Words Take Wing

My kids and I are loving this series. In this installment, we meet Mendanbar the King of the Enchanted Forest, who goes to see Kazul, the King of the Dragons, and meets Princess Cimorene, who is now Kazul's chief cook and librarian. Kazul is missing, so off to find her then save her from the Wizards they go. We run into old friends, like Morwan the witch, and meet new ones, like the magician Telemain. Great cast of characters. Second in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles (quartet). Performed by Words Take Wing (full cast). From Random House, Listening Library, and Scholastic. NFM

My kids and I are really enjoying this series (we read the last one first). Summary: Princess Cimorene doesn't like the rules that she's supposed to follow, so she runs away and by luck ends up as the Dragon Kazul's princess. Knights keep trying to rescue her -- they can't believe that she doesn't want to be rescued (but as Morwen the witch points out, you'd think that more princesses would run away to be a dragon's princess as they're almost guaranteed a good match LOL). Cimorene helps the dragons fight the wizards. First in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, read by Words Take Wing (full cast) from Listening Library (couldn't tell who the print publisher was). NFM

(A children's book, full-cast recording) Four children find a charm that grants exactly half of what they wish for. We enjoyed it but not as much as we expected to based on recommendations and the back blurb. There are some funny scenes and loving scenes. The children are well-portrayed. As with the full-cast recording that we listened to last week, I enjoyed the effects: it's really nice to have so many very distinct voices. Long enough that it does count as one full-length book. NFM