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A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston
A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Sylvia Long (Chronicle Books, 2012) is a lovely illustrated book about rocks. I never thought of rocks as alive or lively and yet, Ms Aston has...
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Ten Ships that Rocked the World by Gillian Richardson
I really loved reading the juvenile nonfiction book Ten Rivers that Shaped the World when I reviewed it earlier this year. It seemed to be a history of the world as captured through the rivers of the...
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So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be by Maureen Corrigan
So We Read On by Maureen Corrigan (Little, Brown and Company, September 2014) is a tribute and examination of the often-named Great American Novel, The Great Gatsby. Ms Corrigan is a true fan of the...
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Elephant Man by Mariangela Di Fiore and Hilde Hodnefjeld
Elephant Man by Mariangela Di Fiore and Hilde Hodnefjeld (Annick Press 2015) is a difficult picture book for older children about an obscure deformed man in history, one that was famous in his own way...
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We Just Had a Baby by Stephen Krensky
I though that We Just Had a Baby by Stephen Krensky was an appropriate book to kick off the new year (and restart my inactive blog) since I did just have a baby. Actually ate my baby was born a few...
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Thirty Million Words by Dana Suskind
Thirty Million Words by Dana Suskind is about the literacy project of the same name that focuses on improving children’s access to language from day one. In the first three years of life, children...
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DNA Detective by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
DNA Detective by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Lil Crump is a information-packed book to explain the basics of forensics with the frame of a robbery that needs to be solved. I enjoyed reading the...
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A Few Christmas Picture Books (Belated Reviews)
I had a delightful holiday season this year, in which I did not (obviously) worry about keeping up with my reviewing blog. Strawberry, aged 3, and Raisin, who recently turned 8, enjoyed a book advent...
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is one that I saw mentioned a lot on social media. I was intrigued. When I saw it in OverDrive and saw that it was less than 200 pages I decided to...
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Little Bo Peep and Her Bad Bad Sheep by A.L. Wegwerth
Little Bo Peep and Her Bad Bad Sheep by AL Wegwerth is a nonlinear book full of illustrated nursery rhymes to discover. A narrator on one side of the page is attempting to recite Little Bo Peep ....
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Waterloo by Alan Forrest
I am not an expert in battle history nor even early modern world history. That said, I’ve always been fascinated by Waterloo due to its appearance in many familiar novels that I’ve enjoyed such as Les...
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The Gallaudet Children’s Dictionary of American Sign Language
I studied American Sign Language when I was in high school with some friends, and I also studied sign language for a year when I got to the university. I love sign language! I love the beauty of the...
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Whose Hands Are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book by Miranda Paul
Whose Hands Are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book by Miranda Paul is a picture book for guessing the community job pictured. It teaches about community helpers with rhymes and illustrations. My...
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May I Quote You On That? by Stephen Spector
May I Quote You on That? by Stephen Spector is a descriptive guide to grammar and usage. It uses quotes from popular publications and media to show how the English language is used today. May I Quote...
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Tru and Nelle by G. Neri
Tru and Nelle by G. Neri is a book about a young Harper Lee and a young Truman Capote. In this book, however, Harper Lee is known as Nelle and young Truman is Tru. I often heard that the book To Kill a...
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A Few Stories about Friends
A Friend for Mole by Nancy Armo is about a mole who stumbles out of his hole and feels lonely because he’s afraid of the light, as well as wolf who got lost from his home in the middle of the night and...
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Trapped Behind Nazi Lines by Eric Braun
Trapped Behind Nazi Lines by Eric Brown is a middle grade nonfiction book about a company of medics and nurses that, while flying to Italy during World War II, got lost in the clouds and ended up crash...
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Power Up by Shaker Paleja and Glenda Tse
Power Up: A Visual Exploration of Energy by Shaker Paleja and Glenda Tse is a visually appealing and easily accessible book about energy for the upper elementary school and middle school student to...
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Peek Inside Little Red Riding Hood
Peek Inside a Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood is an Usborne book board book with a few flaps and peek inside pages. You can see the next scene from the current scene. It is a really nice quality...
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
We recently listened to an amazing audiobook that surprised me by its depth and language. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin is a Newbery Honor book for good reason. By weaving Chinese...
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