The Secret City: The Burly & Grum Tales (Volume 2) (edition 2012)

In Kate Tenbeth second book about the adventures of Burly the Bear, Grum the Goblin, Max the young Human, Mike the Angel and the whole gang. In this one Burly and Grum show Max a secret city in the forest. They start out on a day of fun and discovery…and of course end up in trouble.

Again Kate has put together another great story about friends and friendships. It shows how working together can solve problems. I loved this book as much as her first book, Beyond the Forest. You can see my review for Book One on this site also. Her second book is fun and all of her stories are around 40 pages long so it is a fun, quick read that will really brighten your day. This book is good for all ages and I recommend it to everyone who still enjoys a fun adventure. You never know what kind of trouble these guys will get into. It has wonderful illustrations by Rob Jones…I wish there were more, a lot more and the witting is great. The story is original and always has good morals and a feel good ending.

Kate Tenbeth also gives a donation to the Born Free Foundation for each book that is purchased. So how can you go wrong…buying her stories not only do you get a fun filled story that will make you smile (a lot) you are also contributing to a great foundation. ( )

4 STARS
Burly & Grum is a well told children's story that teaches a lesson in it. Plus it is a adventure too.
Burlington Bear, Grum the groblin and Max are best friends playing by a river and having a picnic. Grum and Max have different opionons of what their lunches and whats fun at playing. Burly tells them its okay to be different.
They show Max a lost city in the forest. Hunters end up trying to capture all three of them.
It is a good plot with different characters that are well developed. Easy to follow. exciting adventure.
I was given this ebook to read in exchange for honest review from Librarything.
July 22, 2011 PUB 47 pages ( )

A very good book for the young ones. I know my daughter was infatuated from the moment she saw Burly and Grum, Even taking her teddy bear and holding on tight to it through the whole book, which was a great thing for her as of late. Her attention span through chaptered books was starting to wan, I'm proud to say that she got a renewed strength The pictures helped a little too.

The story is cute and compelling of a boy, his bear and his groblin. They are always in adventure and constantly in trouble like children often are. With the bear being more of the wise old father figure that tries to keep them both on track.

The morals are amazing and something my daughter caught on to quickly. The mixture of thrills, comedy and adventure kept her enthralled and had my daughter begging for more, If anything I am glad to say that it's renewed her love of the chapter books and having mommy breathlessly reading them to her constantly a habit. I have to thank the author for giving us a wonderful story and wonderful characters to which I wish I had my own Burly or Grum to hug and have at night. ( )