reading copy. The names in the book were not the same as on the book cover. Therefore, the names in my summary may not be the same as in a book you purchase or check out at the library.
Tea: Cream
Obtained: purchased
I always have dessert after dinner, but sometimes a sweet cup of tea is enough dessert for me. That is why I ordered the Sweet Tooth Teas sampler from Adagio Teas. Included in the sample were Cream, Tiger Eye, Chocolate Chip, and Caramel. The cost for the sampler was $9 and each sample is supposed to make 10 cups of tea- that's 40 cups for $9!
I decided to have a cup of Cream tea while my son read to me. This is a Ceylon tea with cream flavoring. It has a high caffeine content. I cut open the resealable bag. The thin, black leaves had the scent of warm cream. I put two teaspoons of leaves into my tea ball and poured sixteen ounces of boiling water over this. I let it steep for three minutes. The liquid was dark orange and the scent was of cream pie. The taste was rich, smooth, and brisk with a sweet cream background. To me it was an elegant tea. It is a nice dessert tea. It would also be great to have when craving something sweet.
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