Aug 082011
 
Good Night, Little Sea Otter by Janet Halfmann (Book Review)

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 [...]

Aug 062011
 
Fur and Feathers by Janet Halfmann (Children's Book Review)

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 [...]

Jul 242011
 
Star of the Sea: A Day In the Life of a Starfish by Janet Halfmann (Children's Book Review)

My five-year-old son is an aspiring shark scientist, and he loves everything about the ocean. Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish by Janet Halfmann has become one of his favorite books about ocean life, because it vividly describes the life of a lonely but strong-willed starfish.  In Star of [...]