Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Valentine's Day Secret

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:55pm
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Valentine’s Day in River Heights isn’t full of love and friendship this year. Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew’s friendship is in ruins in “Valentine’s Day Secret” by Carolyn Keene. Nancy, George and Bess all take a visit to Farmer Fran’s Barnyard Buddies to make their own special stuffed animals. The place is crowded on the weekend and because it’s Valentine’s Day, Farmer Fran is putting prize tickets in some of the pockets of the stuffed animals. Whoever finds a ticket in the pocket of their stuffed animal gets a special prize. Excited, the girls run back to their stuffed animals to see if they got one.

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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Pony Problems

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:52pm
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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew have a different sort of case to solve in “Pony Problems” by Carolyn Keene. There is a new petting zoo in town and among the chickens and goats there is a sweet Shetland pony named Buttons. Mr. Johnson and his family moved to River Heights when they bought the farm. Unfortunately, business hasn’t been doing well and his pony keeps finding ways to escape. Neighbors around River Heights keep finding Buttons in their front yard munching on flowers and grass.

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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: The Fashion Disaster

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:50pm
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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew are taking it on the runway. In “The Fashion Disaster” by Carolyn Keene the girls get to be part of a fashion show. River Heights is having the first ever fashion show for dogs to raise money for the Rollover Rescue animal shelter. All the dogs in the show will be dressed in the latest fashions by a local dog clothing artist and to top it all off, the star of the show is none other than the famous doggy-diva Lola. Lola is a very pampered poodle and when her gourmet treats end up missing she refuses to walk down the runway.

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Amy the Amyethyst Fairy By Daisy Meadows

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:46pm
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Jumping ahead in the Jewel Fairy series by Daisy Meadows to book number five we get to meet “Amy the Amethyst Fairy.” As I’ve said before, the books seem to be very popular with the kids in our area and we’re lucky if we can even find any to check out when we go, let alone getting and reading them all in order. But that’s okay because the books are really easy to follow in the series even if read out of order. But now back to fairy business…The girls have been helping the Jewel Fairies find their lost jewels and now it’s time to help Amy.

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India the Moonstone Fairy By Daisy Meadows

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:43pm
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We were so happy that we were able to find at least a couple more Jewel Fairies books at the library on our last visit. They seem to be in short supply or very popular in our area. This time we were able to find the first book in the Jewel Fairies series “India the Moonstone Fairy” by Daisy Meadows. In this story the girls are taken to Fairy Land where they are asked by the King and Queen for help. Jack Frost has been up to no good and this time he has taken all the magic stones from the Queen’s crown.

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The Pony and the Haunted Barn By Jeanne Betancourt

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:40pm
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Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? I know I do and with the rainy and stormy weather coming our way with the change of seasons, it’s time to break them out. In The Pony Pals “The Pony and the Haunted Barn” Jeanne Betancourt does just that. The Pony Pals have their secret riding trail but there is also another trail that leads to Morristown. Morristown is an old ghost town that has been abandoned for a very long time. The girls aren’t afraid of ghosts or believe all the stories they hear about the town and actually enjoy riding there when they want a long trail ride.

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Magic Pony By Jeanne Betancourt

By hellenwyeth on 8/31/10 8:34pm
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The Pony Pals are excited and have their fingers crossed that Anna will get to be a star with her pony Acorn. In the little town of Wiggins, a casting call has been posted for a play and they need both the leading lady and horse role filled. The girls and the town have both seen Acorn in star action in the past and know that the role is his for sure. Now it’s Anna’s chance to show her stuff in “Magic Pony” by Jeanne Betancourt. Anna would love nothing more than to be in the play with her pony, Acorn.

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Ski School Sneak

By hellenwyeth on 8/16/10 4:28pm
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Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew get to go on a ski trip with George’s family in Ski School Sneak by Carolyn Keene. Mount Fun Ski Lodge is having a “kids half off weekend” for the first time ever and it’s a big hit. None of the girls know how to ski but Mount Fun has bunny slopes with ski classes and whoever does the best and picks up on it the quickest gets an award. Bess is a natural at it and by lunch time that award is hers. Everyone is happy for her except for one boy who thinks he should have won and thought he had it in the bag. He wins at everything.

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Ticket Trouble

By hellenwyeth on 8/16/10 4:25pm
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Fall is here and so is the Fall Festival that River Heights Elementary puts on to raise money. Every kid in town has been working hard to earn money to buy themselves tickets for games, rides and goodies to eat. In Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew’s Ticket Trouble by Carolyn Keene the girls find themselves on the job again. Nancy and her friends have worked just as hard to earn their tickets as everyone else so when their friend Ned finds that his tickets have gone missing they just can’t turn down the case. They promise Ned that they will find his tickets before the end of the day, when the fair closes until next year.

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Circus Scare

By hellenwyeth on 8/16/10 4:22pm
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The circus is coming to town and Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew couldn’t be more excited. Flyers have been all around town and it’s supposed to be the best show anyone has ever seen. The girls love the circus and to welcome them into town, there is a huge parade to celebrate. In The Circus Scare by Carolyn Keene, Nancy, George and Bess watch as daring acrobats, elephants, a car full of clowns and a bear named Brownie make their way down the street. Brownie is already putting on a show for the crowd when he walks away from his trainer to take a woman’s purse from the crowd but quickly gives it back. Everyone thinks Brownie is hilarious.

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