THE DANGEROUS ALPHABET BY NEIL GAIMAN & GRIS GRIMLY: A is for the author and artist of this book, Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly.  B is for the beautiful artwork on the pages that make you smile.  C is for the creative design of The Dangerous Alphabet, which is impressive and astonishing.  D is for the descriptive writing of Neil Gaiman, which keeps you turning every page.  E is for the exiting story about the two children and their gazelle.  F is for the funny things that happen in this book that make you laugh. G is for Gris Grimly who has done artwork for thirteen books, including this one.  H is for the happy ending that almost wasn’t.  I is for the impressive ways the children keep getting away.  J is for the jumping cute gazelle who also gets away.  CONTINUED . . .

JAKE RANSOM AND THE SKULL KING'S SHADOW BY JAMES ROLLINS: Jake and Kady Ransom are the children of brilliant archaeologists who tragically and mysteriously disappear while on a dig for ancient Mayan artifacts.  Three years later the Ransoms are suspiciously invited to a new Mayan exhibition at the British Museum, commemorating the memory of the missing archaeologists.  It turns out to be a PR stunt, but Jake and Kady get to enjoy the special Mayan artifacts before anyone else.  It is the miniature pyramid that intrigues Jake, noticing that the doorway is an usual shape that two pieces of a glyph – the last items the Ransoms got from their parents – fit exactly into.  When inserted, there is a bright light, then darkness. CONTINUED . . .