Book Review: Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) by Benjamin Stevenson

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Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)  by Benjamin Stevenson opens with the main character traveling to a magic show prove his ex-wife's innocence in a murder. It involves ruling out the different people in the show. Will Ernest prove that his ex-wife is innocent without ruining things with his fiance? First and foremost, a big thank you to NetGalley for approving me to read this book. I received a copy for free in exchange for my honest review. The approval for the Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) came after the book was already published and being busy with the holidays both contributed to the delay of me reading and reviewing the book. The synopsis intrigued me, and I wasn't sure what to expect from this author as I haven't read anything by him before. However, it feels like Benjamin Stevenson is following a step by step guide provided to him in a writing class because the main character keeps mentioning how things should go according to "the norm...
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Book Review: Troop Esme by Lourdes Heuer and Marissa Valdez

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NetGalley Children's Book Review of Troop Esme by Lourdes Heuer and Marissa Valdez
Troop Esme by Lourdes Heuer and Marissa Valdez is an illustrated chapter book for young children between the ages of three and eight. It opens with Wendall stopping by Esme's apartment to sell boxes of his Badger Troop Cookies to earn a badge. Esme thinks it would be a great idea to start her own troop called Troop Esme so she can help Wendall achieve his goal.

I'd like to thank NetGalley for providing me an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of Troop Esme for free in exchange for my honest review. Although I'm not the target audience for this book, I knew I just had to read and review it because my cat that passed away was named Esme.

First and foremost, the pacing of the story was fantastic. It keeps the reader engaged and wanting more. Parents, teachers, siblings, etc. won't get bored reading the story for the umpteenth time. The style of writing reminds me of a book called Jellybeans for Breakfast that I read and loved as a child. Needless to say, I absolutely feel in love with Troop Esme. The illustrations are fantastic as well. It gives the reader a lot of different visualizations to complete the story.

Secondly, the story teaches children a lesson about helping others without it feeling like it's teaching a lesson. It gives adults the perfect opportunity to have a discussion afterwards and even put together a project of helping out someone, even if it's a simple as taking the mail up to an elderly person's front door. 

This is definitely a book that I will recommend to teachers and friends with children between the ages of three and eight. Five out of five stars is what I give Troop Esme by Lourdes Heuer and Marissa Valdez.

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