Riley Bloom is 12, with almost her whole existence ahead of her. Except for her 13th birthday, that is, because–well–she’s dead. She’s a Soul Catcher, and though she’s fairly new at it, she’s already helped lead several souls to the Here & Now, the series’ version of an afterlife. Riley is aided...

Breakdown/Shakedown Wacky, anthropomorphic red-feathered woodpecker, or wacky, anthropomorphic retarded psycho chihuahua and fat, stupid cat–when it comes down to a head-to-head match-up, which wins: Woody Woodpecker or Ren and Stimpy? Cartoon animals have been a hilarious staple of cartoon viewing for over half a century, and everyone has his/her favorites that you...

Steampunk, the subgenre depicted in Richard Harland’s novel, Worldshaker, is one of today’s most popular types of science fiction. No wonder, in that it’s a style of literature that often has in it the best elements of science fiction and a technology that is a part of our past–steam. Also, cogs, gears, cams, and...

Museum of Thieves by the talented author Lian Tanner is destined to become a classic novel of children’s and YA literature. Yes, it’s that good. I was very impressed with Tanner’s story, of the adventures of twelve-year-old Goldie Roth of the city of Jewel (formerly Dunt), and how she runs away from...

It is fitting that the classic Newbery Award-winning 50th Anniversary edition of The Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell (1898-1989) has a forward written for it by Lois Lowry, who won the same award two times, in 1990 for The Giver and in 1994 for her brilliant novel, Number the Stars....

So we have already seen the Bridge Battle Habitat Set, now it is time to talk about the HEXBUG Nano Raceway Habitat Set.  You might have the baddest HEXBUG on Battle Bridge, but now it comes down to speed, how fast is that champion HEXBUG?  Now you can find out as you...

Even though voting does not begin until March 1, here at BSCkids we decided to give you our picks.  Well really it is just me, so don’t take my picks out on anyone else.  These are my personal preference, and I will note when I haven’t seen something and I am just...

The Jay Asher novel 13 Reasons Why is being adapted for the screen by Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment, and there was apparently no doubt in their minds as to who should star in the movie. OceanUp brings word that the movie, which is being produced by Eric Newman, Marx Abraham and...

I just finished Zita the Spacegirl a few days ago and really enjoyed it.  Zita and her friend Joseph find a weird device in a crater in a field that transports them to an alien planet that is doomed.  Well on the planet Joseph get taken by some aliens and it is up...

Have no fear, Chet Gecko is here! That’s right, the fourth-grade student/detective Chet Gecko is back in the 14th mystery of Bruce Hale’s popular Chet Gecko Mystery series, From Russia With Lunch. The school’s been turned upside-down, with the kids who would normally be considered teachers’ pets getting into trouble and being...

Please stay tuned as we put our new site design in place today.  It will be an ugly mess for a while, but this new design will make it much easier for us to highlight our content as well as incorporate different blogs into the site.  It should take use a few...

Okay, maybe I’m being a bit too cautious in assuming that not everybody has read the Harry Potter books or knows how the story ends, but I want to take a moment to let readers know that there are some spoilers ahead. If you happen to be one of those who don’t...

We had a great opportunity recently to speak with Joshua Erenberg, who plays the younger version of Seth Rogen’s character, “Britt Reid,” in THE GREEN HORNET film.  Josh took time from his busy schedule to answer a few questions for us, and it is always exciting to hear from one of the young actors...