The Quest for the Diamond Sword: Fun and Friendship

The Quest for the Diamond Sword by Winter Morgan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A fun read with the kids!

I read this book because I am co-facilitating a book club for four wonderful boys together with my daughter. I had no idea that this would be the book we would end up reading. I was expecting The Graveyard Book or Bridge to Terabithia. But this Minecraft book won the most votes! Even my daughter voted for it! The story is straightforward and simple (it's only 18 chapters long) but what I love about it is the friendship that develops among Steve, Henry, Max, and Lucy. They are not the most likely of friends and yet you see their personalities change and their relationships grow throughout the book. It was also because of this book that I appreciated how rich the world of Minecraft really is! It's a very complex system with an almost infinite amount of objects that you can store in your inventory. My daughter had fun with recreating the settings on Minecraft and even made Minecraft costumes and objects for both of us. :) So, go ahead, pick up this book because it's a great way to get into your child's world! You're sure to have great conversations about it.

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King Butter Buns and The Dark Chocolates

Last Black Saturday, I made up a story together with my son. Sharing all the belly laugh-inducing silliness with you.

King Butter Buns and The Dark Chocolates 
by Justine Camacho-Tajonera

For B. 

King Butter Buns lived peacefully in the green hills with his minions, the Easter bunnies and the regular bunnies. The Easter bunnies were special. They ate the magic weeds of King Butter Bun's hills and pooped Easter eggs filled with soda gummies. King Butter Bun’s regular bunnies, on the other hand, pooped out milk chocolate bars.

Everything was going fine until the Dark Chocolates arrived. There was an army of them. They wanted to take over King Butter Bun’s kingdom. They came armed with Dark Chocolate bows and arrows and catapults. It was an all out war. King Butter Buns hit back with Easter eggs and milk chocolate bars. But they were outnumbered. The Dark Chocolates were winning.

Suddenly, from out of the horizon, a rocket ship of children arrived. The boys and girls saw that the Dark Chocolates covered King Butter Bun’s hills. “Eeew! Dark chocolates!” they cried out. Together, they flung the Dark Chocolates away until they saw the Easter eggs and milk chocolate bars. “Yay! Easter eggs and milk chocolate!” The children defeated the Dark Chocolates.

“Thank you, dear children,” King Butter Buns said, “as your reward, you can have as much Easter eggs, cola gummies, and milk chocolate as you want.” The boys and girls were astonished with the cola gummies. They didn't see that these were hidden inside the sugar shells of the Easter eggs. Everyone cheered! The regular bunnies and Easter bunnies pooped out all the Easter eggs and chocolate bars with grateful hearts. Before they left on their rocket ship, the children, in turn, left a box of carrots for the bunnies. What the bunnies pooped out from the carrots is another story. 

The End