Children's Series - Wright On Time

Today's reviews is something that I get to do every now and again but not as often as I would like too. Todays featured book is a New Children's series set in America and each book focuses on a different State. The series is called "Wright on Time" by Lisa M.Cottrell-Bentley and illustrated by Tanya Bauerle.

Today's Book took place in Arizona , the only thing I really know about Arizona is that the Grand Canyon resides there and now with Twilight books a huge success , the lead character Bella is from Phoenix, Arizona. So to give you some insight to where this book took place, I am going to give you five fast facts about Arizona.

*Residents are called Arizonans
*It is the 6th largest state , the size is 113,634.57 sq miles
*It Borders with the Country of Mexico
*Its State Fish is an Apache Trout
*An unusual one is that it's State Neckware is a Bola Tie

Review : Book One of "Wright on Time" Series - Arizona -Lisa M. Cottrell-Bentley and Illustrated by Tanya Bauerle.

Take a Ride in their RV with the Wright Family - Mum-Stephanie , Dad-Harrison , Brother- Aiden and Daughter- Nadia and their pet turtle Prince Pumpkin III as they head off to discover the 50 states of America. First Stop is Arizona, home of the famous Grand Canyon , so famous that Arizona is nicknamed "The Grand Canyon State". Their Adventure starts with the exploration of a desert cave owned by Bob. Each of the family members have been looking forward to this adventure ,each with an agenda of their own. Harrison, a language lingusitic is on the search for cave markings , Stephanie -wants to take beautiful pictures of the cave's insides , Nadia - can't wait to discover the different rocks and minerals and wants to find one that matches her green eyes and for Aiden the highlight is seeing the bats - as a favourite superhero of his was inspired by Bats galore, though im certain his cave was more modernised than the one the Wright family are exploring. When searching, the family find a mysterious object that looks kind of like a mini IPOD in the wall with a strange Marking of a turtle like creature - have the Wright family discovered a Mayan artifact or is somebody messing with them ? . Find out in the next book as they drive to their next destination of Utah and with the help of some family friends discover what the mysterious object is and what it contains. The Series "Wright on Time " is an excellent series that at the same time as being a fun and enjoyable read also provides an educational factor as the readers are taught about the states along with facts provided. Being from New Zealand , I will have to say that when reading this book , you could tell it was definitley an American based novel as the illustrations and writing screams American but due to the settings , this was a good thing that suited the series in a good way.

Review Book Two : Wright On Time : Utah by Lisa M. Cottrell-Bentley-2009

Book Two takes the Wright Family on a journey to Utah. In Utah, they head off to an Allosaurus dinosaur dig, where Aiden enjoys his time discovering dinosaur bones , not to mention losing his teeth which Im sure the Tooth Fairy is going to reward him well . When our teeth fell out, we used to put them under our pillows and then the tooth fairy would come and replace it with money :). Whilst Nadia is excited to have her parents friends Maeve and Arte along to help decipher the mystery device that the Wright family found in the cave whislt holydaying in Arizona. The Mystery device seems to be glowing and powering items up and the code reads Time Tuner . What does the Time Tuner do and what will happen when Aiden loses his tooth in the dig ? Find out in Wright on Team : Utah as we go for another enjoyable adventure with the Wright Family.

Five Fast Facts about Utah:

Largest Lake : Great Salt Lake
State Dance : Square Dance
State Fruit : Cherry
State Motto : "Industry"
Highest Point : Kings Peak - 13,528 Feet above Sea Level


Readers Keep your eyes peeled for Book Three : Wyoming.