Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr is a brilliant tale of a young teenage girl and her doubts in life, in God and in her own family. Sam’s mother is in rehab, her father is struggling to keep ends meet, and as the daughter of the town minister Sam is feeling alone, excluded, and alienated [...]
Good Night, Little Sea Otter by Janet Halfmann is a sweet bedtime story about a little sea otter, who is having a difficult time going to sleep. While the sea otter’s mother tries to tug the baby sea otter into bed, the little sea otter keeps coming up with animals that he has not said [...]
Bobby The Brave (Sometimes) by Lisa Yee, is a great book for tween boys, which I enjoyed reading with my eight-year-old son. In Bobby The Brave (Sometimes) Yee has succeeded in combining the challenges of fourth-grade boys and struggles to keep afloat in the peer hierarchy with issues of sibling rivalry, concerns of a strained [...]
Whenever I find a book that makes my children ask me to read it over and over again, I always get excited. When I find a book that makes them ask questions and learn about the world around them, I get even more excited, and The Beeman by Laurie Krebs does all of the above. [...]
In Fur and Feathers by Janet Halfmann Sophia goes to sleep while counting animals, and in her dream she meets animals that have lost their fur and coverings. After realizing that none of the animals are comfortable in Sophia’s own clothes, which she has let them borrow, she brings out her grandmother’s sewing kit in [...]
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford is a extraordinary children’s book that reaches and teaches children at the same time. It has received both The Caldecott Honor Book Award and Coretta Scott King Award, to of the most prestigious awards in the fictional children’s book genre. Weatherfords’ book [...]
The Giraffe Who Got in a Knot by John Bush is a hilarious children’s story filled with humorous rhymes and comedic illustrations that will make both children and adults laugh out loud. When a giraffe eats with its eyes closed, it ends up getting itself all tied up in a knot. While attempting to untie [...]
The Great Aussie Kerfuffle by John Bush is a fun and lighthearted story about a Kangaroo, who is dissatisfied with her look after she sees her reflection in the water. She puts up a sign by a billabong, where she announces a meeting for everyone, who is not content with his or her look. The [...]
Smells Like dog by Suzanne Selfors is a delightful, fun and easy-to-read book for tweens filled with action, adventure, real-life problems and treasure hunting. It is a book your tween sons will love to dive into, and you might just enjoy it too. Homer is a young boy, who is hungry for adventure. He feels [...]
Smells Like dog by Suzanne Selfors is a delightful, fun and easy-to-read book for tweens filled with action, adventure, real-life problems and treasure hunting. It is a book your tween sons will love to dive into, and you might just enjoy it too. Homer is a young boy, who is hungry for adventure. He feels [...]
The Baboon Who Went To The Moon by John Bush is a cute and funny tale that will delight your little ones. A young baboon is curious as to how he could possible reach the moon, and in his effort to get to the moon the baboon attempts many different moon-traveling methods without success. On [...]
The Baboon Who Went To The Moon by John Bush is a cute and funny tale that will delight your little ones. A young baboon is curious as to how he could possible reach the moon, and in his effort to get to the moon the baboon attempts many different moon-traveling methods without success. On [...]
When a book keeps me reading well into the night, I know that it is a good book, and this is exactly what The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch did. Alexandria Lee (Alex) grew up on a California communal farm, and she loved everything about it. Life was great for the California teenager until one [...]
When a book keeps me reading well into the night, I know that it is a good book, and this is exactly what The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch did. Alexandria Lee (Alex) grew up on a California communal farm, and she loved everything about it. Life was great for the California teenager until one [...]
Flappy and Scrappy is a sweet story about two best friends, the dogs Flappy and Scrappy, who we follow along on their adventures in the countryside. Even best friends have misunderstandings, and emotions run high whenever the dogs encounter difficult situations. Throughout the book, the dog’s friendship is being tested, and there are many lessons [...]
