Welcome My Fellow Book Dragons, to our first Saturday’s Child in quite some time! Our Gem this evening is a Lodestone. Silvery grey and powerful, it is going to lead us on a fantastic adventure!
This is Gem Maker David W. Tollen’s “The Jericho River”! The tale of young Jason Gallo’s quest to find his Historial Professor father by traveling across the expanse of time and awaken him from his Dream Voyage before the strain kills his physical body. But watch out, here there be Monsters…and creatures of mythical proportions! And that isn’t all! We have Barbarians. Lamassu, Minotaurs, Fairies, Pirates, Mummies, Philosophers, Kings and Soldiers.
This book does not disappoint. We time travel in a way that is not babyish, nor dumbed down. This book is meant to get Nestlings and Nest-Teens interested in World History and Mr. Tollen does it very well. I enjoyed it very, very much. I found myself going through Sumer, Pharaoh’s Egypt, Classical Greece, Medieval Europe, and losing myself in time. Some of it I remember quite well from my own last 556 years, you know.
And how lovely to read of Cleopatra, to see the terrible destruction of the Roman Empire, to watch all the great historical events that I lived through once be reconstructed so carefully. This is wonderful indeed.
There are also detailed maps and discussion questions at the end. This makes a nice bonus.
Mr. Tollen has kept the price of the book extremely reasonable as well, so KUDOS there! I highly recommend this book.
As always I remain, your humble Book Dragon,
Drakon T. Longwitten
I received a copy of this book for review. My opinions are my own.
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