Its a chapter book about a fourth grader, Channing O'Banning who loves art. She and her friends have some fun digging in the school playground looking for some fossils. They learn about Native Americans in their history class. She visits the west along with her family for a cousin's wedding and learn more about Native Americans and their customs. It is a fun and interesting book teaching the importance of being honest.

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Another fantastic adventure. I am really loving the books in this series and I really hope that there are more planned for the future.

Channing O'Banning and the Turquoise Trail is a great chapter book for your beginning chapter book readers. The text is simple, and the plot develops clearly. The theme of the story is about being honest and telling the truth. My daughter is seven, and this was a great fit book for her.

The crazy antics and adventures of Channing O'Banning and her best friend Maddy continue in this fun children's chapter book. It's a well known fact that Channing does not like science in school. This book starts off with Channing and her friends exploring the playground in an archaeological dig of sorts. Channing shows little interest until an opportunity presents itself for her to sketch something they find. She loves art very much, especially drawing. But as recess ends she is dreading going back to class to study more about Native Americans. She thinks they are pretty boring.

However, when the social studies teacher and the science teacher both include turquoise rocks, dinosaurs, and Native American art in their lessons, Channing's interest in the boring subjects suddenly increases. To top it off, the family takes a trip out west and Channing gets to discover more dinosaurs and Native American culture.

I love how Nana slips in a Bible verse as she tries to teach Channing a lesson. This book is about being honest, discovering your uniqueness, and accepting responsibility. The end of the book has a section that contains fun Native American facts.

I would recommend this book to young readers ages 5-12. I received this as a free ARC from Thomas Nelson Children's Books on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Another cute adventure to read to my neice! These little books are so wonderful! Will be purchasing every one of these soon

Bio:

A dinosaur dig and a search for a lost ring will take readers ages 6–10 on a hilarious adventure with spunky 4th grade artist Channing O’Banning!

Fourth-grader Channing O’Banning always has a colored pencil stuck in her hair. A girl who prefers her sketch book to her math book—or any book, for that matter—budding artist Channing is the star of this new chapter book series. With parents who think she’s from Mars, an annoying older sister who acts like Queen of the World, and a surprisingly cool Nana, Channing navigates the fourth grade in hilarious stories every kid can relate to. For fans of Judy Moody or Junie B. Jones, Channing O’Banning’s antics will be familiar and welcome—and parents will love that Channing always learns a biblically based lesson.

Channing O’Banning has had enough of school. Best friends (and super nerds) Cooper and Maddy are really into their studies on the American Southwest, but Chan can’t see what a bunch of boring rocks and dusty deserts have to do withher. When Nana lets Channing borrow her super-cool Navajo turquoise ring, Channing is over the moon—until she loses the ring. As Chan searches for Nana’s ring, hilarious antics ensue, but in the midst of the craziness, Channing learns a new perspective on history, friendship, and, especially, the importance of responsibility.

This is a really cute kids book. Something that would read well for ages 6-11. It also has some learning material in there in the science and social studies fields. I'm an adult, and it's sad to say I actually learned a little something about rocks and minerals. Maybe I should have paid better attention in school, or maybe if it was fun like this book- it might have actually stuck.

Channing is the typical fourth grade girl, and her thoughts are pretty hilarious in a comical childlike way. She reminds me a lot of my own daughter- in that she is quirky and cute and doesn't really care so much about learning until it's something that interests her.

I love how this book has a lesson wrapped up inside it. It's something you can feel good about your child reading, and I look forward to reading this one again to my kids.

I think my favorite character in the book though is Cooper. He's a know it all, and yet he is still nice to his friends. It's comical how he talks about his teachers, and the cute little nicknames they have for them. Boring Doring is my favorite.

It was pretty neat learning about turquoise too. I wasn't really knowledgeable about that kind of thing and how it relates to the tribes of the world. I love how this book teaches real world things, yet also teaches things about life.

Five stars for this cute little children's book.

*I received this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

If you have read any of the Channing O’Banning books you’ll want to read this one too. It has a lot of adventure and suspense. It is a nice chapter book. There are parts that have you laughing out loud. Overall we really liked the book, but there are a few parts to it that we talked about and I thought I would mention. Those parts would include the use of crossing their fingers for luck and other luck comments. Also, the lack of Scripture involved throughout the book although there seemed to be some great places to include some. It gave us a great opportunity to talk through those. Maybe in the future it will have more to it than a couple mentions of God.