The Chase is On!

What do art and math have in common? Not much, you'd think. But in Blue Balliett's Chasing Vermeer, these two subjects come together to create a truly intriguing puzzle Petra and Calder have to solve! And as always, there's not much time to do it!

Set in the windy city of Chicago (one of my fave cities!), involving a Vermeer painting (one of my fave painters!) and lots of pentominoes (ok, NOT one of my fave puzzles!), Chasing Vermeer is one of those "interactive" books that gets your mind thinking and imagination flying!

While you're reading, create your own puzzle of pentominoes, check out the Art Institute of Chicago , or marvel at Vermeer's A Lady Writing and other paintings! It's all just a click away! And with "puzzling" illustrations by Brett Helquist (solve them while you're reading the book too!), this is one worthwhile summer read!

Sniff on This

Hi, I'm Woofy. I'm a TudyPet waiting for treats (and, who "nose", maybe a home?).

Get to know me and all things canine. Click on this "back-to-the-pack" fun course: Animal Planet Dogs 101. Then track me on TudyDoll.com. Go ahead, hound me.

The chase is on, TudyGirls! It's doggone fun so dig in!!!

The Best for Last!

It's the last book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, fittingly and ominously titled The Last Olympian! I read this book in one go and still wanted more! Camp Half-blood's heroes are really put to the test when they're left to defend Olympus from the monster armies of Kronos. And since Olympus is on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building, that means the battle is waged right in the middle of Manhattan! So much for a sweet sixteen party for Percy (although the Party Ponies do crash his birthday battle!)!

Brush up on your mythology (this is seriously a great series to read if you're studying Greek myths in school!), find a really comfy chair, and read The Last Olympian! Like I've said before, it's all Greek to me and it's all Good!