★★★ Ziggy Hanaor's book, (Amazon affiliate link) The Pocket Chaotic, will appeal to many children for the novelty. Alexander lives in his mother's pocket, as most young joeys do. It's warm. It smells like his mother. It's comfortable. However, it is also cluttered. He tries to keep everything organized, but his mother keeps stuffing more... Continue Reading →
Vanishing Edge
★★★ Special Agent Felicity Harland was a FBI agent for over five years. After an outdoor accident which ended with her husband dead and her back broken, she has spent the last year recovering. Unable to physically keep up with her former job, she has switched to the ISB and plans to prover herself to... Continue Reading →
Don’t Lie to Me
★★★ Eva Rae Thomas is former FBI. Following a sudden and unexpected divorce from her husband, she finds herself moving back to her home town with her three children. The change is supposed to be good for her family. However, she finds herself being pulled back, not only to her job or profiling and tracking... Continue Reading →
Rising Out
★★★★ Anaya's mother wants better a better future for her. Her mother has worked hard to give her more opportunities, so Anaya has also worked hard for the plan - the plan to get good grades, the plan get into a good college with scholarships, the plan to be independent. It's a good plan that... Continue Reading →
The Happy Pumpkin
★★★ MacKenzie Haley's illustrations in DK's new book, The Happy Pumpkin, are what are driving the stars here. My young co-reviewer thought all of the pictures were cute and said that toddlers and preschoolers would like the book based off the illustrations alone. I would agree with that, and if you want some cute illustrations... Continue Reading →
The Mountain
★★★★ Rebecca Gugger tells a delightful tale about animals who disagree about what a mountain is in her book, The Mountain. Each animal has a different idea of what the mountain is and believes others are wrong. Not until the animals are trek the entire mountain, with the octopus in a diver's mask full of... Continue Reading →
A Tree is a Home
★★★★ The world around us is an interconnected one, whether we refer to humans or the other organisms we live among. A Tree is a Home, by Pamela Hickman, is a lovely book for preschoolers about some of the many organisms which depend on trees. Set in North America, we see five different animals which... Continue Reading →
A Peek at Beaks
★★★★★ Sara Levine has used a novel idea in her newest book, (Amazon affiliate link) A Peek at Beaks. Targeting older preschool and early elementary ages, the book takes a wonderful look at different types of beaks and how they are used to best help birds. With full color illustrations, Levine has added a page... Continue Reading →
The Truth About Girls and Boys
★★★★ Our children are inundated by gender based stereotypes from a young age. Not only do they hear the stereotypes and infer what they should be, often being told blatantly so by others in their lives, but they are treated differently based on how people perceive them due to the stereotypes. Caryl Rivers and Rosalind... Continue Reading →
Rabbit Housing
★★★★ Bob Bennett's (Amazon affiliate link) Rabbit Housing is exactly what the title suggests - a book solely about building rabbit housing for livestock rabbits. With extensive information about what is required of outdoor rabbit housing and excellent tips and information, you can be building your own housing for rabbits at a fraction of the... Continue Reading →
