This is a chapter book for ages 6-10 years old. The series’ premise is that Max and Sofia come across a magical boat that takes them places where they can help animals.

In this book, Max and Sofia end up in Hawaii. They help newly hatched baby sea turtles make their way to the ocean. They do this during the day. After helping one hatchling make it to the ocean, Max, Sofia and their new friend Laila figure out the best way to help the babies is to turn on the lighthouse light. 

That’s because baby sea turtles usually hatch at night to avoid predators. They use the moonlight shining off the ocean to figure out which way to go. But the hotel on the beach is having a party that will confuse the baby turtles.  Will Max, Sophia and Laila make it on time to help the hatchlings? Read Wind Riders #1 to find out!

I really liked the premise of this chapter book series. I liked having a magical boat to take them on adventures around the world. No time passed back home, just like the Magic Treehouse series. But this book has an animal and ocean theme. The characters are likable and believable. The story is well-paced and includes accurate scientific facts in the text and backwater.

Fans of the Magic Treehouse, Magic Schoolbus, and Zoey & Sassafras books will like this science adventure series, currently at 4 books.

Thank you to Netgalley and the published for giving me an advanced copy of this book to read and review.

Jen Martin’s Wind Riders series is sure to be a hit with young readers, their version of Magic Treehouse. Filled with captivating illustrations that allow readers to picture what is happening, I am pleased to offer this in my classroom library.

Max and Sofia are normal children who meet on a beach and soon discover a mystical boat in a mangrove tree area. As kids are curious, they chose to hop on the boat and are whisked away to save sea turtles from a bad fate. With lessons about the environment and taking chances, Wind Riders takes readers on a problem solving adventure for the ages.

Clever and magical adventure with an educational and environmental flair! Max and Sofia sail off on a magical adventure, during which they learn about endangered sea turtles and take first steps to help protect them.

A fun story, with science cleverly woven through it. This adventure story takes Max and Sofia to Hawaii to save the sea turtles. Reminiscent of the Magic School Bus, the boat Wind Rider, takes the two sea-faring animal rescuers to destinations around the world to protect wildlife in danger. In this tale, they are in tropical Hawaii trying to work with an old lighthouse keeper to protect baby sea turtles hatching at night. A fabulous read for animal loving children.
Thanks to Harper Collins Children’s Books and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

This was a really cute chapter book reminiscent of Magic Tree House, instead of tree house that takes these 2 kids to different time periods, Max & Sofia have a boat that takes them all over the world without any time passing in their regular location even though they have been gone all day with the boat. I really like the story and it was a good concept with the sentient boat that sent them where they need to be in this case Hawaii to help save the baby turtles that were hatching that night and who use the moons light on the ocean to know where to go and with hotels encroaching on their hatching grounds they can get distracted by the light from the hotel events and end up going away from the ocean. This was a really good first book and gave some really good facts about conservation and at the end of the book you get the place they went to and facts on the animals they are trying to help.

Thanks to Harper Collins Children’s Books and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book in e-book form. All opinions in this review are my own.

This book is amazing! Such a sweet read. I loved the STEM components. Will absolutely share this book with my kids and recommend it to anyone with a young reader in their lives.

Thank you HarperCollins Children's Books and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A sweet magical tale about a seagull that has fishing line wrapped around his foot. When two kids remove it, they are taken to a special place in a boat where they see sea turtles and that seagull. There’s a problem though. Will the two kids be able to help in time?

This book would be great for an easy and quick chapter book for the classroom. Or, this would be a good read for one on one in the classroom. Two best friends find a boat in the middle of the woods. Once they get on, they are transported to the sea. They meet a new friend on the beach, swim with sea turtles underwater, help baby turtles get to the water, and visit a lighthouse. All the while, time has stood still back home.