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Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Blog Tour for the lower middle grade book "Axel & Theo: My Dog is The Emperor of a Faraway Galaxy" by Amberly Kristen Clowe from June 22 to 28, 2015. This one is a great choice for reluctant readers!   About the Book     Title: Axel & Theo: My Dog is the Emperor of a Faraway Galaxy | Author: Amberly Kristen Clowe | Publication Date: November 15, 2014 | Publisher: Smooth Sailing Press | Pages: 44 | Recommended Ages: 6to 10 Summary: Theodore Howard wants a white flag. The kind of white flag that will show Riverwood Elementary’s biggest bully, Theo’s given up on ever surviving the fourth grade, and achieving his dream of becoming a real-life astronaut. But, Theo’s seemingly pathetic future gets a glimmer of hope in the form of a very talkative weenie dog named Axel. Theo learns that his best friend on four legs, is actually an alien from the planet Doglin, and just when he begi...

A little over a month ago we instituted a reading reward program here at home. We've always been avid readers here. The kids were not highly motivated however to choose many books outside their preferred favorites. "What is something that you really want?" I asked Grace. She answered without hesitation. "Roller skates!" "Ok, how many books do you think you can read to get roller skates?" "Um...I don't know, twenty maybe?" "Hmm...roller skates is a pretty big prize and you are a pretty fast reader. How about, forty books." "Forty! That's a lot!" "Yes. But...every ten books I'll give you a smaller prize. And six of each set of ten can be comic or graphic novels like Big Nate." She thought those were acceptable terms. Zak, also thought so. His desired prize being a remote controlled drone. Also, his limit for comic or graphic novels is only four for every ten. Zak has already reached his goal...