Ian and the Woodins [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Stephen Yaeger (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

What does an eleven-year-old boy do when he learns of a subterranean world? If he is adventurous and imaginative, he sets out to find it of course; and that is just what Ian Lawrence does. After solving the Portals secret, he enters the strange, but wonderful world of Arboritia. An amusing meeting with a Woodin called Bunkin draws him into an adventure he never expected. He learns of the theft of a special wand tip from a wondrous wand belonging to the unusual Snake Wizard, Snuggly P. Wigglesworth, and the effect this act will have on the Arboritian forest. The boy designs and helps the troubled Woodin community construct a hot air balloon based on Ians class science project. The balloon takes Ian, Bunkin, and a Woodin huntsman, Senic, over Turquoise Lake to Shrouded Mountain. On the mountains forbidding, fog-covered plateau they encounter many dangerous obstacles among which are fogworms, mire pots, polymorphs, genyxs, and xordions. But their greatest challenge is the Gnobblin thief and rogue, Naggins, who gives the reader a humorous encounter with his own guardsmen; and the frightening creature called Abominus, who stands in the way to Turquoise Lake and home.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Steve Yaeger lives on the Rockaway Peninsula, NYC, with his wife, Judith. They have three children, two beautiful granddaughters, and a cat, Pickles. He is a retired New York City high school science teacher, and a self-taught artist painting many subjects, but specializing in wildlife and the natural world.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse; illustrated edition edition (June 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595183662
• ISBN-13: 978-0595183661
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,958,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars exciting book for kids, November 6, 2001

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Myra Berger (Queens, N.Y. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ian and the Woodins (Paperback)

This book starts out with a situation that fires the imagination of 4,5,6 grade kids. The book continues with many adventures in an underground world. Lots of scientific factual information is imbedded in the story. There is a helpful glossary in the back which is not overwhelming. The plot moves quickly from chapter to chapter so that one is compelled to read the next part. The illustrations are scattered throughout the book and enrich the text.
I'm a public school librarian in New York City. I gave a book talk to the students in fourth and fifth grades with this book. Both the teachers and students were excited by it. A few teachers have chosen to use the book as a daily read aloud.
I invited the author to visit the our school and discuss his work with the students. He was gracious enough to come and the students were fascinated with him as well as the information about his background and his craft. They are anxiously awaiting his next book.